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Mr Meeseeks said:
This is all a pretty fair post except for the bolded part. Selwood moans after every whistle, free or free against. If there was a player you could say 'wouldn't care' if the frees dried up, it definitely isn't Joel.
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Yep ok he might sook but he he won't stop and wait for the whistle, he will keep playing is more apt way of putting it. The sooking is annoying, happy to give you that.
 
romeohwho said:
Comon the danger clapping was funny.
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The Infrared Smug Detector on the International Space Station had to be re-calibrated, the smug vapour was visible to the human eye from space.
In all honesty Geelong should've be docked premiership points, I'm amazed the Feds didn't charge everyone for Gross Indecent Smugness.
 

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chazwazza said:
The Infrared Smug Detector on the International Space Station had to be re-calibrated, the smug vapour was visible to the human eye from space.
In all honesty Geelong should've be docked premiership points, I'm amazed the Feds didn't charge everyone for Gross Indecent Smugness.
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Great story
 
chazwazza said:
The Infrared Smug Detector on the International Space Station had to be re-calibrated, the smug vapour was visible to the human eye from space.
In all honesty Geelong should've be docked premiership points, I'm amazed the Feds didn't charge everyone for Gross Indecent Smugness.
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That is funny. Good effort.
 
chazwazza said:
Do you expect Crows supporters to yell "HIGH" for an opposition player, or any supporter from any team for that matter? It's ridiculous to think so.
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No....but if you open your eyes and read the post I replied to you might see that I was rebuking the notion that Adelaide Oval is a neutral venue compared to Kadina Park.

Come back when you have something intelligent to add to the conversation
 

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bumsonseats said:
No.....I just don't deal well with morons
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Well your previous post was over sensitive TBH.
I didn't attack you personally yet you're very quick to do so, whatever.
My reply was directed to this comment of yours-

"About 5 mins later - pretty much exactly same spot on the ground.....not 10 meters from the boundary line right in front of us - a Brisbane player near has his head taken off (comparatively) - not a sound from the crowd -> play on"

I mean its groundbreaking stuff your explaining here, a crowd made up of 90% of supporters from one team are quiet when an opposition player is tackled high. Far be it for me to state the obvious about a post that's stating the obvious.

Hope your day gets better for you than what it seems it is now.
 
chazwazza said:
Ablett doesn't count in that scenario, nor does Geelong supporters clapping Danger while at adelaide in that game at Kardinia Pk, that was cringeworthy.
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Not as cringeworthy as all the sooking, crying and abuse of danger and his wife on social by the crows supporters when he left that shit hole. Not even the Hawks supporters sooked that much when buddy left.

I mean sending a crows cheer squad to meet danger at the airport for his first game back in Adelaide.
My god.
 
Footy_Fan2007 said:
Not as cringeworthy as all the sooking, crying and abuse of danger and his wife on social by the crows supporters when he left that shit hole. Not even the Hawks supporters sooked that much when buddy left.

I mean sending a crows cheer squad to meet danger at the airport for his first game back in Adelaide.
My god.
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Don't take things so seriously mate.
 
Were Crows fans this cut up when they 'stole' Jarman from the Hawks? FFS Danger is not from friggin' Adelaide, moreover he took less money than what the Crows offered him at Geelong. All he wanted was to return home to raise a family, is that so wrong? Does someone leaving Adelaide make them evil? If so how is Betts perceived? Goodness gracious me, get over it already.

Geelong fans were more entitled to denigrate the shameless bald headed merc that was GAJ yet it seems more of our fans make up excuses for him than criticize him for defecting for pure lucre.
 
It was interesting watching the Hawks v Dockers game last night I felt there were a few crowd free kicks paid.

Overall it was a really well umpired game in my view - 31 paid for the game.

The interesting aspect for me was that there were two or three occasions where a hawks player had infringed sort of (could have gone either way) but the crowd went crazy and there was a significant delay before the umpire paid the free. I didn't see any of these long-delay free kicks for the hawks.

The home ground crowd/umpire advantage is fairly well discussed, but what it shows is that umpires can be influenced. They're human (mostly). If a team coached their players to work at becoming elite at umpire influence then you could definitely have an effect there.

We know it goes the other way - lippy players that never seem to get a 50/50 go their way (and we explain it as fair enough because they're arseholes). So it can certainly go in the pro-free kick direction? Players can positively influence their free kick count (there are a few ruck men that do it. A few small forwards and notably, Joel Selwood among midfielders).

So it shouldn't be so surprising and shocking that there's at least one coach among the 18 that puts a lot of time into it.

Clarkson went the other way and it took nearly 10 years to remove the reputation of unsociable. Pushing the limits, blocking off the ball, creeping over the mark, etc.

Beveridge clearly saw a weakness in the application of HTB rules and designed a running game that made good use of it. Again, this isn't to earn free kicks but to push your actions to the limit without incurring free kicks against.

So what if the same effort was put into earning frees in front of goal? Or whenever you're tackled? Or whenever the ball goes over the boundary? Is it so weird to suggest that a team would do that?
 

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Leather Poisoning said:
It was interesting watching the Hawks v Dockers game last night I felt there were a few crowd free kicks paid.

Overall it was a really well umpired game in my view - 31 paid for the game.

The interesting aspect for me was that there were two or three occasions where a hawks player had infringed sort of (could have gone either way) but the crowd went crazy and there was a significant delay before the umpire paid the free. I didn't see any of these long-delay free kicks for the hawks.

The home ground crowd/umpire advantage is fairly well discussed, but what it shows is that umpires can be influenced. They're human (mostly). If a team coached their players to work at becoming elite at umpire influence then you could definitely have an effect there.

We know it goes the other way - lippy players that never seem to get a 50/50 go their way (and we explain it as fair enough because they're arseholes). So it can certainly go in the pro-free kick direction? Players can positively influence their free kick count (there are a few ruck men that do it. A few small forwards and notably, Joel Selwood among midfielders).

So it shouldn't be so surprising and shocking that there's at least one coach among the 18 that puts a lot of time into it.

Clarkson went the other way and it took nearly 10 years to remove the reputation of unsociable. Pushing the limits, blocking off the ball, creeping over the mark, etc.

Beveridge clearly saw a weakness in the application of HTB rules and designed a running game that made good use of it. Again, this isn't to earn free kicks but to push your actions to the limit without incurring free kicks against.

So what if the same effort was put into earning frees in front of goal? Or whenever you're tackled? Or whenever the ball goes over the boundary? Is it so weird to suggest that a team would do that?
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Wrong thread I think.
 
chazwazza said:
Well your previous post was over sensitive TBH.
I didn't attack you personally yet you're very quick to do so, whatever.
My reply was directed to this comment of yours-

"About 5 mins later - pretty much exactly same spot on the ground.....not 10 meters from the boundary line right in front of us - a Brisbane player near has his head taken off (comparatively) - not a sound from the crowd -> play on"

I mean its groundbreaking stuff your explaining here, a crowd made up of 90% of supporters from one team are quiet when an opposition player is tackled high. Far be it for me to state the obvious about a post that's stating the obvious.

Hope your day gets better for you than what it seems it is now.
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Even after I spelt it out for you, you still didn't get it.
You can selectively quote parts of my post to suit your agenda, but the whole post tells another story.
It appears my instincts were correct
 
bumsonseats said:
Even after I spelt it out for you, you still didn't get it.
You can selectively quote parts of my post to suit your agenda, but the whole post tells another story.
It appears my instincts were correct
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Groundbreaking, I'll make sure Musk knows of your rare insight to the blaringly obvious.
 

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