You'll never guess what the 2021 free kick differential chart looks like

[Igloo]

yeah. but why is he even falling back. i thought he had a good vertical leap? its coz he goes into the contest looking for the free.

He's falling back because that's the direction the ball is going. He's not 8 foot tall.





If there's any question that needs to be asked in this contest, it's what the **** is Gleeson doing? Cody had eyes for the ball the entire time, judged the flight, knew it was going over his head, so pushed back. Gleeson put his arms around him, slipped over, and gave away an obvious free kick.

 

[danster168]

Gawn with the similar type smother attempt this year..

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Lol. so you make a post about a guy that cops the most off the ball elbows yet he keeps his feet?

Your'e so confined and defensive to your own team that you forget that I'm not even caring if its Melbourne or the Dogs. If I see a stager, I call it out. I labelled that Melbourne has had a couple and I've labelled Geelong's obvious duo and the Dogs 5. I've got no reason to dislike the dogs. if it wasn't for Weightman and Hunter, I'd enjoy watching them play.

 

[danster168]

He's falling back because that's the direction the ball is going. He's not 8 foot tall.

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If there's any question that needs to be asked in this contest, it's what the fu** is Gleeson doing? Cody had eyes for the ball the entire time, judged the flight, knew it was going over his head, so pushed back. Gleeson put his arms around him, slipped over, and gave away an obvious free kick.

Gleeson is playing Weightman from the ground because that's how low you've got to play on weightman to avoid head high frees that he milks

 

[Igloo]

Gleeson is playing Weightman from the ground because that's how low you've got to play on weightman to avoid head high frees that he milks

Just for you here's the side shot of Gleeson doing a terrible job of not giving away a free kick.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

Huh? why do they have to be obvious? He already has a whole career of obvious ones. Not even the bulldogs supporters are denying that he's a dirty stager. Are you saying he doesn't stage? You know my viewpoint but I'm not sure what yours is? He's just a lucky guy? lol. He gets free kicks like he has evidence of Gill being on Epsteins private island.

You’re the one claiming at least 5 individual moments where Cody staged or flopped. We’re all still waiting on you showing them. You have come here to big note how pious the Dees players are, while denigrating Weightman.

Weightman absolutely revels in the niggle, especially if it draws free kicks. If the umps hadn’t given him the boundary free kick and the Draper free kick, would your holier than thou ass even be here? Weightman didn’t appeal for either free.

4 goals from 4 frees us flipping outlier, yet hardly Cody’s doing. You’re a fool to think otherwise.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

Just for you here's the side shot of Gleeson doing a terrible job of not giving away a free kick.

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Gold [emoji108]

Hahah.

 

[adogsfan5]

Lol. so you make a post about a guy that cops the most off the ball elbows yet he keeps his feet?

Your'e so confined and defensive to your own team that you forget that I'm not even caring if its Melbourne or the Dogs. If I see a stager, I call it out. I labelled that Melbourne has had a couple and I've labelled Geelong's obvious duo and the Dogs 5. I've got no reason to dislike the dogs. if it wasn't for Weightman and Hunter, I'd enjoy watching them play.

My point is simple mate.. if you’re going to smack the dogs..you can’t have players flopping in your team as well. If you wanna keep it consistent, make the thread about “staging” and “flopping” in general. I see you on these threads a lot. This thread was clearly made to smash the dogs. Swans fans smash us on the regular - yet have one of the biggest floppers in the league in Papley. Funnily enough I have never even mentioned papley as I really don’t care if he flops around, I do care when supporters aren’t consistent.

 

[SBYM]

Just for you here's the side shot of Gleeson doing a terrible job of not giving away a free kick.

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Christ Almighty...is it even being argued that this isn't a free??!?

 

[Igloo]

Christ Almighty...is it even being argued that this isn't a free??!?

I see you were wise and steered clear of the gameday thread. I didn't make nearly as good a decision.

 

[adogsfan5]

Gleeson is playing Weightman from the ground because that's how low you've got to play on weightman to avoid head high frees that he milks

Mate you know what’s a bigger issue than flopping around for a couple of free kicks? Receiving death threats on Instagram and vulgar comments on social media straight after the game from opposition supporters. But I doubt that’ll get much mention on BF.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

Christ Almighty...is it even being argued that this isn't a free??!?

No Bulldogs free is ever warranted. Especially when Weightman is involved.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

Still waiting on your 5 Weightman flops danster168

 

[adogsfan5]

Pickett has been going to ground easy since game one interesting the umps have been all over it this season and he’s hardly got a free kick even when it’s looked likee one could have been paid. Bulldogs the better team today but not sure why the umps constantly get sucked into to paying soft frees and it’s like the following week they totally forgot they got conned.

Imagine a captain flopping too. Yikes.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

Imagine a captain flopping too. Yikes.

Eeeee, not the captain [emoji51]

 

[adogsfan5]

Exactly who does that

Cory Weightman that’s who

One of your own current players had his own dedicated thread to staging/ flopping/ acting.

Robbie Gray Acting

Rance has been taking lessons with that flop.

www.bigfooty.com

Please don’t come on here and throw mud when one of your own players flops around on the field too.

 

[Fitzey]

I am having a bit of a laugh at how this thread has gone into calling out every incident where someone has taken a dive though.

 

[Chattanooga]

I genuinely feel you’re making a lot of assumptions that don’t make sense. I don’t believe most people are retroactively applying their frustration at losing a free kick count in 2019 to the Dogs 2016 flag.
And everyone remembers a number of key decisions that day, most of all the Hannebery sliding missed call which most WB fans can also agree was shocking. And Smith getting a free goal for a high call when he tripped over his own team mates leg to create contact was pretty rough.
I’m sure you’d be losing your mind if it happened to you. And at the end of the day, I don’t care as neither are my team. But it’s not hard to see a few calls go one way and feel for the other team.

I’ve also noted in this thread that god forbid we ever win a flag I couldn’t give a damn if we won with a free kick count 100-1 in our favour.

Yeah another of the great 2016 myths - you mean this one? Tell me which player is (or is going to be) in the wrong here?



Two players low and side on attempting to take possession. Just because Hannebery gets an (alleged) injury out of it doesn't make it a free kick.

 

[Chattanooga]

And only in some alternate universe could Wood's movements in this incident be described as a 'slide'.

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

So they get about 1-2 more free kicks in a half of footy than their opponents. Wow huge . This is why free kick counts are the most pointless stat

An Eagles supporter defending the free-kick count. Well I never…..

 

[Aramis]

Imagine a captain flopping too. Yikes.

Thats in Grimes territory..... absolute shocker.

 

[JP2]

Bulldogs have won the free kick count in their last 7 finals:

2016 EF 17-13
2016 SF 19-14
2016 PF 23-13
2016 GF 20-8
2019 EF 34-28
2020 EF 15-8
2021 EF 22-14

Total in that time of 150-98. Even if we're running with the rationale that the team is unusually "disciplined", that's a statistically significant discrepancy which can't credibly be put down to luck. I don't believe in conspiracies (i.e. I don't think the umpires have been somehow corrupted into trying to weight the free kick count in the Bulldogs favour), so there has to be another explanation for it. The tackle counts in those games are pretty even, so it can't be that the Dogs are playing less aggressive football, so the only two possibilities that come to mind are that the Dogs have a better defensive technique across the board than their opponents (in terms of tackling, spoiling etc. without infringing on their opponents) or they're better at drawing free kicks than their opponents (whether you want to attribute that to "flopping" or something else). I don't think anyone can pretend that everyone is just imagining things, though.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

Bulldogs have won the free kick count in their last 7 finals:

2016 EF 17-13
2016 SF 19-14
2016 PF 23-13
2016 GF 20-8
2019 EF 34-28
2020 EF 15-8
2021 EF 22-14

Total in that time of 150-98. Even if we're running with the rationale that the team is unusually "disciplined", that's a statistically significant discrepancy which can't credibly be put down to luck. I don't believe in conspiracies (i.e. I don't think the umpires have been somehow corrupted into trying to weight the free kick count in the Bulldogs favour), so there has to be another explanation for it. The tackle counts in those games are pretty even, so it can't be that the Dogs are playing less aggressive football, so the only two possibilities that come to mind are that the Dogs have a better defensive technique across the board than their opponents (in terms of tackling, spoiling etc. without infringing on their opponents) or they're better at drawing free kicks than their opponents (whether you want to attribute that to "flopping" or something else). I don't think anyone can pretend that everyone is just imagining things, though.

You’re clearly not imagining anything. Don’t bother looking too far I to the stats, it’s pointless… I’ll tell you… The Bulldogs, with all our wealth behind us, are systematically paying off the umpires and the AFL, have been for years. Which personally, I think is brilliant!!

I see it’s mainly butt_hurt Dees supporters with an axe to grind… maybe it’s time you guys should do the same?

One thing is for sure, if the Dees happen to snag a flag, there will be a small percentage of whinging flog clowns who’ll do their best to undermine their win for years to come… Something to look forward to [emoji6]

 

[Dazb86]

Weightman accentuated 2 frees on the weekend. His first goal where he dragged the arm up high whih was already a free for holding the man and the high free at the 50m mark that he centered.

The Draper call for his 2nd goal was a shocker but there was no staging.

The push in the back for his 4th was also a shocker but again no staging. Just the umpires getting it wrong.

 

[Holy Rioli]

Free kick differential for most of AFL history has a strong negative correlation with winning the flag, why do people even care?

Except for the exact moment it won you a flag.

 

[Bushdid911]

Except for the exact moment it won you a flag.

If anything, Dogs did well to win the flag in 2016 leading the free kick count the way they did. Hawks won the free kick count 21-10 in the 2012 Grand Final, and lost the game. How's that for precedent.