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Is this a record ?

kallangurdemon
in Melbourne Demons

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Can anyone come up a higher free kick differential for an AFL/VFL game then the 23 to 1 tally during the third quarter of the West Coast game? Actually can anyone come up with a WA game where we finished in front in the free kick tally ? The crowd seems to umpire those games especially against the poorly supported (read MFC) clubs .

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    Well if the players tackled at the hips instead of the neck it wouldn't of been that bad!!! Although WCE were clever in the way they dropped in a tackle.

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    Record or no record, the umpires paid what were generally as plain as day.

    I actually thing the umpiring for the day was pretty accurate, wasn't their fault that our tackling was crap.

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    Actually can anyone come up with a WA game where we finished in front in the free kick tally ?

    From 29 matches at Subiaco,

    22-21 Round 21, 2007 vs Freo (lost by 59)

    21-20, SF 2006 vs Freo (lost by 27)

    21-11, R11 2004 vs Freo (won by 31)

    29-20, R14 1995 vs Freo (won by 52)

    32-24, R1 1991 vs WCE (lost by 79)

    Also a couple of ties. We're up 4-3 at the WACA though if you're keen.

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    We gave away plenty but the general consensus from the MFC supporters at the game was that we weren't paid the ones we were due.

    That was the great injustice and the reason for the massive gap. Not purely our poor tackling.

    Some posters need to get their facts right about this topic.

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    The AFL is big on protecting the head and are happy to fiddle the rules to achieve that. Why then do they allow free kicks to be paid to players who deliberately duck and put their heads at risk? Surely this is encouraging dangerous behaviour.

    Similarly though it happens less often, they seem to pay free kicks to players who throw their heads at opponents legs. If the player whose head is hit initiated the action, then there should be no free kick.

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    Anyone who watched the game shouldn't have a problem with the free kicks. The majority of them were fair. Although frustratingly they did slip into a couple of high tackles. I can't complain- and we all know how much I love to do that. Muppets

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    I think the situation highlighted the experience and the nous of the Eagles players who recognised the flow of the umpiring and played perfectly to them. Some clever ducking of the head into tackles and a couple of well executed dives didn't do them any harm. It was just one of those days for us and we were always going to be up against it but I thought the failure to award a free to Mitch Clark when he seemed to be interfered with in a marking duel set the scene for the first half. Didn't do much for our confidence.

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    Would love to blame the umps but they were not the reason for the weekend loss. But it will come together. I know the waiting is hard but we just have too

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    Ducking is a blight on the game .Great to see Selwood just got his head smashed for the second time in a game .Hope he drops dead.

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    For the third time on here . Geelong could not have won that game with that free count . About 20% were legit .Disgraceful .Duckers deserve all the pain they get and "play on" .

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    9 head high tackles. We are just stupid dumb people on a grassy field. Can't bring myself to call them footballers.

    Watched a few games on the weekend. None play the kind of *%^&$(_) we play week in week out. other games are actually enjoyable contests.

    You are witnessing the killing of a football club. The players, coaches and staff are all responsible.

    I want my weekends back.

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    9 head high tackles. We are just stupid dumb people on a grassy field. Can't bring myself to call them footballers.

    Watched a few games on the weekend. None play the kind of *%^&$(_) we play week in week out. other games are actually enjoyable contests.

    You are witnessing the killing of a football club. The players, coaches and staff are all responsible.

    I want my weekends back.

    Ducking ,falling over gets a free . The umpires fall for it every time .We had o chance with those idiots .
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    For the third time on here . Geelong could not have won that game with that free count . About 20% were legit .Disgraceful .Duckers deserve all the pain they get and "play on" .

    It's time the AFL looked at the interpretation of the law which says ducking is play on to also be applied to incidents where players go-low. I know there was a warning sent out to players who were sliding head first into opponents legs to gets frees, same needs to be done IMO. It's dangerous and it's often not the fault of the tackler.

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    Ducking is a blight on the game .Great to see Selwood just got his head smashed for the second time in a game .Hope he drops dead.

    Your a [censored] mate. Get a life.

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    Ducking ,falling over gets a free . The umpires fall for it every time .We had o chance with those idiots .

    If it's so obvious and the umps fall for it every time how come I never see Melbourne players trying to "manouver" themselves into a free kick situation?

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    Your a [censored] mate. Get a life.

    I assume that was champion in brackets .Go barrack for the cats you ponce .

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    I assume that was champion in brackets .Go barrack for the cats you ponce .

    Well, I for one would love to have a Selwood or two in our team.

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    Ducking is a blight on the game .Great to see Selwood just got his head smashed for the second time in a game .Hope he drops dead.

    Think you need to get your head out of your you know what..... Selwwod just got knocked out going for the ball - putting his head on the line to win the ball for his side. Thats one of the many reasons why Geelong have wone 3 flags out of the last 5.....

    Pity we dont have many Melb players willing to do this atm......

    There is a major difference between ducking and what Selwood at his team mates do. Hope our boys watched todays game.

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    Think you need to get your head out of your you know what..... Selwwod just got knocked out going for the ball - putting his head on the line to win the ball for his side. Thats one of the many reasons why Geelong have wone 3 flags out of the last 5.....

    Pity we dont have many Melb players willing to do this atm......

    There is a major difference between ducking and what Selwood at his team mates do. Hope our boys watched todays game.

    Selwood is a [censored] and so are all the arse kissers that love him. When I played he would have a knee to the head . Man down .
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    Selwood is a [censored] and so are all the arse kissers that love him. When I played he would have a knee to the head . Man down .

    That says more about you than it does Selwood.

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    Selwood is a [censored] and so are all the arse kissers that love him. When I played he would have a knee to the head . Man down .

    Are you on the juice mate? You know that stuff cannot happen nowadays.

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    Selwood is a [censored] and so are all the arse kissers that love him. When I played he would have a knee to the head . Man down .

    If you looked closely, he copped that today & played on & played a great game. Oh, his side won too.

    If you hadnt noticed, you cant play that way these days.

    Would love our boys to play like him, Bartel, Kelly, Enright, Corey, etc...

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