12 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

it's a lot more than him just raising one arm though. i note 4 different concurrent movements (not necessarily all 4 every time)

if you see the oliver tackle from a few different angles and in slo-mo you will see all 4 quite plainly

Yeah I agree that there are other movements such as dropping the knees and turning the body to ensure the tackle looks worse, but I was just highlighting the visual cue of the arm reaching up to slip the tackle higher- this is the one the umpires should use to determine who instigated the high contact.

Am I the only one who thinks he got tackled unfairly 5 times out of 6?

21 hours ago, monoccular said:

The guy is a bloody cheat and he WILL inevitably suffer a significant head, face or neck injury....and some poor bugger will be made to feel guilty about it

If I was the tackler, I wouldn't bat an eyelid.

 

Cheating coward.

One problem I foresee is that if he is seriously injured in a tackle where he has dropped his knees and the tackler ended up going high it will be the tackler that is vilified and not the ducker.

59 minutes ago, CHF said:

One problem I foresee is that if he is seriously injured in a tackle where he has dropped his knees and the tackler ended up going high it will be the tackler that is vilified and not the ducker.

Exactly my point....and it WILL happen if he continues 

Mathieson's collapsing legs and 'air uppercut' mentioned at length on League Teams tonight. Tony Shaw suggested that his coach should have a word to him.

1 hour ago, M_9 said:

Mathieson's collapsing legs and 'air uppercut' mentioned at length on League Teams tonight. Tony Shaw suggested that his coach should have a word to him.

Yeah, and only Barry Hall complimented the kid. The others all called it out for what it is.

Let's hope the [censored] was watching.

A player in the Swans vs Kangaroos game was just awarded a free kick by propping, dropping the knees, and launching himself backwards into a tackler for high contact. Any guesses which grub picked up on the cheats move of the week?

1 minute ago, FireInTheBelly said:

A player in the Swans vs Kangaroos game was just awarded a free kick by propping, dropping the knees, and launching himself backwards into a tackler for high contact. Any guesses which grub picked up on the cheats move of the week?

Thomas has been acting for years, ducking, diving, drawing high contact by lowering the knees. Him, Harvey and Thompson are fIogs of the highest order for that crud of a club.

Dermie just called the second Thomas free the most disgraceful free kick ever and called it a blight on the game and the rule makers need to change this.

He was genuinely angry, well done Dermie.

 

Sellers agreed. Eddie played devils advocate but I think he wanted to agree but had the president hat on.

7 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

Dermie just called the second Thomas free the most disgraceful free kick ever and called it a blight on the game and the rule makers need to change this.

He was genuinely angry, well done Dermie.

 

Sellers agreed. Eddie played devils advocate but I think he wanted to agree but had the president hat on.

The AFL will do something about this now that a  club in Swans, through Longmire,has raised it.  

The 6 frees against us for Mathieson, would have gone unnoticed by the AFL. 

They definitely have to do something about this because I've noticed this sort of thing creeping into kids' games.

Did the AFL send a memo out to the coaches this week?

Something has to be done. It is directly costing teams goals and seems to be getting of hand.

Lindsay Thomas is a disgraceful player.

Staging for frees should be reportable.

Leave it for the princesses who play soccer.

Deliberate corruption of the rules ruins the integrity of the game and confuses our already dim witted umpiring fraternity.

It goes against the spirit of the game. Another way of interpreting it is 'bringing the game into disrepute'. The head honchos at AFL House seem to love preventing such actions from taking place, yet they continue to bury their head in the sand over this farcical behaviour.

The best way to fix this is via review. Umps review the game, see this shite and give a fine, seconds one is a bigger fine, third is a week. Thomas will be broke by seasons end.

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

Staging for frees should be reportable.

Leave it for the princesses who play soccer.

Deliberate corruption of the rules ruins the integrity of the game and confuses our already dim witted umpiring fraternity.

Too late - thanks to Vlad and Dill there is none left. 

1 hour ago, Gorgoroth said:

The best way to fix this is via review. Umps review the game, see this shite and give a fine, seconds one is a bigger fine, third is a week. 

That is a very good idea and may actually work

These umps last night apparently were the cream of the crop, so what was going on.They went a bit slack on deliberate outs too.Sydney were given a raw deal last night as well

by the umpires. And from now on because "Frees" statistics lie and cloud the issue of who gets a good run and who doesn't, i'm going to be like the rest of the media and ignore them.

 

The best way to stop this is for the coaches to tell their players they will be dropped if they continue to do this, they have control over the players and their actions.

The umpires have a split second to evaluate what happened and will always err on the side of caution.

 

 

Nothing has changed, it's quite pathetic. I hope its sorted before he cheats a final

He's so mouthy too, especially for a bloke who's achieved absolutely nothing as a player. even tonight he's had 15 touches and most of them have been turnovers and he's the most Lippy bloke out there. 

 

F10g of the highest order.

Face like a smashed crab too.

You can thank Joel Selwood. Matheison has clearly modelled his game on Joel Selwood who plays for free kicks at every opportunity. I hate the look of it. 

Nobody should look at this [censored], it harms your eyes