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How many illegal disposals from this bloke did you see yesterday that were penalised and that were not penalised? The point is, it wouldn't matter because he usually does not get penalised and moron commentators and recalcitrant umpires are scared, yes scared......

Only slightly tangential, as it relates to how best to tackle Martin, but Richmond appear to be the best in the competition at the moment of doing two actions which umpires appear to believe are not breaking any rules. Firstly, they appear to deliberately drop the ball when tackled; secondly they are the best at disguising throws as handpasses. With respect to the first point, it's as if the umpires have decided that each time the ball is dropped it has been knocked out in a tackle. I'm not even sure if that's an exception to the incorrect disposal rule. But if it is, that exception should be removed. Why shouldn't a tackler be rewarded if the ball is knocked free in a tackle? 

I'm not being flippant, but the best way to stop Martin from being effective is to stop him getting the ball in the first place. I know it's not easy, but once he's got it, whether he uses the fend-off or not, it's even harder to find a way to prevent him from influencing the game. 

 

I think the Tigers have taken over from the Doggies of 2016 manic forward pressure that just results in chaos they have also perfected the quick hands (also known as a throw) out of that chaos.

 

6 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Only slightly tangential, as it relates to how best to tackle Martin, but Richmond appear to be the best in the competition at the moment of doing two actions which umpires appear to believe are not breaking any rules. Firstly, they appear to deliberately drop the ball when tackled; secondly they are the best at disguising throws as handpasses. With respect to the first point, it's as if the umpires have decided that each time the ball is dropped it has been knocked out in a tackle. I'm not even sure if that's an exception to the incorrect disposal rule. But if it is, that exception should be removed. Why shouldn't a tackler be rewarded if the ball is knocked free in a tackle? 

I'm not being flippant, but the best way to stop Martin from being effective is to stop him getting the ball in the first place. I know it's not easy, but once he's got it, whether he uses the fend-off or not, it's even harder to find a way to prevent him from influencing the game. 

Your comments are so true. You do not have to even slow down the footage either, to understand their entire thought process. The operation goes : drop the ball in the tackle, either that or throw it as quick as possible in disguise of a handball, then, the next person shovels it along to someone else who is further towards space, same again as necessary, then when in space revert to quick handball to finally a kick for goal. Voila.......

The other point is that this strategy is highly visible to alert Umpires and not just their pals.....

 

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