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32 minutes ago, loges said:

Actually only copped about 2 days rain in 2 weeks, been quite windy though, enjoy your holiday and at least a few more Demon wins.

Cheers mate. I am eating loads of good food and enjoying a whiskey ? whenever i feel like it!

will be back for the GW$ game

 
23 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Everytime I look at the ladder it is an amazing logjam from 3 to 11.

So many permutations are possible.

Anyone done the analysis on intra 3-11 games (8 point games) .. we have 3 of them.

Collingwood have two.

DJ, have a look at this thread for the 8 point games.

 

18 hours ago, MSFebey said:

I said a couple of weeks a fanatical bulldogs mate of mine reckons they’re tanking for the no.4 draft pick. Certainly looks that way! However they have had a few crucial injuries since the Cats game also

we need a headshake emoji.. NO WAY this is happening. 

 

How many weeks did Zak Jones get? Suspensions came out but haven’t seen his name yet 

4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

How many weeks did Zak Jones get? Suspensions came out but haven’t seen his name yet 

Jones gets two weeks so out for game vs us.

May gets one game so also out for game vs us.

Maybe lady luck is changing our way!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-30/star-blue-suns-cocaptain-hit-with-bans

And Cheney gets a week for striking Fritsch off the ball!

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11 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

 

And Cheney gets a week for striking Fritsch off the ball!

Did Frits get a free?

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5 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Did Frits get a free?

I don't recall seeing the incident. 

The incident hasn't been mentioned in the Post Game thread and wonder if the camera crew chose not to show it! 

So perhaps he didn't get a free, which would be typical of our luck with umpires!

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10 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

I don't recall seeing the incident. 

The incident hasn't been mentioned in the Post Game thread and wonder if the camera crew chose not to show it! 

So perhaps he didn't get a free, which would be typical of our luck with umpires!

according to the AFL site stats, he got 0 frees for.

 

Anyone notice how bad Buddy Franklin has looked lately?   Either hes carrying an injury or  all that mileage has finally caught up to him. Or both.

Reading the Swans forum and some of the supporters wanted him rested or shut down completely for the season.   

Sam Frost will get the job him in Round 21 you'd think. 


So the Jack Higgins goal. Incredible quick thinking but was it a throw?

Scenario 1

Imagine I had the ball and was about to be tackled. I threw the ball over the head of the tackler, ran around him and caught the ball before it hit the ground. Legit or not?

Scenario 2

Similarly if I was running towards the boundary and like in cricket grabbed the ball, threw it in the air, ran over the boundary and them back in where I caught the ball before hitting the ground. Legit?

I am very sympathetic to the higgins goal as it was great to see, in front of a big crowd and at a big time in the game.

But the AFL make stuff up as they go and this is no exception. To me it was a bad decision.

Thoughts?

 

1 minute ago, jnrmac said:

So the Jack Higgins goal. Incredible quick thinking but was it a throw?

Scenario 1

Imagine I had the ball and was about to be tackled. I threw the ball over the head of the tackler, ran around him and caught the ball before it hit the ground. Legit or not?

Scenario 2

Similarly if I was running towards the boundary and like in cricket grabbed the ball, threw it in the air, ran over the boundary and them back in where I caught the ball before hitting the ground. Legit?

I am very sympathetic to the higgins goal as it was great to see, in front of a big crowd and at a big time in the game.

But the AFL make stuff up as they go and this is no exception. To me it was a bad decision.

Thoughts?

 

He's totally within his rights to release the ball however he likes... provided he actually kicks it.

If he doesn't .... it's a throw.

The scenarios you describe are throws. No attempt to kick

It's not as complicated as some might think.

3 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

So the Jack Higgins goal. Incredible quick thinking but was it a throw?

Scenario 1

Imagine I had the ball and was about to be tackled. I threw the ball over the head of the tackler, ran around him and caught the ball before it hit the ground. Legit or not?

Scenario 2

Similarly if I was running towards the boundary and like in cricket grabbed the ball, threw it in the air, ran over the boundary and them back in where I caught the ball before hitting the ground. Legit?

I am very sympathetic to the higgins goal as it was great to see, in front of a big crowd and at a big time in the game.

But the AFL make stuff up as they go and this is no exception. To me it was a bad decision.

Thoughts?

 

No it was not a throw. A throw is where I attempt to get the ball to someone else, or just release the ball under pressure and fail to handball or get a boot to the ball.

I think I can do whatever I like when getting the ball to my own boot! 

2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

He's totally within his rights to release the ball however he likes... provided he actually kicks it.

If he doesn't .... it's a throw.

The scenarios you describe are throws. No attempt to kick

It's not as complicated as some might think.

Ok so If I threw the ball over a tacklers head and kicked it before it hit the ground would that be any different?

18 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Ok so If I threw the ball over a tacklers head and kicked it before it hit the ground would that be any different?

No, unless the tackler tackled you. That would be prior opportunity and gawn.


2 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

Anyone notice how bad Buddy Franklin has looked lately?   Either hes carrying an injury or  all that mileage has finally caught up to him. Or both.

Reading the Swans forum and some of the supporters wanted him rested or shut down completely for the season.   

Sam Frost will get the job him in Round 21 you'd think. 

Apparently on the weekend, I think it was Longmire, said Buddy has only trained for 20mins in total for the whole season. So definitely been injured all year

Neither May nor Zac Jones have contested their respective one and two weeks suspensions.  They will not line up against us in the next two weeks.

While it doesn't affect our prospects Cheney accepted his one week suspension for striking Fritsch off the ball.

 

On another note, Josh Kennedy (WCE) is out again this week and hopes to get back the following week (vs Port).  Let's hope his recovery is slow until after round 22 so he doesn't play against us...

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Charlie Curnow has got off on appeal for whacking Stephen May. I can’t recall any player having their punishment upheld on appeal this season. They all seem to get off. Can anyone correct me? 

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