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Disgraceful umpiring to get Carltank the opportunity to win.

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    Crazy finish, think Freo are right to be aggrieved at that last free kick. 

    My Collingwood supporting dad back to his old tricks again comparing the 'injustice' to the 2018 Grand final. I mean give me a spell really. 

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    Two of the worst free kicks you’ll ever see followed by one of the best kicks you’ll ever see.

     

     

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    Debate raging on Twitter right now about whether the free should have been downfield or not.

    The kick went OOF so Carlton wasn't in possession of it when the free was committed.

    I'm not sure, but I think the ball should have gone back to Docherty.

    The free wasn't there, and the downfield may have been an error as well. Could have huge ramifications for the finals run home for both Fremantle and Carlton.

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    8 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Debate raging on Twitter right now about whether the free should have been downfield or not.

    The kick went OOF so Carlton wasn't in possession of it when the free was committed.

    I'm not sure, but I think the ball should have gone back to Docherty.

    The free wasn't there, and the downfield may have been an error as well. Could have huge ramifications for the finals run home for both Fremantle and Carlton.

    Not to mention it should not have been Newnes kick,  Gibbons was nearly 10 metres closer! 

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    There's no doubt the ball should have come back even if it was a free kick. 

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    Both decision correct imo.  Taberner just tapped it straight out of bounds and Brayshaw smashed into Docherty well after disposal.

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    Flashback: Farmer's goal after the siren. Oh the pain! The pain of it all!

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    Pretty hard to pull up after an attempted smother in mid air but say it was a free kick it's not a free downfield surely. 

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    18 minutes ago, Trisul said:

    Both decision correct imo.  Taberner just tapped it straight out of bounds and Brayshaw smashed into Docherty well after disposal.

    Respectfully disagree, Brayshaw was in the air trying to smother. Didn't even hit him high. Play on.

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    15 minutes ago, Dame Gaga said:

    Flashback: Farmer's goal after the siren. Oh the pain! The pain of it all!

    Still one of the worst Saturday nights I've ever had! 

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    1 minute ago, Stein9193 said:

    Respectfully disagree, Brayshaw was in the air trying to smother. Didn't even hit him high. Play on.

    Leave the ground and take responsibility.  Front on contact, late, I thought high but perhaps not.

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    From Melbourne’s point of view, I’m hoping that we can continue on our winning way and not have to worry about challenges from either of the teams in the Freo v Carlton game. However, since we have already played Carlton and have no control over what they do for the rest of the season, my preference was for them to win. Better to play against teams that have nothing to play for when we come up against the Dockers late in the season. 

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    2 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Still one of the worst Saturday nights I've ever had! 

    Never forget it. He was one of our family's favourite players. It was like he stuck a knife into our hearts.

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    7 minutes ago, Trisul said:

    Leave the ground and take responsibility.  Front on contact, late, I thought high but perhaps not.

    Watching the 3 second GIF on Jon Ralph's twitter about 17 times after my 4th scotch I do think it was probably front on contact and a free but the downfield I just can't get my head around. 

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    6 minutes ago, Dame Gaga said:

    Never forget it. He was one of our family's favourite players. It was like he stuck a knife into our hearts.

    No doubt about it, The Wizard leaving Melbourne felt like that after the siren kick in itself. This brought on a whole new level of pain, a pain so great that, well, yeah.. 

     

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    13 minutes ago, Trisul said:

    Leave the ground and take responsibility.  Front on contact, late, I thought high but perhaps not.

    Is this like the head is sacrosanct stuff? Come on it's AFL football, the game where the big men fly. Not the game where people get knocked over and we feel sorry for them.

    Deliberate free definitely there, not this one though.

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    deliberate and and downfield completely there, however Gibbons should've had the shot as he was closest. Difficult to judge closest player in the heat of the moment so I understand the error. Good kick Newnes 

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    34 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Watching the 3 second GIF on Jon Ralph's twitter about 17 times after my 4th scotch I do think it was probably front on contact and a free but the downfield I just can't get my head around. 

    AFL Rules state that if the ball is kicked OOB and a free kick is awarded before that happened, the Free kick is to be taken from where the infringement happened (where Docherty was hit), OR where the ball crossed the line, whichever is the greater penalty.
     

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    54 minutes ago, Trisul said:

    AFL Rules state that if the ball is kicked OOB and a free kick is awarded before that happened, the Free kick is to be taken from where the infringement happened (where Docherty was hit), OR where the ball crossed the line, whichever is the greater penalty.
     

    ... except that's not what the rules say:

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    17.1.2 Awarding Free Kicks
    Unless otherwise stated in these Laws, a Free Kick can be awarded at any location on the Arena and shall be taken where it is awarded or where the football is at the time, whichever is the greater penalty against the offending Team.

    the issue here is "at any location on the Arena" , because OOB is not on the Arena.

     

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    Arena: the Playing Surface and all of the area between the Playing Surface and the perimeter fence, including any break in the perimeter fence.

    i still don't believe either free kick was warranted, but it's moot.

     

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