It seems the umps will pay holding the ball for a tackle over the line as well, which they've never done previously.

Huge LOLs if we end up snatching this.

Just now, praha said:

Huge LOLs if we end up snatching this.

It’ll be up there with the time we came from 44 down and beat Geelong in Geelong to win the minor premiership 

Lever been an absolute general tonight. Great leader.

Not sure we're doing Weid any favours by playing a half in the reserves and not give him a decent half in this game.

Tomlinson looks at least 2 steps slower than he should be. I wouldn't be playing him in round 1 unless the only alternative is…shudders…Smith.

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

It’ll be up there with the time we came from 44 down and beat Geelong in Geelong to win the minor premiership 

Yeah that one was up there but nothing could beat coming back from 40 points down in a pre season game against Carlton at Marvel on a Thursday night in front of 15 people.

Maxy on yet another poster.  Lol.

2 minutes ago, praha said:

Lever been an absolute general tonight. Great leader.

Nice to have 1 first stringer in to lead the way.

😮

WTAF

Edited March 3, 20224 yr by WalkingCivilWar

Are players seriously not allowed to show frustration anymore? Footy is an emotional sport, ffs.

Eight 50 metre penalties now with a quarter to go

This is pathetic. You can’t show emotions now. 

Cripps didn't even want to take that 50.

 

18 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

He’s not being impartial he’s been overly negative. It’s unprofessional. 

Lyon tipped against us 90% of the time up until mid last year instead of being patriotic. His success in the footy tipping was more important to him instead of showing loyalty to the boys. He only decided to jump on the bandwagon as a passionate Demon late last year.

This is embarrassing by the umpires. AFL needs to rectify that before the sesson. 

The umpires are killing this game!

50m penalty for shaking your head while looking at the ground

 

If this is how the game will be umpired this year it will be unwatchable, they expect players to be robots 

I don't care about the result. I'm just glad we know how strictly this "umpire criticism" rule is going to be interpreted. It looks to me like it's a "don't show visible disappointment at anything" rule, which is…a bit too far.

Farcical now.

What was that last 50 for?

It is now a 50 Meter  penalty for shaking your head.

This umpire over correction is rubbish. 
Put them on a pedestal and they’ll milk it for all it’s worth.  

Edited March 3, 20224 yr by McQueen

Oh come on umpire.