13 minutes ago, Gunna’s said:

It’s so sweet seeing hardwick angry. The clam. 

If you look up cat's bum mouth in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of Dimma!

Shows how on the money Goodwin was to use Brayshaw on Neale

 

Both sides played a pressure less final. Melb and Sydney will be a different kettle of fish. However I hope we win tmmrw (obviously) as having beaten the lions twice easily this year can have adverse effect on you in finals. I wanted the tigers to win because of their schizen midfield.

13 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Arc. The ball was clearly over the post

ballsy! 
next time Lynch celebrate like you’ve scored 

Lynch knew he missed and so did his team mates, as not one of them ran to him.

Live it looked a point and then on replay looked like it went over the post.

The arc may have a better angle as they called it pretty quickly.

2 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

There was no advantage to take.  He was immediately tackled.as soon as he took the ball...pretty much just after the ump had blown the whistle.  In that cauldron Baker probably didnt evem hear the whistle and by the time he realised it was their free he was back peddling to say "i'll take the free"

Also 3 times the Lions lifted the ball with an open hand to their fellow player and none were called for a throw or incorrect disposal.  Thought the umpiring got better as the game went on but the first half was dodgy as, in particular a number of frees against Brisbane that appeared to be conveniently overlooked.

How do you know he didn’t know it was a free kick and he didn’t hear it? Seemed to me he took the advantage and then was boxed in and tried to change his mind

but I don’t know either so who knows 

Wow- After that game Melb/Geel are equal fav for the flag at $3.00

Fox footy panel talking like we have already lost. 

According to David King and the boys:

Melbourne V Brisbane: 9 September 2022 - 7:50pm. MCG.

All they’re talking about is how Brisbane will go against Gawn and Jackson without a recognised ruckman.

22 minutes ago, Mr Steve said:

No that was clearly over the top of the post.

Yep and over the top of the post equals a point in our game, not the umpire saying i THINK it's a goal so let's give them a goal. If the umpire is unsure ONLY the 3rd umpire in the video should get to make the decision. Why do we have Goal umpires for anyway..... Waving Flags.....

2 minutes ago, CYB said:

Fox footy panel talking like we have already lost. 

Yeah noticed that.

Sarah Jones pulled up Dunstall on this. Credit to her.

Richmond were never as good as their late season wins suggested. A fixture filled with non-finalists.

Neither of these sides can defend, which meant neither of them were a legitimate flag threat. But because they played each other this week, one of them had to win.

Richmond will be kicking themselves that they couldn't beat an out of form known finals choker missing Rayner, Answerth, Adams, Lyons and McInerney after 3 minutes.

The ARC review probably led to the correct call overall (was probably a behind given everyone's reactions), but once the umpire called it a goal, even if that was the wrong initial call, the video evidence surely wasn't enough to be conclusive.

However, I'm not sure that was a free against Daniher moments earlier for the push in the back. Looked to be a legitimate marking attempt from him. 

Jon Ralph talks waaaay too fast

25 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

I told you earlier to hold fire. You’ve had a mare tonight 

5 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

According to David King and the boys:

Melbourne V Brisbane: 9 September 2022 - 7:50pm. MCG.

All they’re talking about is how Brisbane will go against Gawn and Jackson without a recognised ruckman.

To be fair it just around the McStay discussion. It's very risky against us but they would be ok going with him against Sydney. 

So it's normal procedure after a close Tigers loss for  Jack to ring the AFL or just the coach?

Could have sworn I saw someone after the end, say that was what was going to happen.

People blame the poor maggots for everything. 

So no need to watch tomorrow night, as others noted Fox already decided Dees have lost.

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

How do you know he didn’t know it was a free kick and he didn’t hear it? Seemed to me he took the advantage and then was boxed in and tried to change his mind

but I don’t know either so who knows 

I don't know for sure that's why i said 'probably'. 

But the ump wouldn't have known for sure either.

Was a split second situation.  Benefit of the doubt surely goes to the initial beneficiary which was the original call and ball is returned back to the Tigers to take their free.

In soccer the ref often waits a few seconds to see how the play unfolds first to see if there is actually any advantage to the free kick recipient (in a team sense) before allowing the game to continue on or calling it back.  I don't see why we can't do the same rather than just saying "advantage" as soon as it looks like a player 'may have' decided to play on.  Even if he does, whether it's an advantage or not should not rest with the player....the ultimate call should remain with the ump IMV.

17 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

According to David King and the boys:

Melbourne V Brisbane: 9 September 2022 - 7:50pm. MCG.

All they’re talking about is how Brisbane will go against Gawn and Jackson without a recognised ruckman.

Might be appropriate for me to ring up SEN tomorrow morning and advise him what an A grade w anker he is.

Edited September 1, 20222 yr by dazzledavey36

Mitch Robinson will be dropped, Fagan will grill him so bad. 

19 minutes ago, layzie said:

Write off Brisbane in a semi at your peril.

If we lose to Sydney and then lose to Brisbane, it'll have nothing to do with Brisbane but everything about us. 

6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Richmond were never as good as their late season wins suggested. A fixture filled with non-finalists.

Neither of these sides can defend, which meant neither of them were a legitimate flag threat. But because they played each other this week, one of them had to win.

Richmond will be kicking themselves that they couldn't beat an out of form known finals choker missing Rayner, Answerth, Adams, Lyons and McInerney after 3 minutes.

The ARC review probably led to the correct call overall (was probably a behind given everyone's reactions), but once the umpire called it a goal, even if that was the wrong initial call, the video evidence surely wasn't enough to be conclusive.

However, I'm not sure that was a free against Daniher moments earlier for the push in the back. Looked to be a legitimate marking attempt from him. 

Brilliant analysis TU.

27 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Yeah, I don’t doubt the result - but the process was a disaster for the AFL. Why have goal umpires at all if a guy without clear vision of it on replay can overturn it?

The vision to overturn was clearly inconclusive - therefore umpires call. 

If the umpire is Unsure then why does he get a call at all. 

2 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

If we lose to Sydney and then lose to Brisbane, it'll have nothing to do with Brisbane but everything about us. 

Yeah but someone had to be responsible round here 😛

 

34 minutes ago, Mr Steve said:

No that was clearly over the top of the post.

The only thing that was clear was Lynch's reaction.

There's no way the vision 'clearly' showed it as going 'over the post'.

What a terrible way to pretty much end a team's season.

Surely the AFL could solve this with technology?  Eg;  a few infra red beams (four?) running in line with the post pointing to the sky.  Any part of the ball breaks the beam (above the post) it counts as a behind.