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  1. touche, Trisul. i read 2019 rules and, of course, the wording has to be changed every single year (ffs). however, the free kick was not awarded outside the Playing Surface, so the additional text is not relevant. The issue remains whether or not "where the ball is at" includes out of play, and the rules are not clear on that.

    edit: i also don't think it matters (cos no free kick should have been given), it's just a minor amusement at 2 in the morning (rules-lawyering that is).

     

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  2. 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.

     

    edit: actually, it is:

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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.

     

  3. 6 minutes ago, kallangurdemon said:

    We were putrid tonight and I left the ground absolutely gutted . I am not going to make excuses but we had absolute no energy from the get go and I thought very early on that our goose was cooked .i dont know the effect of the 4 day break on the team because this is new territory but there was no spark at any time tonight .

    ...and the game four days ago was hard-faught in the wet against the other best-side-in-the-comp.

    a crappy loss, certainly, but the sky isn't falling.

     

    ...yet.

     

  4. 2 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

    It's not Hogan we miss, it's what he does. He ain't coming back whether he wants to or not, but there are a couple of options in the free agent market this year. Needs to be our main focus this offseason.

     

    just curious : who?

     

  5. 5 minutes ago, Patches O’houlihan said:

    I feel like we simply have to play one of Brown/Weideman just to give ourselves another target. 

    I'd be tempted to play Salem further up the ground, and bring Jetta in. 

    Out: Lochart, Hannan 

    In: Brown, Jetta 

    i agree, but it's not going to happen (Brown/2nd tall).

  6. 2 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Thought Hannan was ok tbh, but maybe I need to watch it again.

    I'd have vandenBerg out for Jones. (Personally would pick Bennell but the post-match from Goody sounded like he wouldn't be picked)

    I think vandenBerg is needed for tackling pressure. if vanders has to be dropped then ANB should come in.

    i want Jones in for his ball-use and accurate goal-kicking.

    I also think Fritsch and Hannan are too similiar — one or the other for mine.

  7. 26 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    If that was any of OMac, ANB, Lever, The Wagners etc that go caught holding the ball 3 times and joking around after giving up a goal on the siren this place would be in meltdown.

    No more selection favours. Lockhart out.

     

    This ⇧. Lockhart was terrible. So was Hannan.

    Lockhart ⇨ Jetta.

    Hannan ⇨ Jones.

     

  8. On 8/14/2017 at 0:03 AM, wretched.sylph said:

    I unhappily predict that Collingwood in round 23 will get as many free kicks as they need to beat us.

    Why?

    Because Melbourne don't generate strong television ratings.

    So I was a little off: they didn't so much give the world to Collingwood, as give us nothing. Same result though.

    I really am over this game.

    Incidentally, at the other end of the conspiracy theorist spectrum is naïvity.

     

  9. 12 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

    Be interesting to cross correlate it on crowd figures i.e crowd size and crowd ratios No# us :No# them.

    Umpires, being human and all, will be influenced by large highly vocal crowds... 

     

    ...which is the actual reason why supporters yell "ball" and "fifty" and whatever else.

     

  10. 12 minutes ago, Bay Riffin said:

    would be hand to have both Salem and Brayshaw coming out of half back. would add a new dimension. Both had good games on the weekend so why not for the pies game.

     

    I agree. They both have excellent skills and usually make very good decisions. These attributes could be vital against Collingwood. In concert with our awesome line-breakers in Hibberd and Hunt, our rebounds will be very damaging. Damn i'm happy to have Gus back!

     

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  11. Last year, when it looked like we were are real chance of making finals, facing Carlton in round 22, we lost the free kick count 5/20. Yeah... 400%. No team can overcome that. "No finals for you!"

    I unhappily predict that Collingwood in round 23 will get as many free kicks as they need to beat us.

    Why?

    Because Melbourne don't generate strong television ratings.

    "AFL" is a corporation selling an entertainment product.

    A few years ago (Hinkley's first year, i think) Port Adelaide were red hot and every chance to grab the flag. When they beat Collingwood in their first final, Gil said "that cost us a million dollars". The next week Port were put out by Hawthorn on the back of some truly outrageous umpiring (anyone remember those last few minutes? i do).

    I was a Juventus fan when Serie A exploded. It shocked me deeply. I denounced my team and fairly quickly lost interest in Football. It is well worth noting that the Serie A referees who were done for match fixing would never have gone as far as AFL umpires go week in week out.

    Our game has become deeply corrupted by its too-close relationships with television and gambling corporations. It's not hard to see... if you care to look.

     

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  12. Brian Taylor is instructed to commentate in the "style" he uses. He is perfectly capable of calling the game properly, but Charnel 7 doesn't want that. Until peeps start complaining to the network the "delicious caressing OMG Supertar" style will remain. Sad, rediculous, and unbearable, but true.

     

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  13. After his second game for us i added him to my "favourite players" on my DL profile. I really loved the effort, intent and awareness he showed — especially around the 50.

    He certainly faded as the season rolled on. However, this was his first year playing back-to-back games with any kind of regularity, so we shouldn't be too surprised that he ran out of legs.

    I think he can be a very important player for us in 2017. He has great speed and awareness and, as Adzman states above, he is competitive and creative.

    Fingers crossed in hoping he has a good injury-free pre-season!

     

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