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deanox

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  1. Basically the Chris Sullivan line then?
  2. They name the emergencies as ins until the final teams are named, same as every week...
  3. Agree. I think the thing in our favor is that we are high scoring and the value of a game to a tv network is a function of ratings plus advertising time (ads after each goal). If Friday ratings are not traditionally correlated to how well a club is supported, but rather how important the game is, or how tight a contest is expected, we might actually fit the criteria for once.
  4. Ok so now you want the time to say "you can't block or bump after disposal unless the player is involved in the play"? Isnt that what is says? "You can't make prohibited contact to a player after they dispose of the football." I don't understand your confusion. This isn't a new rule!
  5. @daisycutter are you saying the quoted rule is not a real rule? As written you can bump a player after he kicked it. I promise you that 5m rule has been in place for at least 20 years (I can't confirm before hand but pretty sure 5m had been the Aussie rules standard forever). What has been added is the "not involved in the play" and "unexpected" or "unreasonable" force type clauses, which are intended to stop sniping. "Late" in your description may refer to "the ball was disposed of, the player is now no longer in the contest and therefore not reasonably expecting contact" ie he was expecting it but you were late to the contest and now it is unexpected. To clarify further, a kick is a method of disposal. It may go 50 m or it may be a dinky dribble kick so that a player can run on and collect it. There aren't different contact rules for both cases. If the ball is within 5 m and the player is still in the play they should expect to be bumped off their line by an opposition player.
  6. @daisycutter, did you check the rules before saying that? To be a free kick the contact must be "prohibited contact", which means more than 5m away, overly rough or unexpected. "Lateness" has nothing to do with anything, and never has. Once the ball has been disposed of, the player is now like any other on the field, who is subject to contact.
  7. Apparently there has been alot of money spent on research in soccer about the cause and prevention of these types of injuries, and I've read they are starting to implement "preventative exercises" to strengthen appropriate parts and reduce differences between legs which can exacerbate risk (apparently differences in single leg hop distance, amongst other things, can increase susceptibility). Hopefully these strategies are being implemented in AFL too, both preventative and as part of recovery.
  8. I actually think we spent big on a guy who covered our biggest hole. The hole was not personnel but strategic positional. We want to defend up the ground and play the backline as a zone. We know that means defenders will be caught out with fast out the back ball coming at them. We spent the equivalent of pick 5 on the best reader of the play, zone defender and intercept marker in the competition who was also only 21.
  9. When I first saw the footage on the weekend, I was actually very surprised at how Curnow left himself open, which I feel contributed to the issue. He should have braced protected himself from contact, instead it looks like he didn't even realise May was there...
  10. Thanks DeeSpencer, looks like my description was a pretty good lay explanation of those detailed rules!
  11. "As a testament to his standing within the team, Neal-Bullen has been given a leadership position in the forward line, with Misson saying the unofficial title was indicative of his attitude." Can we stop slagging him off now?
  12. This is fantastic news. This was always the rule of Australian football and had been overlooked in recent years. In this case Iagree, because May's bump was designed to stop Curnow being involved in the next part of the play (ie a handball 1-2). The "late" rule applies to a kick where the ball has cleared the area and a) is no longer within 5m or b) because the player is now far enough away from the contest that he couldn't reasonably have expected contact. Long live the bump.
  13. Basically Demonland was set up as an elaborate Turing Test experimental set up.
  14. By my count it was 5-1 their way in the last q too...
  15. 5th least time on ground for MFC with the following stats: 22 disposals (4th for MFC) 1 goal 1 behind 12 tackles (BOG) 5 intercept possessions (=3rd for MFC) 30 pressure acts (=1st for MFC) 393 m gained (5th for MFC) 12 contested prisons (5th for MFC) 3 clearances (=6th for MFC) 4 inside 50s (=3rd for MFC) 112 AFL fantasy points (1st for MFC)
  16. 17 more points to get over the Chris Sullivan line...
  17. Kent Kingsley is surely a life member of this association.
  18. Of course it is the players. 40 seconds to go and the players don't set up properly, don't get back behind the ball and don't chase their opponents down the center and you want to blame the coach? I can understanding blaming the coach for not moving Frost to Hawkins 1-2 goals earlier, but not for the last 40 seconds.
  19. It's an amazing spin on a 28 game career that averaged 14 disposals and 0.6 goals per game. He was a classic underdog who showed competitiveness in a team that lacked heart and talent, and thus the nostalgic view. I believe he has some talent and potential, and combined with his drive he could become a player and may even make an immediate impact. But anyone who thinks good performance is guaranteed is kidding themselves.
  20. I really hope we're retain him next year. He plays his best footy in the guts and has been squeezed out this year due to numbers. Jones won't be here forever and Viney's foot may need insurance so the is a definite need for someone of his ilk. It is a shame the majority of the players competing for that spot are unable to play other positions. Congrats Dom.
  21. I agree with those things. I liked him too. And was excited for what he could be. But he wasn't an elite talent nor an established AFL player. And with his actual stats, those big marks and goals were remembered were actually not that frequent. He is tough, physical, competitive and had potential, so I hope he can make it back. I just think that we're remembering his output fondly based on nostalgia and our overall terrible performance at the time, and rating current players low because their weaknesses are currently exposed. Will we be happy with 12 possessions from VDB? Because we aren't happy with 15-20 from Pettracca, nor 15 and 2 goals from ANB...
  22. This is nonsensical. "Gaffs defense isn't good enough so get Steven May" as if they play similar positions. Add Lever and Hibberd back into the side and our back 6 are fine. We play a zoning defence that requires all the defenders to leave their man and run up the field to defend/hold up/pressure/spoil the next free player, while the midfield is meant to push back hard to cover the overlap that is created. Our problem is not defenders. The best one on one defender in the competition will lose the majority of contests when one out and unassisted by team mates and OMac is a good zone defender. Our problem is two way running by midfielders who are meant to run back hard to cover space and run back hard with their direct opponent to make sure that don't pop up out the back. Our mids don't cover this kind of ground they only run forwards. We don't need Gaff to defend, we need him to gut run. PS you're not going to get much peace because Omac will be in this side for the next 5-10 years unless he asks to be traded. The quicker you accept that, the easier watching footy will be!
  23. I think the nature of our losses this year indicate demonstrate how valuable Gaff could be. He covers a lot of ground and is regularly in the eagles top runners. That two way effort is something we miss. It was visible in the last play against the cats, it was massive against the saints and has played a part regularly as we watch teams stream past us and we don't follow. Put him in for JKH and we win this week. We need to be all in.
  24. The Geelong player charged direction and braced himself when running into Gawn from behind/side. It was intentional and Gawn didn't see it coming. He may not have intended to knock him over but he did.
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