Jumping Jack Clennett

If the ball is knocked free, it’s basically the same as a ball up…pretty much 50:50. BUT…… there’s a good chance of getting a free if you knock it out of the opponent’s hands , especially if I he may have had prior opportunity. And I refer you back to my comment in the O P about the” surprise” tackle….. I think that’s important.

Insightful comment, no.18. Back to your blanket!

I think that game might have influenced Roos in his decision to come to Melbourne.

Bedford, Weed, Hunt , Baker , Hannan. All doing well for their new clubs, but definitely not in our best 22. Interesting…..suggests our depth was, and is, pretty good. There are are a few Caseyguys who can’t make our side now who would make a lot of other teams.(Turner, Jordon, Laurie,Dunstan,Adams,Brown, Scache ..and others.)

Not worth consideration, obviously.

I think we sometimes miss opportunities to win a free kick with tackles. If the opponent has taken a step after getting the ball, ( had prior opportunity), I think the tackler should attempt to knock the ball down out of his hands while grabbing him, rather than just holding him,and keeping the ball pressed against him, leading to a ball up. There is a degree of inconsistency in the umpiring on incidents like this. Sometimes a free will be paid when the ball is knocked out of the player’s hands, even if he hardly seemed to have prior opportunity. I realise that there is a danger of the free not being paid, and the ball falls free to a 50:50 situation, but I think it’s worth the risk. Occasionally, a player receives the ball unaware that a potential tackler is right behind him. I think this is the time that the “ surprise” tackle should win a free, by knocking the ball down while grabbing the player. The biggest error in this circumstance is to allow the opponent to fall forward, pulling the tackler down on his back, and getting a free, when a proper tackle would have resulted in a free the other way.

Well done, Hammers! Staying up!!!

Thanks!

We’ll done, you Irons!

Have the Dees ever been beaten abroad? I know we’ve won in NZ, Canada, USA, China ,England and Tasmania(!) Anywhere else?

Before this thread disappears into obscurity…….does any Demonlander know what happened to the “Wall of Fame”?

Does anyone know if the "Wall of Fame" still exists? I suspect you would have bought one, too, Whispering Jack! ( though you were already famous!)

I get it... I've been hoodwinked!

LDVC…..you must be a lawyer! I looked up “fungible”, and I still can’t understand how it would apply to the tiles. What would the tiles be replaced by? Or does it just mean that once the money has been paid, there’s no responsibility to honour the commitment?

In 2004, I paid $250 for a "tile" with my name on it to be put on a tile- wall in the "Southern Stand MCG changerooms". I presume those rooms are no longer there. Did any other Demonlanders make this payment? Does anyone know if the "wall of fame" still exists?

Arguably cost us the '63 Premiership.

I hope they tank when they play us…., but I doubt it. Lewis back and a lot of talent at Box Hill. I think they’ll be hard to beat next week.

28 frees to St K, 14 to Port. Absolutely every 50:50 decision went to the Saints. The Marvel crowd( all Saints) definitely influenced the Umpires by screaming for frees the whole match. We Demon supporters have got to try to influence the imps like that, but it’s harder at the bigger MCG, and we rarely have a crowd that all goes for us .

Who does he barrack for?

Harmes and Dunstan definitely look "a class above" when playing for Casey. I think we should make more use of them in the seniors.

Spargo certainly ducked his head, so it was correct not to give him a free…..but to penalise him for incorrect disposal? He was semi-conscious when the ball came out of his hands. Ducking the head to try to avoid a tackle should certainly not be rewarded with a free, but the tackler still has a duty of care not to concuss the ducker.

In some ways I think it's to our advantage not to be on the MCG against Essendon.( esp as an "away" match.) They're on a high, and there'd be a predominantly Essendon crowd at the MCG baying for frees and influencing the umps. It'll still be pro-bomber over there, but we travel well.

Thanks, LaDVC The satellite trackers are pretty good at specifying the distance from your golf ball to the pin on the green. Within a metre or two. I don't think that's the answer. I was hoping some Demonlander might be "in the know" as far as the tracking info is concerned. I'm also interested in the Champion Data employees. There must be at least a dozen at each match. Who are they? How well do they understand footy? It must take a lot of knowledge and experience to judge, for example, what was a hit out to advantage,what was a clanger, a sacrificial act....etc, etc, etc.. Are they well paid? Do they travel interstate? Or, for example, are the Perth statisticians only there.? Ditto with Melbourne stats workers etc.? Do any Demonlanders work for Champion data?

Of course the running done in a footy game is in no way comparable to just jogging with no physical contact!! That's not my point at all! But my point is that the players are constantly on the move for the whole 120 min ( at stoppages players have to walk/jog/ run to "man up". They don't just stand like statues) For an example, let's assume a player sprints pretty flat out for 30 min of the game....probably at an average of about 3 min per k pace....that's 10 k covered. Let's assume he walks or jogs slowly for another 60 min. That's another 5k. Let's (wrongly) assume he's dead still for the other 30 min.(10 min if he's off for rotation for 20 min.) Wild assumptions, I know, but that's the 15 k that player covered......more than most. My point is that I reckon players must walk/run for more than 10 to 15 k in a match. The GPS trackers must only count the distance when they're going over a certain minimum speed. And thanks, BW511, for speculating irrelevantly on how many kicks I'd get walking briskly on the MCG. I wish I was young enough, fit enough, and good enough to be out there . But I don't think it's relevant to my query.

Have a look,DJ. No player is EVER stationary!