daisycutter

the only thing i don't want to see is an umpire being slow on calling play on, the defender being spot on, then penalised on the technicality that he moveda split second before umpire called play on. a good umpire would realise he was a bit slow (maybe he was distracted watching downfield or just slow) and use some common sense, but i wouldn't hold my breath the other problem is hearing the umpire in front of a big crowd. i.e. not hearing "stand" or "play on"

kids memberships would be lowest priority if based on amount paid, and that would be devastating for them doesn't seem fair and i wouldn't like to explain why to the grand kids a sliding scale makes more sense i.e. a bigger percentage to higher value tickets.....but not all for tier1, then all for tier2........etc after a useless membership for 2020 they don't want to start season 2021 disenfranchising the plebeians or i can see a rush of them cancelling their memberships and demanding their money back any solution has to have any burden carried by all tiers of membership

good luck, ryan.....but wtf the bummers.....death wish?

you do make some good points, it ?

incidentally, looking at the map, gosch's park triangle including car park is a little bigger than the filth's holden centre

+1

surely there must be a nice block of land in the middle of toorak? maybe an underutilised tractor park or range rover obstacle course or some such

i think you are confusing frogs with bananas

strictly speaking "mimimal" would have to be the smallest possible observable measurement scratch your ear and bang, 50m oh and does jumping up in the air count as "moving in any direction"

haven't seen a definition of "minimal lateral movement" what is so hard about defining it more precisely?

fixed it for ya

bit strange after 4 days off and so few out on the field maybe others got to field after?

also lumumba was at the filth for 10 years. pendlebury was only captain for 1 of those years

if bananas can get covid, froggy, what about amphibians? just asking for a friend

that's right charlie did nothing wrong today......not a single fumble, dropped mark nor missed snapshot on goal.....brilliant

no more hokey pokey

one good thing with this is that because the man on the mark is fixed it will make it easier for everyone, but especially the umpire, to see the actual mark and therefore the kicker's legal "line" this will make it easier to spot when a player goes off-line and therefore to call play-on if the umpires are going to be strict with man-on-mark then they need to be just as strict with kicker going off their line, which is something we see all too frequently, especially around the boundaries only time will tell how well umpires adjudicate both these situations

seems like there is a 20m (10m either side) x 5m area where no-one allowed except man on mark. This 20m x5m area already exists. man on mark must be directly on the mark and no movement laterally or back (until ball kicked or play-on called) one can only pray that umps will apply a bit of common sense and not go 50m penalty crazy

doh.....that was my initial question of jnr

while we have switched to the behind the mark rules, i have to say 10m either side is a lot of real estate. players frequently retreat 20m, so that means 20 x (10 + 10) = 400m2 which is about the current size of a block of land! Go back 30m and we are talking of 600m2. And that is ignoring the 5m arc behind the player. imo the corridor should be 5m either side. Now if the opposition encroaches the corridor the umpires are savage....50m penalty. No common sense used even when breach is minor and of zero impact. Now contrast this to player who strays off his direct line. He is either made to go back (given another chance) or it is called play on (but not consistently)

that's the old law mr !

well he did sign the team apology statement and for all we know he might have been instrumental in it we don't know what he has done or is doing within the club he's not obliged to publicly say anymore. people will judge him either way he has always come across as a very polite and considerate person, so no need to pass any cheap criticism on him

that's in the other direction, mr. i.e. from the mark to the player who is kicking we are talking about the other side of the mark

does this include 5m laterally from mark?

any source on this jnr? and is it a 5m arc or just 5m behind mark? also how much can the man on the mark roam in this arc......1,2,3,4.5m?