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No it's not the end of story. Saying the umpire bottled it is not the same as saying he cheated. And yes, it is possible for every team that loses after a bad decision in a close game to be told they should have won the game earlier. So what? The issue is bad umpiring. BTW, let me open another front on the rules. I noticed that the Adelaide coach in trying to raise a smokescreen said maybe he was trying to handball through the behinds but just missed. Of course he wasn't but if that was true, I think he was beyond the goal square and we'd have got a free (but not the point as well ?)

Answer to question in thread title: Correct, the GF is in September.

That makes it clear. Intent is the issue. If it hits a seagull on the way out the intent was still there. I am astounded by people continuing to say it matters that it hit Salem a glancing blow.

Where in the rule does it say anything about deflection or hitting a seagull? It’s all about intent. So unless the deflection changes the balls direction significantly it is deliberate

It doesn't appear to be working. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hElq-cmsP70

This may be the live stream being tested?

Sorry, unless the touch greatly affected the ball's direction of motion, it s still deliberate,.

As someone posted earlier, still unclear: https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/940358/vfl-team-round-6

Of course a please explain won't do any of the two things you mention. But an appropriate whinge about bad umpiring by top teams is likely to do them some good in future games. Just as umpires are influenced by the home crowd, they are also influenced by not wanting to be seen making another big mistake against the same team shortly thereafter. Neither are professional, but then the umps aren't very professional and are human. There a lots of bad decisions that are excusable and within the usual range of iffy decisions. I'd put the non-holding the ball which led to their last goal as an example. Clearly a free, but what the heck, it happens all the time. Maybe the ump's line of vision was blocked or whatever. The non-deliberate was in an entirely diferent class. Blatant and no excuse for the umpire. Goodwin won't even spend the 0.01% of time that Swooper mentioned on it with the players and coaches. I don't think any of those whinging about the umpiring or calling for a please explain would expect him to.

Don't expect an apology quickly from the AFL. They don't even seem to have a text report on the match on their website.

I bet we won’t.

I've not seen that clip before, but I am appalled that anyone would think that roughing up a player well off the ball (injured or not) is a mark of a team standing up. Spirit of the game? Why not use a machine gun and do it properly. Some of these blokes belong in the Juarassic (when there were no humans).

Reckon Brisbane players have worked out how to tackle him. Don’t go for the waist but raise both arms and come down on him from above.

I reckon even Demonlanders would learn something sitting on the bench near the coach and watching the positioning etc. But I expect there is more to it than performing in the VFL, eg matchups, training performance, weaknesses with alternatives to play the role. The coaches know more than us and at 9-0 it is hard to say they are getting things wrong (not that we can't criticise/opine).

No that is wrong. Kayo sent me mail on April 16 saying they would be streaming VFL from the start of the season which was that day and I watched the round 1 match on Kayo, We played Richmond in round 2. So they did not stop Richmond from streaming it. So unless something has changed (unlikely), there seems to be no reason why clubs can't stream their VFL matches, at least when Kayo is not doing so (with free access). So we should be able to see all VFL matches for free if the club would stream it when Kayo is doing 3 other matches. So I ask again, what is stopping them when we can see from 'all the goals' on the MFC website that someone did video it (with/added Casey radio commentary)?

That was the match I was thinking of.

Kayo only streams 3 matches a week. Surely they don't have rights over the others. In fact an earlier match was streamed that Kayo wasn't doing, so it seems they don't have rights to those. If the footage is done for the coaches etc, why not stream it too? Didn't look top secret. I'm no expert on Casey radio, but it didn't strike me as a radio broadcast.

I posted this in the Casey Geelong thread, but since people may not be looking at that now, I'm raising it here: I see on the MFC website they have video of all the VFL goals and what sounds like a full-on commentary of the entire match. Did anyone find out if that was being streamed? Who made it? If not streamed, why not? What equipment is missing to stream it? etc?

I see on the MFC website they have video of all the VFL goals and what sounds like a full-on commentary of the entire match. Did anyone find out if that was being streamed? Who made it? If not streamed, why not? What equipment is missing to stream it? etc?

What about having a number of players start on the flank(s) and converge towards the centre when the full back indicates he is going to kick it up the middle in an atempt to create an outnumber in the centre? (I wouldn't put me in change of strategy)

I've must have missed something. Could someone tell me why milk is worse than gastroade? Just because it is more visible?

Looks sus to me. Especially since there is no evidence so far that anyone is actually videoing the match.

Kayo seems to be doing 3 other games. I stumbled across this - no idea how kosher it is or where they'd be getting the feed from? https://www.facebook.com/101463378730693/posts/-casey-vs-geelong-cats-2-livestream-live-casey-vs-geelong-cats-2-vfllivestream-h/111664947710536/

I watched both those VFL matches where he kicked the 14 goals. But who was his direct and indirect opponents in those matches? Were they AFL listed? Were they any good? Casey won by large amounts; was that because the opponents were so bad, or was it due to Weed kicking loads of goals? These are all genuine questions, not rhetorical. I'm not anti-Weed in any way but I wonder whether we have a reliable guide to how in-form he is. Other than the club being prepared to pick hims this week - which perhaps answers my questions. Though maybe there is also a keep Weed happy element in the decision.

I feel I am in the minority in not applauding this change. With the VFL scheduling being all over the place with respect to the afl's, it just places more difficulties in the way making of selection decisions.