you could have added... 'think Netball, or Basketball'... but using feet ...
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Steve Hocking
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I’m looking forward to the over the top media hysteria when Jack or Tom benefit from an umpiring mistake. The *smile* will hit the fan because well, you know, Richmond benefited from it. Unlike the mushroom media reaction to when shovekins did it
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They can’t get rid of it now, either, because if they do they’re admitting that they made a mistake and the current AFL leadership team will never do that. It is quite possible that they’ll modify it to something even worse.
100% no mention of Hawkins pushing
No mention of Cerra's 5 in the back free kicks.
No mention of McCrae ducking even before he is tackled.
The constant throwing of the ball has gone to ridiculous levels.
Maybe they won't change the rule, they will just change the interpretation such that you can run around on the mark (but not go over it) and that is their new definition of "stand". Wouldn't surprise me, they just interpret it in such a way that defies the wording of the rule and then quietly drop it out of the rule book in a year or two (if they ever publish the rule book that is).
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It's real. First season since I lobbed in Melb 33 years ago that I've felt this way about footy.
I watched the Dess-Bulldogs game in full I think. But like you, its a quarter here or there.
The only good thing is he became head of football operations of the AFL in August 2017 - so got to enjoy our regular cats flayings in the big games - the coup de grace being the dusty demolition of 2020.
There is no doubt those experiences shaped his thinking and created the stand rule. Its almost inarguable.
He's a deadset *smile*
Crowds are coming back in huge number's in other sports
But Gilligan and the 3 stooges are still blaming covid.
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But Gilligan and the 3 stooges are still blaming covid.
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The masters
The Grand Prix
Burnley open
I think they will come out and say that the player with the ball, that feigns to handball or move laterally to milk a free is not acting in the spirit of the game.
The new rule will be that the player on the mark must now turn his back to the player with the ball until play on is called. This is to remove the milking of such 50m frees
Morons the lot of 'em
I suspect the AFL pay a chunk of Robinson’s salary. They were desperately hoping that something else would happen to take the focus off the blatant in the back that wasn’t paid against Shovekins and as soon as Dion used a tactic to subvert their pet rule (not the first player to do it, mind you) someone would have been on the phone to Robbo telling him to write in defence of the rule, blame it on those dirty Richmond cheats and take the focus off how their umpires don’t enforce the rules properly.
Does anyone on PRE actually like the rule?
I'm yet to come across a fan who does like it bar one norf supporter, but like his team he simply doesn't count.
I seriously think fans could have a big say in getting this rule repealed by voting with their feet - nominate a round where fans boycott attending in protest at the rule. I think a significant amount of fans would boycott.
I'm yet to come across a fan who does like it bar one norf supporter, but like his team he simply doesn't count.
I seriously think fans could have a big say in getting this rule repealed by voting with their feet - nominate a round where fans boycott attending in protest at the rule. I think a significant amount of fans would boycott.
Yep, its nothing to do with COVID. Grass roots supporters are losing interest when they see morons introducing things like the stand rule.
Who can forget the 30m long goal square that Shocking wanted to introduce also. I thought at the time it was a ruse to distract outrage to ensure their other stupid rules got up. Now I'm not so sure. Shocking really was a *smile*
Well, they did get rid of the hands on the back rule after a couple of years.
can we choose a week we play interstate? Or even better, at Docklands?
Blobbo was already full rant in the Hun this morning about it. Reckons we need another rule change to combat players taking advantage of a *smile* rule, because the *smile* rule has opened up the game n saved it.
That’s why I mentioned it. But he didn’t raise Richmond or Prestia specifically tonight on 360. Just the problem he has with it in general.
