Where do you see whistleblowers that is referred to in a couple of posts?
Where do you see whistleblowers that is referred to in a couple of posts?
It's very hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play violin. That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.
The Scarlatti Tilt - Richard Brautigan
Fine game by Macca - much more to it than just picking up uncontested possessions.
Parker was very good and Mitchell was more than handy.
Laidler had an unglamourous , rock-solid game - just what you want from a defender in his role.
Jetta's disposal by foot was at times sublime.
Nice to see Richo force BT into saying that Pyke was a good player !
But did BT write up the match score for afl.com.au ?
I'm sure they will fix it , but right now , this is how it reads
NORTH MELBOURNE 3.4 4.6 8.11 14.7 (91)
SYDNEY SWANS 4.3 9.5 12.7 10.15 (75)
Yeh agree 100% RE the commentary on the Hannebery incident, it didn't take any courage whatsoever from Ziebell...I think it was just a flow-on from the Ziebell love fest in the media lately, he is the most overrated player in the AFL, honestly not sure he'd get a game for us.
Yes, I thought it was quite telling, how they labelled the Swallow holding the ball decision "the worst decision of the year", while they were only slightly mystified by the Richards non-decision. In my interpretation, Swallow had the ball for an extended period of time in a legitimate tackle and made no attempt to dispose of it, so he was rightly penalised. While on the other hand, Richards attempted to go back to take his kick, but was wrestled and dispossessed by a player standing on the wrong side of the mark. The fact that the umpire called play on and then allowed the goal to stand, made this a much more realistic candidate for "worst decision of the year"
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
Yes, you'd hope that the incident will be reviewed and Firrito will be cited. But I suspect that they'll probably trot out the tired line of it being a genuine attempt to spoil. While from my point of view, the only thing that a swinging fist to the back of the head was an attempt to spoil, was Buddy's state of consciousness. I mean, a highly trained athlete with superior hand/eye coordination, shouldn't miss the ball by a metre or so.
Yes, there does seem to a strange view among some of the umpires, that if you come from in front of the mark, then this allows you some sort of special privileges, like being able to stand ahead of the mark with impunity. I mean, Hawthorn seem to able to get away with this ploy, week in, week out.
No what matter we think about the umpiring of the Richards incident the reality is that Ted DID play on. Why he would do that in the defensive goal square baffled the people I was with. Pretty dumb play for mine.
We really do need to rid ourselves of the kicking turnovers that hit an opposition player on the chest, when under no pressure. Kennedy had 8 kicks; 3 went directly to North players and one went out on the full.
What was Ziebell to do? He knocked the ball away and contacted Hanners in the back in the contest. It is not a free to Hanners and I don't know that it was a mark. Ziebell is allowed to do what he did. To say it took no courage is rubbish. It was in play and happens in almost every marking contest to varying degrees. It was in essence a hospital kick.
Where did I say he did anything wrong? And how did it take courage? I'm not sure if you've played footy or not but spoiling from behind with a knee up to protect yourself doesn't require any courage, it was a good spoil but he was hardly placing himself in a position to get hurt.
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