Rohan Connolly did a couple of pieces on the game. I particularly liked this one:
Richmond v Sydney Swans: Sydney get off the canvas to hurt the Tigers
I recall that he picked us to win the GF this year.
Rohan Connolly did a couple of pieces on the game. I particularly liked this one:
Richmond v Sydney Swans: Sydney get off the canvas to hurt the Tigers
I recall that he picked us to win the GF this year.
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
I don't like zone defence , whatever it is and whatever it is supposed to achieve.
Who invented it and what is it ?
I have learnt my lesson about giving up hope too soon! (Confession - I left before 3/4 time to run some errands. I thought at the time we could win it, but I thought it just as likely we would throw it away). It seems like a long time since the Swans made a great comeback like that and it makes me very happy.
How great was Kennedy's goal? I don't know what he was thinking or how he fluked it, but if pulling a clutch goal like that out of your arse is not captaincy material, then I don't know what is! I take back everything I said about him possibly not being the best choice as captain.
I agree with this but sometimes commonsense needs to be applied overall I didn't have a problem with the umpiring in the game except two decisions which were mind numbingly stupid. The first was the Callum Mills one where he didn't have prior opportunity and was tackled immediately but was trying to get rid of the footy which was trapped under him. There was no prior opportunity and he was trying to get rid of it but free kick. The second was the Lloyd one in the pocket when he was being tackled and called deliberate out of bounds.
ALL fans want commonsense and consistency.
But Richmond can just as well point to a number of holding the ball decisions that probably should have been paid against the Swans but weren't (of which the Jones one is a clear example). And Richmond were pinged for just a silly a DOB just moments before the one that went against Lloyd.
The nature of the game makes it very hard to umpire and, as spectators, we need to accept that the umpires won't always see a contest the way a one-eyed fan will see it, and sometimes they'll just make mistakes. It's fine to rue individual decisions but not to let them cloud the overall perspective of the game. There have been games where I think the umpiring has been uneven, possibly to the extent of influencing the result, but these are very much in the minority, and it's far safer to draw that conclusion when it's a game not involving your team.
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