Quote Originally Posted by snajik View Post
Not sure if you were at the ground or you saw the game on tv Sharps but I think Big Ted is being a little too harshly criticised here. You wouldn't have been able to see this on tv but when Ted first collected the ball his initial instinct was to head for the right HBF area. However this was anticipated by the Pies. Three of them had peeled off to this very area in the event of the Bloods winning the clearance. Therefore Ted hesitated because if he kicked it out there it would have been swooped upon by a loose Pie and possibly resulted in a goal anyway. As mentioned there is no countdown clock, and if there was he may have cut his losses and gone with instinct in the hope that the siren would have sounded before the loose Pie could send it back. Instead he got caught and Swan goaled.
I remember the initial feign and then hesitation. I'm pretty sure he had support around and a number of handball options also but chose to run it out instead. Was lucky not get HTB but they goaled anyway.