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The crazy thing about the second one is that there's no grey area there, he's literally two meters outside the boundary line, which is helpfully painted on the surface to assist our very professional, highly skilled and not at all loving absolutely useless umpiring fraternity.
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There was a clear out of bounds last week in the Eagles/Bombers game. Someone ran a full metre out with the ball tucked and the umpire was literally 5m away staring at it. Ran around his opponent and back into play...
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Aug 11, 2023 14:28
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The centre bounce to start the third quarter was atrocious. Bounced straight in the direction of Collingwood's goal, right onto the edge of the circle where it should've been called back. It forced Stanley to awkwardly backpedal while Cox had a full head of steam. He knocked it straight out, Collingwood got a clear centre clearance and kicked it straight down the throat of McStay who then goaled. Instant momentum for Collingwood which came from poor skill execution by the umpire. They need to get rid of the bounce. It adds more needless randomness into the game. It's only there because 'footy history'. Just throw it up.
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Aug 12, 2023 04:59
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Should be bounced once at the beginning of the game by a celebrity bouncer. The bounce is dumb. It adds an element of randomness to an already random game, sometimes the bounces are called back and sometimes they aren't when they clearly should be and it takes time off the clock rebouncing. It also prevents people who physically can't bounce the ball high enough from being umpires.
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Aug 12, 2023 05:23
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I mean, if my experience as a ruck in div 4 ressies is worth anything, throwing the ball up can still be a bit random (albeit less so than a bounce)
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Aug 12, 2023 09:42
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Go bloos
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Aug 12, 2023 10:31
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lmao I didn't see the game so this makes it even worse - there's 3 umpires in the loving shot, one of which is also out of bounds??
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Aug 12, 2023 11:34
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lol the softest free kicks ever being paid Umpiring is in such an atrocious state, my god https://i.gyazo.com/62ea49bcd05f191cc2f8fb7f085b054a.mp4 Diet Crack fucked around with this message at 11:45 on Aug 12, 2023 |
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Aug 12, 2023 11:41
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Yeah, nah that looks like a free kick
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Aug 12, 2023 11:58
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What for? Slinging? If someone runs into you head on and you tackle them, chances are they're going over you. The whole adjudication of this in a contact sport is a massive joke. He just flops after dropping the ball.
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Aug 12, 2023 12:02
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Diet Crack posted:What for? Slinging? If someone runs into you head on and you tackle them, chances are they're going over you. The whole adjudication of this in a contact sport is a massive joke. He just flops after dropping the ball. Tackle continued on too long after the tackler knocked the ball out
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Aug 12, 2023 12:38
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AFL and their goal reviews continue to cover themselves in glory
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Aug 12, 2023 13:11
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Carlton riding the umpires coat tails to an elimination final embarassment
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Aug 12, 2023 13:14
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Why do I keep watching this stupid sport? Robbed of a win and possibly a home final as a consequence. It's just a gross feeling.
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Aug 12, 2023 13:20
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St Kilda are going to lose to Richmond and bundle out of the 8 while GWS storms in, book it.
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Aug 12, 2023 13:22
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Just watched the review process a bunch of times and there is no point the ball touches anyone. Like why do we have a review system if the goal ump can just guess and impact the result because the camera angles and implementation of the review system is so shithouse?
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Aug 12, 2023 13:36
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monolithburger posted:I mean, if my experience as a ruck in div 4 ressies is worth anything, throwing the ball up can still be a bit random (albeit less so than a bounce) There are plenty of ways ball ups or throw-ins from the boundaries can be awful, they most important part is to know how and where they’ll be awful  The only good thing about the bounce is if your mate gives themselves a falcon trying to do a center bounce at training.
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Aug 12, 2023 13:41
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Eagles are playing as poo poo as the Northern Bullants who have conceded 1733 points this season and only scored 937.
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Testekill posted:Eagles are playing as poo poo as the Northern Bullants who have conceded 1733 points this season and only scored 937. Gonna take at least another few years of this before I could even begin feeling sorry for them though
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Aug 12, 2023 13:55
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Go blues!
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Freo heave ho baby
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Bummed the Crows lost another close game against a contender but the important thing is that we beat Port twice this year thus winning the Real Premiership
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Man it would be really nice if the AFL paid out for some good cameras for score reviews. The Carlton defender last night missed it with his left hand but it also did look like the path of the ball deviated slightly like it made contact with other parts of his body. Sure would be handy to be able to see if it had come off his right arm.
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Aug 13, 2023 03:25
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This is the Darwin game against Adelaide and Trent Henschel all over again imo
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Aug 13, 2023 04:55
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NicNat has retired. End of the era it seems. Still have 9 players from the 2018 flag, but these are the key senior leaders departing. Gonna be an interesting 2-3 years and seeing what transpires.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-15/richmond-great-jack-riewoldt-set-to-call-it-a-day/102729968 Jack is done as well
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Helluva list of retirements this season
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Hawkins, Danger, Tex, Zorko are all getting close to time as well I reckon.
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Adelaide has made a bad call and given another year to a clearly cooked Sloane, the only way it gets worse is if they give another year to Crouch as well
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NTRabbit posted:Adelaide has made a bad call and given another year to a clearly cooked Sloane, the only way it gets worse is if they give another year to Crouch as well Disagree on the latter sentiment, Crouch has been very good since returning. Sloane being re-signed is a bad decision though. Almost no chance he spends 2024 playing SANFL either, if they've re-signed him they're planning on playing him every opportunity  Meanwhile Ken Hinkley gets his two year extension. I know a couple of die-hard Port fans who will have put their fist through their wall hearing that.
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cmndstab posted:Disagree on the latter sentiment, Crouch has been very good since returning. Sloane being re-signed is a bad decision though. Almost no chance he spends 2024 playing SANFL either, if they've re-signed him they're planning on playing him every opportunity I had to have a look at Big Footy to see the Port board melt down over Kern, didn’t disappoint.
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Spedman posted:I had to have a look at Big Footy to see the Port board melt down over Kern, didn’t disappoint. The Port Bigfooty board is a strange place. I had a quick look around the time of the last Showdown and they all kept going on about "piss blasting", I'm not even sure what that was about but it was pretty weird.
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V for Vegas posted:Zorko getting close to time as well I reckon. 
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cmndstab posted:The Port Bigfooty board is a strange place. I had a quick look around the time of the last Showdown and they all kept going on about "piss blasting", I'm not even sure what that was about but it was pretty weird.  They seem to be a small circle of very angry Port fans that hate the club more or less.
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It’s not like zorko can say he wants to spend more time with his family
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Sad to see Paul Seedsman retire, particularly from concussion. Ripping player at his prime.
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cmndstab posted:Disagree on the latter sentiment, Crouch has been very good since returning. Sloane being re-signed is a bad decision though. Almost no chance he spends 2024 playing SANFL either, if they've re-signed him they're planning on playing him every opportunity Crouch has been same old, which isn't enough, and him being in the team makes Laird worse by forcing him further away from the contest. He and Sloane both needed to be moved on. We now have just 4 unconctracted senior list players come end of year - Crouch, Hately, McAdam, and Doedee. Seems a cast iron certainty now that Hately is being delisted, and that both McAdam and Doedee have already indicated they want trades.
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Would love to see Tex retire and make it easier for me to actually want to support the team again tbh.
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NTRabbit posted:Crouch has been same old, which isn't enough, and him being in the team makes Laird worse by forcing him further away from the contest. He and Sloane both needed to be moved on. Has McAdam indicated this? There have been "rumours" but as far as I can tell they are mostly because he's uncontracted and not from SA. Seedsman presser was pretty tough to listen to. Sounds like he is still having headaches and dizzy spells regularly and if anything it is getting worse. He described his symptoms as being a "daily, almost constant occurrence", described short term memory issues, depression, anxiety, sometimes unable to even get out of bed. I've been guilty of hanging poo poo on the AFL for "going overboard" with suspensions, but something seriously needs to be done to prevent the number of concussions at AFL level. It's scary. Chairchucker posted:Would love to see Tex retire and make it easier for me to actually want to support the team again tbh. Don't worry, the real Crows team (AFLW) is about to start playing again  They had a nice win in the practice match over Brisbane last weekend, albeit we didn't get any kind of match report so I can only go by the final score.
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cmndstab posted:Has McAdam indicated this? There have been "rumours" but as far as I can tell they are mostly because he's uncontracted and not from SA. it's because it's late in the season and he is uncontracted, because there's been no discussion at all about it in the media or from the club, and because we only have 4 senior players uncontracted and need to move on 3 of them at a minimum per the draft rules.
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