Discussion 2023 Round 13: Teams & In Game Discussion

What was your final score?

  • Less than 1900

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1900 - 1949

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • 1950 - 1999

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 2000 - 2049

    Votes: 6 6.9%
  • 2050 - 2099

    Votes: 11 12.6%
  • 2100 - 2149

    Votes: 23 26.4%
  • 2150 - 2199

    Votes: 30 34.5%
  • 2200 - 2249

    Votes: 15 17.2%
  • 2250 - 2299

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • More than 2300

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    87

Connoisseur

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Have to be in the Brown and Gold to get more than a week for a dangerous tackle (Day and Sicily)
It does seem that way!
An amendment was recently introduced (hidden in fine print) that before grading the conduct, impact or contact, that affiliation either currently or previously to Hawthorn is frowned upon and attracts significant penalties.
 
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Surprised as I thought he might get a week given the message being sent. Probably given benefit of the doubt given arms weren’t pinned and no concussion.

It will be interesting to see if Sicily gets any leniency, but he did hold on longer and it did have worse consequences, so guessing he still cops a couple.
Stunned Merrett got off vs Sicily in many ways. Merrett looked two actions and grabbed the defensive arm to tilt him down. think as outcome ok they dont want to fight it. Sicily way lower and whilst a spinning action he is so much lower that it is not him driving him into the ground, just thats the outcome.
 

Rowsus

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About 5 times today, we've seen guys standing up in the tackle, ball held to them, but they're still trying to run, to break the tackle. No attempt to get rid of it. That should negate prior opportunity. Free kick for holding the ball. If you don't pay the free 2 things happen. You're giving the guy with the ball 2 bites at the cherry. Or you're basically forcing the tackler to sling him, or drag him to ground heavily.
How about this?
Get rid of no prior opportunity. Every single tackle that causes a stoppage results in a free kick. Illegal tackles penalized, all others rewarded. Result? Players will dispose of the ball more, and more quickly. A lot less stoppages. Game more open and free flowing, which is what just about every rule change in the past 10 years has wanted to achieve!!!
 
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About 5 times today, we've seen guys standing up in the tackle, ball held to them, but they're still trying to run, to break the tackle. No attempt to get rid of it. That should negate prior opportunity. Free kick for holding the ball. If you don't pay the free 2 things happen. You're giving the guy with the ball 2 bites at the cherry. Or you're basically forcing the tackler to sling him, or drag him to ground heavily.
How about this?
Get rid of no prior opportunity. Every single tackle that causes a stoppage results in a free kick. Illegal tackles penalized, all others rewarded. Result? Players will dispose of the ball more, and more quickly. A lot less stoppages. Game more open and free flowing, which is what just about every rule change in the past 10 years has wanted to achieve!!!
Players will just throw it out, they get away with it now anyway.
 
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