Discussion Round 12: Teams & In Game Discussion

[KLo30]

Any chance of Bailey Williams coming in today?
I need him not to play as my loop...

Given he is an emergency (teams are posted on page 1) he has some chance of coming in today.

 

[Socrates2]

Like many things Covid seems to have this year compressed the broader spreadout problems often bubbling under the surface into a focussed and condensed view that is hard to avoid. The umpiring has been a problem for the past few years with changes to the "interpretation" of prior opportunity, incorrect disposal, hands/arms in the back in marking contests etc etc. And that is not just seasonally but weekly. I have said before they need to go back to the basics and get away from "interpretation". Eg If you have the ball and you are tackled you must dispose of it correctly. Don't give a f**k about prior opportunity, you tried to kick it, my arms were pinned blah blah blah. You must either kick it or handball it. If you don't you are penalised. Yes there may be more free kicks given but the ball will be moved away from the area via a kick which will avoid the rugby scrum congestion, repeat stacks on the mill that our game has become. And the umps will have an easier job. Agree the press should be applying the pressure on the AFL. Unfortunately too many media outlets have sweetheart deals with the AFL (read Ch 7 for example) that makes criticising them too hard. And one of the games biggest contributors (the fans) once again have the smallest say about the game they support.

I agree, they need to simplify the holding the ball rule.
At the moment the umps have to make too many judgement calls eg deliberate out of bounds, prior opp, ducking ect while at the same time the players are trying to manipulate the rules to their own advantage.
The last 6 months the umps have had to basically self-isolate and leave their families and try to interpret new interpretations.
They do all this whilst running 20km a game.
That downfield free was 100% there last night .Coaches and media just take an angle that suits them imo.

 

[Philzsay]

Unpopular opinion but Macrae should sit out after the dogs are up by about 5 goals

 

[Ironhawk]

I agree, they need to simplify the holding the ball rule.
At the moment the umps have to make too many judgement calls eg deliberate out of bounds, prior opp, ducking ect while at the same time the players are trying to manipulate the rules to their own advantage.
The last 6 months the umps have had to basically self-isolate and leave their families and try to interpret new interpretations.
They do all this whilst running 20km a game.
That downfield free was 100% there last night .Coaches and media just take an angle that suits them imo.

Yeah, it was a free down field. Not sure on the deliberate out of bounds though which is the problem. Fairly sure it wasn't Taberner's intent to give the Blues a free kick, he just wanted to get the ball as far forward as possible.

 

[Monya Meow Meow]

Given he is an emergency (teams are posted on page 1) he has some chance of coming in today.

I guess there is always the risk indeed, no matter how small

 

[TigerTime]

I'll bring him in next week, as I have some dead wood to clear and the link would allow me to get rid of Budarick or Close.

Fortunately decided to bring in Bytel instead 😋. DPP would have been handy but Bytel named rover in his 2nd game can't help but instill confidence in his job security and scoring capacity

 

[Professor]

Bevo, kindly give Dunkley 90% tog today and in the middle. 😆

 

[Professor]

Fortunately decided to bring in Bytel instead 😋. DPP would have been handy but Bytel named rover in his 2nd game can't help but instill confidence in his job security and scoring capacity

Dodged one there, well done.

 

[AngryAnt]

Baz been off the ground nearly the whole game.

 

[Professor]

Macrae captain selection not looking good for some atm.

 

[Vicwood]

How is that not dropping the ball from OBrien..?.

 

[frosty1]

I agree, they need to simplify the holding the ball rule.
At the moment the umps have to make too many judgement calls eg deliberate out of bounds, prior opp, ducking ect while at the same time the players are trying to manipulate the rules to their own advantage.
The last 6 months the umps have had to basically self-isolate and leave their families and try to interpret new interpretations.
They do all this whilst running 20km a game.
That downfield free was 100% there last night .Coaches and media just take an angle that suits them imo.

Agree re simplification. But let's not make tacklers the focus of the game. We need to protect the ball player as the #1.

Anyway, deliberate is the stupidest rule. Was only introduced because the clock didn't stop. The clock stops on OOB, so what's the problem? I reckon a well placed kick to the boundary is a legitimate defensive action. You're giving away possession to a 50/50 anyway.

 

[Vicwood]

And another one, tackled by Bont.

 

[frosty1]

Come on MacRae!

 

[Drew]

Crows game not on live on free to air in Adelaide today. AFL and channel 7 up to their usual shenanigans, what a load of ****!

 

[freowho]

Why do you think the mix will change? I understand playing Walters in a pocket on return but playing Fyfe as a makeshift forward pocket for a half yesterday has to be up there with the dumbest coaching decisions I’ve ever seen.

You win that game if he plays in the mid, even for 1 more quarter.

@GrainFedBeef explained it well.
I think they have one eye on winning and one eye on development. Serong and Blakely have been added to the midfield. I was pissed off at losing last night but I haven't been this excited about our direction for a while.

 

[Leroy]

After he was pootling along scoring 80s and 90s I didn't think that missing Laird would be big negative.
But after how many years of persisting with the slouch brothers the coach throws him into the middle full time, and Adelaide are so bad no one pays him any attention, and he could go 110+ through to the end.
So many I wish scenarios this year I want my normal SC back for 2021 .

 

[AngryAnt]

Some shocking footy here by the Crows coming out of their backline.

 

[Professor]

Cavarra scores

 

[Vicwood]

Looking like a 100 point win for the Dogs.