Opinion Rant!
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I blame Dan Andrews
See, before the lockdowns, you'd get to Friday afternoon and your routine for leaving the office involved 3 simple questions.
1) Much on for the weekend?
2) Going to the pub?
3) Sorted your emergencies?
Now everyone's out of practice, nobody goes to the office or the pub of a Friday and half the rounds start on Thursday anyway. It's all too hard I tell ya. It's Not Right.
See, before the lockdowns, you'd get to Friday afternoon and your routine for leaving the office involved 3 simple questions.
1) Much on for the weekend?
2) Going to the pub?
3) Sorted your emergencies?
Now everyone's out of practice, nobody goes to the office or the pub of a Friday and half the rounds start on Thursday anyway. It's all too hard I tell ya. It's Not Right.
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Bloody North Melbourne and LDU. His scores have been **** since he missed round 2. Obviously something wrong with him and they won't be open about it. They'll keep playing him semi-fit. I don't understand why clubs do this, not like it benefits them.
Now he's leaking points and cash. Can't move him on because it's upgrade season. TBH, would rather have had Touk than him. At least it's a known
Now he's leaking points and cash. Can't move him on because it's upgrade season. TBH, would rather have had Touk than him. At least it's a known
Getting more and more confused by the “rules” every week. Can anyone shed any light of this “play on” call umpires give when a player has taken a mark or awarded a free kick. Below is the only rule that I can find but there may be some other rule I have not seen. I get the time rule although “reasonable time” varies enormously from game to game, umpire to umpire and within the context of the game (ie 1 minute to go scores level).
20.2 DISPOSAL FROM BEHIND THE MARK
(a) A Player who has been awarded a Mark or Free Kick shall be directed by a field Umpire to dispose of the football within a reasonable time in a direct line from The Mark to the centre of their Goal Line.
(b) If a Player does not dispose of the football within a reasonable time, or attempts to dispose of the football other than in a direct line over The Mark, the field Umpire shall call ‘Play On’ and the football shall immediately be in play.
(c) This Law does not apply if a Player is disposing of the football from beyond the Goal Line, Behind Line or Boundary Line, in which case Law 20.3 or 20.4
What I do not get is when the player is called to play on presumably because he has, as the commentators say “stepped off his line”. First up in part (a) it states a player needs to dispose of the ball in a direct line from The Mark to the centre of their Goal Line.
From my observation there are plenty of times a player who has taken a mark or awarded a free kick goes back to take his kick and is not in a direct line from The Mark to the centre of their Goal Line. Happens all the time. But then randomly the umpire calls play on because you are off your line. Seems the onus is on the player to work out where the mark is where his goal line is and then align himself. But if he did that and stepped around three or four steps to obey the rule, I am sure the umpire would ping him for being off his line. I mean other than when shooting for goal umpires rarely if ever place a player on this “magic” line during normal field play.
Seeing too many players caught with “play on” calls because they are off the line when all they are doing is walking backwards and trying to spot a free team mate up the field. And the rules mean the player on the mark has no impact anyway so why bother. The umpires can usually spot when a player goes to play on intentionally.
Just another frustrating rule or inconsistent interpretation that is going to cost a team a big game one day when it happens right in front of goals.
20.2 DISPOSAL FROM BEHIND THE MARK
(a) A Player who has been awarded a Mark or Free Kick shall be directed by a field Umpire to dispose of the football within a reasonable time in a direct line from The Mark to the centre of their Goal Line.
(b) If a Player does not dispose of the football within a reasonable time, or attempts to dispose of the football other than in a direct line over The Mark, the field Umpire shall call ‘Play On’ and the football shall immediately be in play.
(c) This Law does not apply if a Player is disposing of the football from beyond the Goal Line, Behind Line or Boundary Line, in which case Law 20.3 or 20.4
What I do not get is when the player is called to play on presumably because he has, as the commentators say “stepped off his line”. First up in part (a) it states a player needs to dispose of the ball in a direct line from The Mark to the centre of their Goal Line.
From my observation there are plenty of times a player who has taken a mark or awarded a free kick goes back to take his kick and is not in a direct line from The Mark to the centre of their Goal Line. Happens all the time. But then randomly the umpire calls play on because you are off your line. Seems the onus is on the player to work out where the mark is where his goal line is and then align himself. But if he did that and stepped around three or four steps to obey the rule, I am sure the umpire would ping him for being off his line. I mean other than when shooting for goal umpires rarely if ever place a player on this “magic” line during normal field play.
Seeing too many players caught with “play on” calls because they are off the line when all they are doing is walking backwards and trying to spot a free team mate up the field. And the rules mean the player on the mark has no impact anyway so why bother. The umpires can usually spot when a player goes to play on intentionally.
Just another frustrating rule or inconsistent interpretation that is going to cost a team a big game one day when it happens right in front of goals.
I'd never put blame on anyone for a decision I ultimately made, and it wasn't from supercoachscores regardless, but following the consensus of others and taking Fergus Greene over Samson Ryan is a real pain to me. It hurts so bad because I felt quite content going Samson instead leading into the round. And I know this is so incredibly minor compared to almost every other post in this thread. It's those decisions where you go against your gut that really hurt.
Thanks for listening to me cry over 43 points.
Thanks for listening to me cry over 43 points.
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To be fair, only 3.6% of the comp started Ziebell at round 1. Like most, I was scared of the soft-tissue concern and had queries if his role would be real come rd 1. Following the Yeo news, I opted for Will Day, who in hindsight has done a sensational job.
Went Setters Rd 3 who was a similar price. Have lived without him so far, although this round I finally felt the pinch!
Overall I do enjoy Supercoach… maybe a little too much. I also love following this thread as an avenue of releasing frustration. Thankfully the missus won’t be listening to my negativity
Went Setters Rd 3 who was a similar price. Have lived without him so far, although this round I finally felt the pinch!
Overall I do enjoy Supercoach… maybe a little too much. I also love following this thread as an avenue of releasing frustration. Thankfully the missus won’t be listening to my negativity