Not a dive: GWS star Callan Ward set to avoid sanction for controversial free kick
AFL set to declare GWS star didn’t dive before his game-sealing goal
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I posted the pic to show there was actual high contact. It is beyond dispute. You can also look at the youtube clip I posted. The real argument is whether a player should be rewarded with a free kick for contributing to their own high contact. But as the umpires and commentators have told us repeatedly about the 10,000 free kicks which Joel Selwood has milked in his career, the answer to that is YES.I could take a still photo and get 1000 free kicks a game.
How many times did you clap when Lloydy kicked another goal and laugh at the irate opposition fans who booed him for diving?Ward will cop his due for the dive..
True. It's easier for one-eyed fans to blame the umps than admit the failings of their own team. So kudos to you for that.Good teams don’t lose 29 point leads at 3/4 time.
That quote isn't in the article you linked to. Perhaps he was misquoted and it was removed.At least Ward can acknowledge unlike the 2-3 global Giants supporters on here..
“Looking back on it, it's probably disappointing to watch.“
Yep. There it is in black and white. But it doesn't stop the losing fans from reading whatever they want into that article and twisting his Callan Ward's words.Ward also says this:
"In the heat of the moment I was going the ball at a pretty quick pace, I felt contact to my head.
I don't know whether I played it up a bit, probably just made sure I got the free kick."
What do you say about Shaw's high against Townsend in front of goal that wasn't called?That quote isn't in the article you linked to. Perhaps he was misquoted and it was removed.
Acknowledge what exactly? "Disappointing to watch"... Ward is a tough & courageous on-baller who never played for frees, so my guess is that he felt sheepish about exaggerating the contact. But that's not to say the free kick wasn't there.
The article says: Ward said he would've liked his time again with the reaction he made to contact
Nobody is denying Ward hammed it up with the theatrical tumble. However, a player making it obvious to the umpire that he's been infringed is different from straight-out flopping or diving when there was no actual infringement. This nuance seems lost on many people when they argue about free kick stagers.
I think my exact thought processes were...What do you say about Shaw's high against Townsend in front of goal that wasn't called?
Ok whatever that means. The AFL cannot justify the Ward free when that wasn't paid. Both should have been play on.I think my exact thought processes were...
"NOOOO! Don't you dare umpire!!!! Hang on... No free kick... Phew! We dodged a bullet there..."
Here you go.Ok whatever that means. The AFL cannot justify the Ward free when that wasn't paid. Both should have been play on.
But the contact was no intention whatsoever, McKernan’s arms were reaching down to get the ball, Ward then threw his head against his arms..if you can’t see that..fair enough. You most likely would have won anyway but it was not a moment he’d like to rememberHe also says this
In the heat of the moment I was going the ball at a pretty quick pace, I felt contact to my head," he said.
"I don't know whether I played it up a bit, probably just made sure I got the free kick.
No one is saying he didn’t exaggerate it at all.
What i and others have been saying is there was contact to the head.
That there are at least half a dozen emphasised hits to try and get frees a game by every club.
The reaction from some fans towards it him is cowardly and pathetic.
That’s all.
But the contact was no intention whatsoever, McKernan’s arms were reaching down to get the ball, Ward then threw his head against his arms..if you can’t see that..fair enough. You most likely would have won anyway but it was not a moment he’d like to remember
More tartare with the flopping fishNah we would have won either way. Just a bit of mayo.
More tartare with the flopping fish
Couldn’t stand to be two lockers down from fish boyDevon Smith doesn’t play for us anymore
Couldn’t stand to be two lockers down from fish boy
interesting....
it seems posters are free to endorse death threats and abuse of player's families, but call them out on it and your post will be deleted. while the endorsment of abuse remains.
ok. seems fair.
not really.Surprised?