Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 2 - Swans v Bombers Sat March 23rd 7:30pm AEDT (SCG)

[Ed_Gein]

How is that a 50m penalty? Lol. Gifted a goal...

 

[Vindicater]

I love Draper

 

[Red Black and Blue]

50 a bit lucky. Nice finish from Draper.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Beast

 

[Osho]

Big goal big Draper. Bit of edge to the bloke.

 

[maskmcgee]

Shocking umpiring, Wright should of had about 3 free kicks off the ball, no 50 there. Swans getting the armchair ride.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Really dumb from Grundy

 

[YeoShuey]

I want Langford to kick another 5 as the best Essendon forward, and 2 metre Peter to kick a few so the crowd boos him.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Horrendous high call there.

 

[scoman]

The Essendon runner getting amongst it, admittedly only grabbing his own players. Not sure I have seen that much in recent times.

 

[SplintWhisky]

If you’re going to put yourself in harms way by cutting across someone who’s about to mark a ball that’s been kicked to him on the lead, you have to take a heap of responsibility for what happens to you as a result of that choice.

If you’re coming at him from the side and he’s got eyes for the ball (as Wright did) he’s got to be able to protect himself from being cleaned up, by turning his body at the last second.

The only options for Wright to avoid that contact were
A: pull out of a marking contest for a ball that’s kicked to him, which he has every right to contest, or
B: continue going at the ball and leave yourself wide open to being cleaned up by not turning your body at the last moment, if the other guy gets to it a fraction earlier.

This will become a non-contact sport if all this continues.

Bumping is basically out.

Smothering is now high risk.

Now just going for a mark puts you at risk of being suspended for weeks, if this ends that way.

Watching the vision on the AFL website, Wright doesnt look to ever "open" himself up to make a marking contest. As soon as he launches (below) you see that he is already bracing for contact. If the AFL want to be series then it is about a 3 to 4 week suspension on the back of what has already occured.

Just about to launch - Arms pinned in, doesnt look like he is going for a mark


Just as he launches, still the arms are pinned in and it doesn't look like he is even trying to chest mark it


There is the Frontal view. Maybe he just is a real shit mark and that is how he tries to grab them on the chest but to me it is not a marking contest by Wright.

 

[projectv]

Gresham to a 1v4, only for it to rebound the other way for a goal.

Enjoy, Essendon.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Why kick it to the 1 vs 4

 

[Inspecta Gadget]

Isn't booing a redhead a hate crime?

 

[RUNVS]

When we are not making really dumb mistakes I have never seen such an attacking and skillful Swans midfield.

 

[Osho]

The kick to Langford versus 4 defenders, rather than to 1 of the 3 free bomber forwards, is a killer.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Sydney have chopped a few teams up out of defence.

 

[LB#16]

Essendon supporters are the biggest bellends.

AFL Swans fans on the other hand are the peak of intelligence. Rugby league casuals with zero clue of the rules.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Max King got a week for something that wasn't as bad as what Wright did.

Surely you are not talking about the Thursday night incident, because King's seemed worse to me.

 

[ArchAtM32]

Seems that's how they train you to mark at Tullamarine.

 

[.Shotties.]

Lol, my God, Draper didn't even try to hide that. How dumb can you be.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Draper contest far worse than Wrights.

 

[The Tilt]

Channel 7's choice of camera angles is often appalling.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Well there is no defending Draper.

 

[RUNVS]

There is no particular reason for it but Sydney players and Essendon players really don't seem to like each other. This match is spiteful.