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How dare a rebuilding team have fun
It looked a bit stupid. Nothing wrong with enjoying yourself and celebrating but that looked a bit much given the game situation at the time.
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How dare a rebuilding team have fun
The difference has been shown and explained time and time again here actually. How they go about it is not the same at all, regardless of how ignorant clowns like yourself want to pretend it is.He was a ducking cheat, don't try to rewrite history. He got away with it because he was a great player, and that's the only difference between him and Ginnivin
There were at least 2 free kicks Ginnevan should have received
The difference has been shown and explained time and time again here actually. How they go about it is not the same at all, regardless of how ignorant clowns like yourself want to pretend it is.
I would say 3 which had nothing to do with raising his arm. One of the high ones should also have been but ignoring that, 3 times he deserved a free despite all the fuss about his method of looking for frees.
Those are the ones which really matter.
That said, over the weekend, there would have easily been 20 free kicks paid where the player with the ball caused the tackle to go high or created the scenario where the tackler ended in their back. But noone cares.
When he was at Collingwood I said he needes to focus on disposing the ball and not looking for a free, though there were often times where he was taken high and the umpires ignored it. Its no different to now. They are trained to tell the difference. They have been trained for many years now. But still play favourites in how they call.
Next week will be fun. will Pies supporters be booing if he gets a free for high contact ?
yes?
just like hawks supporters were booing him when he did it for collingwood.
Recon Holes does not try hard enough to tackle low there so could still be a justifiable free kick.1. What's your left arm doing, Jack?
2. Why'd you drop the ball, Jack?
/ end debate.
Not saying he deserved all his frees. I've specifically said here he didn't as he was initiating the contact. What has become the argument is who is playing for them and what the response is when the free doesn't come (it didn't for Selwood a lot of the time despite what people like to pretend).Find a non Geelong supporter who agrees that Selwood deserved his frees and I will believe it.
No different to Tigers supporters calling Dusty the GOAT. Noone else does.
You should consider that. But wont.
The times when he caused it yes. But that is no different to any player at any club doing it.
The difference is when the umpires decide you are fair game and wont give you a free no matter what. That is pathetic.
Last time I remember it happening was a few years ago when Razor Ray was called a campaigner (cant remember the specific game though) and for the rest of the game he didnt give that team a free kick.
Its petty and they should grow the * up.
Find a non Geelong supporter who agrees that Selwood deserved his frees and I will believe it.
No different to Tigers supporters calling Dusty the GOAT. Noone else does.
You should consider that. But wont.
I don’t think he deserved a lot of them. I know that wasn’t what you posed but all the same that was my interpretation. What I disagreed with was the idea that he was cheating by doing it or that somehow all he was trying to do was to play his way through his career by relying on free kicks.
I hate the AFL high tackle rule full stop I think it is a joke, but it is what it is, and he forced dozens upon dozens of players to tackle him high in getting his arms free while trying to get rid of the ball or get through the tackle so they paid them.
I dont think Selwood cheated either.
He said a number of times he is playing by the rules and the AFL can change the rules. Even when the AFL finally changed the rules the umpires didnt enforce the rules. Its 100% on the AFL and the umpires to properly enforce the rule, not arbitrarily enforce it, while also ignoring other free kicks simply because they dont like a player.
They are meant to be professional. There are now 4 of them and they still miss obvious stuff.
Lots of dismissing the high tackles vs hinnivan, but how do you ignore the punch to the back of the head he received when on a lead?
I've been really impressed with Sam Mitchell in all this.
"If you raise the arm the umpires are pretty aware of that one." (post-match)
[of the umpires] "If you play for them, you don't deserve them." (on Footy Classified last night)
Watson's goal brought it back to 20 points with all the momentum. Most would be getting excited at that pointInteresting carry on from Watson after slotting a goal and his team is 6 goals behind![]()
The difference has been shown and explained time and time again here actually. How they go about it is not the same at all, regardless of how ignorant clowns like yourself want to pretend it is.
Bit rich coming from the mob that goes feral when you point out the only bit of success their dreary Dee's have seen in an age or two was a joke of a Covid Cup.You see what you want to see, he was a great player but he was also a ducking cheater.
Not sorry that this triggers you, cats fans are the most precious in the AFL
And you see what you want to see. There's been specific vision supplied in this topic that shows the difference.If anyone is triggered it's deluded, salty opposition fans.You see what you want to see, he was a great player but he was also a ducking cheater.
Not sorry that this triggers you, cats fans are the most precious in the AFL