AFL bending the rules for Sydney

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

Lol!

At least we were subtle.

 

[leobarryustar]

If the AFL is 'bending the rules' for Sydney, why are we being slapped with this extremely severe please explain letter then a first and final warning? Does final warning mean they wont bother us again with this crap?

 

[Smeg Head]

If the AFL is 'bending the rules' for Sydney, why are we being slapped with this extremely severe please explain letter then a first and final warning? Does final warning mean they wont bother us again with this crap?

Has anyone seen the actual letter? Its probably just a photo of Gil's face winking.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

No free kick in front of goal after the siren to Essendon's David Myers after Dane Rampe climbs and shakes the post. Sydney win by 5 points

 

[boondy]

Don't believe me? Then check out this history of the AFL bending the rules to help Sydney (who, with a 60+ year flag drought, 3 flags, and a lack of interest from NSW sports fans, needed all the help they could get) and turning a blind eye to their cheating.

1995 - Luring Tony Lockett from St Kilda, with his wage paid by the AFL.
1996 - Preliminary Final: Andrew Dunkley found guilty of striking James Hird and suspended, but is still allowed to play in the Grand Final.
2003 - The cost of living allowance: Only Sydney and Brisbane were allowed the extra room in their cap. In 2003, Brisbane's was removed.
2005 - Barry Hall suspended after punching St Kilda's Matt Maguire in the guts. Allowed to play after arguing that he did it away from general play. Result: Sydney win the GF by 4 points.
2007 - Current co-captain Kieren Jack's draft form "lost in the mail" (ending up in the same place as Tony Lockett's contract details), allowing Sydney to take him in the rookie draft.
2008 - In a close match, Jarrad McVeigh is instructed to "go forward, but don't kick a goal" - a violation of the AFL's tanking rule. Sydney let off the hook.
2008 - Sydney are a point down with a minute to go against North Melbourne. Sydney play the last minute with 19 men on the ground and score a behind, securing 2 premiership points. Result: To avoid penalising Sydney, AFL decide it's easier to just **** with the interchange rules. At the end of the season, Sydney get a home final against North. If North had been awarded the win (as they should have), they would have gotten the home final against Sydney.
2012 - Sydney still eligible for COLA. Without it, there would have been no room in their cap for Kurt Tippett.

Make of it what you will, but without AFL assistance, there would have been no 4th and 5th flags.

2016 - Sydney lead by 3 points late in the game against Brisbane. As the ball gets into Brisbane's forward line, a stretcher is called for Callum Sinclair at the other end of the ground. The play is halted while Swans players flood into Brisbane's forward line, preventing a likely Brisbane goal. The stretcher never comes out and Sinclair is able to hobble off. Sydney win by that margin of 3 points.
2018 - Using a Chux on the ball - not allowed in the rules. Resulting in the massive punishment of being told by the umpires "please stop doing that".
2018 - In the dying minutes, Swans send out runner and former Exers champ Jeremy Laidler to fill space in the centre square and protect a 1 goal lead - despite a "get on, deliver message, get off" directive from the league. Punished with a written warning.

Apparently I liked this post back in 2018 , I want to like it again .

 

[The Wrecker]

All valid points of course, but to be fair they were robbed in 2016 by the Bulldog-loving umpires.

 

[brett15]

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No free kick in front of goal after the siren to Essendon's David Myers after Dane Rampe climbs and shakes the post. Sydney win by 5 points

More proof Rampe is a campaigner and the umpires are ******

Booooooooooooooooo Essendon were robbed booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[A Cut Above]

Remarkable how often Sydney resort to grubby borderline-illegal tactics in the dying moments of games they end up winning. Most of us expect it by now.

 

[FISTO]

I want to be upset but I'm finding it a challenge to be outraged considering who the victims are.

 

[September Action]

I want to be upset but I'm finding it a challenge to be outraged considering who the victims are.

I’m outraged the umps made him get down. That kick could have been close.

 

[brett15]

I’m outraged the umps made him get down. That kick could have been close.

surprised the ump didn't throw a tennis racket up to him instead

 

[JustaBattler]

On a brighter note for EssenDONE -hey kept Buddy Goaless!!

 

[hawkman]

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No free kick in front of goal after the siren to Essendon's David Myers after Dane Rampe climbs and shakes the post. Sydney win by 5 points

Umpires not paying the free kick cost Essendon the game. I don't see a problem with that

 

[Socrates2]

I think you're all forgetting the umpire is always right and on this occasion he showed common sense.Pathetic Essendon looking for another shortcut to get a win. Maybe teach Dylan Sheil how to kick properly and teach Myers how to kick a torpedo punt ffs.

 

[boondy]

Sydney even begged us to swap next years draft picks so they could get their academy player and keep their next pick . We did help them tho . As we get there 2nd pick for our 3rd next year . They are a bad influence and encouraged another team to do a shady .

 

[Starburns_]

I want to be upset but I'm finding it a challenge to be outraged considering who the victims are.

Plus Sydney winning is actually bad for them as it's going to hurt their eventual draft position. It's a shiit call and further evidence that they get looked after, but for supporters of 16 clubs it's a win-win.

Sydney even begged us to swap next years draft picks so they could get their academy player and keep their next pick . We did help them tho . As we get there 2nd pick for our 3rd next year . They are a bad influence and encouraged another team to do a shady .

This too. West Coast were a fine, upstanding club with no tainted premierships before Sydney dragged them down into the muck.

 

[A Cut Above]

Sydney even begged us to swap next years draft picks so they could get their academy player and keep their next pick . We did help them tho . As we get there 2nd pick for our 3rd next year . They are a bad influence and encouraged another team to do a shady .

That's the problem right there. When your club is a defacto extension of AFL House but you can't openly admit to it, it creates a culture of shadiness and rule-manipulation which gradually extends to all areas of the organization's workings. Sydney have been pulling dodgy shit like this for so long they probably can't understand why everyone else isn't doing it, until they're occasionally reminded (usually by Eddie) Head Office wouldn't let anyone else get away with it.

 

[Bender_]

Look is it really that unusual to see a male Sydney resident rassling all over a pole and trying to wrap his legs around it? It's a normal Friday evening in that town.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

OP missed the 2012 PFs where Hawthorn should have played Adelaide on the Friday and The AFL $ydney $wans against the Pies on the Saturday.

Somehow the Sydney silly stadium wasn't booked and low and behold, rather than shift to the SCG or have all games played on the same day so no one benefits, the AFL and their beloved $wans conspire break hundreds of years of tradition and cheat.

$hame AFL $wans $hame.

 

[boondy]

Look is it really that unusual to see a male Sydney resident rassling all over a pole and trying to wrap his legs around it? It's a normal Friday evening in that town.

I can see why hawf posters are triggered.
They dont get this entertainment at their games .

 

[Starburns_]

That's the problem right there. When your club is a defacto extension of AFL House but you can't openly admit to it, it creates a culture of shadiness and rule-manipulation which gradually extends to all areas of the organization's workings. Sydney have been pulling dodgy **** like this for so long they probably can't understand why everyone else isn't doing it, until they're occasionally reminded (usually by Eddie) Head Office wouldn't let anyone else get away with it.

Their outrage over the AFL acting on it is hilarious too. Dumb campaigners still don't get why they were given the trade ban and bitch that it was unfair, even though there was a really simple way to make it go away immediately.

 

[leobarryustar]

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No free kick in front of goal after the siren to Essendon's David Myers after Dane Rampe climbs and shakes the post. Sydney win by 5 points

“intentionally”

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Remarkable how often Sydney resort to grubby borderline-illegal tactics in the dying moments of games they end up winning. Most of us expect it by now.

“intentionally”

It was clearly his intention to make the post shake while Myers took his shot.
Not sure why he bothered anyway. Myers was never going to make the distance.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

OP missed the 2012 PFs where Hawthorn should have played Adelaide on the Friday and The AFL $ydney $wans against the Pies on the Saturday.

Somehow the Sydney silly stadium wasn't booked and low and behold, rather than shift to the SCG or have all games played on the same day so no one benefits, the AFL and their beloved $wans conspire break hundreds of years of tradition and cheat.

$hame AFL $wans $hame.

Added.

 

[leobarryustar]

It was clearly his intention to make the post shake while Myers took his shot.
Not sure why he bothered anyway. Myers was never going to make the distance.

Why would he climb it to do that? If you wanted to shake it you would ground your feet and ... shake it. It was clearly some misconceived attempt to get more height