Could Milne have reached that last point?

[Tapee]

Was watching with the television on mute with slightly delayed radio audio.

Watching the ball come in and then Milne just giving up on the chase I thought initially a free kick was paid against him for whatever reason, however no free was signalled and the score stood. My initial impression was he could have reached it and run into an open goal, although I haven't seen a replay to confirm.

Could he have run it down?

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Edit: Youtube footage taken from giantroo's post.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

I was to busy hoping it wouldn't be him kicking the winning goal to notice if he could have got there.

 

[Keys]

I haven't seen a replay of it but I doubt that he could have got to the ball first. But he did seem to give up on it early - thought like you there must have been a free kick paid

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Could the Pope be Catholic?

 

[Pykie]

Was watching with the television on mute with slightly delayed radio audio.

Watching the ball come in and then Milne just giving up on the chase I thought initially a free kick was paid against him for whatever reason, however no free was signalled and the score stood. My initial impression was he could have reached it and run into an open goal, although I haven't seen a replay to confirm.

Could he have run it down?

I reckon he may have done a Malcom Blight.


Left the ball thinking that it was trickling into the goals, not the points.

 

[mike14]

I think he was worried about the siren. If he picks it up and it blows, Saints lose by a point. If he doesn't and it rolls through at least he's salvaged a draw.

 

[The_Wookie]

i think he left it to run through but it bounced the other way. love the oval ball

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I think he realised that if he dived at the ball his momentum would have carried him through for a point.

He had to hope that it would sit up.

I am definitely no Milne fan but I think he made the right call here even though it didnt pan out.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

I think everyone would love to see some replays of that. My initial reaction was that he was hoping it would bounce up for him. Maybe he was smart enough to realise what the poster above said, that if he'd taken the ball and been tackled, the Saints would have lost by a point.

 

[chuckles1991]

I think he was worried about the siren. If he picks it up and it blows, Saints lose by a point. If he doesn't and it rolls through at least he's salvaged a draw.

This.

 

[dplggr47]

to me it looked like, he realised the ball was heading towards a behind and the only way he could reach it was if he dived for the ball, and there was really no point diving for it, when he was unsure as to how long was left on the clock and it was that close to being a behind anyway.

in my head i was just thinking, what's worse than Collingwood winning the GF, is Milne kicking the winning goal in a GF, so i'm glad he couldn't get to it in time.

 

[gus3232]

Camera angles are very deceptive. Fair chance he was nowhere near it.

 

[Power King]

I don't think so, the unexpected and awkward bounce through for a point made it unreachable.

 

[pacemaker]

Should have got it.

 

[red+black]

Should have got it.

Please! Watch it again.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

He tried to get it but it bounced out of reach.

 

[TheGodDelusion]

Maybe. He was lucky he didn't get pinged for hands in the back earlier though.

 

[mcuzzy]

lots of people in this thread obviously haven't played footy before

 

[giantroo]

Make up your minds

[YOUTUBE]GbafkVRO41E[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Saint KFC]

Looks like it took a shit bounce.

 

[TheBloods]

To me it looked like he was waiting to see which way it bounced and it went off at a funny angle. I don't think he could have done anything about it.

 

[windyhill]

Prick of a bounce, sometimes it sits up for you sometimes it doesn`t. He had one eye on his opponent, but just a shit awful bounce for him.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

i'd have trapped it, ran to the boundary line ronnie burns style and kicked it over my head and dobbed it from 55.

 

[giantroo]

Really shit bounce.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Really shit bounce.

I'd call it a great bounce!