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It’s the reason there is a mass shooting in America every month.No, it's not.
That's a horrible analogy.
But hey, tell yourself otherwise.
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It’s the reason there is a mass shooting in America every month.No, it's not.
That's a horrible analogy.
I was thinking the same thing watching this game. It seems it's not just Selwood. I even saw Blicavs fall over a Hawk player trying to get a 'contact below the knee' free. Obviously it's a game plan and a pretty poor one at that. The question is, is it a leader/ship group thing or does it come from higher up?I guess consider this an 'intervention'.
Neutral supporters like myself are a little bewildered with where your players would like the game to head.
With respect, what is with the ongoing and seemingly systematic free kick milking?
What is with appealing for free kicks en masse around the contest (arms out in a V)? over and over and over....
What is with the appauling increasing frequencies of ducking (as if it needed to get any worse) and playing injured when tackled?
How much time at training do the players practice this in lieu of playing honest contested footy?
why the disgruntled chats with the umps at the end of EVERY quarter and nearly every free kick paid against you?
why does the coach seemingly spends more energy reacting to free real kicks than anything else?
importantly, why does this behaviour occur irrespective of the triviality or seriousness of the contest?
Why is there a perception from neutral supporters that in totality, this approach happens with players from your club more than any other?
i get to an extent its part of the game but jeez, its seemingly a peripheral matter at other clubs whereas its unapologetically front and centre with your club on game day, over and over and over.....
Its now seemingly a core value of the playing group.
Perhaps your supporters are blinded by their love for the club, but as a neutral observer of the game, in totality its been borderline humerous/eyebrow raising for a year or two, but in totality its so far beyond 'normal' now, and questions need answers.
Does it keep getting more prevalent from here? What do you want your club to stand for? Professional victims or hard working champs with integrity?
What will be the Selwood's legacy once he retires? will he be more tarnished than Lloyd and his diving?
You are better than this Geelong. And imho the comp deserves better too.
Seriously.
Please think about it.
Regards, a neutral supporter.
Funniest bit was Puopolo let go of him when he still had a metre to roll
Sam MitchellAugust 2016.
This is going to have so many uses this year!!!
10 posts in and no gif?
Thank you for the apology, I forgive you on the basis of the unfair treatment of your football club in this thread, thus in turn, the harsh treatment being applied to you.Sorry, most people write in a sequence that contains a statement then provide evidence of their statement.
Don't know why I thought that would apply now that you mention it.
Looks like Lunchlady Doris is in for a long night, there are just so many posts to reply to
Funny you say that because...But they're not mate. As terrible as the media is they rarely stoop to the level of bigfooty 'opinion'
Says a lot about the 'opinion' here frankly
Sam Mitchell
Luke Hodge
Funny you say that because...
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ge...n/news-story/f43f153cb6622b942d382e6586ffaad9
Poll on that page is pretty bloody overwhelming - 84%. Social media is pretty filled with it too and there definitely seems to be a growing number of people noticing it.
Anyway while there are players on every team that play for free kicks there definitely appears to be a stronger amount of it coming from Geelong these days. Danger wasn't innocent at the Crows but he's amped it up very noticeably since crossing over - whether that's just coincidence or not I don't know. I won't go as far as to say Geelong are coached to do it but I will say visually to watch today it wasn't great from a certain few players. No I didn't really care who would win I just wanted a cracking game which fortunately aside from my views on this issue it was. To be honest I'm more worried about Hawthorn becoming a strong side again given their ability to play the MCG so well and my views on that ground come any possible grand final.
Having a ball! Going to have to pack it in shortly though.
Anything constructive to add?
Looks like Lunchlady Doris is in for a long night, there are just so many posts to reply to
Sam Mitchell
Luke Hodge
I was thinking the same thing watching this game. It seems it's not just Selwood. I even saw Blicavs fall over a Hawk player trying to get a 'contact below the knee' free. Obviously it's a game plan and a pretty poor one at that. The question is, is it a leader/ship group thing or does it come from higher up?
I haven't wished the Hawks a win for years but I was barracking for them today. Unfortunately the umps have let them get away with it for far too long and this disgrace is what we're stuck with.
Pretty weak deflection, that really the best you can do? Look at the bottom where it quotes the original article just that it may be paywalled....news.com.au twitter listicle is 'media' now?!
What does Danger do now?
Pretty weak deflection, that really the best you can do? Look at the bottom where it quotes the original article just that it may be paywalled....
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...n/news-story/f43f153cb6622b942d382e6586ffaad9
It’s called telling yourself something so very often that you actually start to believe your own utterly delusional bullshit.Looks like Lunchlady Doris is in for a long night, there are just so many posts to reply to