No Oppo Supporters General AFL and other clubs discussion thread. **Opposition fans not welcome** Part 7

[J Shuttlesworth]

Time for players to learn a second language so they can curse and get their frustrations out.

With arms locked to the sides.

 

[Mercy Seat]

He will. There is no doubt. It was worse than the McKay one where he got done.

Suspect it gets announced later tonight

Announced. No fine...

 

[Books]

Announced. No fine...

Absolutely unbelievable.

It's not April 1st.
Jokes are supposed to be funny.

This is just a farce.

 

[MinerBoy]

your a scapegoat Harry .

I read that in Hagrid’s voice.


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[QuietB]

Cheating scum

 

[Books]

"Waving your arms is unacceptable".

Can this rule be applied retrospectively?
If so, both Scott brothers would be living in a homeless shelter.

 

[Viddiot]

LOL @ Porkins and Worps.
Remember lads, Hawks tackle harder and push far stronger (even with one hand) than mere mortals....we are deadly.

 

[JoeHawk]

the AFL has lost their ******* minds that a minor question and gesture to the scoreboard is a free kick or 50m. GAGF AFL…….it’s going to be totally different unwatchable. ‘Our umpires missed some:’ AFL says more frees for dissent should have been paid

 

[Max Powers]

What's the deal did Chris call brother Brad and ask him to let Hawkins off or something?

 

[Off The Couch]

Fines mean Jack shit - they are just money in the coffers for the AFL

That dive could of cost the hawks 4 points and fining him doesn’t change that - that’s what shits me. What also shits me is that it was blatant and yet the commentary was all about the arm wave, not the impact of the actual free

 

[smeltitdeltit]

Cheating scum

They’ve done that for years. Used to be danger, Duncan and Selwood. Now hawkins. Do other teams do it as much??

 

[smeltitdeltit]

My issue with the baby oil, isn’t so much the players using it to shrug tackles (I’m sure other teams use it too) it’s that then the tackler has contaminated hands that get the ball more slippery and it degrades the skills. Dropped marks/fumbles etc

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Cheating scum

oiling up the arms isn’t cheating though.

 

[smeltitdeltit]

oiling up the arms isn’t cheating though.

It’s not I agree. Anybody is free to do it. Should be illegal though. Tackles are good. Slipped tackes lead to head contac- not good. And it leads to a slippery ball which isn’t good for the spectacle. Don’t see any upside to allowing it.

 

[wahawk]

Cheating scum

Mate I stopped playing senior footy almost 30 yrs ago.
Every team/club was doing it before I started playing senior footy.
I don’t see what the issue is.

 

[MrPremiership]

Announced. No fine...

amazing

They said he was staging but aren't going to fine him for it....................


staggering

 

[WWSD]

Protected species down at the Cattery, AFL are a joke!

If it was Sicily, there would be 900 replays on AFL 360 talking about how the AFL should make a stand.

 

[QuietB]

It’s not I agree. Anybody is free to do it. Should be illegal though. Tackles are good. Slipped tackes lead to head contac- not good. And it leads to a slippery ball which isn’t good for the spectacle. Don’t see any upside to allowing it.

And it was the key ingredient for Selwood in this. Everyone talks about tackling technique but the truth was Selwood had turned himself into a cake of soap. I don’t like it

 

[mustang]

Premiership no 14 could be on the cards for the Dees.

The difference now is that they don’t think that each player has what it takes to win a flag if they play as a group they know they do which makes them stronger.

 

[A Cut Above]

Protected species down at the Cattery, AFL are a joke!

...one reason why they shit the bed in finals when the umpires put their whistles away.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

And it was the key ingredient for Selwood in this. Everyone talks about tackling technique but the truth was Selwood had turned himself into a cake of soap. I don’t like it

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hahahahaa I love this coach.

 

[MinerBoy]

They’ve done that for years. Used to be danger, Duncan and Selwood. Now hawkins. Do other teams do it as much??

This has been happening as long as I've been following football and I started U9s in the early 80s. Not sure what other clubs do it these days but it isn't really a Geelong thing. It's just a football thing.

No big deal.

 

[MinerBoy]

It’s not I agree. Anybody is free to do it. Should be illegal though. Tackles are good. Slipped tackes lead to head contac- not good. And it leads to a slippery ball which isn’t good for the spectacle. Don’t see any upside to allowing it.

I agree with the oil on ball being a pain in the ass.

 

[Ram-Man]

 

[PT Bar None]

amazing

They said he was staging but aren't going to fine him for it....................


staggering

I reckon Hawkins owes Titch a coffee

My reasoning is they might have fined Hawkins but now that incident is wrapped up with a dissent penalty, so (in thier mind) they couldn't fine because it justifies the dissent - being that the decision was wrong. I reckon there were 10 more obvious "blocks" in this game alone.

EDIT: Didn't need to post this - SYL effectively said the same thing in the other thread. Soz

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Also - pretty sure I oiled up a few times in the '80's and '90's. "Everyone was doing it". Put resin on my hands a few times too

Also agree that times and tactics move on, and it might be the right time now to ban it.