Meltdown Is the afl corrupt

[loki04]

Umpiring was woeful.

Dogs would have still won probably. But it was shocking.

Plus bulldogs are now the premier ducking team in the competition.

I don't think they would of Dogs got some pivotal goals at crucial stages in the game that halted Swans momentum thanks to poor frees, 3-4 goals were due piss poor decisions by umps. Also a LOT of non called incorrect disposals and HTB decisions when dogs players were being tackled.

 

[Asada Mao]

I raise you to say the AFL, NRL, FIFA and the IOC are all corrupt, it is all part of a sports administration conspiracy to take over the world.

Seriously, mods close this thread.

And for the legal beagles out there my comment about corruption is meant tongue in cheek...

 

[estibador]

Home ground advantage to the dogs, Melbourne crowd, they got the rub of the green.

Same thing happens in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide..

Home teams often get that.,

But we're always told the GF is a neutral game...?

 

[estibador]

There's no doubt the umps were barracking for the Dogs yesterday, but I don't think the AFL instructed them to.

 

[MeestaNob]

Is the afl a corrupt business and were the grand final refs under pressure to help the Bulldogs win?

It's been a fix the whole time.

A concerted effort to keep your proud club down its entire existence. All 5 years of it.

 

[Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear]

LOL yeah I'm sure the AFL, who has given Sydney the COLA, academies and everything else possible to keep em strong for 15 years so their crowds don't fall off were in a conspiracy to help a small Melbourne club win etc. Give me a break. Their wet dream would have been a GWS-Sydney final and WE STUCK IT RIGHT UP EM ALL. DROVE A BIG OL' TRAILER TRACTOR ALL UP IN THERE

 

[Leather Poisoning]

The answer is yes; but not in the way you think.

Coercing umpires is a terrible way to rig a game and an outcome.

Player availability is how you would rig games.

 

[Bald]

No, if it was corrupt the AFL would do everything they can to enhance their best interest. The fact that GC and Brisbane have been non-factors while a club situated in the western suburbs of Melbourne (not notoriously a wealthy people) were able to win a flag despite all the concessions given to the expansion clubs clearly shows that corruption is impossible.

 

[THE411]

Up till 3/4 time the Swans had 1 free excluding the 2 OOB's.

Dogs had 15.

Out on the full doesn't count toward the free kick count, does it?

I know that if you kick it OotF it doesn't count as a free kick against you in your stats.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Where is the Jack Watts option???

 

[Bokonon]

Is the afl a corrupt business and were the grand final refs under pressure to help the Bulldogs win?

Sssssh
You'll upset our alien overlords who planned it

 

[rdhopkins2]

I thought Sydney deserved to be paid more knock ons and a penalty try to Hannebury.

 

[jdz101]

Thread of the year contender....

Hahahaha the melts have been awesome

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Refs?

 

[ScragCity]

All without Troy whose season was derailed by injury.

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Thinking of you mate. Bev should have given the medal to you Troy old mate.

POTY

 

[Tiges1229]

Up till 3/4 time the Swans had 1 free excluding the 2 OOB's.

Dogs had 15.

Crazy stat

 

[jdz101]

Crazy stat

Funny what happens to the free kick count when you get to the ball first.

 

[hawksalltheway]

Thats actually an amazing stat

yeah shame its not accurate, they got 3 free kicks in the first qtr

 

[Gavin Excell]

yeah shame its not accurate, they got 3 free kicks in the first qtr

Glad thats been corrected. Seen this stat floating round today

 

[blue harvest]

Crazy stat

Not true though

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Funny what happens to the free kick count when you get to the ball first.

No - that's called the Joel Selwood defence. I'm not sure that's a forum-worthy argument..

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

The op is corrupt, in the brain department.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Up till 3/4 time the Swans had 1 free excluding the 2 OOB's.

Dogs had 15.

It is - but did you exclude the OOBs that the swans kicked?

Also - I'm not sure how the FKA stat works. A few questions:
When the swans were giving away those 50m penalties - do they count as free kicks? The swans were grossly undisciplined in this area and I think it also translated into sloppy tackling at times as well.

There were quite a few times when the dogs would take a mark and then a swans defender would make high contact and called a free kick. Do these get recorded as free kicks? Because they really have zero impact on the game.

 

[Roddy]

The AFL are no cleanskins, that's for sure. But on a world scale of fully professional, high profile sporting leagues, they would be one of the least corrupt.

 

[jdz101]

No - that's called the Joel Selwood defence. I'm not sure that's a forum-worthy argument..

Its a more viable argument than "herr derr look at the free kick count!"

Just wish fans would look at why the dogs get more free kicks, not just that they do.