Minor things that annoy you about the game

[Billy ray]

in the AFLW, do the umpires say "holding the man" ? if they do that would annoy me

 

[RUNVS]

I'm still annoyed about the decision to make an 18th team in the GC instead of Tasmania. Not blaming the Suns or their supporters, but we should have rewarded a footballing state first before shoehorning another team into QLD.

Tell Tasmanians to have more children.

 

[RUNVS]

in the AFLW, do the umpires say "holding the man" ? if they do that would annoy me

I think that would be okay actually as "man" can sometimes be used as a universal term (ie, mankind).

 

[SuperSteele22]

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but a massive peeve of mine is the LED fences that flash, rotate, move, change colour, change to another advert etc when the ball is in play. Makes it incredibly hard to focus on the play if you're sitting on the bottom level and the ball is at the other end and I imagine could be challenging for the players at times as well. Fence advertising should just be still images that don't move and when there's a break in play by all means flick to the next one.

 

[BringFevBack2021]

All about lining their mates' pockets so they don't actually hire developers that know what they are doing

Amen to this. Old boss was a senior engineer there. Said the place was a shambles in terms of IT.

 

[Mesc]

I think that would be okay actually as "man" can sometimes be used as a universal term (ie, mankind).

hahaha. Tell the feminists that…..the work title “Foreman” doesn’t exist anymore .

 

[Stratton_Gun]

When a kick clearly comes off the side of the boot as the defender is under pressure trying to hoof it clear and the umpire is chomping at the bit to pay "insufficient intent to keep the ball in play "

 

[H00t]

I am sure it has been mentioned on the thread….but players running too far without bouncing it.

The rule says 15 metres is allowable. Players routinely run more than that, often by a long way. Police the rule correctly or change it to amount of steps or amount of time or a longer distance. But don’t have a rule saying one thing and a convention allowing something else.

This is doubly infuriating when paired with the fact that the ball has to be travel 15 m to be payed a mark. They will pay a mark at 10 m all game and allow players to run 20 m at the same time.

It’s the same distance, I have no idea how they manage to get it so wrong all the time.

 

[BlueShift]

Umpires seem to be getting worse and worse at the centre bounce, and are letting more one-sided ones go than they used to. Normally it doesn't matter too much but there are some instances where the lopsided bounce clearly advantages one team.

 

[hoianbulldog]

Players waisting 30 seconds on the shot clock only to center the ball or hit up a lead. If you take the time you have to make a legitimate attempt at goal or free kick to the opposition from the position of the kick. The 30 second shot clock was not introduced to allow teams to structure up.

 

[pineapple dee]

My pet peeve is the MCC allowing people to wear denim jeans in the MCC reserve. 99% of the time, these people just look like ' bums ' . Membership of the MCC is a privilege and members should dress the part.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

My pet peeve is the MCC allowing people to wear denim jeans in the MCC reserve. 99% of the time, these people just look like ' bums ' . Membership of the MCC is a privilege and members should dress the part.

Not to mention the audacity of them allowing Richmond, Hawthorn and Collingwood supporters in when it's clearly called the MELBOURNE cricket club. It's even written out the front of the gorund.

 

[Established1870]

Flogs who call footy AFL. I don't go around saying "do you blokes play NBA?" do I?

**** off with that shit.

 

[Pistol Night]

Flogs who call footy AFL. I don't go around saying "do you blokes play NBA?" do I?

fu** off with that sh*t.

I often go for a Formula 1 up the shops to grab a paper

 

[Billy ray]

I often go for a Formula 1 up the shops to grab a paper

pfft, i olympics after my kids

 

[Chuckie357]

pfft, i olympics after my kids

Breakdance?

 

[big_e]

in the AFLW, do the umpires say "holding the man" ? if they do that would annoy me

"Holding the man" doesn't appear in the laws of the game. This is it:

18.3.2 Free Kicks - Prohibited Contact
A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player when that Player makes any of the following Prohibited Contact with an opposition Player:
(a) executes a tackle that is not legal (refer to the definition of Legal Tackle)

Legal Tackle or Legally Tackled:
a tackle by a Player where:
(a) the Player being tackled is in possession of the football; and
(b) that Player is tackled below the shoulders and above the knees. For the avoidance of doubt, a Legal Tackle may be executed by holding (either by the body or playing uniform) a Player from the front, side or behind, provided that a Player held from behind is not pushed in the back.

 

[Final Siren]

I think that would be okay actually as "man" can sometimes be used as a universal term (ie, mankind).

That's a minor thing that annoys me about life; people say "No but 'man' in a gender-neutral sense" when they obviously just didn't expect any women in that role.

 

[situationz]

Those mouthguards that make guys look like they're missing front teeth.

 

[situationz]

My pet peeve is the MCC allowing people to wear denim jeans in the MCC reserve. 99% of the time, these people just look like ' bums ' . Membership of the MCC is a privilege and members should dress the part.

For god's sake, it's a footy game, not a formal dinner party.

 

[Igavemyloveachicken]

Umpires seem to be getting worse and worse at the centre bounce, and are letting more one-sided ones go than they used to. Normally it doesn't matter too much but there are some instances where the lopsided bounce clearly advantages one team.

Ray Chamberlain is the worst for this to the point that he takes an eternity to bounce the ball post goal and then still ****s it up. Just throw the ball up and be done with the bounce, some people like the bounce but if it was gone would they actually care enough to miss it?

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Eddie trying to make sense of syndesmosis, stop it's been in the game forever, it's just being used by its name now.

This post is brought to you by Sportsbet and Ladbrokes, probably.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

"Holding the man" doesn't appear in the laws of the game. This is it:

18.3.2 Free Kicks - Prohibited Contact
A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player when that Player makes any of the following Prohibited Contact with an opposition Player:
(a) executes a tackle that is not legal (refer to the definition of Legal Tackle)

Legal Tackle or Legally Tackled:
a tackle by a Player where:
(a) the Player being tackled is in possession of the football; and
(b) that Player is tackled below the shoulders and above the knees. For the avoidance of doubt, a Legal Tackle may be executed by holding (either by the body or playing uniform) a Player from the front, side or behind, provided that a Player held from behind is not pushed in the back.

(d) holds an opposition Player who is not in possession of the football; ;

Not actually "holding the man", I guess "holding an opposition Player who was not in possession of the football" is a bit of a mouthful.
"Holding the player" would be a gender neutral abbreviation.

 

[brovedm]

Wearing masks when they sing the team song, Virtue signaling at its finest.

 

[big_e]

Wearing masks when they sing the team song, Virtue signaling at its finest.

Isn't it just obeying the law?