Opinion Non-Crows AFL 5: Save Ken

[ams4crows]

Carlton kicking for goal has cost them here

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Carlton kicking for goal has cost them here

They've been given every opportunity to win it. Umps giving them frees they haven't been giving StKilda, saints down two men, at one stage 3. This is Carlton not giving the saints any respect. Sucked in!

 

[jackster83]

A real banana skin type game for Carlton. Might cost them a top four spot at the end of the season.

Saints winning also makes it harder for Port.

 

[rocket18]

Nice, always good seeing Carlton going down - despite getting more than double the frees the Saints got.

I missed the memo, are the Blues the designated VFL fairytale this year?

 

[Crow_68]

A real banana skin type game for Carlton. Might cost them a top four spot at the end of the season.

Saints winning also makes it harder for Port.

Football is the winner tonight.

 

[MarcusP2]

Nice, always good seeing Carlton going down - despite getting more than double the frees the Saints got.

I missed the memo, are the Blues the designated VFL fairytale this year?

They are sadly too rubbish, 4.13 they've kicked since midway through the second.

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[spenze]

got to be hard being a Saints supporter, win these sort of games but drop games to crap teams.

Far easier being a Crows supporter, there are no ebbs and flows, just shit

 

[Bay62]

What?

Are you that old?

(Jk)

 

[pjcrows]

As soon as I saw the "Carlton can win the flag" segments doing the rounds this week I switched my tip to the Saints.

 

[BRL121]

Free kick Carlton in full swing.

In particular, giving push in the back when a correctly-tackled player throws himself into the ground head-first is a big earner for Carlton. Even Cripps is starting to do this now and has become a big stager.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Umps gave carlton a reach around but it wasn't enough.

 

[MarcusP2]

In particular, giving push in the back when a correctly-tackled player throws himself into the ground head-first is a big earner for Carlton. Even Cripps is starting to do this now and has become a big stager.

McKay is also a flopper.

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[spenze]

Hmm, we really don't like small forwards who can kick goals do we?

Apparently Eddie burnt us with those 400 goals in 7 seasons...not making that mistake again

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

As soon as I saw the "Carlton can win the flag" segments doing the rounds this week I switched my tip to the Saints.

I picked the Saints on the rebound theory after a bad loss last week & useful ins.

Didnt see any of the game as have been wine tasting tonight... but can't believe in both of my footy comps, I was the only one to pick the Saints... & gone to top in 1 comp.

Now watching the last quarter replay.

 

[kirky]

Just having a look at the fixture it looks likely you will need 13 wins to make the 8.

Collingwood and Richmond are in the box seat to win at least 12 games and that doesn’t include their games against Port.

Port ain’t going to make it.

 

[footy4ever]

Nice, always good seeing Carlton going down - despite getting more than double the frees the Saints got.

I missed the memo, are the Blues the designated VFL fairytale this year?

Yes, you missed the memo.

The memo was definitely dispatched.

 

[pjcrows]

Just having a look at the fixture it looks likely you will need 13 wins to make the 8.

Collingwood and Richmond are in the box seat to win at least 12 games and that doesn’t include their games against Port.

Port ain’t going to make it.

Yeah I reckon the Saints winning has made it even harder for Port. If they lose tomorrow they're 3 games + a bit of percentage out of the 8.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Yeah I reckon the Saints winning has made it even harder for Port. If they lose tomorrow they're 3 games + a bit of percentage out of the 8.

I just want it to all come down to the showdown.
It will be good experience for our squad to play in a "finals" atmosphere.

Don't want any showdown being a dead rubber.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Apparently Eddie burnt us with those 400 goals in 7 seasons...not making that mistake again

Well.... yeah...

Blame that blunder on still seething over the Murphy over Newchurch selection .

 

[1970crow]

I believe the rule is that

• If it's outside 9m, you can't do it at all. Pressure is not an excuse.
• If it's inside 9m, you can do it, but only if "under pressure"

You don't get a free pass for being inside 9m.

It was the kind of move that players make on the boundary line all the time - gather ball right on / near the line, keep running, whoops, went out of play, no deliberate free. Except he was pretty much standing still, the ball had stopped on the line, and he had every opportunity to turn around and move forward, it's not like there was momentum pushing him & the ball towards the line.

I was inclined to give the umpires a pass because it was so "line ball" but... I guess you've got to see the replay to see how obvious it was. In real time, I guess the umpire's going "yeah nah, not paying that". It would almost be one of those "guesses" that we hate umpires making.

Edit: Here is the rule:

https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2022/03/28/6d92ed7c-efc2-44dc-86bc-9fa1d9b338ad/2022-Laws-of-the-Game-Booklet.pdf

18.11 DELIBERATE RUSHED BEHINDS
18.11.1 Spirit and Intention Players shall be encouraged to keep the football in play.
18.11.2 Free Kicks - Deliberate Rushed Behinds A field Umpire shall award a Free Kick against a Player from the Defending Team who intentionally Kicks, Handballs or forces the football over the Attacking Team’s Goal Line or Behind Line or onto one of the Attacking Team’s Goal Posts, and the Player:
(a) is greater than nine metres from the Goal Line or Behind Line;
(b) is not under immediate physical pressure;
(c) has had time and space to dispose of the football; or
(d) from a Ruck contest, hits the football over the Goal Line or Behind Line on the full.

- I think there should be an "or" after each of the points a, b, and c.

There absolutely should be, how can an organisation like the AFL make such an obvious omission. **** they're dumb.

 

[MarcusP2]

The or is implied as it would be in any list.

E.g. 'You can have Coke, Sprite or Fanta'.

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[jackster83]

Jake Kelly

29

Jake Kelly

Age

29

Ht

190cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

157.8

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

104.1

2star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

MG

107.0

2star

just kicked a goal lol.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Jake Kelly just kicked a goal lol.

All this time he has been played out of position...

Sounds like the wheels falling off for Sydney.

 

[jackster83]

All this time he has been played out of position...

Sounds like the wheels falling off for Sydney.

Swans have been terribly selfish around goals. Taking shots from low percentage spots instead of passing.

They should still be 3 goals up though.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Another game this week where bad goal kicking has cost a team, potentially.