You can even have the 'rub of the green' at the same time as losing the free kick count. An impossible concept for some.
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It's a shit spectacle.
It's still cheating.
And Dogs fans should be concerned about the direction the coach
Dunno why I care.
I hate deliberate cheating.
Not sure why.
Why do you care enough to bother posting in here?
Common mentality?
Absolute nobody thinks that. Nobody
The issue is the Dogs regularly and deliberately altering their game to play for frees.
That's the issue.
Anybody who doesn't realise this is deliberate and coached doesn't watch footy.
They do it a collective way more than any of the other 17 sides.
Just watch. It's more obvious at live games as well.
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100%. Conversely, I've seen a multitude of extremely poorly inspired games in which the free kick found was relatively even. It's literally zero indication as to whether a game was well umpired or not
Why do you care ?
Why don't you care about ab
So what!
You can pick out a zillion individual games.
Thats not the point.
The point is this Dogs side under Beveridge systemically wins the free count and systemically plays for frees.
It's not statistically random.
It's a deliberate tactic.
And it's a stupid tactic because it doesn't help win games.
I'm suggesting Bevo may have lost the plot.
Thats all.
Players focus is now more about cheating than winning the game.
And that lands on the coach.
If so it's a waste of time because, as the stats show, there is no correlation with winning more free kicks and winning games. A fact which is conveniently ignored by people like you.
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How so? The premise of this thread is nothing new. Or do you have another agenda against our coach?
No agenda.
Call it as I see it on current information.
1st for frees.
10th on the ladder.
So why exactly are you whinging about free kicks? Unsurprisingly it's not helping the Dogs given, again, there is no correlation with winning games.
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That's the second most stupid thing I've ever read.
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Which means frees equal nothing. Thank you.
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That's the 3rd most stupid thing I've ever read.
For 5 years Dogs fans (and the AFL media) pushed the idea they got more frees because rhey were "first to the ball" and "made the play ".
Now they can't say that anymore so suddenly the argument has shifted to something else.
Can't admit that they are cheats who deliberately play for frees and this edict comes from the Head Coach.
Now they can't say that anymore so suddenly the argument has shifted to something else.
Can't admit that they are cheats who deliberately play for frees and this edict comes from the Head Coach.
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Why don’t you start a thread on the stupidest things you’ve ever read. I’m sure people will really enjoy it.
Tell Bevo that. Not me.
Maybe he will stop telling his boys to cheat.
It's shit for the sport and shit entertainment.
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The graph is from 2017 which is inclusive of those years try again.
That's actually quite funny.
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Do you have the breakdown of what types of frees?
Push in the back is the big difference for Dogs frees. Other stats are quite even
Show me the stats where winning free kicks leads to winning games then. You can't.
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I didn't say they did.
I'm not really sure anyone has made such a high level blanket statement.
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No idea how the Dogs have got away with it for so long.
It's clear that Beveridge encourages a gameplan that is centred around Ducking, Diving and Throwing. How they don't get called out on their bullshit is beyond me.
I hate it when the commentators use "little give" or "flicks it" - just call it for what it is FFS - If the commentators were calling it how it is - Friday night's game should have said "Treloar throws it to X - That's the 3rd time he's got away with it in the Swans forward 50 in the last 15 minutes - very lucky not to concede 3 goals"
The AFL is worse off for this type of strategy and god knows why the media muppets let it go - it will be a good thing when all coaches and players involved are no longer in the game.
It's clear that Beveridge encourages a gameplan that is centred around Ducking, Diving and Throwing. How they don't get called out on their bullshit is beyond me.
I hate it when the commentators use "little give" or "flicks it" - just call it for what it is FFS - If the commentators were calling it how it is - Friday night's game should have said "Treloar throws it to X - That's the 3rd time he's got away with it in the Swans forward 50 in the last 15 minutes - very lucky not to concede 3 goals"
The AFL is worse off for this type of strategy and god knows why the media muppets let it go - it will be a good thing when all coaches and players involved are no longer in the game.
