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The game is probably easier to umpire from TV than it is on the field. We get more perspective on screen and can probably pick up which player has the ball and read their intentions.Doesn't really change the point. It has been happening for ages - players and supporters have been complaining about it, but what has been done to try to stamp it out? It is a blight on the game.
Of course they have some influence on it, depending on how far you're willing to take it. If they didn't tackle at all we wouldn't have a problem, would we?
It's fairly simple the way I see it. If you contribute to the high contact yourself you shouldn't get a free kick, whether that's ducking, dropping the knees, shrugging or whatever. If fans can call this instantly when it happens, why can't umpires?
Hewitt's just as bad.
it should be a free hit if the player ducks or pulls the arm up in the tackle
He certainly gets low, but it's different since he's already low at the ball and he just drives forward with the ball and gets the high tackle. L Thomas on the other hand is a staging campaigner that throws himself about like he's at a chook raffle or a cheap theatre, feigning about, kicking players, sliding in breaking legs, spitting etc. throws himself backwards into a tackle, drags arms over his shoulder, lifts his arm to get a tackle, holds on to opponents and then feigns holding the man, shit like that.
He's a pretty ******* bad footballer.
what his punishment for breaking Rohan's leg was.
**** me the Selwood's out in force, completely forgot about Joel Selwood starting with a bang.Geelong and West Coast fans should stay out of this thread, considering it was your teams and the famous 'quack quack' reputations that you gained in the 2007-2008 seasons that started this whole trend.
Your post sounded a tad racist.
Just officiate high tackles like they do in union
If the tackle starts legal but slips up and the tackle ends up high it's usually play on. Only if there is a secondary action by the tackler do they call it high
A bit easier to officiate in rugby as the main purpose of the tackle in Union is to bring your opponent to ground so the players naturally go lower, whereas Aussie rules is to stop the opponent from getting a legal disposal away
I still think there should be more leeway in Aussie rules as long as the tackle starts legal and the tackler doesn't take any secondary action for the tackle to end up high
Geelong and West Coast fans should stay out of this thread, considering it was your teams and the famous 'quack quack' reputations that you gained in the 2007-2008 seasons that started this whole trend.
Why? I think you will find most west coast supporters are disgusted by what shuey hams and selwood did.Geelong and West Coast fans should stay out of this thread, considering it was your teams and the famous 'quack quack' reputations that you gained in the 2007-2008 seasons that started this whole trend.
Hewett is just as bad as Thomas. Just does it slightly differently.He certainly gets low, but it's different since he's already low at the ball and he just drives forward with the ball and gets the high tackle. L Thomas on the other hand is a staging campaigner that throws himself about like he's at a chook raffle or a cheap theatre, feigning about, kicking players, sliding in breaking legs, spitting etc. throws himself backwards into a tackle, drags arms over his shoulder, lifts his arm to get a tackle, holds on to opponents and then feigns holding the man, shit like that.
He's a pretty ******* bad footballer.
I said that he does it differently before. Hewitt has a crazy low centre of gravity and has the ball at knee height, so it's literally impossible to tackle him. He knows it and the players know it, but they can't let him get easy and free disposal. He's tried to draw it a few times (even got pinged for holding once) but the umps aren't paying them all, about 50%.Hewett is just as bad as Thomas. Just does it slightly differently.
Please advise when he has spat at a player or what his punishment for breaking Rohan's leg was.
Your post sounded a tad racist.
It astounds me that anybody can think that an otherwise fine tackle that is made into a high one by the player with the ball is the fault of the tackler.
Joel Selwood started doing this shit in 2009. 7 years later and what have we done to stop it?
It was a disgrace. There was no attempt to make the play, to avoid the tackle. His intention was to stop play, he actively sought out the arm and held it above his shoulder.
The constant attacks on Thomas is all about the colour of his skin.
He is still though approaching a contest with the pure aim of drawing a high free kick rather than trying to dispose of the ball. His methods may differ slightly (doesn't do the full uppercut with the arm), but the intention is the same.I said that he does it differently before. Hewitt has a crazy low centre of gravity and has the ball at knee height, so it's literally impossible to tackle him. He knows it and the players know it, but they can't let him get easy and free disposal. He's tried to draw it a few times (even got pinged for holding once) but the umps aren't paying them all, about 50%.
Difference is that he doesn't drop the knees, or tackle arms with his neck, or holds on to opponents and drag their arms across his neck, or lift his arm, he just leads low with the head when he's got the ball. It's the way footy was played 10 years ago before all the changes. Just go back and watch how Jude Bolton used to play.