I’m not gonna be surprised if these two desperado clubs are found to be over the cap or, at the very least, have a massive cap issue in 2 years time that makes Cwood’s issues lame in comparison.
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Might be against the grain here but I actually think it's quite clever how Ginnivan's milking these free kicks under existing rules for high tackles.
Read a good tweet this morning regarding the tactic..Defenders have got to start playing the game on him too & start faking the tackle so he flops to ground & then roll him. His first instinct is to flop so defenders have to be smarter to deal with it.
Read a good tweet this morning regarding the tactic..Defenders have got to start playing the game on him too & start faking the tackle so he flops to ground & then roll him. His first instinct is to flop so defenders have to be smarter to deal with it.
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Might seem like a good idea, there's an article in today's Hun about how much risk there is involved in trying to milk the system in this way though. It's been a problem ever since the AFL ruled the head to be a sacred site some years back and players started ramming head first into contests to game the system n score frees.
Old school footy was all about playing hard, putting the body / arse, not the head in n winning the contest not scabbing n ducking bleating for the umpires help. Certain players, coaches n clubs seem more concerned now about finding ways to manipulate the system however they can purely to achieve the desired result no matter what the risk over the longer term might be.
Long time ago there was Neil Sachse wound up a quad, then not so long ago there was Carrotseller who got very lucky. I'm bloody surprised that there haven't been more serious spinal injuries at the top levels of the game over the years, but since the introduction of the sacred site rules the exploitation methods have exacerbated the issues that the AFL have tried to safeguard against.
Won't surprise me at all if some young bloke hears some awful crackling sounds as he ducks for a free one day n there'll be a lot of people feeling guilty.
Couple of years ago some of our blokes were doing the shrug n I'm glad Dimma told em to stop playing that way.
There are a lot of players now deliberately trying to get a high tackle. Eventually it will end in someone getting seriously injured.
The worst thing about this is that the AFL could fix this, you duck, you bend your knees, you shrug so the tackle goes high - free and 50m penalty. Stamp it out.
The worst I have ever seen was a Port player a few years ago, very early in a game against us, literally jumped head first into a Richmond player's chest right in front of goal and got the free. Blatant, very blatant, and this is where the commentators who could see it clearly on the TV pics, should have called it out. In a pack the umps won't always see this but you can see it on the TV.
Maybe a week suspension if it is found on the video of the game.
Needs to be stopped before someone gets seriously hurt.
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The worst thing about this is that the AFL could fix this, you duck, you bend your knees, you shrug so the tackle goes high - free and 50m penalty. Stamp it out.
The worst I have ever seen was a Port player a few years ago, very early in a game against us, literally jumped head first into a Richmond player's chest right in front of goal and got the free. Blatant, very blatant, and this is where the commentators who could see it clearly on the TV pics, should have called it out. In a pack the umps won't always see this but you can see it on the TV.
Maybe a week suspension if it is found on the video of the game.
Needs to be stopped before someone gets seriously hurt.
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Norf. Starting again. What is it four coaches, five years? The complete opposite of what we did with Dimma.
Feel like this is player-driven. And the list is so bad. So much work to be done. Jason Horne Francis to ask for a trade at years end at half the price of what was offered last year. That will be the true bottoming out of Norf.
Feel like this is player-driven. And the list is so bad. So much work to be done. Jason Horne Francis to ask for a trade at years end at half the price of what was offered last year. That will be the true bottoming out of Norf.
Channel Seven referred to Buddy Franklin as the "game's biggest superstar".
Has he heard of a fellow at Richmond, Number Four, called Dustin Martin?
He has won three Norm Smith Medals on the big day.
Has he heard of a fellow at Richmond, Number Four, called Dustin Martin?
He has won three Norm Smith Medals on the big day.
Allister Clarkson would be asking for close to $1m to coach.
Although he's also running out of choices.
Come on down AFL with an Ambassadorial Grant.
Giants may have to at least demonstrate some type of due diligence in looking elswehere. Dont think Kingsley will be a major consideration.
If I were AK, I'd wait for either the Adelaide or Port job to become available.
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Not a big fan of the swans but really happy for Paddy McCartin to be not only be finally playing some consistent football, but also killing it. Looked goneski 12 months ago.
Have to say Jy Simpkin's comment: "this is for you Nobes" was rubbish.
Why couldn't they perform better under him before??
Why couldn't they perform better under him before??
Port more likely this year as they still have a game to come against Richmond.
Club administrators have come to understand that the best time to sack a coach is just before they play us. We like to help novice coaches just starting out.
I doubt even Essendon would try that just before Round 23 though.
So Gerry Gee…the great Trumpist of the AFL ….basically admits last night that he’s spoken to Clarkson about helping Norf out. What’s that gonna mean ? Soft cap concessions ? Norf are gonna apply for draft concessions so is the great Gerry Gee also looking to give them soft cap concessions too to fit Clarkson in ?
Seriously, is there any other league in the world where the administrators of the league interfere and apply contrived rules to get contrived outcomes like the AFL does ? Why is the CEO of the league talking to Clarkson at all about coaching Norf ?
What’s the point of having any rules and terms and conditions in the AFL at all ?
Seriously, is there any other league in the world where the administrators of the league interfere and apply contrived rules to get contrived outcomes like the AFL does ? Why is the CEO of the league talking to Clarkson at all about coaching Norf ?
What’s the point of having any rules and terms and conditions in the AFL at all ?
It's becoming obvious more now that Clarko will get the lolnorf job even with links to Tassie for Clarko long-term.
