AFL Toast RND 6: Win Against The Crows

[Yoda_]

Laughable for a footy journalist

the bloke is putting forward his opinion as fact.

Genuine laughable his work is held with such high esteem

 

[Squeaky]

I can't believe the carry on about the non call. All the same footy people carrying on must not have seen Collingwood in all of their tight wins. They are the masters of not letting the ball out. They are just more nuanced about it. Drapes had a go at it and unsurprisingly he was shit at it. Like everything he did tonight!!
Lucky it didn't cost us the game.

 

[Vindicater]

Crows supporters taking the loss well it sounds like

They are loving it

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

I was only able to listen to the end on the radio, and they were making a big fuss about the non-call on Draper so I was expecting something more aggrevious.. talk about a hoo-ha over nothing. He was already on the ground, the ball was knocked under him, and then someone jumped on his back.. this was all in the space of less than 2 seconds.. But I'm sure the media will still get hours and hours of material out of it..

Nah Drapes dived on it like the ball was on fire. He was lucky Tex dived on his back and put his arm there quick enough just to cause a little uncertainty.

It should have been paid really.

That’s the way it goes though, they got lucky with a few too.

 

[nylexbandit]

What a ****ing carry on about that. Getting the rule book out while ignoring everything leading up to it and Tex jumping on his back.

I 100% think that should be paid ball. I also know it never has been and never will be late in the game, as the poster above rightly notes re Collingwood.

Hopefully the rules change so they start paying it, as I’ve noticed Carlton doing it too

 

[scyth]

Makes up for the one at halftime they gave the Crows.

I love that he's just come out and said that straight up. Absolutely love it.

 

[Nicholas61]

Jon Ralph saying jones could make way for wright. Guy has no clue

lol the guy has completely changed how our team looks and will be looking at a serious multi year deal based on the past few weeks. Liked when he went back at the end and there was a high ball - you knew they weren't going to mark it, good players give you that confidence in them.

 

[MiguelM]

Lets raise our glasses to the win!!

 

[Mootsy]

Lets raise our glasses to the win!!
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moar people should be singing songs

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Should have been 8 goals up at quarter time and the whole thing is a lot less tense.

Absolutely shellacked them for the first 40 minutes everywhere but between the big sticks

i love it how they are all focused on one umpire decision instead of being -20 Inside 50's and -8 scoring shots.

the fact they were even within a scoring shot to win is amazing.

They were utterly belted all game.

 

[Yoda_]

Brad Scott in the press conference

"yeah, people will focus on the one (htb) in the last few seconds but I can show you a few more (non calls)"


onya Scotty

 

[Snake Charmer]

The non free at the end if anything should highlight how bad the umpiring was all round. Not just that 1 moment but about 15 different moments for both sides.

 

[Yoda_]

The non free at the end if anything should highlight how bad the umpiring was all round. Not just that 1 moment but about 15 different moments for both sides.

watch back and see how many shots on goal the Crows had from free kicks

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Well F them. If that was a free against Drapes and a goal....It was not a mark to Dawson when Duzza got 2 hands first on that mark which ended up in a goal.

 

[mIKe9441]

Been betting favourite in one game this season and we are 4-2 lol

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Bulldogs had 21-9 +ve free kick count last night: ch7 silent. Tonight they bang on endlessly about a 50/50 decision

 

[outersanctum]

It was a bad call at the end but crows got a lot of good calls prior to that.

Dont get the hype and each game further cememts that draper is a weak link. Absolute liability out there. Needs to be dropped.

Forward pressure not rewarded this week but was immense early. Love the young guns and midfield mix atm.

Also not nearly enough love for the skippers game. He set us up early and then nailed the winner. He is a captain and leads this team from the front.

4-2.. bloody unbelievable!!

 

[Snake Charmer]

Bulldogs had 21-9 +ve free kick count last night: ch7 silent. Tonight they bang on endlessly about a 50/50 decision

Free kick counts mean f all to me when the umps are just bad. Blokes go pick up the footy and it’s holding the ball. Blokes drop the footy in a tackle it’s play on. Blokes moving on the mark. Some sling tackles paid others aren’t. The list goes on and on. What’s a free kick in one passage of play isn’t in the next. The umps call it how they like

 

[Squeaky]

What a ******* carry on about that. Getting the rule book out while ignoring everything leading up to it and Tex jumping on his back.

I 100% think that should be paid ball. I also know it never has been and never will be late in the game, as the poster above rightly notes re Collingwood.

Hopefully the rules change so they start paying it, as I’ve noticed Carlton doing it too

I agree. I hate it too, but let's not pretend Draper invented that tactic all on his own in the heat of the moment.

 

[MiguelM]

i love it how they are all focused on one umpire decision instead of being -20 Inside 50's and -8 scoring shots.

the fact they were even within a scoring shot to win is amazing.

They were utterly belted all game.

I hope the AFL say there should have been a free, make them EAD even harder.

Winners are grinners and the rest can GAGF

 

[Yoda_]

Free kick counts me f all to me when the umps are just bad. Blokes go pick up the footy and it’s holding the ball. Blokes drop the footy in a tackle it’s play on. Blokes moving on the mark. Some sling tackles paid others aren’t. The list goes on and on. What’s a free kick in one passage of play isn’t in the next. The umps call it how they like

Heard a description years ago;


An umpires job is to oversee a game not control the game


Unfortunately AFL has so many moving parts and grey areas that comes down to the eyes of the beholder.

 

[gillon]

He fell on the ball with his big body and had 2 players on him, it's a 50/50 call.
It's easy for onlookers to say one way or the other.

There were other moments as well, obviously the 50. To even put himself in that 50/50 position was beyond stupid. We saw the half time call.

 

[FootyGuru]

Draper is just unpredictable. He plays with a huge amount of effort and sometimes it spurs on the entire team, other times he costs us greatly. The last few weeks he has costed us greatly. I think we might see 2mp coming in for him this week. 2mp and cox to chop the ruck

 

[scyth]

How long did we actually hold on for? Five minutes under extreme heat? Controversial finish or not, that takes some serious mental fortitude under serious pressure.

We weathered eight minutes of football after Martin's goal put us to 78. Same sort of desperation that won us the Saints game.

 

[Vindicater]

Draper is just unpredictable. He plays with a huge amount of effort and sometimes it spurs on the entire team, other times he costs us greatly. The last few weeks he has costed us greatly. I think we might see 2mp coming in for him this week. 2mp and cox to chop the ruck

He needs a spell