Blue v Bombers - game of the year?

[Xie Shan]

There was a clever comment on BF about the difference between the Carlton/Essendon rivalry and our rivalry with West Coast.

With ours, the winner gets a flag. With theirs, the loser gets Bryce Gibbs!

It was a great game to watch, gotta love a shootout.

[ScottH]

A great game to watch. And McVeigh's mark was sensational! Was it a free kick under this years stupid interpretations though? Dumbass rule, seriously!

The hands were in the back, so I reckon i should've been a free.

[573v30]

The hands were in the back, so I reckon i should've been a free.

It should've been a free kick against McVeigh, but that would've spoiled the mark.

[ScottH]

It should've been a free kick against McVeigh, but that would've spoiled the mark.

Sure. It was a great mark. Thats where the HITB rule could ruin the game because of marks like that, which could be a free against instead.

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I was rooting for Carlton when Lloyd decided to get into Setanta's face after kicking an easy goal. Rode the Blues home, great victory in the end.

[Chow-Chicker]

The hands were in the back, so I reckon i should've been a free.

Yes, and this is where the rule becomes farcical.....the umpires obviously realise that paying the free kick is detrimental to the mark. I don't blame the umpires, it's the rules committee that needs to be lined up and shot.

If the umpire paid the free kick - I reckon the stands would have been pulled down at the MCG. By not paying the free kick, we are seeing an uproar about why some are paid and why some are not.

We saw a tiggy touchwood free paid to Lovett, but McVeigh's was allowed. You can't have this happening in the one game. Scrap the bloody thing altogether FFS.