Interchange fiasco
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"Never ever ever state that Sydney is gone.They are like cockroaches in the aftermath of a nuclear war"
(Forum poster 'Change', Big Footy 04Apr09)Comment
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it was critical due to the conditions and time coming into 3rd qtr time...anyone who says that the decision did not have some bearing on the result is kidding themselves....when have momentumk and then to be gifted a goal in a match under those conditions...you only have to see the reaction of the blues boys to see...Comment
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Jesse was sitting in the right corner at the back being unobtrusively worked on by medicals so that it wouldn't be noted by Carlton. they all do that. Junk time during goal kicking is when they come and go to the max on the bench.
The incompetent twit with, I presume, a gold card membership with Carlton (or perhaps Collingwood) got a bit defensive and wouldn't check the facts of the matter. So to our shock, we lose the momentum, the boys are distracted wondering if they had done something wrong, the staff are going off their heads, and Carlton win. All the interchange steward gets is a loss of one weeks pay. Whooptydo.
Does it make any difference to him if we miss the final eight by a few percentage points? No. It does not make one iota of difference. Does it make a difference to the Swans. By the good Lord it does. And what do the Swans get out of the fiasco? A bloody phone call to say Sorry!!!!! and a reassurance that the Naughty exchange steward gets a week off.
Not good enough. I want to know who he is. I want him outed and the rest of the teams in the AFL warned that this man cannot be trusted with the task of counting up to 4.
Wonder if the afl or the umpires will toss in for a case of beer for the team? you know. just to say oops. one day we will all laugh about this......not.If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhoodComment
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Probably not the best time to mention this..but I reckon being the interchange steward would be a mongrel job.
At goal kicking time, the players run on and off the bench at such speed and such seeming chaos,that people can easily become confused. Oh, am i sticking up for this guy?? Nah, but I can almost sympathise.Comment
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I suppose the next time one of our players bumps into an umpire, an apology will suffice.Comment
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On the tele, it looked like a confused Henry Playfair orchestrating things.....Showing the form we often saw during his playing days.Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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it was critical due to the conditions and time coming into 3rd qtr time...anyone who says that the decision did not have some bearing on the result is kidding themselves....when have momentumk and then to be gifted a goal in a match under those conditions...you only have to see the reaction of the blues boys to see...
It's already generally conceded that the decision by the official was critical, although not necessarily game costing.Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09Comment
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You can't blame the steward for only 17 players being on the field! The stewards call compounded on the initial f__k up of having 5 off the field... He is the goat.
What would happen in a final or GF if the Swans only had 17 on the field? An apology from the bench? The fifth player? We needed extra warm pine due to the rain?
Nothing wrong with 19 on the field against North either in a draw!Comment
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Probably not the best time to mention this..but I reckon being the interchange steward would be a mongrel job.
At goal kicking time, the players run on and off the bench at such speed and such seeming chaos,that people can easily become confused. Oh, am i sticking up for this guy?? Nah, but I can almost sympathise.
My disappoinment is in that the AFL haven't taken the chance to reconsider the rule.... i.e. to make sure the punishment fits the bill. If a 19th player is directly involved in the play, then fine a 50m penalty and a free kick is more than fair. But if it was like it was on Saturday (i.e. between goals, ball not in play- the 'extra' player never even close to being involved)- how does that warrant anything more than a free kick? What happened on Saturday will quickly be forgotten by all and sundry.... but what if there is a dodgy call that decides a finals game or heaven forbid a grand final."You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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