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Reg will have to be careful this year. That blocking play they showed him doing in the clip above is one of his specialties. His was almost the most subtle of the lot in that clip because he's so good at it.Today's a draft of your epitaph -
i hate the continual changing of the rules. the way this seems to work now is that a player cannot protect their teammate if there is a 2-1 situation - instead they will have to jump at the ball or sag off and hope the teammate marks or brings to ground.
everything seems designed to assist forwards - and now we have two seriously good marking types it will be in their interests, but i just wish they would let the game go - at least half of them on that video were picked up in any case.Comment
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Rules haven't been changed at all that I can see. In nearly every example show from 2012 the blocking free WAS paid. including the one against REG...you can see the swans player put hands on head when he realises its a free not a mark to Marty. If the other examples weren't paid, they were all there under current interpretations and nearly all were picked up by commentary/camera going "why wasn't that a free?" So no new interpretation at all....just an admission that too many of these were getting missed, and the umps need to get better."I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005Comment
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The Swans defenders do push the envelope more than other teams from what I have seen - as we know they are well drilled. LRT and Grundy are very, very good at making contact which doesn't look like a block but works out as a block, often with the result of Richards marking. They also initiate a lot of wrestling which is usually let go, but could be seen to be holding the man. I'm sure they will get used to the stricter interpretation - will be a challenge for the defensive coach.Comment
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The thing that always peeves me regarding the Thomas incident, isn't so much whether Thomas should have been cited, or Rohan have received a free kick - it's that no-one from the AFL even admitted that paying free kick AGAINST Rohan was a MISTAKE!!!!!!! :-)
Also watched the "What's your decision" GF and nearly puked to see Schwatta going on about what a great job the umps did. OMFG did anyone see the game?????? At least they explained the LRT (non) decision correctly....by comparing it with a Hawthorn (non) decision which led to a goal in a previous match"I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005Comment
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Most of the time, the issue as it was with the grand final is not that a certain decision to award (or not ) a free was wrong, its the consistency. This was my big issue with the GF. Hawthorn seemed to pluck frees from the packs all day long yet similar decisions did not go the other way (eg hodges elbow in jacks face, gibson one hand tapping the ball forward in the final moments etc just to name a few off the top of my head).
Take the blocking issue - why are defenders singled out. Its not uncommon at all for a forward to block defenders to make space for another forward. Bruest did it for buddy in the last quarter. Again I bet these blocks wont be singled out and the defenders will. Again its all about consistency.Comment
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He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)Comment
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Last year the Swans made occasional use of two ruckmen on the ball simultaneously. It was a very effective tactic because it clearly caused confusion to the opposition and it also meant that our second ruck could do more than gather splinters on the bench or lurk in a forward pocket. It helped win us a flag, but the Bartlett and the rest of the 'fiddle with the rules of the game committee' have responded to this innovative and creative thinking by stacking the deck against ruckmen even further.
The "Ruck nomination" idea may not be aimed at Mumford & Pyke but it will effect them. Just as the 1 metre seperation rule is aimed at bullocking ruckmen in general, not especially Mummy.Comment
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