Match Day Rnd. 2. Western Bulldogs V Sydney Swans. 7.50 pm Etihad Stadium.

[stevoswan]

The club should be recording these microphones as it could be a great coaching tool or used in please explains to the umpiring departments.




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I fear with the current crop of umpires the coaches and players would still be none the wiser........

[goods78]

I fear with the current crop of umpires the coaches and players would still be none the wiser........

I would imagine that the Swans are putting together a review of the umpiring after each game and would be seeking clarification on questionable decisions from the AFL. I don't think any of this is filtering through from the top dogs to the umpires.

It is interesting the chat between them in terms of encouragement for good decisions, who is going in for the controlling umpire etc.

One aspect of new rule that is driving me nuts is the umpires at every contest asking for the rucks to put their hands up to nominate ruck. It's like under 7's!




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[Velour&Ruffles]

Picken played it perfectly, I think it was just his footy smarts more than any specific briefing or coaching - slowed up enough to gave the ump the opportunity to say 'not under immediate pressure', but close enough so that he would have pounced had Mills taken possession.

........ Zak Jones was a classic example where you just have to make a fake attaempt to get the ball out, and the ump will ball it up.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but the (AFL sponsored) message is that faking a contest is actually more valuable and better rewarded than actually contesting. The game has reached a really awful low ebb, courtesy of that prize @@@@@@@@.

[bodgie]

Exactly Velour. Imagine if Picken was penalised for gaming the umpires. Free to Mills! That would soon get things happening.

[Auntie.Gerald]

I must say I thought mills made no real effort

A real lack of awareness

It was a great example of not looking over ur shoulders multiple times so u can give urself the best opportunity to make the right decision
Ie he didn't even look over his shoulder prior to getting the ball

It was see ball get ball
It was see the boundary go to the boundary

Unfortunately I think mills has really struggled in general last two weeks along with a few other players also

I'm sure the kid will bounce back this week but under the intensity of the last two games his anticipation and speed and decision making is below par

Cmon millsie give it to the pies

Be ruthless !!

Ps Newman, swampy being there again in the backs and mills playing a significant portion as a high back not many kick ins and a reasonable amount up behind the middle of the field contests indicates to me the swans want him more in the midfield and finding more solutions for the backs

For me I liken Mills future role o a Luke hodge role controlling the midfield and HB line re direction , positioning and impacting where needed

[mcs]

I'm not disagreeing with you, but the (AFL sponsored) message is that faking a contest is actually more valuable and better rewarded than actually contesting. The game has reached a really awful low ebb, courtesy of that prize @@@@@@@@.

Spot on Velour - which is an utterly ridiculous outcome and not good at all for the game.

[jono2707]

One aspect of new rule that is driving me nuts is the umpires at every contest asking for the rucks to put their hands up to nominate ruck. It's like under 7's!




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Particularly shown to be crazy last week in the Cats v North game, where the Cats nominated no one to contest a number of ball ups that resulted from stoppages in play. You basically had the ridiculous sight of only the North ruckman (Preuss) 'contesting' the ruck, with the Cats effectively having an extra player on the ground ready to get the tap or tackle whoever got the resultant tap out. Not what they expected when requiring teams to nominate a ruckman no doubt.

That was a real blight on the game and I can see another 'interpretation' coming, whereby umpires would (and should) ping teams for not contesting ruck contests.

[CureTheSane]

Mills is fresh off a losing Grand Final.
Probably not as easy for him to pick himself up and start again. Hopefully tonight he will make some inroads

[liz]

Mills has done plenty of good stuff in the first two rounds. Sure, he's made mistakes, but defenders' mistakes are always more noticeable than forwards', and they invariably look slow when defending in tandem with a midfield that isn't putting pressure on the opposition.

He's still a kid, for crying out loud. People seem to have extraordinarily high expectations for someone who has barely played 25 games.

[baskin]

Mills has done plenty of good stuff in the first two rounds. Sure, he's made mistakes, but defenders' mistakes are always more noticeable than forwards', and they invariably look slow when defending in tandem with a midfield that isn't putting pressure on the opposition.

He's still a kid, for crying out loud. People seem to have extraordinarily high expectations for someone who has barely played 25 games.

+1

[CureTheSane]

I've noticed that there seems to be a bit of fire and drive missing from his game.
A bit more complacent compared to last year.
Form comes and goes. It's the passion that needs to be maintained.

[RogueSwan]

... He's still a kid, for crying out loud. People seem to have extraordinarily high expectations for someone who has barely played 25 games.

Who was playing in a grand final replay, away from home, that was extremely close with not too much time remaining. You can't a much more tense situation in a regular season game.