Match Day Thread Rnd 18 Sydney V St Kilda. SCG. 19.25pm.

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  • Jeynez
    Warming the Bench
    • May 2013
    • 223

    Originally posted by ugg
    8 contested marks for Sinclair! The most in the AFL this season
    And equal 3rd highest of all time!

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    • treespirit
      The Tree Is Out There
      • Jan 2003
      • 337

      This week: GOAL KICKING PRACTICE

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      • Blood Fever
        Veterans List
        • Apr 2007
        • 4041

        Originally posted by treespirit
        This week: GOAL KICKING PRACTICE
        Hopefully things will turn around in this area. It has cost us a few percentage points and we should have buried a few teams to the tune of 70 points. Hope it doesn't cost us an upcoming game or worse, a final.

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        • Hotpotato
          Senior Player
          • Jun 2014
          • 2264

          I said to my mate at the footy
          "Buddy's ability to strike the ball squarely and accurately so consistently is outstanding , his ball drop and timing to his outswinging left boot is as sweet as it gets."

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          • S.S. Bleeder
            Senior Player
            • Sep 2014
            • 2165

            Originally posted by dejavoodoo44
            Yes, some of the media seem to think he might be in trouble with the Tribunal. I would have thought, that to be suspended, that you need to have done something illegal? I don't see what was actually illegal in the tackle? It wasn't high, nor was it too low. It wasn't in the back. It wasn't late. There was no slinging motion and he didn't lift him. I would find it quite surreal, if he got punished in any way, for something that didn't even deserve a free.
            I thought it was a great tackle. It's not his fault that the Saints player jumped in the air. I compare it to Rougheads tackle on Hanners in the 2014 GF which everyone applauded and labelled as ferocious and fair. It looks bad but there is nothing wrong with it.

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            • treespirit
              The Tree Is Out There
              • Jan 2003
              • 337

              Originally posted by Blood Fever
              Hopefully things will turn around in this area. It has cost us a few percentage points and we should have buried a few teams to the tune of 70 points. Hope it doesn't cost us an upcoming game or worse, a final.
              It will cost us the win against the Hawks if we kick less goals than behinds against them. They will not let us waste inside 50s like these other teams have.

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              • dejavoodoo44
                Veterans List
                • Apr 2015
                • 8515

                Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
                I thought it was a great tackle. It's not his fault that the Saints player jumped in the air. I compare it to Rougheads tackle on Hanners in the 2014 GF which everyone applauded and labelled as ferocious and fair. It looks bad but there is nothing wrong with it.
                I'm not sure if I remember anything from the 2014 GF?

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                • Markwebbos
                  Veterans List
                  • Jul 2016
                  • 7186

                  Originally posted by Matty10
                  The commentators at the time seemed to think it was fine, but I did not see the after match discussion - did they reflect back on it?

                  Regardless of whether the ball was there or not, can you have a round arm swing that by the nature of the action will hit an opponent in the head? Parker was lucky not to get a broken nose (or worse).

                  The line of thinking that saw Jones bump get cleared (i.e. the ball was in the vicinity) seems to be used as justification for incidental contact. This needs to be reviewed.


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                  Toby Greene didn't get suspended for deliberately punching someone in a marking contest this year.

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                  • Blood Fever
                    Veterans List
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 4041

                    Originally posted by treespirit
                    It will cost us the win against the Hawks if we kick less goals than behinds against them. They will not let us waste inside 50s like these other teams have.
                    Probably

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                    • Thunder Shaker
                      Aut vincere aut mori
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 4166

                      Our goal-kicking accuracy is ranked 13th out of 18 with 51.4%.

                      As it stands right now, Melbourne are ranked first with 57.4%, Western Bulldogs are last with 46.6%.

                      What's winning games for us is our defence. We're ranked 2nd for least points conceded.
                      "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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                      • Markwebbos
                        Veterans List
                        • Jul 2016
                        • 7186

                        Originally posted by Markwebbos
                        Toby Greene didn't get suspended for deliberately punching someone in a marking contest this year.
                        That should say didn't Toby Greene... ?

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                        • Matty10
                          Senior Player
                          • Jun 2007
                          • 1331

                          Originally posted by Markwebbos
                          That should say didn't Toby Greene... ?
                          He did - and deservedly so, but there was an outcry from some in the media that he should not have been due to the ball being there (although he was also late with the 'spoil').

                          Brereton led the defence of Jones in the media and the same language that he employed was then used in the MRP report. It doesn't take long for something to become accepted practice (although it could swing back again just as quickly).


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                          • Doctor
                            Bay 29
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 2757

                            Originally posted by ugg
                            Interesting that they are keeping the same structure with Parker taking the ruck contests inside fifty and Sinclair right in the goalsquare.
                            Yes I thought so too. He pretty much played as a genuine FF for almost the whole game from what I observed.
                            Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                            • Bloods05
                              Senior Player
                              • Oct 2008
                              • 1641

                              Originally posted by barry
                              In some parallel universe, yes.
                              Not quite parallel to the Barry Universe, which has a distinct leaning to the west.

                              - - - Updated - - -

                              Originally posted by aardvark
                              Macca is fine so long as he doesn't have to chase anyone.
                              All players have their weaknesses and strengths. He has plenty of the latter.

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                              • crackedactor
                                Regular in the Side
                                • May 2012
                                • 919

                                Originally posted by ugg
                                8 contested marks for Sinclair! The most in the AFL this season
                                At the start of the year, Sinclair was dropping simple chest marks! Maybe those contact lens have done the trick??

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