Zak Jones cleared

[crackedactor]

Well, in Adelaide and Perth, the crowds are essentially the umpires but unfortunately in Sydney and maybe Brisbane the crowds seem to have no say.......

Well said and very good point. Why? Maybe our supporters are not loud enough, maybe they don't threaten the umpires enough, Maybe need to throw missiles like tomatoes and rotten eggs. Can anyone provide an reason.???
Once again SCG this week and YES ONCE AGAIN a Victorian side will get the better of the free kick count. Anyone want to bet against that prediction?

[Billericay]

Well said and very good point. Why? Maybe our supporters are not loud enough, maybe they don't threaten the umpires enough, Maybe need to throw missiles like tomatoes and rotten eggs. Can anyone provide an reason.???
Once again SCG this week and YES ONCE AGAIN a Victorian side will get the better of the free kick count. Anyone want to bet against that prediction?

Sure. I bet the Swans break even or win the free kick count.

[Sandrevan]

And to add insult to injury (literally this time!) the same Easton Wood (sounds like a station on the London Underground) also cleaned up Hannebery with the same result from the umps.

you're spot-on. To me that was the final turning point of the gf. Our F50, the Bulldogs captain takes out our best 4 quarter runner. Wood would have been put up to that by his coach - it was too coincidental.

[neilfws]

Sure. I bet the Swans break even or win the free kick count.

For anyone who likes to bet based on data: at the SCG 2000 - 2016, the Swans broke even or won the free kick count 77 times, opposition teams 80. Last year it was 5 to 7. So you'll be right about half the time if you take a guess

[crackedactor]

Sure. I bet the Swans break even or win the free kick count.

Lets wait and see what happens!

[Billericay]

Well said and very good point. Why? Maybe our supporters are not loud enough, maybe they don't threaten the umpires enough, Maybe need to throw missiles like tomatoes and rotten eggs. Can anyone provide an reason.???
Once again SCG this week and YES ONCE AGAIN a Victorian side will get the better of the free kick count. Anyone want to bet against that prediction?

Free kick count 25-18 in Swans favour. What do I win?

[Matty10]

Free kick count 25-18 in Swans favour. What do I win?

I think the 38000+ crowd helped - particularly with Buddy on a roll.


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[Beerman]

Well, in Adelaide and Perth, the crowds are essentially the umpires but unfortunately in Sydney and maybe Brisbane the crowds seem to have no say.......

Do you have any data to back that up?

Just interested because I know studies have been done on it, but it is quite hard to prove as there isn't much data so it is hard to control for team playing styles. eg. Geelong give away a lot of free kicks, and so tend to lose the count, but do they lose it less often away from home? What difference does it make if they are playing Gold Coast, who get very few frees for, but also few frees against. It does my head in?