AFL Grand Final: St. Kilda v Geelong

Cobra · 02-10-2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BENT_8

Sorry for the late reply but been away from the puter for a week.

Well done Geelong but i dont think they won anything.

Unfortunately there is a new hidden stat that is deciding games....unpaid free's.
And as they dont get counted it can be manipulated unlike free's for and against.
The stats from that game showed free's for both sides almost even at the end of the game, but the whistle went away at half time and blatant holding the ball/ incorrect disposal decisions were left unpaid.
When you tackle as well as Stkilda do, holding the ball decisions usually come your way.

Dont believe me, believe Luke Darcy, who stated in the 1HD telecast at the end of the game that it was definately umpired in two halves and that he believed someone spoke to the umpires at half time and told them to let stuff slide.
BTW, he's on the rules commitee, so i think his opinion counts.

Geelong were able to take more chances as holding the ball/incorrect disposal wasn't hurting them as it did early.

Teams have been winning games for years with scoring inaccuracies, all of a sudden it is a big issue.

If I remember correctly, St Kilda got one of the worst holding the ball decisions I've ever seen paid to them when David Wojcinsci was pinged for holding the ball. The second he was tackled he got rid of it, yet he was pinged holding the ball. Sure he had prior op, but then he proceeded to dispose of the ball correctly the instant he was tackled. The player was rewarded just for making the tackle, which IMO is wrong.

The tackle benefited St Kilda in the way that it stopped his run, which gave St Kilda a chance to turn the ball over. It's up to the player under pressure to decide how he reacts, and the decision that he makes is usually the determing factor in whether he's pinged or not. Tackling like any other aspect of the game is a pre requesit. How well you do it determines how good a player you are. But being rewarded just for doing it, negates any benefit of being good or not.