Bluesman44 wrote:
Good win by the boys today. We definitely dominated the forward possessions and should have won by more, but the conditions and some ordinary kicking at times didn't allow it. The usual suspects Gibbs and Murphy played well for us as did some our kids like Silvagni. Definitely some promising signs for the future and good intensity at the ball, especially in our back half. A couple of points to whinge about.
1. Apparently the incorrect disposal rule doesn't exist anymore as I cannot count how many times I saw Essendon** players who were tackled with the ball, simply dropping it the ground and no free against them.
2. The holding the ball rule is being enforced so inconsistently, even within a game. You can, depending on the umpire's mood it seems be pinged for it if you have just gotten rid of the ball.
3. To Bargearse (Brian Taylor), learn what the deliberate out of bounds rule is. It doesn't matter if the player, such as Kelly was, kicked it from over 40 metres to out of bounds, we have been pinged for the same distance kick. It also doesn't matter that he kicked it from the other side of the ground. He deliberately kicked it to where there was no Essendon** player, and he hoped no Carlton player, that being the boundary line. Yes Simpson could have tried to keep the ball in, BUT, the onus is not on him, as he wasn't the last player to have possession of the ball, Kelly was! And the fact that it may or may not have been paid if the weather conditions were different is irrelevant! You comment on the game that is being played Taylor, not on hypothetical situations. And lastly don't go whingeing on about the decision for 5 minutes afterwards. Comment on what is happening which is what you are paid to do!
Hopefully the boys can take some positive lessons away from that game and beat Gold Coast next week.
These are all comments I made to my missus while whinging throughout the game....Great post. I wonder if they'll ever iron this out.
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