North Adelaide v Port Magpies - POST MATCH DISCUSSION

[scott]

North 2.7 5.10 11.11 13.12 (90)
Port 2.2 6.3 7.4 9.8 (62)

Goals:
North - Johnston 4, Mayes 2, Stewart 2, Thiele, Bennett, Clisby, Ryswyk, Amato.
Port - Broomhead, Solly, Hoskin, Gray, Wilson, Harder, Slattery, Young, Cockshell.

Disposals:
North - Bennett 26, Thiele 24, Alleway 19, Clinch 19, Clisby 18, Connors 18, Gallman 17, Ivens 18.
Port - Summerton 20, Hoskin 17, Clayton 15, Slattery 15.

Stats:
Disposals - North 304, Port 232
Inside 50s - North 43, Port 42
Clearances - North 42, Port 36
Tackles - North 43, Port 45
Free Kicks - North 21, Port 22

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Reserves

North 1.1 3.3 6.4 11.6 (72)
Port 3.2 7.3 13.7 15.9 (99)

Goals:
North - Renshaw 2, Schmidt 2, Combe, De Leonardis, Boles, White, Hill, Makins, Hayes,
Port - Thurgood 3, Wilson 2, Banner 2, Mercer 2, Reynolds 2, Grove, Kirkwood, Nyskohus, Heffernan.

Disposals:
North - Fenton 32, Schmidt 23, Armstrong 19, Makins 18, Spina 18, Virgin 18.
Port - Stanley 28, Kirkwood 26, Carr 23, Sharrad 23, Thurgood 22, Banner 19, Brain 18.

[Wedgie]

An enjoyable day!

[Rooster_cracker]

Great. Win by the chooks today to knonk port out of the f inals race.

[on the rails]

Lucky we chose not to kick straight early to give Port some chance.

A good result on the back of a great weekend long celebration for all involved re the 71 / 72 40th anniversary Premiership / Champions of Australia gatherings.

[CENTURION]

Great. Win by the chooks today to knonk port out of the f inals race.

not yet.

[PhilH]

Port can be eliminated Friday Night IF Glenelg d Norwood.

To get in Port need

- Norwood d Glenelg
and
- Port d West
and
- South d Glenelg
and
- Port d Sturt
and
- either Sturt d Eagles OR West d Eagles

That way Port & Glenelg (maybe Eagles) on 8 wins and Port's superior percentage gets them through.

A tough ask with a lot out of their hands.

[Dog_ger]

Eagles can still make the top 5 after a year of disaster.

How embarassment for the SANFL in 2012...

Go Eagles...

PS.... Well Done Roosters today. You destroyed my tips for 2012.

Everytime I backed you, you lost.

Everytime I backed your opposition, you won.

[Ian]

[mal]

Lewis Johnson is an exceptional player at this level
In my opinion the most talented player Ive seen play in the SANFL this season

[on the rails]

Lewis Johnson is an exceptional player at this level
In my opinion the most talented player Ive seen play in the SANFL this season

He has got better as the season has progressed. Big bonus him being traded to the Crows.

[RustyCage]

Could have been much uglier had North been able to put their early dominance on the scoreboard. The game should have been over had half time.

[mal]

Best players listed todays Advertiser for NA

Clinch
Thiele
Bennett
Alleway
Currie
Clisby
Thring
Gallman
Johnson

That means Im a shocking judge of Football
I had thought Lewis Johnson was B.O.G with his match winning 4 goal performance

[Wedgie]

Best players listed todays Advertiser for NA

Clinch
Thiele
Bennett
Alleway
Currie
Clisby
Thring
Gallman
Johnson

That means Im a shocking judge of Football
I had thought Lewis Johnson was B.O.G with his match winning 4 goal performance

The coaches best 3 were:

1. James Bennett
2. Sam Mayes
3. Clint Alleway

[mal]

My votes FWIW

3 Johnson
2 Bennett
1 Thiele

[CENTURION]

Port can be eliminated Friday Night IF Glenelg d Norwood.

To get in Port need

- Norwood d Glenelg
and
- Port d West
and
- South d Glenelg
and
- Port d Sturt
and
- either Sturt d Eagles OR West d Eagles

That way Port & Glenelg (maybe Eagles) on 8 wins and Port's superior percentage gets them through.

A tough ask with a lot out of their hands.

AND this scenario seems the most likely!

[on the rails]

Just watched the highlights of the game and saw that deliberate rushed behind paid against Slattery. What a terrible decision and no wonder the Port players were irate. How the hell do umpires get that type of decision so horribly wrong?

[Slots It Through]

Just watched the highlights of the game and saw that deliberate rushed behind paid against Slattery. What a terrible decision and no wonder the Port players were irate. How the hell do umpires get that type of decision so horribly wrong?

It was puzzling. I thought if the player was under any pressure at all, it was fine?

On the game itself Lewis Johnson was very good all day, he beat Slattery easily on the day. I was quite impressed with Clisby and Thiele. North moved the ball at speed and looked dangerous, and should get better with Allan to come back and Daniel Stewart should improve on yesterdays effort.

Not sure if it was an instruction from Francou to have Alleway come off the square at every chance and try and pick off Port players but he missed on every occassion.

Hard to find good players for Port yesterday. Hoskin was good early, thought Raikiwasa did a good job on Stewart and that was about it. Cockshell tried hard and did some good things in patches.

[Wedgie]

Just watched the highlights of the game and saw that deliberate rushed behind paid against Slattery. What a terrible decision and no wonder the Port players were irate. How the hell do umpires get that type of decision so horribly wrong?

Yeah I just saw it thanks to the Recovery Session, you can only assume that umpire doesn't know the rules, an absolute shocker, he was virtually being tackled as he hand passed it through, surely that's under pressure!!!

[Dying Swan]

Interestingly this is the rule as set out in the Laws. I have copied it from the appropriate area, so apologise for any formatting problems that may occur.

15.7 Free Kicks — DELIBERATE RUSHED BEHIND
15.7.1 When Awarded
A Free Kick shall be awarded against a Player from the defending Team
who intentionally Kicks, Handballs or forces the football over the attacking
Team’s Goal Line or Behind Line or onto one of the attacking Team’s Goal
Posts. In assessing whether a Free Kick should be awarded under this
Law, the field Umpire shall give the benefit of the doubt to the Defender.
15.7.2 Taking Free Kick
A Free Kick awarded under Law 15.7.1 shall be taken at the point where
the football crossed the Goal Line or Behind Line or from the relevant
Goal Post.

There is no mention of being "under pressure".

However, perhaps the SANFL also have a memorandum such as this one for the WAFL, but I couldn't find it:

When an Umpire is determining whether to award a free kick for a deliberate rushed behind
the considerations are:
What is the player's intention?
Is the player contesting the ball?
What is the degree of pressure the player is under?
Was there a team mate in the vicinity of where the ball crossed the scoring line?

For clarification:
Players who are contesting the ball in a marking contest or in general play may
punch or knock the ball away from their opponents to prevent them from gaining
possession of the football or from scoring. This will not be deemed to be deliberately
rushed.
Where a player is in possession of the football and is tackled near the scoring line, he
must dispose of or attempt to dispose of the ball in complying with the laws of the
game. A player will receive the benefit of the doubt in this situation.

So the umpire made an assessment that the player was not under enough pressure - the only possible conclusion. Whatever, it was a pretty ordinary decision.

[Spargo]

Why on earth would port wear WHITE shorts at prospect?