AFL Round 10

[Booney]

Stupid part of the rule is that if he had taken one step forward it wouldn't have been play on, if he wasn;t watching the shot clock why wasn;t his team mates?

One swallow doesn't make a summer.

Plenty of other plays influenced the outcome more than that one.

Correct, like only having 3 men in the square with still 2 mins left.

Teams bust their gut all pre-season, then in games, the game gives you very little if you don't earn it....but you can control knowing the rules, Dixon obviously had no idea which is beyond comprehension!

He was probably 1-2 seconds out, I'm not blaming the loss on him, anyone who does doesn't know the game very well. Fatigued late in the game, got up from the contest a little gingerly so took a few extra seconds to get back to his mark. Either way, he was near or outside 50, who knows if he would have kicked it or not.

Plenty of other reasons the Cats took the points.

[stan]

Bews doing a good job on Robbie Gray last night. Could of at least brought him a drink after trying root him lol

[Wedgie]

Ouch my head, who won?

Was going to ask how it was last night. Good root?

Cant remember, remind me to not start drinking at noon on match day please.

[stan]

Ouch my head, who won?

Was going to ask how it was last night. Good root?

Cant remember, remind me to not start drinking at noon on match day please.

Just have a read through the last few pages. Theres a fair bit of gold from you.

[Lightning McQueen]

How much was posted by neutral supporters? That would probably give you an indication whether there was any type of issue or not.

Mostly Port mate

It makes me laugh, I've had an influx of "did you see that", "what was your take on this", Port wasted opportunities, they done extremely well to take it up to Geelong over there but fell over when it counted, they will gain more than they'll lose out of this.

[The Bedge]

If someone can help me with the following questions, be much appreciated.
* Given how slowly and gingerly Dixon got off the ground, why wasn't time off blown? What if he was legit injured and couldn't take the kick?
* If Dixon had taken 15 seconds to get up, then realised he was unwell or injured and couldn't take the kick, would the time have been stopped/reset?
* Does the 30 seconds still count after a siren to end a quarter?
* Would the 30 seconds be enforced if it was in a Grand Final after the siren to win a game?

Whilst i appreciate they're avoiding time wasting, i don't think it's the right way - we already punish for rushed behinds, deliberate out of bounds, so time shouldn't be an issue. Why not allow the 30 seconds maximum then blow time off? Then there is no added benefit to "milking the clock" from the kicking side, but allows in those pressure, match defining situations for the player to setup and take his shot.

Go back to the Grand Final scenario, if a player has a shot on goal with say 30-40 seconds on the clock, it's obviously going to be the last play of the game, it would be horrible to think that play on is called as they line up to kick and there are only a few seconds left on the clock anyway.

[Bum Crack]

It's only Friday morning and I'm well and truly sick to death of hearing excuses from Port supporters about why they lost. This mob are seriously starting to sound like Crows supporters. You lost. Get over it. No amount of bitching and moaning is going to change the result. Not sure why they'd want to dwell on it to be honest. Move on I say.

[The Bedge]

How much was posted by neutral supporters? That would probably give you an indication whether there was any type of issue or not.

Mostly Port mate

It makes me laugh, I've had an influx of "did you see that", "what was your take on this", Port wasted opportunities, they done extremely well to take it up to Geelong over there but fell over when it counted, they will gain more than they'll lose out of this.

Correct, in the last quarter Trengrove should've goaled, Impey butchered a chance, Pittard had a chance, Westhoff should've goaled.

[Booney]

How much was posted by neutral supporters? That would probably give you an indication whether there was any type of issue or not.

Mostly Port mate

It makes me laugh, I've had an influx of "did you see that", "what was your take on this", Port wasted opportunities, they done extremely well to take it up to Geelong over there but fell over when it counted, they will gain more than they'll lose out of this.

Correct, in the last quarter Trengrove should've goaled, Impey butchered a chance, Pittard had a chance, Westhoff should've goaled.

All far more important than Dixon's moment.

Could argue Geelong shouldn't have even let us that close, they should have been 6 in front at half time.

[The Bedge]

It's only Friday morning and I'm well and truly sick to death of hearing excuses from Port supporters about why they lost.

Port lost the game when they let arguably the best and most dangerous player in the game in Dangerfield slut out the back near goals ON HIS OWN with less than 2min to go.. it was always going to end up him getting it and goaling lol.

[valleys07]

Absolutely shattered.

0-10 in games decided by under 20 points.

Realisation has set in that this group isn't good enough

[Bum Crack]

It's only Friday morning and I'm well and truly sick to death of hearing excuses from Port supporters about why they lost.

Port lost the game when they let arguably the best and most dangerous player in the game in Dangerfield slut out the back near goals ON HIS OWN with less than 2min to go.. it was always going to end up him getting it and goaling lol.

well stop bunging on about the Dixon decision. **** doing my head in. I put up with that crap all night from my port mates and then I wake up today and people still crapping on about it. Great set play by the cats to be waiting each side of him when it was called play on.

I know you're upset about the loss but bringing up decisions that could have been just make you look like knobs. It's almost Crow worthy the way you're going on and you blokes are better than that

[Fricky]

If someone can help me with the following questions, be much appreciated.
* Given how slowly and gingerly Dixon got off the ground, why wasn't time off blown? What if he was legit injured and couldn't take the kick?
* If Dixon had taken 15 seconds to get up, then realised he was unwell or injured and couldn't take the kick, would the time have been stopped/reset?
* Does the 30 seconds still count after a siren to end a quarter?
* Would the 30 seconds be enforced if it was in a Grand Final after the siren to win a game?

Whilst i appreciate they're avoiding time wasting, i don't think it's the right way - we already punish for rushed behinds, deliberate out of bounds, so time shouldn't be an issue. Why not allow the 30 seconds maximum then blow time off? Then there is no added benefit to "milking the clock" from the kicking side, but allows in those pressure, match defining situations for the player to setup and take his shot.

Go back to the Grand Final scenario, if a player has a shot on goal with say 30-40 seconds on the clock, it's obviously going to be the last play of the game, it would be horrible to think that play on is called as they line up to kick and there are only a few seconds left on the clock anyway.

Its up to the umpire to judge if the player is injured to call tome on after a mark, clearly he didnt thought Dixon was fine.
Dont think the 30 second rule counts after the siren as there's no time left to waste

If I was a port supporter I'd be asking the question about the high tackle frees that weren't paid for the Power

[JK]

Absolutely shattered.

0-10 in games decided by under 20 points.

Realisation has set in that this group isn't good enough

I wouldn't give up on them mate, I see plenty of upside about Port. Stay healthy and I reckon you're a legit contender.

[The Bedge]

It's only Friday morning and I'm well and truly sick to death of hearing excuses from Port supporters about why they lost.

Port lost the game when they let arguably the best and most dangerous player in the game in Dangerfield slut out the back near goals ON HIS OWN with less than 2min to go.. it was always going to end up him getting it and goaling lol.

well stop bunging on about the Dixon decision. **** doing my head in. I put up with that crap all night from my port mates and then I wake up today and people still crapping on about it. Great set play by the cats to be waiting each side of him when it was called play on.

I know you're upset about the loss but bringing up decisions that could have been just make you look like knobs. It's almost Crow worthy the way you're going on and you blokes are better than that

Haha i'm legit curious about the 30 second rule - don't care about Dixon or the Power at all - just think it's an odd rule

[Booney]

It's only Friday morning and I'm well and truly sick to death of hearing excuses from Port supporters about why they lost.

Port lost the game when they let arguably the best and most dangerous player in the game in Dangerfield slut out the back near goals ON HIS OWN with less than 2min to go.. it was always going to end up him getting it and goaling lol.

well stop bunging on about the Dixon decision. **** doing my head in. I put up with that crap all night from my port mates and then I wake up today and people still crapping on about it. Great set play by the cats to be waiting each side of him when it was called play on.

I know you're upset about the loss but bringing up decisions that could have been just make you look like knobs. It's almost Crow worthy the way you're going on and you blokes are better than that

Who is forcing you to come in here and read it?

Hard to believe you're surprised by the talk around it.

Anyway, as mentioned, Geelong too good for too long in the first half.

[The Bedge]

Its up to the umpire to judge if the player is injured to call tome on after a mark, clearly he didnt thought Dixon was fine.
Dont think the 30 second rule counts after the siren as there's no time left to waste

Thanks! The after the siren was the one i was most interested to know about.

[Lightning McQueen]

Haha i'm legit curious about the 30 second rule - don't care about Dixon or the Power at all - just think it's an odd rule

The 30 second rule doesn't count after the siren, it's to stop players running down the clock in game time, same as dragging the ball in, the more stringent out of bounds conditions, it's all about the game moving constantly.

[valleys07]

Robbie Gray has now joined Lindsay Thomas in the "boy who cried wolf" club.

Acts for a free one too many times, gets given **** all, even when they are legit.

On occasions last night he was held to the point it was borderline rape, and no whistle.

Part of me says it is an absolute disgrace. Part of me says tough luck.

[daysofourlives]

Absolutely shattered.

0-10 in games decided by under 20 points.

Realisation has set in that this group isn't good enough

Fair to say that stat probably confirms Port as the biggest downhill skiers in the comp, even more so than WCE.
When it gets tough too many of the Power players go missing including the coach