The Bedge wrote:LaughingKookaburra wrote:Doesn’t a deliberate behind keep the game flowing and stop the congesting of play? Why the hell is this even still a rule? As for the deliberate ruling, just bring in last man touch by handball and foot and make it consistent.
Didn't the deliberate behind come in because one side (I wanna say Bulldogs or Richmond) exploited rushed behinds to maintain a lead and chew the clock down?
Personally I think deliberate all over the ground should be allowed - if a side is good enough to keep the ball out of play and chew the clock, or give away a point and then reset then so be it, tactical move.
It was a directive from the coach in a junior prelim that I played in.
It was that windy the windsock blew off. Coach told us from kickouts or kicking it from defensive 50 to kick it close to the boundary line and let the wind take it out.
We had a 2 goal lead going into the last quarter and preserved it by using that tactic.
Probably only played half the quarter, the other half was waiting for the ball to come back after it had bounced 50 metres down the road.
Shit footy but won us the game.
I'd hate to see that tactic so I like the rule of deliberate.
But if it comes off the opposition then it can't be a free kick.
Sure, if a bloke tries to nutmeg an opponent and it deflects out, you can't pay a free kick.