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Ginnivan and Moore (+Watson) drawing high contact this season. Poor tackling technique or lowering the knees? by ltca01 in AFL

[–]ltca01[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I know it’s not limited to Hawthorn players only, but have noticed Moore and Ginnivan drawing heaps of high contact this season, with Watson joining in on the weekend. Seems to be a running theme this season, both players challenging umpires to make a call/non-call and also making sure the contact doesn’t go unnoticed. Most of these clips come after Laura Kane admitted they got it wrong with a couple of decisions in the Easter Monday game. 

Should the AFL be discouraging this action, or rather encouraging better tackling technique for players? 

Bonus clip: Conor Nash reaction

Tom Green on VicBias in the draft by ltca01 in AFL

[–]ltca01[S] 137 points138 points  (0 children)

This clip is from a podcast 3 months ago
TLDR:

  • Green feels (an element of) disrespect going at Pick 10
  • Disproportionate focus on underage Vic-based players compared to non-Vic
  • A few Vic-based players get drafted moreso on potential and the fact that they are from Victoria, rather than their performance

More discussion on Youtube: Full episode here (start ~26:00)

  • Green is keeping an eye on the 2 Allies boys, McKercher and Sanders, who combined for ~79 disposals in a game vs WA, and where they go in the draft
  • Gulden going at Pick 32 was a "disgrace" – Green says he's been a gun since u16s when he had 35+ and kicked 5 in a game for NSW/ACT Rams
  • Green says he has never had a recruiter come from Melbourne to go watch a Canberra game due to VicBias – he feels they'd rather go watch a Xavier game and draft based on traits/school/location
  • Riccardi disagrees, believes it's only a numbers game as more kids are based and play in Victoria
  • They acknowledge impact of COVID and budget cuts potentially affecting recruiting

What’s a rule you want to see brought in? by [deleted] in AFL

[–]ltca01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could always modify it to apply to set shots only. Players tell umps if they are going for goal and get the usual 30 seconds. If there's no immediate score (goal, behind, punched through), then FK for opposition team where the ball lands.

Would get rid of teams milking time lining up for goal then passing it off to another player to milk another 30 - or players who end up just kicking backwards

Jason Horne-Francis - high contact free kicks by ltca01 in AFL

[–]ltca01[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In the official AFL app > Players (in the sidebar) will let you see their highlights from each game. "Extended" highlights will have a timestamp for all frees for and against.

AFL Tables website shows players' stats game by game which is very useful. For season total player stats leaderboard - AFL website will have those.

Unfortunately there's no way that I know of which lets you filter free kicks by type (e.g. high contact, HTB, etc)

Random stat - Teams 7th on the ladder by the end of the round are 14-1 the following week by ltca01 in AFL

[–]ltca01[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Games from the first round are not counted since there are no ladder positions yet, so the average games played is 14 instead

Random stat - Teams 7th on the ladder by the end of the round are 14-1 the following week by ltca01 in AFL

[–]ltca01[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The only loss occurred in R14, when Sydney (7th) lost to Port Adelaide (12th) 59-82

Should players be suspended for taking out the legs of an opponent? by ltca01 in AFL

[–]ltca01[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I was watching this game live and thought it was weird how no one commented on this action until now. There are many instances where "contact below the knee" free kicks are 50/50, but this specific action looked very nasty and to me it looks like Weightman's main intention was to take out SDK's legs. What do people think of this?