Dustin Martin [merged]

[Chuck17]

i wonder if you will ever construct a logical, rational argument that displays just an inkling of football knowledge as why you think that the half back line has little importance in football.

.....or any other football discussion for that matter.

With or without the word stuffing?

[WA Tiger]

i wonder if you will ever construct a logical, rational argument that displays just an inkling of football knowledge as why you think that the half back line has little importance in football.

.....or any other football discussion for that matter.

With or without the word stuffing?

Why don't you just go and stuff yourself baiter, that's is all you do on this forum. You never ever contribute, you just sledge and bait people. stuff off...there you go!!!

[lamington]

So......was he under pressure? Dimma defended his handball and so did Chaplin.

[(•))(©™]

Well, unless the Freo players had stopped "trying to get the ball", he was

[TigerLand]

I think the rule is awful.

Personally, don't like seeing players 15m metres out and handballing it through the defensive goal line. It looks crap. For mine leave it as the same as deliberate out of bounds. None of this grey area of pressure or no pressure. Who would handpass or kick a ball into the opponents goal line if they weren't under any pressure? If the umpire thought Martin deliberately handpassed it over the line under no pressure than that is match fixing lol

[Go Richo 12]

Dusty stuffed up.

[WilliamPowell]

Thought the umpire got it right

You cannot handball it through for a point that far out when you are running as he was towards the flank and you've literally broken away from your direct opponent

He should have kicked it 50 metres towards the boundary then if he gets pinged, then at least it's outside 50

[TigerLand]

I think he got it right as well, however under the rules 'A player will be penalised for rushing a behind, unless under pressure from opposition'.

Under the rule it looks like Dusty was within his right to rush a behind. However the rule was brought in to stop acts like this but was then changed because the AFL was spooked after a few weeks of ordinary umpiring and confusion and then allowed rushed behinds if there was pressure. Too many grey areas.

Have the deliberate rushed behind rule the exact same as the deliberate out of bounds rule. I can't see how that would effect the game negatively or change it from what the original rule was meant to achieve.

[Chuck17]

i wonder if you will ever construct a logical, rational argument that displays just an inkling of football knowledge as why you think that the half back line has little importance in football.

.....or any other football discussion for that matter.

With or without the word stuffing?

Why don't you just go and stuff yourself baiter, that's is all you do on this forum. You never ever contribute, you just sledge and bait people. stuff off...there you go!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Eat_em_Alive]

Thought the umpire got it right

You cannot handball it through for a point that far out when you are running as he was towards the flank and you've literally broken away from your direct opponent

He should have kicked it 50 metres towards the boundary then if he gets pinged, then at least it's outside 50

^ this, and only for being the lesser of two evils.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

X2

[tony_montana]

x3 was the correct call

[TigerMonk]

x4 was the correct call.

[Hellenic Tiger]

x5 we all know it was right, even the most one eyed RFC fan would have no argument.

[Diocletian]

Was pre-planned by the side before the game after they were told Joel Bowden was in the crowd and decided to pay tribute to the great man. Unfortunately they didn't anticipate the umpires also coming to the party and enforcing the "Bowden rule."