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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Round 16 - Blues vs Saints. Pre - Game Thread
Wonder if we can stick to our game plan this week - copy the opposition's plan but don't be as good at it. If we are failing ie in front,  go to plan b, which is to pretend we're not on the ground anymore until the opposition are in front again.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Rd 5 : BLUES Defeated Dogs (Finally Final Siren Elation)
Different player, but I reckon that when 1AW kicks, the ball spins a lot faster.  It happens both left and right foot, and I think it is most of the time.  Does anyone know what the effect of this is on the footy (not always a turnover!), or what he does differently, or am I wrong?
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Your Enthusiasm
I had a look at the first round today.  Starting the season over two weeks, with no big or interesting games is a ho hum effort by the AFL.  There needs to be something to look forward to, but there isn't.  Suddenly what looks like a round of practice matches are being played for points.

Carlton v Port Adelaide?  How boring to start a year (although we should get a win).
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The Sports Desk / Re: Third Ashes Test (WACA) - The Decider ??
10 days of cricket left at the most, on a tour where leadership and performance is required.  Who do they have that is going to go better?  Monty?  Suck it up and give selectors a chance think about the future.

Selfish to retire now?  Absolutely.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Rafa Nadal - 13 slams - no love here ?
Agree with Agassi in his second career about his humbleness.  In the first he was a brat.

The grace of Fed on the court is amazing.  Loved both Lendl and Edberg in the 80s (and Miloslav Mecir)
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The Sports Desk / Re: Ashes Controversy - Poms Tape Bats To Avoid Hotspot
"The first time one of these cheating blokes gets given out edging the ball into their pads, assuming with no hot spot showing, those tapes and coatings will be off like Paris Hilton's knickers!"

Not if you tape the outside edge and leave the inside edge 'pure'...while it may then pick up the inside edge for a caught behind, or down leg side, percentages probably mean that you're still in front...
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The Sports Desk / Re: Ashes Controversy - Poms Tape Bats To Avoid Hotspot
I love it!  We used to rejoice in this (supposed) ingenuity.

It is not banned.  It is not tested.  It is the players coming up with a solution to a problem.

Is it moral? Possibly not.  Is not walking when you've nicked it moral? 

What happens now?  Does the theory actually get tested?  Do the tests go further as per the suggestions by LP?

Do they sack hotspot until there is some proof.

This is a much more fun concept than using drugs to get an unfair result.

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The Sports Desk / Re: Time For The DRS To Be Scrapped - Ashes Farce !!!
DRS needs to stay.  It's application needs changing.

Currently if an umpire gives an LBW appeal out and the batsman asks for DRS, then assuming other conditions are met, the ball only needs to be shaving the stumps for it to be given out.  If the bowling team asks for DRS for an LBW given not out, and other conditions are met, then majority of ball needs to be hitting stumps.

This needs to have only one interpretation.  Doesn't matter which.

The third umpire has to be able to intervene when a 'Stuart Broad' situation arises.  Takes one reply to realise he's out, before the bowler has gone back to his mark.

The umpires must also be able to ask for a decision to be reviewed if they are not sure.

There still needs to be a limit on the number of decisions teams can ask for DRS incorrectly in order to limit abuse.

As has been mentioned, the DRS was introduced to prevent 'howlers'.  Could hardly call both the Clarke and Hadding decisions howlers...