Carlton Supporters Club

Whingers are winners.

You know I've written this many times here, Dimma and Scott are A-Grade Gold Star whingers who through making off-field commentary influence the way umpires adjudicate the games they play.

That commentary also pumps up the crowds, and makes the umpires become subconsciously sympathetic to the cause.

No matter what the umpires or AFL officials may claim, the umpires cannot unhear what Dimma and Scott say and the umpires are not immune to the influence of that commentary.
 

This just has the feeling of a bit of a schemozzle.
We'll hear the howls when a player like Selwood continues to get away with it.
We'll hear the howls when one of our blokes isn't rewarded.

It's like the dissention rule.
It puts a burden on the umpire that is very subjective.
Have a look back at the recent discussion here and you'll see that two people can have a totally different opinion of exactly the same situation.

I'll go against the grain here....
To me a high tackle is a high tackle and should be penalised.

Introduce a whole range of options and caveats and it gets very confusing.
No doubt it will influence the results of some games.

I agree with most of that except the dropping the shoulder part. We have seen players slip out of tackles, break away and score goals, they're not all trying to get a free kick.

Rich are 18th in free kicks for and have the highest differential of for and against (more frees against than any team).

Thats a tell.

Considering that the umpires like to try and even up the free kick count, the players who rank 1st in the differential are likely the cleanest team in the AFL.  The ones dead last, are likely to be the ones that infringe the most frequently.

They NEVER pay "too many" frees a game.  Richmond are currently the team that get away with the most illegal activity on game day.  Watch them off the ball for this one. 

re Bold.....Bevo just said the same thing...but i think he just likes taking digs at the AFL, so who knows.

Personally i think its relatively clear in an unclear way.

If a player goes looking for high contact, he doesn't get it unless its completely unreasonable like a player tries to take his head off.

If a player is legitmately making a play and gets taken high, reward it.

Its like diving...even if contact is there, if its unreasonable in how you react to it....stiff you don't get the call.
STOP PLAYING FOR FREE KICKS.

If a player ducks, or drops his knees or does anything that is done for the sole purpose of drawing a free....he doesn't get it.

No player in history has dropped his knees for a footballing reason.....its always to draw a free. So don't reward it.
No player has ever lowered his shoulder on a tackler for a footballing reason....its always to draw a free. So don't reward it.

If its clear as day when a player is playing for a free kick....why do we give it to them?

For the record, Crippa is equal first for frees with Dylan Moore (HAW).