Free Kick count

[WellardSaint]

17-9
In our favour.
Who'd have thought ?
First time this year.
Don't fret- next week, against Shitney, normal service will resume

[kosifantutti]

The number of free kicks is meaningless.

Look at all the decisions they make, marks, 50m penalties, paying advantage, and free kicks. It comes down to did they get the decisions right?

[ozrulestrace]

Plus that gift of a goal because the third umpire called " inconclusive, therefore a goal"

But there were 37 000 people including Saints supporters who were prepared to concede it was a point.

[BackFromUSA]

Plus that gift of a goal because the third umpire called " inconclusive, therefore a goal"

But there were 37 000 people including Saints supporters who were prepared to concede it was a point.

Not me!

WHOLE ball has to cross the line for it to be a point.

Replay at the MCG from the camera which had the goal posts lined up goal post to goal post shows that not ALL the ball had crossed the line - thus still in play IMHO.

Thus goal it should have been.

[CURLY]

Given that we'd be in the 8 if it wasn't for blatant cheating v North twice and Hawthorn this means SFA.

[George27]

WHOLE ball has to cross the line for it to be a point.

Replay at the MCG from the camera which had the goal posts lined up goal post to goal post shows that not ALL the ball had crossed the line - thus still in play IMHO.

Thus goal it should have been.

Agree totally with your assessment - it was a goal.

[WellardSaint]

Plus that gift of a goal because the third umpire called " inconclusive, therefore a goal"

But there were 37 000 people including Saints supporters who were prepared to concede it was a point.

if the ball goes over the line, the whole ball...it's a point.
But the ball was still on the line.
Just like out of bounds, if the ball is ON the line, it's still in play.
Same as tennis, same as any other ball sport you can think of.

[kosifantutti]

WHOLE ball has to cross the line for it to be a point.

Replay at the MCG from the camera which had the goal posts lined up goal post to goal post shows that not ALL the ball had crossed the line - thus still in play IMHO.

Thus goal it should have been.

Agree totally with your assessment - it was a goal.

I agree and I still maintain the Aussie Jones kick against the Lions was a point.

[supersaints]

Just nice to be on the receiving end for a change ... Feels good

[BigMart]

We definitely got the rub of the green

[Enrico_Misso]

Plus that gift of a goal because the third umpire called " inconclusive, therefore a goal"

But there were 37 000 people including Saints supporters who were prepared to concede it was a point.

if the ball goes over the line, the whole ball...it's a point.
But the ball was still on the line.
Just like out of bounds, if the ball is ON the line, it's still in play.
Same as tennis, same as any other ball sport you can think of.

The side on camera told the story.
For all of the ball to be over all of the line you needed to see a slither of daylight between the ball and the posts from side on.
But you didn't.
So goal stands - good decision.

A lot of people don't get the "ALL of the ball over ALL of the line" concept.
Particularly Collingwood supporters when they moan about Wayne Harmes.

[Enrico_Misso]

We definitely got the rub of the green

The 50m penalty was confusing as it looked like we were just changing the man on the mark.