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@AdilHoxha1 @bigspurlo @AFL The only place she struggled to bounce was Docklands (where I feel most of her games have been) and she’s hardly alone there. Dead surface.

@bigspurlo @AFL They got rid of the centre bounce because Eleni couldn’t do it. @AFL

I’m not usually one to post about this stuff but if the @AFL are serious as a professional sport, Umpire Eleni Tee has to be dropped. Cost two goals with her incompetence. Ball bounced a metre before Reid and called a mark, then Hornet takes a clear mark,not paid! #AFLpowereagles

@petryan @darren_meade27 Yes. Personally I don't think this action should be classed as an evade when the ultimate goal of the action is to get a clean and immediate handball. Ultimately makes decision making easier.

@vcg47 @darren_meade27 I agree but it was red hot.

Just as an aside on the Blues capitulation, that HTB against George Hewett in the last q that resulted in a Melbourne goal was, to be kind, red hot. Jeepers.

@darren_meade27 @petryan Because he saw the ball go from low to high. It wasn't a question of time in possession; the call was 'evade', which is automatically prior. It's borderline but it does align with the instruction of the last ~5 years.

@petryan Ump was in the goal square looking at the back of Hewett. How could he even come up with HTB from his position? Hewett wins the ball, moves a half a step and tackled by two opponents. No prior and no protection for the ball winner.

@RalphyHeraldSun Amazing how for over a century these things weren’t a problem.

One more for the AFL to consider this morning after the Brisbane-St Kilda jumper clash. Dayne Zorko on 3AW on the confusion: "We will start with the jumper clash. I don’t know how they approved that? Early on everyone was coming off saying, "We just don’t know who to kick it to?" Thankfully we had the white shorts on and as the game slowed up and opened up a bit you could identify it but, I tell you what it was difficult."

@Micka67896489 @CaptainUniverse He’s just continuing the grand tradition of Collingwood burning the joint down from the inside.

@CaptainUniverse Graham Wright is weak as piss should of made the call instead showes he was out of his depth.

The correct times to sack Voss: 1) After the 2024 elimination final 2) After Round 1 in 2025 3) At any point during the 2025 season 4) After Opening Round 2026 5) After Round 1 2026 6) During the bye 7) Right now How has he lasted this long?

@EmlynBreese This isn’t correct. I don’t know what the record actually is, but I know R10 1998 WB kicked the first 8 and lost. @sirswampthing

Most unanswered goals to start a game by a team that went on to lose: 7 - Hawthorn v Richmond 2003 R5 7 - Sydney v Carlton 2020 R16 7 - Carlton v Melbourne 2026 R3

@petergotsis1 If his arms don’t go up it’s an obvious ball up. I personally don’t like this aspect of the law as we should be encouraging clean disposal.

@vcg47 Uf this is line ball then we go no hope. The whole things basically a joke now anyway.

Prior is inherently subjective but no prior here for me. Tackled virtually immediately and completely wrapped up. #AFL #AFLBluesDees

@petergotsis1 This is lineball. Ump pays it for evasive action (arms up), which has been a thing for ~5 years.

@hasumpstuffedup @vcg47 lol paid htb lol

@petergotsis1 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 Those are posted on his page simply to show that dropping the ball hasn’t been a rule for nearly 80 years.

@vcg47 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 I just got them from what the umpire account posted to someone in the thread. Assumed they were still relevant as he's normally pretty good and understands the rules of the game from what I can see

This is a correct decision. He has no prior opportunity and the ball gets dislodged by the tackle A good piece of umpiring #AFLDonsNorth #AFL

@hasumpstuffedup @petergotsis1 @Shrappy71 It used to be coached as 4 steps = prior at AFL (reasonable time excepted), then wound back leading up to the formal definition of prior in 2019. This from 2014.

@vcg47 @petergotsis1 @Shrappy71 Steps is rarely used as an indicator because they themselves can ge very different. 3 steps gathering at full tilt is different to a walking 2 steps.

@petergotsis1 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 Those rules you posted were written 38 years before prior opp was a thing. This is how they were written before 2020 (when they were condensed, but still applied the same). Note the difference in c/d/e. (2/2)

@petergotsis1 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 I’m not wrong; # of steps is an indicator of ‘balanced and steady’ (a qualifier for prior opp). You can take 0 steps and be balanced, but when it comes to continuous running, 2-3 steps is the commonly coached figure. (1/2)

@petergotsis1 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 At 5 steps he’s had prior and must immediately correctly dispose.

@vcg47 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 But Back to question whats the difference between the ball dislodged in the takcle after taking 5 steps instead of 1.5. It should be umpired the same is what im saying. Unless its just play on for.both?

@rohan_connolly Did they though? Check the bit about reviewing when Tas come into the comp. Seems they’re looking for any excuse to pull the trigger and will keep trying to wear fans down.

Credit where it’s due to Andrew Dillon and co. for listening to the fans on this one… afl.com.au/news/1486947

@oz_golfer @HaveeSnowball Unlimited interchange commenced in 1978 though?

@HaveeSnowball I gave up on AFL 20 years ago when unlimited interchange was a thing. The idea of having a position was rejected, and now the idea of the entire game is being rejected.

AFL attendance is down 2026 by around 500,000. So many reasons why - the cost, the crappy rules, the woke politics, the cost of food, the corporate bullshit .... Katy Perry ... The game is moving further and further away from football to a game that is barely recognisable. I'm done with AFL.

@lozzzzzz123 @cleary_mitch @7AFL @7NewsMelbourne Grammys Snoop - 0 Kylie - 2

@cleary_mitch @7AFL @7NewsMelbourne How do we go from Snoop Dogg to Kylie Minogue? 1 step forward 3 steps back with the AFL today.

The AFL has secured Australia’s Princess of Pop Kylie Minogue to headline this year’s Grand Final pre-game entertainment. Even in the afternoon timeslot! An official announcement is expected within the next week @7NewsMelbourne @7AFL

@MarkGottlieb What do the Devils have to do with the start time?

The #AFL announcing at 6:30 in the morning on a Sunday that the Grand Final will stay at 2:30pm reveals something about their feelings that they can’t force this on the fans who do not want it despite what the broadcasters desire.

@purensimpleton @hasumpstuffedup It was paid for an evasive action (listen to the ump). Ball was pinned so attempt isn’t relevant.

@hasumpstuffedup Took the effort to get arms up and free, and made no attempt at all to dispose which is a trigger for htb. Do the old repeated punch the ball and he might’ve been ok

@petergotsis1 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 The first ‘step’ is when he gathers it. Then he takes an actual step. Then he gets tackled before the next step lands. That’s 1 step with the second in progress. 7.22 similar example (Pickett tackled earlier but on the same step) classed as play on: vimeo.com/555504067/4702…

@vcg47 @hasumpstuffedup @Shrappy71 Slow motion replay at 40 sec mark

@JonJon6000 @hasumpstuffedup That’s literally what happened. It was called malingering.

@vcg47 @hasumpstuffedup I can never take this stance. Players will never stop going for the footy.