is there anyone in the ground yet? if the game is still going ahead, gates should be open pretty soon.

If umpires didn't tell players to move it on, the players would complain they didn't know how long they had. Same with the 5m protected zone around the kicker. Players will try to claim anything 'oh but you didn't tell me I had to get out, umpire'. I've had instances where I'm umpiring and I'm yelli...

Are you allowed to, when taking a kick, run right up to the man on the mark and: a) run/walk into them b) kick the ball into them And if so, why isn't this tactic used, especially if you were a long way out and wanted to gain a few extra metres :lol: You an definitely kick it into him but I am unsu...

Ball up. If exact possession isn't clear, the umpire will ball it up.

(Or I'd let them fight for it - if i could let that happen)

Lifting a player is a free kick under section 15.9.1 (c) page 56 of the Laws of the Game..... it reads: a player has lifted a player or climbed on the shoulders of a player from the same team. This free kick shall be taken by a player from the opposing team where the infringement occured or where t...

Lifting a player is a free kick under section 15.9.1 (c) page 56 of the Laws of the Game..... it reads: a player has lifted a player or climbed on the shoulders of a player from the same team. This free kick shall be taken by a player from the opposing team where the infringement occured or where th...

How hard is it for the player on the mark to wait for the play on call before running over? They know where the mark is, the umpire tells them so they should know to wait before running over it. Simple. The thing about recalling bounces that I don't like is that the players will all run in and then ...

The AFL should revert to the old way if a bounce is offline and call play on. Just let the play go. At the moment I think they are recalling their bounces for the sake of it. On advantage, the its only if the umpire deems their to be advantage. Sometimes inside 50, you'll set the mark and not allow ...

The free kick count is a useless stat. You can't expect both teams to infringe the same amount of times. I didn't see the game today, but the 50m against Lenny is correct as the umpire had not called play on. Technically as soon as you move off your direct line over the mark, it is play on - but onl...

Why hasn't anyone thought of Olympic Park? AV is moving to Albert Park with a new track being built there (though it won't be of the same standard). I believe Olympic Park is going to be turned into an oval for Collingwood to train on (their third oval in their long history at their traditional Gla...

Saints94 wrote:Wouldn't it be risky to play for Sandy while being a emergency?

If they are fit (not returning from injury) it wouldn't be a problem with proper recovery. Sandy played Saturday, plenty of time for emergencies to recover.

Why hasn't anyone thought of Olympic Park? AV is moving to Albert Park with a new track being built there (though it won't be of the same standard). I believe Olympic Park is going to be turned into an oval for Collingwood to train on (their third oval in their long history at their traditional Glas...

I was only 5 or 6 at the time but I seem to recall there being 3 quarters or 3 periods of play?? They went from quarter time to three quarter time. I think freo played after us.

It would have to postponed or cancelled. We had athletics cancelled and the longest race scheduled in the meet was 5000m..... and then if midfielders were to run say 10-13km in a game think of the consequences. Think about it, your bodys core temperature is 37, why would you put your body through 46...

If I was the fitness dude I'd instruct all players to run a marathon as pre-season training. Mainly the training for it is what will benefit them I just wish I could've started closer to the front so I didn't get caught with the slower runners. At 3km I knew I couldn't make up my lost time so just r...

Didn't see Harvey out there. Saw another legend though, Mr Gebrsellesie warming up around me. Only chance for me to see him is in the warm up. His warm up is quite long and somewhat intense. His warm up was about 30-35mins long (he ran the 15k in 42:xx). After backing up from aths yesterday I knew t...

I only really thought about Gebrsellesie's legend today when someone mentioned it to me. He runs at about 22km/hr for the marathon. He can hold about 26km/hr in shorter runs. I got a bit of work to do before my next marathon! the reason they had to get special treadmills was that the normal treadmi...

I only really thought about Gebrsellesie's legend today when someone mentioned it to me. He runs at about 22km/hr for the marathon. He can hold about 26km/hr in shorter runs.

I got a bit of work to do before my next marathon!

Yeh. 15km. Apparently a fast course, but looks boring.

is he gonna run with us Sunday, and if so, in a Saints jumper?

But Evans' is really only interested in the Tour de France and everything is set up around that. I thought we were debating Australia's best cyclist, not best cyclist of his time. Australia's or World's? Cos Evans is our best cyclist. (I personally rate Michael Rogers a better rider, by the way) Did...

I think Cadel Evans is our best ever cyclist. You think Oppy is. Okay. Cool. Do you still want to harp on about your opinions? (Compare their records, for complete wins and records, not stage wins actual wins and if you still think that Evans is a better cyclist than oppy then you are a bigger fool...

I think Cadel Evans is our best ever cyclist. You think Oppy is. Okay. Cool. Do you still want to harp on about your opinions? The part about Cadel being pissed if he was target tested like Cousins...... its a frikken hypothetical, no one would know anyones reaction to that. He already gets tested r...

I never said Cadel was our greatest sportsman ever. I said he's probably our greatest cyclist ever. In which is based on what he has achieved on the biggest race in the world so far. No one mentioned potential or whatever. So sainteronline, I don't see what your point is here. I don't know if you ha...

I'll be running. I'll be running for St Kilda in the fittest footy fan side-comp as well as for my club in the club division. I'm looking for about 1hr for the 15km, which is a bit of a challenge but possible if things go my way (conditions, other runners pace). Looking to run even 20min per 5km so ...