mmmmmm- Umpire Movement Rd 9

[samuraisaint]

What our coaches need to do better so that we can be treated fairly is to educate the players.

Lonie is one of the best at the club at earning free kicks. It's no accident. He's smart and he makes sure that umpires adjudicate on decisions by emphasising to them that he has been infringed.

There is a difference between acting and playing for a free and actually highlighting to an ump that you have been infringed against

Last year in that match against Hawthorn where Jack Lonie saved his career at St Kilda, he made sure that when an opposition player infringed, he threw his head back or he emphasised the push in the back or he appealed and motioned towards the umpire closest to the action.

We nearly won that match and it was mostly on the forward work of young Jack and the direct goals he scored from free kicks

In the match last week against West Coast, we were'nt paid frees to us that seemed obvious to me and to others and yet West Coast got paid nearly all their obvious frees and they get some of the 50/50 ones by being smart footballers. I reckon our boys need to get better at making sure the ump sees the obvious frees that we should be getting.

West Coast made sure they threw their heads back or made direct eye contact with umpires when they thought they were infringed, and they were virtually appealling without saying anything in this way. It worked forthem and I've seen it work well for others. Shuey and Gaff and co have been doing it well for years. It helps the umpires do their job. If the free is there, they make sure that the umpire sees it and they appeal...but they obviously do it subtly and not like it's a cricket match

Jack Billings was blocked and just continued to play the game instead of throwings his arms up and making eye contact and appealling. Jack Billings fumbled the footy but was clearly pushed in the back straight after the fumble and he just tried to win back the footy and he looked around and tried to chase the opposition instead of emphasising to an umpire that he had been illegally dealt with.

It's not cheating to earn yourself a free if the opposition has infringed. We are playing dumb and we deserve not to get a free sometimes, because our coaching has been dumb. Be accountable and teach our blokes to do the same thing every other team does

Absolutely spot on. You don't just get coached on how to improve on your natural skills and how to play according to a game plan, you should be coached to exploit the rules to your advantage while always playing within them. Great post.

[The_Dud]

remember we were only so close due to junk time goals once West Coast put the cue in the rack.

RUFS - West Coast never 'put the cue in the rack' or if they did they deserved to f@rking lose - 50 points up - put the cue in the rack - anything less and a comeback is on - there is no way any Eagle thought they were safe - especially seeing the 'sealer' only came at the 28th minute of a 29 minute quarter and 2 minutes before that JB put us within 12 points.

Another fast break from the centre and we could have been 6 points down - cue in the rack pffft - shall I say it slowly for you p f f f t ! ! ! !

10:36 - 7:00 minutes to go - Eagles about to 'put the cue in the rack' against Melbourne. Junk time points coming up!

PS [If you are going to the game this weekend you will be near enough to the city to stop at the aforementioned shop!]

PPS [See my signature]

6 goals up a third of the way through the last quarter against a team that’s kicked 6 goals for the game... yeah West Coast were real worried...