AFL Rd 18 2022 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Geelong

[Mav]

One free kick to Pickett involved him running towards goal when he was tackled on the upper arm. He then raised his arm to the sky, forcing the tackler’s arm over his shoulder. He then threw his legs forward as if he’d been coathangered. It would have been hard for an umpire to deconstruct the incident without a slow-mo replay. But when the slow-mo replay was shown on Fox Footy, it was plain as day that he’d milked a free kick. Play-on should have been the initial call followed by a holding the ball call as Pickett was committed to acting as if he’d been hit by a train and he made no attempt to dispose of the ball.

[madbluboy]

This one is running away from goal. The AFL are using it as an example of a free kick that shouldn't have been paid. Who ever came up with that should be fired.

[Mav]

Not sure whether it was towards goal or not but the rest was clear as day. If we’re talking about the same incident (and there wouldn’t be too many coathanger-type tackles against Pickett given how hard it was to put a hand on him), there’s no way it should have been paid to Pickett.

[madbluboy]

I have watched it 3 times from all the angles they show and it's not a duck. It was a high tackle.

[Lods]

In the words of the Duke (and Buddy Holly)

"Selwood being free kicked for dropping....That'll be the day :

We'll see how it goes but it's just another 'complicated judgement' call the umpire has to make....and I suspect they'll get it wrong as often as they get it right.

[Mav]

I have watched it 3 times from all the angles they show and it's not a duck. It was a high tackle.

The one I remember is the tackler’s hand on the upper arm and Pickett thrust his hand up like Hermoine Grainger  desperately wanting to answer a question. This definitely qualifies under “Tackle around shoulder area and arm pushes tackle up”. And that’s leaving to one side the Kung Fu double kick to make the umpire think it was a coathanger.

[madbluboy]

You're allowed to shrug tackles. He didn't lower his body, he just isn't that tall.

[Mav]

He raised his arm for no reason other than to force the tackler’s hand onto his shoulder. That’s the precise action that the AFL says should not draw a free kick. You say you’re allowed to shrug a tackle. That’s why the AFL says the call should be “play on”; note that it doesn’t say the player who does this should be penalised. So, you’re right: you’re allowed to do it but on the other hand you don’t get a free kick for doing this. But if the player who tries to milk a free kick decides to put Mayo on it by acting as though he’s been in a UFC fight, bad luck: that’s holding the ball. Either handball or give the ball to the opposition. Simples.

[Baggers]

Every game has its 'howlers' but in our game I saw one classic howler that a Pussies' player got away with which also resulted in a goal. Forward pocket running along the boundary with a BlueBagger holding him and he bounced the ball then shrugged the tackle... dropping the ball, but no free. Wonder if anyone else saw it. They don't come much more obvious than that.

22 is a very good umpire - just ask him.

[madbluboy]

He raised his arm for no reason other than to force the tackler’s hand onto his shoulder. That’s the precise action that the AFL says should not draw a free kick. You say you’re allowed to shrug a tackle. That’s why the AFL says the call should be “play on”; note that it doesn’t say the player who does this should be penalised. So, you’re right: you’re allowed to do it but on the other hand you don’t get a free kick for doing this. But if the player who tries to milk a free kick decides to put Mayo on it by acting as though he’s been in a UFC fight, bad luck: that’s holding the ball. Either handball or give the ball to the opposition. Simples.

Some players do milk free kicks but every player wants to shrug the tackle. This new rule discriminates against shorter players who are basically fair fame to be clotheslined.