AFL Rd 22 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

[cookie2]

Well I was wearing my brand new glasses and had perfect position on the couch.  I was absolutely sure the ball was touched before crossing the line. Eos. ?

[ratlice]

Had Marchbank no been interfered with, he probably would have marked that.

[ratlice]

I thought Marchbank comment was that he touched it but he thought it was perhaps over the line already, the question was never if he touched it but which side of the line it was touched on.

Does he say what hand or part of the body he touched it with?

[PaulP]

Does he say what hand or part of the body he touched it with?

He said the ball touched his fingertips, on the left hand I believe. I don't think Marchbank ever doubted he touched the ball, I think his doubt and uncertainty was around whether the umpire would recognise the touch, and whether justice would prevail.

[DJC]

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[LP]

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[member=324]DJC[/member] Obviously an AI fabrication, quick check with ChatGPT, how could it possibly be TDK flies while Gawn is left watching on? ;D

[Gointocarlton]

Did Marchbank really say that?

I read this:
Marchbank told ABC Radio post-match he was adamant he had touched the shot, even if replays raised doubts about whether it actually touched his fingertips.

“I turned around and thought, “Please touch this, please touch this”. Fortunately I did and the umpire called it. It was nice. The crowd was going so crazy so I didn’t know if they called it a point or a goal.

“My heart stopped, I thought they kicked a goal and I thought I just cost us the game but they called it the other way and here we are.”

Asked where he touched the ball he said: “On the fingertips but I was just hoping for anywhere. It was heart-in-mouth stuff. I was just hoping it would go in my favour.”

Its the bold bit that caught my eye. Having read it all again, I guess he starts with that he touched it.

[DJC]

I just watched the last two minutes again and both Pitto and the King were heavily involved.

Acres exit kick went down the line and the King got to the marking contests and spoiled the ball out of bounds.

Pitto and Gawn contested the throw in and neither got the hitout.  Acres cleared the ball back into the corridor where Hibberd and the King contested the mark.  The ball went to ground for a ball up.

Pitto and Gawn contested the ball up, Pitto got the hitout but the ball went to Langdon.  He was tackled and another ball up ensued.

Pitto and Gawn contested the ball up, Pitto got the hitout but the ball bobbled around before it was kicked to the wing.

Pitto collected a loose ball after Charlie contested the mark.  He handpassed to Charlie and the ball was knocked out of bounds by Acres.

Pitto ran hard to get to the next marking contest inside 50 and attempted a spoil from the front of the pack (Kemp got the spoil).

Melbourne got another inside 50 and the King spoiled the contest (as per the photograph above).

Both players were instrumental in denying Melbourne scoring opportunities.  The King's athleticism enabled him to get to marking contests and effect spoils or stop Melbourne marking.  Pitto neutralised Gawn in ruck contests where a decisive hitout and clearance could have changed the result.

[kruddler]

The acres kick to TDK was the one i was referencing previously. Not sure how much was acres poor kicking (a huge bugbear of mine) or how much was TDK not getting to the contest (ie being blocked in getting there) but i thought TDK was the intended target.

No mention of the dropped TDK mark in there somewhere?

As for the photo, credit to TDK for the spoil, i didn't have a freeze frame image to see which one of the 73 players got their hand on it though. Honestly cannot remember a bigger pack.

[DJC]

The acres kick to TDK was the one i was referencing previously. Not sure how much was acres poor kicking (a huge bugbear of mine) or how much was TDK not getting to the contest (ie being blocked in getting there) but i thought TDK was the intended target.

No mention of the dropped TDK mark in there somewhere?

As for the photo, credit to TDK for the spoil, i didn't have a freeze frame image to see which one of the 73 players got their hand on it though. Honestly cannot remember a bigger pack.

The Acres kick wasn’t intended to go where it did.  Kemp spoke about kicks down the corridor not being part of the plan and that kick went as high as it went long.  I don’t like the term but it was a dump (or dumb) kick that could have cost us the game.

That was the mark the King didn’t hold but it was an incredible effort for him to get to the contest and stop Hibberd taking the mark.