08-01-2021, 02:45 AM
(08-01-2021, 02:41 AM)LP link Wrote:I question it because I have bothered to check what the statisticians call a contested mark, a contested mark is not what fans think of as contested.
If an opponent is travelling to the ball within 2 or 3m of the player marking it's a contested mark, there doesn't even have to be physical contact, it can just be inferred pressure.
When someone like Hawkins pushes off a defender and takes a mark without contact 2 or 3m clear of the defender that is a contested mark.
If Jones floats across the front of two players wrestling at the fall of the ball and takes a mark without any physical contact, that is a contested mark.
We've covered this over and over again here on this very forum.
....and if thats the case....its the same rules for everyone....and Jones still does better than anyone. So why the argument?