07-19-2022, 09:38 AM
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.