(05-02-2024, 02:23 AM)Milhanna13 date Wrote:i reckon a lot of teams roll the dice with this. hold the playmaker at every opportuinity - they arent going to call it every time. so, you hold him at 100 stopages, and they pay 2 free kicks. pretty good resultWhat I've always stated is that it's the when and where that is more important than the count.
Sometimes they call it when you've got a clear break and kill your momentum, sometimes you get it on the HBF or Wing where it makes stuff all difference, then all of a sudden someone gets the odd one in front of goal which can be game changing.
I do like the NRL system, which as part of it's score review looks at infringements through the whole chain of play / possession to the score, start taking goals off teams who infringe in the chain of play and you'll see it greatly diminish. They wouldn't need to do it for everything, just when a goal is actually scored. Like that push in the back to Young last weekend.
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