06-10-2024, 04:03 AM
(06-10-2024, 03:57 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Should have got a free for the Nth holding the ball decision imo and he had no prior when he was tackled, that was red hot and should have been a ball up. To me there are too many quick HTB's and then in the next tackle, the player is allowed way more time than the previous and I still find it depends on the player and who he it is. Lachie Neale always seems to get double the time Joe average does for example....the other one is when the player is tackled and attempts to kick the ball, many times the player makes no contact with the ball and it should be incorrect disposal not HTB but play is allowed to go on depending on who the player is.
Prior opportunity doesn’t apply when you drag the ball in. The umpires are instructed to pay a free as soon as the ball is dragged in.
Yeo was trying to get a stoppage and run the clock down and it backfired.
I agree with your comments about the increased inconsistency of HTB decisions and the sooner we go back to a reasonable time to dispose of the ball, the better.
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