SAAFL Div 4 2008

[Super Coach]

Arent we taught as juniors to drop to your knees in the act of tackling pulling your opponent down?

arnt we taught bend our knees when lifting not or backs!
some people have a bad teqnique or just get clumsy from time to time.

[The Big Shrek]

I'll retract my comment about being too focused on hurting people to win games.

You are too clumsy to win games.

Clumsy tackle my arse.

[hawkseye]

Arent we taught as juniors to drop to your knees in the act of tackling pulling your opponent down?

arnt we taught bend our knees when lifting not or backs!
some people have a bad teqnique or just get clumsy from time to time.

Fair enough.

[Super Coach]

I'll retract my comment about being too focused on hurting people to win games.

You are too clumsy to win games.

Clumsy tackle my arse.

did you see the tackle shreek?
cause i seen it and there was no intent of hurting that player!

[Super Coach]

last time i checked shrek we were sitting second!
so all this we try to hurt people and thats why we never win games,
um we are winning on a quite regular bacis so i dont see your point

[The Big Shrek]

I'll retract my comment about being too focused on hurting people to win games.

You are too clumsy to win games.

Clumsy tackle my arse.

did you see the tackle shreek?
cause i seen it and there was no intent of hurting that player!

My original point was about the fact that no-one out your way ever intends to hurt anyone, yet mysteriously everyone else seems to complain about what you do.

Of course everyone is just picking on you.

[Super Coach]

maybe more clubs should play the attack the body not the ball
style we teach from a young age at north haven.
if they dont bleed we havent done our job

[zedman]

he could have tackled him down onto his side..got the free kick for holding the ball and no-one gets hurt

i assume the tackler got white line fever..saw a sucker with the ball and absolutely barrelled him..the fact a free kick was paid for in the back confirms this...if you come with pace behind a player with the ball there is a fair chance unless you deliver the tackle correctly he will be pushed in the back and you give a free away...so a smarter tackler would have delivered the tackle the way it should have been done and pulled him down onto his side..instead of trying to be the "hardman" catching the poor bugger with the ball and turning him into a pancake

anyway not my problem..if tynte st are really looking at it(still to be confirmed) i believe where there is smoke you will find there maybe some fire

gl this weekend joompin

[heater31]

must say felch is correct..the centre pitch there is horrific..especially in the late months of footy season when finals get played..and when its wet its the stickiest black sh1t you will ever come across..dont forget its a district cricket oval to..i have played many games there and it wasnt known for its bounce at all so maybe the soil isnt mixed correctly..or maybe they throw some premix concrete in the clay LOL

I can imagine what its like when its wet, lovely !!!

Still, much prefer it to be sticky than rock hard. Our ground is a District cricket oval too, no excuse i reckon.

Price Memorial is a disgrace to play both footy and cricket on. Boundary fence is far too close for either sports (Cricket the fence IS the boundary) Pitch square certainly does not take to water too well. I have once played a game about this time of year without a blade of grass on the entire oval except for the pitch square

[zedman]

and that was my post # 666 in memory of ouzo666

[Super Coach]

I'll retract my comment about being too focused on hurting people to win games.

You are too clumsy to win games.

Clumsy tackle my arse.

did you see the tackle shreek?
cause i seen it and there was no intent of hurting that player!

My original point was about the fact that no-one out your way ever intends to hurt anyone, yet mysteriously everyone else seems to complain about what you do.

Of course everyone is just picking on you.

hold on 1 of our players get 8 weeks from somethin no one saw,
but we go up with a umpires report a video and the COLLEGE player walks away
free for a king hit of play.
does that sound fair???

[Super Coach]

he could have tackled him down onto his side..got the free kick for holding the ball and no-one gets hurt

i assume the tackler got white line fever..saw a sucker with the ball and absolutely barrelled him..the fact a free kick was paid for in the back confirms this...if you come with pace behind a player with the ball there is a fair chance unless you deliver the tackle correctly he will be pushed in the back and you give a free away...so a smarter tackler would have delivered the tackle the way it should have been done and pulled him down onto his side..instead of trying to be the "hardman" catching the poor bugger with the ball and turning him into a pancake

anyway not my problem..if tynte st are really looking at it(still to be confirmed) i believe where there is smoke you will find there maybe some fire

gl this weekend joompin

y good luck to me zedman?

[The Big Shrek]

I don't know whether it was fair or not joompin. We've only heard(been barraged by) your side of the story.

[Super Coach]

I don't know whether it was fair or not joompin. We've only heard(been barraged) your side of the story.

i would love to hear the other side of the story!
i was doin windmill movements with my arm
for fun and he ran into my right fist

[Super Coach]

im no longer open for discussion on this matter i can see a pm comin soon from FC
sorry FC

[The Big Shrek]

Fair enough, I reckon we were about to start going round in circles.

[zedman]

he could have tackled him down onto his side..got the free kick for holding the ball and no-one gets hurt

i assume the tackler got white line fever..saw a sucker with the ball and absolutely barrelled him..the fact a free kick was paid for in the back confirms this...if you come with pace behind a player with the ball there is a fair chance unless you deliver the tackle correctly he will be pushed in the back and you give a free away...so a smarter tackler would have delivered the tackle the way it should have been done and pulled him down onto his side..instead of trying to be the "hardman" catching the poor bugger with the ball and turning him into a pancake

anyway not my problem..if tynte st are really looking at it(still to be confirmed) i believe where there is smoke you will find there maybe some fire

gl this weekend joompin

y good luck to me zedman?

because i can...??

if you dont want it , then give it back LOL

[Pag]

We played at Price Memorial in this round last year, the oval wasn't too bad except for the centre square which was just mud. Agreed about the fence though.

[Demps22]

well I can tell you that I am the player that Mitcham complained about. I have never spear tackled anyone.

This is what happened.

I came in from the side of the player (at center half forward & not in the middle on the cricket pitch) & pinned his arms so he could not dispose of the ball. I took him to his side to make sure I DIDNT drive him face first into the ground & give away a free kick. He landed on his side & shoulder & hit his head, there was no intent to hurt that player. I have always been taught to pin the players arms so that they can not dispose of the ball. The player actually threw the ball & the umpire gave a free kick against me for slinging (his words were that I continued to tackle after the ball came loose nothing about in the back or spear tackling). Not one of the Mitcham players came up to me so I dont know where Mitcham football club is coming from accusing me of spear tackling. There was an identical tackle earlier in the game & the umpire said it was a ball up.

Spear tackle to me is picking someone up & driving them head first into the ground, this is not what happened & I am not the slightest bit happy about them saying that I spear tackle at every opportunity.

So to anyone saying that I drove him head first into the ground you are wrong, he landed on his side & shoulder & the force of the tackle his head hit the ground. I didnt land on top of him & was next to him.

[hawkseye]

well I can tell you that I am the player that Mitcham complained about. I have never spear tackled anyone.

This is what happened.

I came in from the side of the player (at center half forward & not in the middle on the cricket pitch) & pinned his arms so he could not dispose of the ball. I took him to his side to make sure I DIDNT drive him face first into the ground & give away a free kick. He landed on his side & shoulder & hit his head, there was no intent to hurt that player. I have always been taught to pin the players arms so that they can not dispose of the ball. The player actually threw the ball & the umpire gave a free kick against me for slinging (his words were that I continued to tackle after the ball came loose nothing about in the back or spear tackling). Not one of the Mitcham players came up to me so I dont know where Mitcham football club is coming from accusing me of spear tackling. There was an identical tackle earlier in the game & the umpire said it was a ball up.

Spear tackle to me is picking someone up & driving them head first into the ground, this is not what happened & I am not the slightest bit happy about them saying that I spear tackle at every opportunity.

So to anyone saying that I drove him head first into the ground you are wrong, he landed on his side & shoulder & the force of the tackle his head hit the ground. I didnt land on top of him & was next to him.

I agree thats what a spear tackle is. If you didnt do that then fair enough.