Nah inspector gadget would have found a way i.e. go go gadget arms or maybe in this case legs.
He was excellent. But if I was Marty I’d be asking what critical failing of defensive stoppage structure left him one out on the goal line… where was the help standing at the top of the goal square?!
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That footage makes me angry. Again.
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A warning to others, do not watch the video, destruction will follow afterwards.
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We got plenty of frees that we wouldn’t ever up there, just not the one that counted at the finish. But then we were also three goals up with four minutes to go so let’s not go nuts at the umpires.
Daniher, Hurley and Goddard all more responsible than Marty, who had a great game.
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The commentators say that was just normal physical jostling in marking contest.
The way it shows is that he was tackled without the football, Rohan picked him up and dumped him aside. Surely it was holding the man . Both Martys arms were free. No jumper hold to complicate matters.
AFL Rules.com.au
There are a variety of reasons for a free kick to be awarded such as:
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Holding the man: Holding/tackling a player who does not have the ball.
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You know the umpires excuse will be “they did not see it” . Send them down to the Vision Australia.
Can’t be changed. Move on.
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He had a pretty good game, what happened on that last play does not change that. Really we should had another back ready for that quick kick forward. You probably wouldn’t want Marty on the last line anyhow, if that was Hurls there is no way Rohan outbodies him. Coulda woulda shoulda. But since his recall Marty has been tracking very well…
The excerpt from the laws of the game is “unduly block, bump, push or hold in a marking contest”
That was as clear an indication of a free kick in a marking contest that they would rarely pay against the forward but always against the defender. And never in the last 10min of a close game when they “put the whistle away”.
Yet another example of the ridiculous inconsistency in the officiating of our game and the parlous state of umpiring with little or no accountability for incorrect/poor decisions.
OK, I see. So there are different rules in the game in the last 10 minutes. Its open slather at the end. Let the game flow ? Right?
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pretty much. farcical isn’t it?!
I had to turn the telly off when that happened. Others who have watched it are very brave IMO. Me, Blocked the game outta my head since turning off the telly. That game didn’t happen and like MrJez (in the VFL thread), this weekend I was lucky enough to be an Essendon VFL supporter. 
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I tried to rewatch the game. But the free kicks against us in the first quarter didn’t allow me to get very far, because they were in such stark contrast to those not paid in the last 2 minutes. I had to turn it off.
Not going to be many frees like that paid in the last minute of any game. Particularly with the two reviewed goals.
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Perhaps the umpires should be driven off the ground in Armoured Personnel Carrier , then they might be prepared to make the calls according to the rules late in games.
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you give them too much credit. i don’t reckon half of them know the rules of the game. incompetent.
Interesting to speculate, would that umpiring decision be the same if the game was played at the G with 50,000 Essendon supporters there, instead of the SCG.
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Umpires didn’t hesitate to pay a hold to the Bulldogs in the last minute to save the match for them.
True.
Free kick Sydney - goal.
Marty did nothing wrong. He should have never been one out in the goal square on his own. Sydney did well to isolate him and get that match up.
Good to see Hurls get to him after the game.
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Apparently it wasn’t Marty in the square!
Thank goodness for the AFL communication specialists, it seems we were confused by Hurls more slender post lay off figure:
"Swans defender Dane Rampe charged through the stoppage and his hurried snap landed in the arms of forward Gary Rohan, who outmuscled Bomber Michael Hurley in the square and kicked a goal after the siren for a one-point win. "
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-26/goddard-opens-up-on-costly-kickin-error
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