Goal of the Year

[Saint 58]

What a Fxxxing joke !!!!
Jack Steven not even nominated !!!!

[Sainter_Dad]

What a Fxxxing joke !!!!
Jack Steven not even nominated !!!!

Could not be nominated - the GOTY is picked from the winners of Goal of the Week

I was wr……, I was wro……, Sorry - I was mistaken!

[Saint 58]

Didn't know that, sorry

What a Fxxxing joke !!!!
Jack Steven not even nominated for goal of the week !!!!

[Sainter_Dad]

Didn't know that, sorry

What a Fxxxing joke !!!!
Jack Steven not even nominated for goal of the week !!!!

I am sorry - it has since been pointed out to me by my walking St Kilda encyclopedia- Jack did win the Round 18 GOTW - Outrage doubling - Rage enveloping - Mist descending!

[Sainternist]

I can't remember feeling so underwhelmed by a goal of the year. Bloody shithouse!!

[Jacks Back]

[Jacks Back]

In hindsight it wasn't that good for goal of the year status

[Waltzing St Kilda]

I can't remember feeling so underwhelmed by a goal of the year. Bloody shithouse!!

Matthew Lloyd's ankle tap from two metres out springs to mind.

[Yorkeys]

One of the many unique features of Aussie Footy, you don't have to be fully on the playing area to have a legal disposal, a leg will do. Also an (illegal at first glance) disposal now has a time criteria, if the likkle Tiger was bundled over before the foot touched the ball it was a throw, so between leaving his hand in a throwing action and the next contact with the ball there was a twilight zone of infringement/play on. The theory of relativity could possibly explain that clearly to me. Similarly holding the ball rule: there is a moment when the outcome of a legal tackle after a player has had prior opportunity depends on whether the ball drop happens to touch the tackled players boot or not. The free kick does not apply the moment the tackled player clearly loses control e.g. as knock on in Rugby/League would be adjudicated.The uncertainty of our game is marvellous.

[Scollop]

In 10 years from now they'll have snicko embedded in a chip inside everyones boots and also there'll be some sort of advanced heat sensor to work out whether a fingernail has touched the footy when someone goes for a smother. No need for the knob who sits there adjudicating the goal review. Technology will work it all out...but I suppose a human will still need to press the button so some uncertainty will remain

[desertsaint]

how milne's outrageous kick way back against port, similar to that but five degrees harder, didn't win i'll never know.

[saynta]

Very clever but it was a throw. IMHO, that is. Obviously the AFL doesn't agree with me.

[The_Dud]

Goal of the year is never for the hardest goal kicked, but the flashiest, which that probably was.

Those saying it’s a throw is just a bunch of sour grapes too.

[Viking3]

Goal of the year is never for the hardest goal kicked, but the flashiest, which that probably was.

Those saying it’s a throw is just a bunch of sour grapes too.

Then what is your take on how the ball managed to leave his hand?

[saynta]

Goal of the year is never for the hardest goal kicked, but the flashiest, which that probably was.

Those saying it’s a throw is just a bunch of sour grapes too.

[saynta]

Goal of the year is never for the hardest goal kicked, but the flashiest, which that probably was.

Those saying it’s a throw is just a bunch of sour grapes too.

Then what is your take on how the ball managed to leave his hand?

He threw it up in the air with one hand.

[Saint 58]

The ball is in his hand & then moves upwards after it leaves his hand
Clearly a throw
Clearly a free kick for a throw
If not clear enough for you, read about gravity

[Jacks Back]

Goal of the year is never for the hardest goal kicked, but the flashiest, which that probably was.

Those saying it’s a throw is just a bunch of sour grapes too.

The grapes of wrath

[Jacks Back]

The ball is in his hand & then moves upwards after it leaves his hand
Clearly a throw
Clearly a free kick for a throw
If not clear enough for you, read about gravity

Talk about a downer

[The_Dud]

Players throw the ball on to their boot all the time, so much that it’s literally a saying. Players on the ground do it all the time and no one says boo.

Great goal by Higgins

I’m sure all you sooky old-timers were crying there should have been a free kick paid at the 59 min mark of this video

[sunsaint]

AFL over reacts to grumpy ole uproar
now EVERYTIME a player does a running bounce the umpires now have to call it throwing the ball

[The_Dud]

AFL over reacts to grumpy ole uproar
now EVERYTIME a player does a running bounce the umpires now have to call it throwing the ball

Another great point.

I look forward to the logic somersault the baby-boomer-brigade will perform to explain how a running bounce doesn’t involve throwing the ball

“It’s not a throw, more of a forceful drop...”

[kosifantutti]

Players throw the ball on to their boot all the time, so much that it’s literally a saying. Players on the ground do it all the time and no one says boo.

Great goal by Higgins

I’m sure all you sooky old-timers were crying there should have been a free kick paid at the 59 min mark of this video

Different situation. Being on the ground and throwing it on your boot has always been part of the game, but throwing the ball in the air, going into the crowd and buying a beer and then coming back to kick it is not.

[freely]

Acid test though - it was given a goal, so it's a goal. Next question: is it the one you'd most enjoy watching again?

[sunsaint]

AFL over reacts to grumpy ole uproar
now EVERYTIME a player does a running bounce the umpires now have to call it throwing the ball

Another great point.

I look forward to the logic somersault the baby-boomer-brigade will perform to explain how a running bounce doesn’t involve throwing the ball

“It’s not a throw, more of a forceful drop...”

Of course as usual with AFL grumpy ole uproar over reaction rules they have to bring in a special Auskick Junior football exemption rule
Because it's pointed out to them every kid that kicks the ball flings it in the air to get the timing right