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I'll quit while i'm ahead. Trying to put up a pic I have off wafl online joondy v swans 2nd qtr 40+ minutes? Lonnnnggg qtr why was that?

DG. Perhaps the pic you wish to post is maybe too big for the topic area? If you can, crop the pic or reduce the size of it.

westaussieguy wrote: DG. Perhaps the pic you wish to post is maybe too big for the topic area? If you can, crop the pic or reduce the size of it.

DG wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: DG. Perhaps the pic you wish to post is maybe too big for the topic area? If you can, crop the pic or reduce the size of it.

Yep part of the prob DG was you left it in PNG formatt... should of changed it to JPG.

Looking at the qtr which I didnt notice was 40 mins long but could of been. WP scored 3 goals and SD 6 goals being 9 goals in total.
That could be the reason for the long qtr.

Look at this screen for full stats etc

www.wafl.com.au/games/view/10543

click for bigger image on this cut and paste

Cheers Cardy

The problem is stoppages and the refusal of umpires to pay the kicks. I'd say in total belief that 90% of the time when a pack forms, the player who has the ball could have got it out. It's a modern day cop-out that has crept in and now it is a tactic to create a ball up. It's an easy problem to fix. Yes they pay them occasionally, but it's gone from 8 of 10 at the start of the year, to about 1 in 10 most days now. If they started penalising players, they will get the message very quick. Players will still go in for the ball, but knock it forward a lot more creating less stoppages and more forward flow. Quarters won't go 38 minutes, they will go around 25-30 minutes depending.

Umpires hold the bullets to the problem, they need to fire the gun. It's that simple.