Riewoldt aka German Diver, the most pathetic protected species in the AFL

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Did they show this footage? I found it quite amusing - and it appears to disagree with his comments.

That's the one he said he didn't milk(watch him stare at the umpire while he goes down), while he admitted milking the swans one.

[Go_Dogs]

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That's the one he said he didn't milk(watch him stare at the umpire while he goes down), while he admitted milking the swans one.

Spot on.

Clearly turns his head to make sure the umpire has seen it. The bump didn't look very hard either.

[alwaysadog]

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Spot on.

Clearly turns his head to make sure the umpire has seen it. The bump didn't look very hard either.

Hard... my 97 yo mum would have experienced worse and kept her feet in the queue for afternoon tea at the old people's home.

I know that the AFL had special rules for the great diver but 'till I saw this footage I didn't realise that they employed an umpire whose sole task is to keep an eye on his frailness and to pay a free kick any time he gets touched.

The ump looks like he has been told to pay special attention to to any contact. Given his protected status how silly is anyone to ignore the words of advice from the immortal Digger to Tony Leonard many years ago, "Don't touch 'im!"

[LostDoggy]

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The Diver just admitted he took a dive last week. (on Ch10)

If he has actually come out and admitted it, the AFL -- by their very own laws -- have to review it and charge him for simulation/diving.

Of course, they won't do anything.

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Nick has been stupid to own up to it in any case.

[Missing Dog]

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Maybe it's a forward thing (for some) - see Lloyd.

Brad Johnson?

[EasternWest]

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Hard... my 97 yo mum would have experienced worse and kept her feet in the queue for afternoon tea at the old people's home.

Ha ha ha the cutthroat world of codgers.

[EasternWest]

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Brad Johnson?

Johnson has been known and noted on this forum for it. I don't think anyone denies it. But he's got nothing on Roo, who is the master.

[alwaysadog]

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Johnson has been known and noted on this forum for it. I don't think anyone denies it. But he's got nothing on Roo, who is the master.

... and no one pays any attention to Brad; can anyone tell me the last time Johno got a free for staging?

For a comparison to be valid there has to be a similar process and outcome. Brad stages, no result. The Diver does it, gets a 10 out of 10 from the Olympic Diving judges, and gets a free kick straight in front of goal.

End of comparison.

[alwaysadog]

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Ha ha ha the cutthroat world of codgers.

and the determination.

[LostDoggy]

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Johnson has been known and noted on this forum for it. I don't think anyone denies it. But he's got nothing on Roo, who is the master.

If you read my OP, I make the distinction between the types of staging -- players like Johnno and Lloydy exaggerate contact IN PLAY ie. when they receive contact when going for a mark. I don't condone this, but there is a school of thought that says that players do this to 'show' the contact to the ump, and also as an act of self-protection against future contact in play.

Nickhead, on the other hand, regularly falls over in dead-ball situations, ie. during a stoppage, with the ball nowhere in sight, while an ump is trying to reset the field of play etc. where EVERYONE is pushing and shoving each other. Nick is the only player who falls over during this jostling, and worse, the only player who gets a free paid for it, despite the same thing happening about 2000 times a game -- show me one other free kick in the first two rounds given for a player falling over during a push and shove before a bounce etc.

Simple test of fairness - does anyone think that a free would be paid if the exact same incidents happened in reverse, ie. Nick bumps Mattner and Mattner stumbles, then falls over? Not in a million years. (Nick DID bump Mattner in the back, Mattner just didn't fall over. No one does. No one except the weak sook.)

[LostDoggy]

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Just heard on the radio that the Diver has done what looks to be a pretty bad hammy? No more diving for St. Nick! Tough, eh?

[Dry Rot]

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Just heard on the radio that the Diver has done what looks to be a pretty bad hammy? No more diving for St. Nick! Tough, eh?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/92007/default.aspx

Fisher hurt now.

[AndrewP6]

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AFL.com saying Diver's injury is worse than they first thought. Could be as many as 6-10 weeks.

[Dry Rot]

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You have to admire the guts of the rest of the Saints.

[Dogs 24/7]

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AFL.com saying Diver's injury is worse than they first thought. Could be as many as 6-10 weeks.

Shame. He's a great player.