7 Tackle Optional Restart

By far the worst innovation in recent memory. In itself it is a terrible idea because the punishment is fantastically disproportionate to the "mistake". It was introduced for a weak reason because the prevalance of the problem it ostensibly was designed to prevent was relatively non-existent in the first place. And it's so broad as to punish things completely unrelated to the original motive. Not to mention that it turns golden point into a field-goal-a-thon.

But the by products are becoming more and more annoying now. Who in their right mind actually thinks the dramatic rise in mid-field bombs is a good thing? It is so prominent and so fucking boring. And this has come about because playmakers are afraid, and rightly so given the extreme punishment, of kicking it dead.

Tactical mid-field kicking has been eroded. How often do you see last tackle kicks for just this side of the corner post or attempts to pull it up in the in-goal and trap the fullback from 50m out, as compared to 5 years ago? There are essentially only 4 kicks in the modern game now. The grubber, cross-field bomb, mid-field bomb and the punt.

Terrible, terrible rule imo.

 

There already was a deterrent to that though. I don't think that situation had anything to do with why the rule was brought in either. Seems to me it was all about stopping the deliberately punt going dead to take fullbacks out of that play.

 

I hate the rule overall but especially when it comes into play after a contest for the ball in goal. You get a 7 tackle set when the ball didn't even go dead.

 

It absolutely does not do that. It often does the opposite.

 

I think given the immense momentum swings we see from it, it already has.

 

Ugh. Are you kidding? It's fucking awful on drop goal attempts as well. It's a drop-goal-a-thon. That's just the mentality of the modern player; they back themselves rather than play percentages. As soon as the first drop goal is attempted (presuming it's not from 45m out) that's it. It just becomes cyclic. You shoot and miss, we march upfield, shoot and miss, then you and so on and so on until someone actually hits it straight.

 

lol yeah that 7 tackle restart really disincentivising the field goal...You blokes are kidding.

 

And that's a dud call by Cecchin. Cordner never got to his feet before planting the ball. You're an idiot, Anasta.

 

If you think he attempted that shot because Keary was in the bin you are kidding yourself. Look, what you're saying about the 7 tackle rule acting as a deterrent simply isn't true in practice. It's theoretical. How long are you going to go on defending this?

Maloney had put 5 kicks dead and he still went for it early. It misses the post and that's going dead as well. They try to win it as soon as they get the chance. To say otherwise is just wilfully dumb.

 

Yeah, that'll tend to happen when you use confirmation bias like you just did with Pearce's attempt. Couldn't be that he's finally started banging over a few this year and backed himself to do it again. Nah. lol.

Dude, it's well past time. You backed it the rule, like many others, and have been proved wrong. Just deal...