The very thought of extra time yesterday would have horrified North Melbourne coach Dean Laidley. He laughed post-match when asked what he thought about the concept of extra-time in AFL regular-season games.

At the moment, extra time only applies in finals – and even then, the grand final is replayed if scores are tied at the final siren.

Given North were down to 19 fit men and Sydney were finishing off the match much stronger, Laidley was grateful this match ended when it did.

“From the position we were at, probably not,” he said when asked about extra time.

“But if we had a full complement, yes I would – so it all still goes back to the same thing about winning and losing games of football.

“You can take that however you like.”

In a broader sense, Laidley is unsure about whether the AFL should have draws and suggested fans should be asked for their opinion.

But Sydney counterpart Paul Roos is happy to keep the status quo.

“I believe in the draw, it’s been around for a long time – two points, often, at the end of the season can be like four points anyway,” Roos said.

“We’ll wait to see what happens come round 22, but I’d hate to send the players back out after the siren goes and play an extra ‘whatever’ minutes.

“That’s fair, everyone gets two points, percentage becomes a factor … today, it was probably a fitting result.”

Roos was also dubious about introducing technology to check contentious goal-line decisions.

The scores were tied today after Sydney’s Brett Kirk snapped for goal, but North defender Michael Firrito touched it on the line.

“I didn’t see it, I’m just hearing what people are saying out there – I spoke to my wife, she thought it was a goal, she saw it on telly,” Roos said.

“The commentators thought it was a goal, but I haven’t seen it – that was just one incident in a game.

“It (technology) sometimes slows the game up … now with the quick kick-in, with the goal umpire just having to signal, it’s going to slow the game down.

“The AFL have done everything to quicken the game up, I would think to bring that in would be against what they’ve tried to do with the game itself.

“I don’t know what you do – put the hawkeye on the goal post? Who knows?”

Laidley said he was too far away from the incident to say if it was a behind or not.

He was so focussed on coaching, he initially thought the score had put Sydney ahead.

Indeed, at the final siren, North players Brady Rawlings and Brent Harvey initially hugged in jubiliation.

Last week, Richmond’s Nathan Brown pumped his fists immediately after the final siren against the Western Bulldogs, only to realise in horror that was also a draw.

“I actually thought we were behind, so when someone said to me ‘it’s a draw’, someone in the box thought we were in front and I thought we were behind,” Laidley said.

“So I was pleased with that, to find out that.”

© AAP 2012

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