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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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If you want a good laugh go to the Cats Big Footy board other matches thread.
They are saying we are kissed on the *smile* by the umps and duck for frees and 50's and our forward wouldn't kick any goals if not for the Umps..........
I'm deadly serious ........................
Lauaghable can you believe it.... I heard Geelong was the Ice Capital of Vic now I believe I've seen the evidence to back that up.
They are saying we are kissed on the *smile* by the umps and duck for frees and 50's and our forward wouldn't kick any goals if not for the Umps..........
I'm deadly serious ........................
Lauaghable can you believe it.... I heard Geelong was the Ice Capital of Vic now I believe I've seen the evidence to back that up.
When there is a 50-50 infraction (or not) they are paying them against us at a higher rate than we are receiving in turn. They're sub consciously looking for a reason to apply tougher assessment on us than our opposition. In fact, even in patently obvious frees for us, the whistle gets put away. There were, yet again, several obvious frees that we didn't get last night. Just "play on". So obvious that even the softo commentators referred to them at times.
It's like this sub-conscious "we have to make Richmond earn it harder" for frees received and "We have to be harder on them as well" for frees against.
It's out of control. Totally out of control.
It's like this sub-conscious "we have to make Richmond earn it harder" for frees received and "We have to be harder on them as well" for frees against.
It's out of control. Totally out of control.
Those 2 frees to King were ridiculous. You'd take one, they happen, but 2? fair dinkum. They kept St K in the game for a Q longer than they should have been.
Both weren't free kicks, but that's our fault too, you don't need to try to spoil him, he spoils himself.
The free kicks to Lonie got me more angry.
Shitt footballer
The free kicks to Lonie got me more angry.
Shitt footballer
Agree 100%. There's definitely a subconcious bias against us with the 50 50 decisions. We can take the rough stuff against us but get pulled up if we're being a little too rough. The big brother little brother effect.
Again watching from the couch, i thought the umpiring was terrible.
Its hard to watch AFL at the moment.
I watch or game and thats it now, whereas years ago id watch about 4 or 5 full games a weekend.
Its crap to watch
Its hard to watch AFL at the moment.
I watch or game and thats it now, whereas years ago id watch about 4 or 5 full games a weekend.
Its crap to watch
Yep Lonie is a prime example!
Every time he is tackled he throws his head back even when the tackle is around the waist.
He drops his knees /shoulder & leans with his head into the tackler - plays for the free. Every time! Another Selwood (without the toughness though).
Another thing I noticed was that St Kilda players continuously sooked it up & argued with the umps about the decision - & thats why H.Clark got the 50 against him - from his previous arguing! Just give the ball back - simple!
I'm so glad our boys dont do this *smile* & just get on with the game!
Yeah Grimes on occasion does commit to it like a soccer player, by which I mean he makes it impossible for the tackler to avoid.
Isn’t it “prior opportunity” if you drop the shoulder though?
I’m sure they introduced a Selwood rule 2-3 years ago, and the spirit of that rule was exactly what Lonie, Selwood etc are doing - dropping the knees, lifting the arm, and turning the body/head into the tackler.
Am I wrong about the rule?
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Steele needs to worry about his own backyard. The Saints have more duckers than Geelong and Bulldogs.
That 2nd free to King for chopping the arms was ridiculous. The non holding the ball on Crouch just as bad.
The rules have shifted away from subjective calls to increase consistency, but the spirit of the game has been lost within the narrow scope of today’s attempt at black and white interpretations.
Worse still, umpires have become smug lawyers in the process, unapologetically rewarding players who exploit technicalities in the rules instead of punishing them.
Worse still, umpires have become smug lawyers in the process, unapologetically rewarding players who exploit technicalities in the rules instead of punishing them.
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Could you imagine Lynch for frees for that sort of thing. He's win about 10 every game.
Roachy would have kicked 1500 goals! 15 every time we played Geelong and was on Malarkey.
This is a good point. By the letter of the law you can pay many acts as free kicks but are they really free kicks? For example a glancing touch above the shoulder which wouldn't disturb a fly is by the letter of the law a free kick and an up and coming ump, trying to impress his superiors will pay it (look I just paid a free kick coz the rule book says it's a fee. How good am I?). A good umpire who has a feel for the game would know it hasn't impeded play and would ignore it. Unfortunately we have too many wannabe lawyers trying to make an impression and not enough good street smart umpires with a feel for the game.
Technicalities etc not withstanding, the actual application of the rules by the umpires is still operating in an overtly biased fashion where our games are concerned. They can be as technical as they want, (or even non-technical), as long as they apply it to BOTH teams.
They simply don't in our games.
They simply don't in our games.
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