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Yep, no team will ever get penetrated the way we did with that corrupt decision
It's lynchs fault. He shouldve jumped around and high 5 jack. Instead he stood there like a stuff mullet sticking his arm out like he had no idea if it went through.
Andrews looked like he knew the ball went through for a goal.
All he had to do was high 5 jack and they would've paid it as a goal.
We had a chance last year. We were unbeatable at the G.
High 5s and celebrations always lead to a goal being called.
Except when they don’t.
He gave up mate. He didn't even make them consider it was a goal.
The ARC "I cant tell if it went through, what did the umpire say?, goal... Hey Lynch didn't even celebrate, put it through as a point, ok Dav'
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He shouldve kicked it. A fken 12 yr old would've put it through. No excuses.
How good were we playing leading into that final series?
The only saving grace for lynch was Prestia would've missed the next month after doing his hammy.
But beating Brisbane in Brisbane would've been the best.
I'm still angry.
7 of them jump for a high ball and totally miss it and dipshhiit Hipwood kicks a goal 2 metres out in the goal square.
I would've delisted Nakas after that game
I love Richo but watch the replay..Lynch’s ‘body language’ wasn’t an issue until he mentioned it in the commentary. He influenced that line of thought. It’s not Lynch’s job to decide if it went through. As a Tiger Richo should have shut up.
I truly believe we could have gotten to the GF.
If it was against the Cats. They would have s..T their pants meeting us .
I’m with you Zipps. Still upsets me that game and the final few minutes.
Think it was Joe ‘the goose’ who kicked on the goal line when all the RFC players when up to punch it and completely missed the ball
And Harris Andrews dropped his head because he thought it was a goal.
That was always a *smile* excuse for the league, so they didn’t have to admit that their deeply flawed process had significantly influenced the result of a final.
He was pissed bc Andrews ran off the mark before he played on. Should've been 50. Actually watching the bears they do that a lot and get away with it.
We never really had the footy on TV much growing up. If I went to Dad's place, we might see the Drew Morphett wrap on Saturday afternoon, not much more....
Is the lack of controversy in the old days because they blew the whistle for everything? That caused a stop start type of game? (Not good for TV)
Is the lack of controversy because there weren't 15000 AFL journos, all trying to build their own profile and reputation by blowing up everything semi-questionable, to create content to talk about for the rest of the week?
My feeling was that the umpiring of the game was widely accepted as being flawed. Key word accepted. As such, footy fans moaned and carried on, but it was short-lived and added a dimension to the rich tapestry of supporting your team. In short, the on-the-spot analysis and endless footy show post-mortems have made whingeing the focus.
As I have said here before, I don't want the moment of a goal being kicked destroyed by the anticlimactic ARC. Cheer or jeer ... and move on.
(PS Tommy would have got his goal last year if it was left to the goal umpire.)
The more umpires, the more confusion.
We have now lost something that was a huge part of the theatre and intrinsic to our great game.
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Thee have always been flaws in the umpiring. But when they paid every free they saw, rather than picking and choosing to hit some KPI about less frees, it was accepted as part of the game. The howlers we see now, the massive inconsistency, it is just on another level now.
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Not sure if this is the right place, but here goes:
We are second last for free kick differential in 2023. Is anyone surprised?
Our players are either very undisciplined or something else is going on.
We are second last for free kick differential in 2023. Is anyone surprised?
Our players are either very undisciplined or something else is going on.
Who was last? We have been perennial bottom on this stat. Yet, clubs who have adopted our game plan, Flogpies and Giants, don't seem to cop it as bad?
They need to umpire HA games like finals. Let the 50:50 decisions go. A higher threshold should mean only obvious frees get paid. Review rules to see if they can be made black or white. Too many interpretations required currently.
