-
IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
- Thread starter iLoVeNeWmAn
- Start date
He took the mark, ran to the pie stand, then walked back onto the ground well past where he took the mark, and it was PLAY ON!!!
You wouldn’t even see that at primary school level with a parent umpiring….
I actually think there is a directive to encourage every possible attacking play as the stoopid rule changes are not doing anything to increase scoring.
Any opportunity to increase scoring is condoned by the umpires.
Yep. Even if it means breaking the the actual rules.
This is why people have had a gutful.
Another absurd interpretive outlook fostered by a maddening AFL who are out of control where rules and officiating are concerned.
Nobody - the players or fans or even the umpires themselves - know what's going on from one game or season to the next.
Yeah and compare that in the same game where Fogarty clearly played on when out of bounds (dumbass) and they allowed him to come back to the mark and he then setup a goal for Dawson.
Yeh, never seen anythng like that one. I don't think anyone watching the game wouldn't have brought him back. Can only conclude it was a deliberate act by the umpire. There really should be questions asked about how it happened. And I reckon at least 2 of the 3 officiating umpires should have picked it up. Its not like they don't use their autority to change incorrect decisions made by a colleague.
I don't recommend it, but have a read of Twitter and some other teams forums re. Umpiring.
ALL fans are as frustrated as us (excluding TBR of course
) with the pathetic standard of umpiring.
The AFL need to address this issue, but no doubt they will just change MORE rules.
ALL fans are as frustrated as us (excluding TBR of course
) with the pathetic standard of umpiring. The AFL need to address this issue, but no doubt they will just change MORE rules.
There were a few in our game, Saad to name one, even Broady was looking at the umpire to put him on his line, but no, guy on the.......stand, stand, guy taking the kick......go where ever you like.
The 50m rule has become ridiculous & the number the umps hand out now is really influencing games.
The cynic in me thinks it's been designed just to increase scoring with so many goals now scored from penalties over ticky touchwood technicalities.
Doesn't make watching the game any better though.
Quite the opposite.
The cynic in me thinks it's been designed just to increase scoring with so many goals now scored from penalties over ticky touchwood technicalities.
Doesn't make watching the game any better though.
Quite the opposite.
I don’t blame the umps at all ( except the old attention seeking one) the rules become more and more greyer , they continue to be changed away from what the game was built on . Second to the ball is now rewarded rather then winning the contest and been first to it.
Hope it’s just me , however rarley watch a game that the Tiges are not involved in , just simply don’t enjoy the modern game anywhere near as much , I can remember loving the game in the 90s even though we were crap . imagine trying to explain our debacle to someone who’s never seen the game before .
No idea how you fix it , however I’d just like to see the ball winners rewarded more again , rid the game of grey and try and not be so rewarding against incidental contact.
Against popular opinion imho Roos did more harm to the game then good
Hope it’s just me , however rarley watch a game that the Tiges are not involved in , just simply don’t enjoy the modern game anywhere near as much , I can remember loving the game in the 90s even though we were crap . imagine trying to explain our debacle to someone who’s never seen the game before .
No idea how you fix it , however I’d just like to see the ball winners rewarded more again , rid the game of grey and try and not be so rewarding against incidental contact.
Against popular opinion imho Roos did more harm to the game then good
I like the theory but I still tend to have a different opinion.
Not so long ago we had a set of rules that remained largely unchanged for 100 years. Also not that long ago we had half the umpires we have today. Now the game was pretty good. Freekicks were paid when they were warranted. Argue all you like contrarians, the game was good fun and everyone knew the rules.
The AFL by use of knee-jerk reaction to the professionalism of clubs, money, ego etc..... brought in rule change after rule change completely *smile* up any idea of players, umpires and supporters understanding of the game.
Now it's a guessing game and only one poster on this whole site claims to understand the rules. The new rules and their interpretation are *smile* and confusing.
Plenty of people on this site could fix it in a weekend.
Agree, I have been banging on about this for ages, but the player who attempts to get the ball is held before they get the ball and therefore have no prior opportunity, or any opportunity really, to meaningfully dispose of the ball. I recently watched the 1969 First Semi and players were demonstrative in showing they were not holding the player attempting to gain possession. It wasn't perfect but it was a hell of a lot better than what we see today which is players having their arms held being grabbed etc before they have possession of the ball. And the AFL wonders why the game is congested?
Pay holding the man! Reward the player who is trying to get the ball, not the player who hangs back to tackle.
I don't disagree with prior opportunity, although it does create a massive grey area, but one of the main reasons we need to have the prior opportunity rule is to compensate for the fact that players attempting to gain possession are grabbed before they have the ball.
Oh, and ditch the stand rule, plus, if you are going to penalise players with minor infractions, make it a 15m penalty not 50m - the sentence does not reflect the crime.
DS
DS
Unfortunately prior is not the only ambiguity Hate the knocked out in the tackle call. Incorrect disposal full stop
Head high tackles also call for the umpire to make calls on intent at times they are umpires not mind readers
Unfortunately prior is not the only ambiguity Hate the knocked out in the tackle call. Incorrect disposal full stop
Head high tackles also call for the umpire to make calls on intent at times they are umpires not mind readers
