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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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Damn those coaches for *checks notes* trying to win games.
Have said this multiple times before, but every rule change brought in since 2008 has only made the situation worse.
It’s all the coaches fault is a barrow David King keeps pushing. I assume his solution is to not have coaches.
No doubt they will look to bring zones in. They never look backwards for the reasons, just pile new *smile* on top of old *smile*.
Yeah, it was noticeable they often put their hands up as if they were on the mark then moved a couple of steps backwards.- the rule hasnt become a shitshow, it has been one from the start,
Can anyone actually clarify what line a player who takes a mark in their defensive half should take before they have moved off their line? Is it straight back towards the goal they are defending or lining up with their goal? or just straight? players with the ball seem to have a 10mt (or wider) span they can use before play on is called, and the player on the mark has to stand straight away so they have no idea where the player with the ball will end up.
Yeh, he lifted his arm which lifted Zorko's arm up to his neck. One that he should not have got at all. And I cannot stand Zorko but that was crap.
They barely get anything right these clowns.
Nobody can clarify it. So 1. we are unclear on what the line actually is, it seems to a mix of the above. and 2. I disagree with you 10m span call, sometimes that happens for sure, but sometimes the ump seems to call play on if the makes a slight adjustment to their grip on the ball.
But in a new policy statement from the AFL, the grey areas in the rules are a fantastic part of our game, really make you want to go to the footy, so it is literally 'all good'.
From the weekend of Footy just gone that I watched:
- Dimma teed-off on the adjudication of the HTB rule in his presser with barely contained rage.
- Voss concurred, and stated Carlton would be seeking clarification on some umpiring calls.
- Brad Johnson did a presentation on a national broadcaster clearly showing that 50m penalties, which were often for a minimal and technical infringement (ie the stand rule), were often being given as 55, 60 and 65m penalties which was the difference between a shot at goal or an easier shot, and therefore influencing games, which was unacceptable and easy to fix. (he included the Ridley one)
- The commentator for the WAFL East Perth v Subiaco game went on a long but measured and convincing rant for a crackdown on throws, in the WAFL and AFL, which was adversely impacting the game.
Perversely, I think the Sullivan not giving the ball to the ump free call was good umpiring. Number 8 made the point on another thread, Sidebottom had done a very blatant time-wasting one previously, and I've noticed slow ball returns while team mates get into posi at a stoppage creeping in to the game.
This illustrates a big part of the problem. there is no objective, systematic analysis. Just half-cocked, headline-grabbing reactions. Outrage at what is a reasonable, defensible decision, but no discussion on horrendous rules like the stand rule, or throws.
To me thats good officiating. It can and does get used as a time wasting tactic, pure gamesmanship, and all players should know you give the ball to the ump. The only thing I will say is that the ump should give a warning on something technical like that. Thats what they do in NRL and RU, ref will say 'keep it up and you'll be penalised'. (Interestingly, you could see Daicos knew it was a free straight away).
This illustrates a big part of the problem. there is no objective, systematic analysis. Just half-cocked, headline-grabbing reactions. Outrage at what is a reasonable, defensible decision, but no discussion on horrendous rules like the stand rule, or throws.
To me thats good officiating. It can and does get used as a time wasting tactic, pure gamesmanship, and all players should know you give the ball to the ump. The only thing I will say is that the ump should give a warning on something technical like that. Thats what they do in NRL and RU, ref will say 'keep it up and you'll be penalised'. (Interestingly, you could see Daicos knew it was a free straight away).
We have to do this behind the scenes, because if we say anything publicly we’ll be fined and have all and sundry say ‘look at that pack of whingers! The AFL gave them 3 flags and they’re still moaning!’
Because Benny is going to an AFL paid job. No chance he is going to ruffle the feathers of his new employer.
Nothing new - we sit last, 22 less than the second last team. Obviously due to the aggressive style Dimma implemented. Wonder where the Dimma coached Sun's sit on the free kick ladder?
