Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Let's face it, unless the umpires blow their whistle and say 'free kick Richmond' all night this thread will decribe the umpiring as a disgrace.

It's a paroichial sport, that's the way it should be on a supporter forum. We can concede they got a few right if we happen to have an easy win.

12 Andrew Stephens
15 Matthew Nicholls
32 Jacob Mollison

#12 is a weedy critter without the confidence to control games. Veteran players have been taking the p!ss.

 

[zippadeee]

They were fantastic the tonight.
We got free kicks I’ve never seen us ever get, holding the man and in the back.
It was top shelf.
Tell the AFL to keep Chamberlain, Fisher, Margetts, Deboy and Stevic away

 

[TigerForce]

They were fantastic the tonight.
We got free kicks I’ve never seen us ever get, holding the man and in the back.
It was top shelf.
Tell the AFL to keep Chamberlain, Fisher, Margetts, Deboy and Stevic away

Agree. Chokers still won but 19-16 is much fairer.

 

[tigermouseau]

How hard is it to have the umpires dress in colours that are NOT the same as the co,pelting teams. Red or blue would have been good, but again the6 are in yellow and black. It really isn’t that difficult.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Ominous start but I was pleasantly surprised for the first time in ages.

 

[tigersnake]

feels weird, but they were tops. Even got a dodgey ruck free in front of goal. AND Even got a happens-20-times-a-game-but-never-paid throw free. And against Collingwood!

 

[DavidSSS]

I actually saw a Collingwood player concede a free kick for throwing, almost worth the price of admission.

They were ok tonight, didn't overly influence the game (except maybe the first few minutes) and I like it when umpires have little or no influence.

DS

 

[RoarEmotion]

Wtf happened tonight. We lost free kick count by three vs Collingwood. Awesome result.

 

[Mr Brightside]

I reckon a good way to judge the umpiring is if you know what’s going to be paid , wether you like it or not when you hear the whistle, usually means we all saw the same thing, however when , like the ruck infringements your waiting on the call like a dodgy goal review , chances are it’s a bit of guess work

 

[TigerMasochist]

First few minutes of the game I thought the maggots were gunna slaughter us.
Need to watch the replay over the weekend, but once the game settled I had no reason to complain too much, always a pleasure to hear the Colonwood fans complaining three times as loudly and often as us. Still hate the stupid garbage where the player who wins the strength battle in a ruck contest then gets pinged coz the other bloke fell over. Also hate the plucking of the insignificant infringements when the players have been mauling crap out of one another for ten minutes with no calls made.

 

[tommystigers]

For the most part they weren’t noticed. Which is the way it should be. And no stupid conversations - no telling the players to behave or warning them not to act in a certain way. Chamberlain should take notice.

 

[zippadeee]

We must’ve got 3 ‘in the backs’
We haven’t got 3 ‘ in the backs’ in one game since 1912

The Free kick of the night was the holding against Grundy. My blood pressure returned to normal,.
And I watched Soldo aka Robocop. Kick a goal against the best ruckman in the comp.
Outstanding by the umpires

 

[MD Jazz]

Amazing at the game I thought we must have doubled their frees for. It felt like we got everything we should have and perhaps more. Pies supporters were going berserk. Best umpired game of the year.

 

[tigerlove]

Makes a huge difference when they umpire well. Last time they gave Pies a quality player worth of disposals in more frees. Virtually an extra player on the ground.

 

[wayne]

Just one that REALLY annoyed me, Daicos ducked his head, the umpire right in front didn't pay it, but another umpire paid the free.

 

[JimJessTorp]

Congrats to field umpire Eleni Glouftsis and boundary umpire Dillon Tee who got engaged at the G today. In the AFL house agenda'd, chase of money over fan enjoyment of footy along with the shouts of "ball" and the righteous and often correct complaints about the quality of the officiating it is good to remember that the umpires are people too and they do what they do because they love the game. They are people too, well except perhaps Ray "costochondritis" Chamberlain, and life deals to them the same cards from the same pack that it it deals to the rest of us. All the best to Elene and Dillon for the future.

 

[Bill James]

We must’ve got 3 ‘in the backs’
We haven’t got 3 ‘ in the backs’ in one game since 1912

The Free kick of the night was the holding against Grundy. My blood pressure returned to normal,.
And I watched Soldo aka Robocop. Kick a goal against the best ruckman in the comp.
Outstanding by the umpires

Sweet given he was holding Grundy on the blind side.

 

[tigerlove]

Sweet given he was holding Grundy on the blind side.

Yep the umpiring in ruck contests is very frustrating atm, it's a lottery. Just let the tiggy touch ones go.

 

[tigertim]

This weeks top and bottom 3 of the differential free kick count (notice anything different about it?)

1: Guess who +90
2; Western Bulldogs +66
3: Adelaide + 53

16: St Kilda-40
17: Carlton-41
18: GWS - 50

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Reckon there has been a general easing of scrutiny on Richmond offences in the past fortnight. We're still losing the counts but it doesn't feel as though we're being robbed. Please let it continue.