Absolutely. Would not have made any difference to the result, but the umpiring was just appalling.It's no excuse for our feeble effort but where Hawthorn got their free kicks in front of goal really hurt us last night. The Wingard decsion the worst of them but they were sure red hot on any holding by our backs.
Counter that that most of our frees were in the back half of the ground.
There's been a lot of blocking going on off the ball against our forwards the past couple of games , to prevent their run at the ball that just hasn't been picked up by the umps. Our key talls have to be nearly murdered to win a free.
Again not an excuse for our poor performance but frustrating none the less.
SO many free kicks, in a shortened version of the game. But without any consistency. Some of those frees that Gunston got are ignored when it happens to Lynch or Jack.
And the deliberate, then the Wingard holding the man almost had me starting a GoFundMe page for a new Panasonic.