Be a good idea for us to send a video of the Saints and Eagles game to the umps to show how many times Zak Jones is holding Tim Kelly
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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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That's the way it used to be JK but the Dunder Heads at the AFL fiddled with it. (Again they stuffed things up)
I'm not into conspiracy theories (let's not mention the 9/11 thread 
) but I would hope questions are asked when an Ump pays frees only to one side over 4 quarters of football. Just statistically that seems to invite scrutiny. On Sydney; they haven't been traditional darlings, they have been close (relatively) to us for frees against over the last 5 years IIRC.
) but I would hope questions are asked when an Ump pays frees only to one side over 4 quarters of football. Just statistically that seems to invite scrutiny. On Sydney; they haven't been traditional darlings, they have been close (relatively) to us for frees against over the last 5 years IIRC.
I waiting for a class action against either the betting companies, the umpires or the AFL from a disgruntled punter who’d did his money courtesy of the blind cheats
I posted on the other games site.....a Saints player was given a free for "" having to take evasive action ".
Is there any such rule ?
I doubt it.
The umpire just made one up on the spot.
If I am right, this is very troubling. Unheard of in any sport and it would confirm the umpires
have a free hand to adjudicate as they see fit.
This is a situation ripe for corruption.
Is there any such rule ?
I doubt it.
The umpire just made one up on the spot.
If I am right, this is very troubling. Unheard of in any sport and it would confirm the umpires
have a free hand to adjudicate as they see fit.
This is a situation ripe for corruption.
Watched bits an pieces of a few games this year with no emotional or financial attachment, the variety in interpretation is ridiculous, *smile* if I know how to get any umpiring consistency in this game , is just way to open to interpretation
That's 4 games now that the result has been directly influenced by poor umpiring. It's only round 4!
Geelong v Brisbane. Geelong V hawthorn. Essendon V Sydney and Port V Richmond.
They were incredibly poor against Sydney also, but so were we. Didn't change the result.
The standard of umpiring has never been worse, but not a word from AFL Media and zero consequences for umpiring displays like we saw from Deboy or O Gorman. No accountability whatsoever.
Multiple posters on here correctly predicted days ago that we'd get reamed in Adelaide and that Curtis DeBoy would kill us. That's not a good look for the integrity of the AFL. Even worse when specific umpires are linked to very biased performances against some teams.
Well done SHocking, Malcolm blight, Dan Richardson and the spineless AFL commission. You've made footy impossible to umpire and it's frustrating the hell out of coaches, players and especially fans.
Geelong v Brisbane. Geelong V hawthorn. Essendon V Sydney and Port V Richmond.
They were incredibly poor against Sydney also, but so were we. Didn't change the result.
The standard of umpiring has never been worse, but not a word from AFL Media and zero consequences for umpiring displays like we saw from Deboy or O Gorman. No accountability whatsoever.
Multiple posters on here correctly predicted days ago that we'd get reamed in Adelaide and that Curtis DeBoy would kill us. That's not a good look for the integrity of the AFL. Even worse when specific umpires are linked to very biased performances against some teams.
Well done SHocking, Malcolm blight, Dan Richardson and the spineless AFL commission. You've made footy impossible to umpire and it's frustrating the hell out of coaches, players and especially fans.
I also want to know how three Swans players get nominated for the RS three weeks in a row.I'm not into conspiracy theories (let's not mention the 9/11 thread
I assume Brad Johnson is still on the nominations committee? You know the bloke who openly admits he doesn’t actually watch all of the games?
AFL will never acknowledge that, so they’ll keep messing around with the rules to try and fix non existent problems. Which actually makes the umpires job even more difficult.
Holding the dropping, dropping the ball, incorrect disposal, the fundamentals of the game are no longer applied. Start paying these and then watch the game turn back to normal. They are just causing more problems but letting them go and causing more numbers around the ball making it even harder to umpire
Three times as many maggots crawling all over the game but they can't find half the free kicks that one maggot used to find. *smile* mental midgets can sure as hell shout instructions, prance n waggle like never before though.
I don’t buy into umpires been cheats , some have bigger egos then others and love the roar of the crowd , an no doubt it’s human nature to react to the crowd at one sided crowds. However as I’ve said at adnauseum our rules are to open to interpretation, no other sport in the world makes it so hard for the officials , the big issue for me is the constant tweaks in the rules and constant adding of more grey areas. Now I’m not smart enough to have the answers, however I think we need a major overhaul of the rules, not so much change the great game, just make it much more black and white and easier to officiate , a less is more approach .
Every year people say the umpiring is worst then ever, been hearing it as long as I remember, we have to remember that 20 years ago we had less games, less umpires meaning we had the best 10 or so umps , now we have the best 30 odd , meaning the standard has to go down , again let’s make it easier for them, less interpretation. The frustration with fans is the inconsistency that we get with each decision, yes most they get technically correct, however same incident a minute later is paid a different way and again technically correct again.
SHocking is obviously the biggest problem with this in recent times , however if he trully wants to make the game better, strip it back and keep it simple .
Yesterday was out watching the young bloke play in a pretty ordinary standard of footy, they had a big 120 keg retired full back umpiring and he basically didn’t leave the centre square, however was excellent , kept it simple , when a bloke swore at him , bang 50 metre penalty, yes game was very slow standard , but he simply didn’t get over technical, just paid the obvious and both team were very happy with the way it was umpired.
p.S, protect the ball player and pull up the scragging tagger , people go to the footy to watch the stars , you want better high skilled footy , protect the players been obviously held
Every year people say the umpiring is worst then ever, been hearing it as long as I remember, we have to remember that 20 years ago we had less games, less umpires meaning we had the best 10 or so umps , now we have the best 30 odd , meaning the standard has to go down , again let’s make it easier for them, less interpretation. The frustration with fans is the inconsistency that we get with each decision, yes most they get technically correct, however same incident a minute later is paid a different way and again technically correct again.
SHocking is obviously the biggest problem with this in recent times , however if he trully wants to make the game better, strip it back and keep it simple .
Yesterday was out watching the young bloke play in a pretty ordinary standard of footy, they had a big 120 keg retired full back umpiring and he basically didn’t leave the centre square, however was excellent , kept it simple , when a bloke swore at him , bang 50 metre penalty, yes game was very slow standard , but he simply didn’t get over technical, just paid the obvious and both team were very happy with the way it was umpired.
p.S, protect the ball player and pull up the scragging tagger , people go to the footy to watch the stars , you want better high skilled footy , protect the players been obviously held
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