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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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A throw is not a throw if it is a genuine attempt to dispose of the ball correctly. If you try and handball and miss then it is the same as attempting a kick and missing the ball.
Some consistency here would be good too.
DS
Some consistency here would be good too.
DS
You mean like just about every other rule they are adjudicating?
Joel throwood is the master of trying to handball and missing.
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How often do the commentators call something a throw then it isn't? Not often at all, rarely I'd say.
Cannot expect the umps to pick up every single one? Of course not! Nobody is suggesting that. That is a *smile* straw man. Nobody is expecting perfection. All other things aside, the amount of obvious throws that are let go is pathetic. Just pay a few and it stops, simple.
Geez. Watching the replay and honestly the umpiring is just appallingly biased. You’re crazy if you think otherwise.
Throwing the ball ? Hah hah hah. Selwood. Short goes “He threw it mate.” Then 30 seconds later Dalhous throws it in a tackle as well. Bews then throws it under pressure a couple of minutes later as well ...and then on and on it goes...
Throwing the ball ? Hah hah hah. Selwood. Short goes “He threw it mate.” Then 30 seconds later Dalhous throws it in a tackle as well. Bews then throws it under pressure a couple of minutes later as well ...and then on and on it goes...
I think he’s the clear leader of career free kicks ?
Not watching a hell of a lot of other games , however what I do watch, the consistency in the inconsistency of umpiring decisions is a horrible look for the games, again I don’t believe there’s any dodgy *smile* going on , it’s just our rules are way to open to interpretation which also covers umpires when a mistake that wasn’t a mistake is made. All you can hope is it evens out , however it appears the rub of the green is not rubbing our way
Watching the swans v Melbourne game yesterday and I just cannot believe what the game has become. This is just not football that I enjoy watching anymore. The non decisions for holding the man, in the back, throwing the ball, blocking, high hits and the list goes on, are just unbelievable. It was like watching a free for all. SHocking was being lauded for the rule changes earlier this year. The umpires can’t even get the basics right and then they bring in these ridiculous rules. I am not inclined to get in the car, drive for two plus hours to get down to watch this garbage. AFL can’t even hang on to it’s director of umpiring - bet he walked out cos he was getting over ruled by the ever unbiased AFL.
The commentators on Friday night did mention the free kick disparity, Brayshaw in particular referenced it a few times, hopefully they continue to do it. Umpires, like players, may say they don’t read or pay attention to media, but they do. All of them in 7 also called Selwood for the throw when he was on his back.
I was totally frustrated by the game as well, it looks like *smile*. Melbourne have become better but the game is woeful. The amount of set structures in front of the ball are ruinous for the game, the amount of frees melbourne get for diving and then not afforded to Sydney is unbelievable. Argh.
Well the AFL and the media wanted to set the football free.
At the ground you could see it a mile away. Reckon throwood through it at least 3 times.
The latest one is the " intent to keep the ball in plya", obviously the AFL is getting closer to last man touching it then free kick to the oppo. North bloke m ran out of the centre, got to 70m metre out, had a ping, missed, ump called no intention. UNBELIEVEABLE. To put it in context it was like Costagna on friday night shooting and hitting the wrong side of the ball. The more they AFL want to speed up the game, the more they make it worse
And in a 20 second clip they just showed on the footy show
he gave away 3
In the first qtr?
They were throwing it non stop in the first qtr.
This would be the worse standard of umpiring ive seen in over 45 years of watching this game.
There is not one game ive watched this year that the commentators haven't commented on decisions during the game.
I hate port Adelaide and in 10 minutes of watching that shiit derby last night, Port got paid 4 free kicks to 0 and all 4 were dodgy.
And then they wonder why people aren't turning up
There is not one game ive watched this year that the commentators haven't commented on decisions during the game.
I hate port Adelaide and in 10 minutes of watching that shiit derby last night, Port got paid 4 free kicks to 0 and all 4 were dodgy.
And then they wonder why people aren't turning up
He’s leading the frees for this season at 25. Patty Cripps next with 19, Grundy 19 and Greene 18, Merrett, Wright, Goldstein on 16
Frees against has Grundy on 21, Zorko 19, Fyfe 18, Bailey 18, Marlion 17 , Atkins, Aarts 16 and Nankervis 15.
