Quote Originally Posted by Dancin' Douggy View Post
1. There is a different set off rules for the Orange filth. They played nasty, dirty, filthy vicious footy.
The umpires allowed them to get away with murder. The constant extra slams into the turf. The constant extra chokes to the necks of players lying down at stoppages. The extra forearm hits into the body and face of players being held down by two or 3 people over and over again at every stoppage.

Kicks, knees, punches etc. All went unpunished.

I predicted the Scum would overdo the fireworks. AND THEY DID!
But the umpires let them. No other final I saw over the weekend had that amount of utter nastiness.
The umpires could have sorted things out right from the start with some reversed decisions and 50's.
But they allowed it to fester.
Yes. 100% agree. The umpiring set the tone. There was a moment I knew we’d lost - was second qtr I think, Bailey Smith pulled out of diving for the ball and I thought “that’s it, they’re in our head”