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Re: Free Kick count?
Originally Posted by
Raw Toast
On a related side-note, it's ridiculous that umpiring hasn't been made a full-time job. As well as our hearts and souls, a huge amount of $ is at stake.
Giving umpires more time to prepare for all facets of the game (fitness, positioning, film work, analysis, team-work etc) would surely help bring some more accuracy and consistency to what is a very hard task.
It's a very good point.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Re: Free Kick count?
Originally Posted by
Raw Toast
On a related side-note, it's ridiculous that umpiring hasn't been made a full-time job. As well as our hearts and souls, a huge amount of $ is at stake.
Giving umpires more time to prepare for all facets of the game (fitness, positioning, film work, analysis, team-work etc) would surely help bring some more accuracy and consistency to what is a very hard task.
Reading this, I started wondering if any of them are full time, which led to me googling them, which led to this salty little find on Wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Meredith_(umpire)
Comedy gold.
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Re: Free Kick count?
Originally Posted by
NoseBleed
Very funny.
Swans, if you could only kick straight you’d be joining us the prelude to the big dance. Good kicking is good footy guys.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus