Thought there should be one dedicated thread to umpiring and certain decisions to keep it somewhat in check.
Post away.
Thought there should be one dedicated thread to umpiring and certain decisions to keep it somewhat in check.
Post away.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
Any bad decisions didn't lose us the game, plain & simple.
They won't reverse the result. I need another 'character building' moment like a hole in the head.
I love my club. That's all I can say.
One of the questions at Eade's press conferance was about the free kick. And Eade replied do you mean the Reiwoldt free at the start of the 3rd or the Hargrave one in the second quarter.
What frustrates me is ruckman giving away free kicks at boundary throw ins or ball ups.
Last edited by azabob; 19-09-2009 at 09:49 AM. Reason: mixed the quarters up
The Hargrave free for holding the ball when he clearly kicked the ball 10 metres away made me irate! Some of the ruck frees for Gardiner against Hudson were very, very questionable.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
Yet another disgraceful performance from the overpaid trained monkeys... If Lake's shove of "Custard" Riewoldt was a free, then I'll go he. Any other game, on any other day, that's nothing... and the moron had the gall to say "it wasn't a dive". That and others certainly cost us. BIG TIME.
[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]
The riewoldt free was a disgrace. Is it me or does he get an absolute armchair ride? Umpires didn't cost us the inability to make the most of our forward entries killed us AGAIN!
WRONG.
We lost because:
- we couldn't capitalise on our opportunities in the first quarter
- we had many a non-contributor on the night
- we missed crucial goals in the fourth quarter
- Morris got beaten by Riewoldt
- our deliver into the 50 was suspect at best
ALL of which are more valid reasons than 'we were robbed, the umpires are against us, poor doggies'.
- I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -
You're entitled to your view. For what it's worth, I agree with most of your points. And I never said "poor Doggies" I actually thought Morris did OK on Custard, given he was gifted a goal, and took a long time to get going. I thought the loss was a combination of the factors you mention, and some costly, clearly wrong umpiring decisions, in a tight contest.
I never said umpires are against us, just that their performance was extremely poor at times, and in Custard's case, did actually result in a goal. Aker kicks the ball 60 metres up field, is called for deliberate out of bounds, and the Saints get the rebound. Because of the umps. The AFL might say they need protecting, I disagree.
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I agree with Andrew, Riewoldts goals were mostly unavoidable and Morris held his own IMO.