Ernie's conspiracy of the month

[LostDoggy]

Anyone have any thoughts on if our unconventional approach in regard to tall forwards has an effect on the way we are looked at in the football world? Listening to the ABC on Friday, it gets a mention all the time. Very few in the football world think we can go far without a KP inside 50. So much so they hate be to proved wrong. It was a factor but 1 of many that could have changed the game. We were very stiff on Friday and as Eade said poor kicking not a tall forward cost us more.
Also like it or not there was more romance to the story if the Saints won. They hardly lost this season, have the pin up boy forward and have more down trodden fans then we do.

Do you think this had something to do with the way the umpires approach the game. Expecting us to fail, we got on the wrong end of some poor decisions?

[aker39]

Ernie, go and take your medication

[firstdogonthemoon]

It flies in the face of all logic, it probably even defies the laws of physics and I cannot bring myself to believe that Umpires at this level allow themselves anything other than the strictest impartiality.

So I am at a loss to explain how we ended up on the end of so many poor decisions.

Also, I would appreciate the home address of the next poster who uses the term "rub of the green" so I can go around to their house and punch one of their pets in the face.

[Before I Die]

I don't support a conspiracy theory, but i do believe one's expectations effects one's judgement. Eg. Umpires expect Ablett and Judd to break free of tackles so they are slow to bring the whistle to their lips. Similarly, umpires expect defenders to break the rules to curb Riewoldt so they are subconsciously, or consciously, on the lookout and hence likely to over react.

Perhaps umpires should be locked in sensory deprivation chambers during the week so they don't know any of the players or relative ladder positions (and because they are multi-coloured maggots )

[LostDoggy]

Its not a deep down belief of mine, its just one from left field.

[AndrewP6]

Not sure of the conspiracy theory. Just think the umpires are incompetent buffoons who deserve all the derision they get.

[azabob]

Buckley said on gameday on channel seven today that not having a key forward isn't the reason why we lost on Friday night.

[The Coon Dog]

[Twodogs]

Also, I would appreciate the home address of the next poster who uses the term "rub of the green" so I can go around to their house and punch one of their pets in the face.

Rub of the green did you say?


The chook is waiting...

[comrade]

Very nice.

I also heard that Shane McInerney is actually the Loch Ness Monster - unconfirmed, but from a good source.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Rub of the green did you say?


The chook is waiting...

How is Huddo?

[mjp]

Umpires aside, I am becoming more and more (and more and more) tired of the commentators continually talking about the size of our forwards. They dont talk about what they see - they keep going back to the 'storyline' for the game that they discussed at the production planning meeting.

Yes, Riewoldt kicked the last goal for St Kilda, and I accept he is a tall forward. They should therefore be forced to accept that he soccered the ball out of a pack to win the game - accomplished through force of will rather than size - and a 170cm midget could have executed that perfectly well.

Collingwood had Cloke and Anthony up forward, Prestigiacomo and Maxwell down back and Geelong smashed them...

[hujsh]

I don't support a conspiracy theory, but i do believe one's expectations effects one's judgement. Eg. Umpires expect Ablett and Judd to break free of tackles so they are slow to bring the whistle to their lips. Similarly, umpires expect defenders to break the rules to curb Riewoldt so they are subconsciously, or consciously, on the lookout and hence likely to over react.

In psychology expectancy is a part of our perceptual set which influences our interpretations of things like AFL matches.

[Twodogs]

How is Huddo?

Firstly she is a she thankfully. Secondly she is bloody big and she has fallen in love with the cat and follows her all over the back yard. If the cat wants a bit of peace she has ti hide in the chicken coop.

[Before I Die]

Umpires aside, I am becoming more and more (and more and more) tired of the commentators continually talking about the size of our forwards. They dont talk about what they see - they keep going back to the 'storyline' for the game that they discussed at the production planning meeting.

Yes, Riewoldt kicked the last goal for St Kilda, and I accept he is a tall forward. They should therefore be forced to accept that he soccered the ball out of a pack to win the game - accomplished through force of will rather than size - and a 170cm midget could have executed that perfectly well.

Collingwood had Cloke and Anthony up forward, Prestigiacomo and Maxwell down back and Geelong smashed them...

At the game I was listening to Triple M (the radio in the phone only picks up FM stations) and I had to turn it off because rather than hear a description of the play, all I heard was how we couldn't win without a tall forward. Taylor, Lyon and Dunstall had far too much invested in this theory to give any objective commentary.