Umps

[AndrewP6]

For those who defend the monkeys, and say they never abuse players, just listening to the replay from tonights game, on 3/4 time when they disallowed the last kick, Ray Chamberlain could clearly be heard telling a Tigers player to "get your hearing checked, Daniel"....

Will he be subject to scrutiny? Will he be admonished? No, of course not, he's one of the precious ones... my disdain for them grows and grows...

[bulldogtragic]

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I don't see the issue myself. At all. What is the issue?

[AndrewP6]

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I don't see the issue myself. At all. What is the issue?

The issue is people are always going on about how we must respect the umpires, not criticise them publicly, not go near them etc. Yet it seems the same rules don't apply to them. They are free to make smart arse comments to players, and they (players) are just supposed to cop it. If a player made that sort of remark to an ump, he'd be fined (at least) It's a double standard - and greatly irritates me.

[mighty_west]

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I don't have a problem with the umps giving it back to the players, should be like the old days of both umps & players giving as much as they recieve, then have a drink after the game.

[AndrewP6]

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I don't have a problem with the umps giving it back to the players, should be like the old days of both umps & players giving as much as they recieve, then have a drink after the game.

If it was give and take, then all good...but you can't so much as breathe on an ump these days before the penalty comes to you.

[bulldogtragic]

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I don't have a problem with the umps giving it back to the players, should be like the old days of both umps & players giving as much as they recieve, then have a drink after the game.

I agree. Get rid of the microphones.

I used to just tell players to 'get a kick' when they abused me. I have no issue at all with what was said, it is the over-officious umpires that pay 50 when Johno points at his eyes.

That's an issue with poor decision making by a few, not these fairly tame comments.

[AndrewP6]

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Doing something I rarely do tonight, watching a non-Bulldogs game. I wish the umps would stop saying "C'mon, get up" to players after a bounce is called. If one of them is deemed to be deliberately holding play up, pay a penalty. Can't wait to hear one of the players say "Get out of the bloody way!" or something similar... and wait for the uproar.

[bulldogtragic]

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Today's 50 was the worst 50m penalty i think i've ever seen paid - which then led to a goal. Not the reason for the loss at all, but worst 50m i can think of.

[AndrewP6]

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Today's 50 was the worst 50m penalty i think i've ever seen paid - which then led to a goal. Not the reason for the loss at all, but worst 50m i can think of.

Do you know what it was for?

[bulldogtragic]

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Do you know what it was for?

No.

I can't recall the doggies player, but he bumped bodies in a marking contest where the ball was still 'live'.

That umpire should be dropped.

[AndrewP6]

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No.

I can't recall the doggies player, but he bumped bodies in a marking contest where the ball was still 'live'.

That umpire should be dropped.

Yeah, I remember it now..

[azabob]

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No.

I can't recall the doggies player, but he bumped bodies in a marking contest where the ball was still 'live'.

That umpire should be dropped.

It was Gilbee.

[Missing-Dog]

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Do you know what it was for?

Looked like a bit of backchat to the ump from where i sat

[westdog54]

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Looked like a bit of backchat to the ump from where i sat

Definitely not. Paid the 50 as soon as contact was made. Gilbee didn't even get a chance to talk to him. The most Gilbs had any time for was to just stare in utter disbelief.

[Mofra]

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Umpires cop far more abuse than they dish out, so no issue for mine. They're human after all.