The Lake 'Free' and Other 'Frees'

[Mantis]

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It was too, wasn't it.

Johnno was really playing a skipper's knock there.

Yep, I am a sadist and watch the game again last night.

I was hoping the result would change if I watched it over.. Sadly I was mistaken.

[Sedat]

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As many as 6 of their goals where a direct/ indirect result of poor/ questionable umpiring decisions.

Try not to think about it - it will do your head in.

[comrade]

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Yep, I am a sadist and watch the game again last night.

I was hoping the result would change if I watched it over.. Sadly I was mistaken.

Masochist.

[Desipura]

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Yep, I am a sadist and watch the game again last night.

I was hoping the result would change if I watched it over.. Sadly I was mistaken.

You are a brave man, along with 1997 or any other prelim, I refuse to watch it.

[The Coon Dog]

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Masochist.

****en idiot if you ask me!

[Sockeye Salmon]

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I wonder if Ray Chamberlain being vertically challenged hinders his ability to see the play? You hear of umpires being on the wrong side when they have not paid a decision, well he has more than one thing that can obstruct his view of the game.

OWAAT had a segment last night on our dubious decisions.

The Lake one was McInerney
The Shaggy one was Chamberlain
The Hudson one was Chamberlain
The Ward one was Chamberlain
The Aker one was McInerney

Razor Ray made more mistakes than McInerney.


PS. The AFL have come out and defended the Lake decision. I haven't heard them come out and defend the Hargrave/Hudson/Ward ones.

[Mantis]

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OWAAT had a segment last night on our dubious decisions.

The Lake one was McInerney
The Shaggy one was Chamberlain
The Hudson one was Chamberlain
The Ward one was Chamberlain
The Aker one was McInerney

Razor Ray made more mistakes than McInerney.

PS. The AFL have come out and defended the Lake decision. I haven't heard them come out and defend the Hargrave/Hudson/Ward ones.

The Ward one was a stinker.

In the same qtr Baker had his hands free about 25m out from our goals and refused to handball and was dragged down in a tackle... The umpire wrongly gave him the benefit of the doubt only due to where the incident occured.

[Missing Dog]

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OWAAT had a segment last night on our dubious decisions.

The Lake one was McInerney
The Shaggy one was Chamberlain
The Hudson one was Chamberlain
The Ward one was Chamberlain
The Aker one was McInerney

Razor Ray made more mistakes than McInerney.


PS. The AFL have come out and defended the Lake decision. I haven't heard them come out and defend the Hargrave/Hudson/Ward ones.

WRONG

The Shaggy one was McInerney
The Hudson one was McBurney

The other decision that has been glossed over by the media is the free kicked paid to the bulldogs in St Kilda forward line when the ball was on the wing. This was also the error of McInerney.

The AFL has not made comment on those decisions because they are indefensible.

If they have any chance of defending a decision, they will. They used the letter sent a few weeks ago as their defence for Reiwoldt decision. The have no excuse for the others. I know that even the other umpires think it was a wrong decision.

And finally, McInerney started the finals in the top 3. He finished in 6th spot.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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WRONG

The Shaggy one was McInerney
The Hudson one was McBurney

The other decision that has been glossed over by the media is the free kicked paid to the bulldogs in St Kilda forward line when the ball was on the wing. This was also the error of McInerney.

The AFL has not made comment on those decisions because they are indefensible.

If they have any chance of defending a decision, they will. They used the letter sent a few weeks ago as their defence for Reiwoldt decision. The have no excuse for the others. I know that even the other umpires think it was a wrong decision.

And finally, McInerney started the finals in the top 3. He finished in 6th spot.

Thanks for that.

I was replaying the footage last night and trying to make out the umpires at the time. McBurney and Chamberlain look siimilar enough that I needed to see the numbers which wasn't always clear.

[Missing Dog]

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I was replaying the footage last night and trying to make out the umpires at the time. McBurney and Chamberlain look siimilar enough that I needed to see the numbers which wasn't always clear.

I actually watched the game again on Friday night, well not all of it, I just fast forward to all of the controversial decisions.

I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep thinking about all those decisions.

Unfortunately all it did was confirm my thoughts when watching the game live.

They were some of the worse decisions paid.

[Bornadog]

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They used the letter sent a few weeks ago as their defence for Reiwoldt decision. .

Yeah and before the ball was bounced to start the game, the Saints players tried to push around our players, why wasn't a free given then, or the other times the same thing happened, around the ground. Or, after lake pushed Rievolt, he was man handled himself and the decision should have been turned around.

They can't defend this and they have opened up a can of worms for future games. No common sense the AFL.

[Go_Dogs]

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I have to stay away from this thread, it keeps making me mad!

[Bornadog]

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I have to stay away from this thread, it keeps making me mad!

Yeah I agree.

We need to develop a team that can win by big margins so that these things don't effect the overall result.

[Mantis]

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We need to develop a team that can win by big margins so that these things don't effect the overall result.

Watch the first qtr again and you will see a side that should have been 4 or 5 goals in front.

[Missing Dog]

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I have only just read this thread as if i read it earlier my laptopwould now be a forner laptop but I thought on the night Chamberlain was the only decent umpire and was stiff not to get a GF gig