Game Day - R16 Western Bulldogs V Essendon

[azabob]

Re: Game Day - R16 Western Bulldogs V Essendon

Grant was nothing special but provides something we don't have. Dickson was a non event. Worst game I've seen Adison play....hands of clay today.

@westernbulldogs: McCartney: To be brutally honest we've been waiting for consistency in Jarrad Grant's game before we brought him in. He was very good today.

[ledge]

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I hope the club put in a complaint about the umpiring today, really did my head in and it all seemed essendons way, if it went in their forward line it seemed like they were given a free kick if they didn't kick a goal, absolutely disgusting, if ever I saw umpires favouring a team it was today.

[bulldogtragic]

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@westernbulldogs: McCartney: To be brutally honest we've been waiting for consistency in Jarrad Grant's game before we brought him in. He was very good today.

My thoughts too.

[GVGjr]

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@westernbulldogs: McCartney: To be brutally honest we've been waiting for consistency in Jarrad Grant's game before we brought him in. He was very good today.

Good to hear the coach insisting on players with a history of issues around intensity levels meeting the required standards rather than just being gifted games.

[Eastdog]

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Just got back from the game. I thought our effort today was very good and we made a contest of it. Bad luck to Clay with that serious knee injury that will keep him out for a year.

[GVGjr]

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Just got back from the game. I thought our effort today was very good and we made a contest of it. Bad luck to Clay with that serious knee injury that will keep him out for a year.

Did you take the tram? I've been home for a while now.

[Eastdog]

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Did you take the tram? I've been home for a while now.

Took the train in today GVG. There were a few Dogs fans on there but not many.

[Bornadog]

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@westernbulldogs: McCartney: To be brutally honest we've been waiting for consistency in Jarrad Grant's game before we brought him in. He was very good today.

Played a great game today, taking 5 marks, 19 disposals, 4 inside 50's a goal plus dished off a few resulting in goals.

Note to Macca: How about not having double standards and gifting players games when they are not consistent, eg, Dickson, Addison, Cordy.

[LostDoggy]

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Not bad, not great, there were a few lazy Essendon players that let us off the hook, but a few bad decisions and bounces of the ball went against us. But that's footy.

[GVGjr]

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I feel really bad for Smith. He had taken some massive steps this year and really proved to his doubters that he belongs in this side.

Johannisen last week and now Smith. It's just a real shame that their development is stalled by injuries.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Pathetic umpiring - that non-advantage call changed the game. That umpire shouldn't have a job next week. Hrovat also got hard done by the "play on" call earlier in the game when he out marked Hibberd.

I thought it was close to our best performance of the year after the first 20 minutes or so. We made mistakes, but they were typically the right kind of mistakes, because we took them on.

Libba was incredible and I was very impressed by Hrovat. Surely wins a nomination?

[Dry Rot]

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We lost that game with our crap first quarter, but...

I rarely cry and whinge about umpires and think objectively that usually the rub of the green sees things being equal, but today! WTF?

A number of decisions by both field and boundary umpires were just plain wrong, and all went against us.

I'm pretty pissed off, but the performances of the Rat and Libba are some compensation.

And how composed was Hunter?

[Hotdog60]

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I haven't posted on here for a long time, but I thought it worth while explaining what happened today.

Do not blame the umpire, blame the rule, and that rule is, when a non controlling umpire pays a free kick, then advantage can not be paid.

The mid zone umpire (who was in control of the play) did not pay the free, why he didn't pay it, I don't know. The end zone umpire (who was one of the 2 non controlling umpires at the time) paid the free kick and although he signalled advantage, he was incorrect to do so. The mid zone umpire rightfully stopped the play as the rules clearly state there can not be advantage paid when the free kick is paid by non controlling umpire.

Thanks Aker39, I was at a loss to why it was called back. So now the controlling umpire needs to go to OPSM.

[SonofScray]

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We lost that game with our crap first quarter, but...

I rarely cry and whinge about umpires and think objectively that usually the rub of the green sees things being equal, but today! WTF?

We didn't handle some of those decisions well, I know its not passé to claim we were hard done by, but honestly we got dudded today. I would have liked to see Dalhaus slot the goal just after the ludicrous non call on the advantage. But we fluffed it and the score opened up a bit.

I can think of 5 decisions that just defy the laws of the game and logic and each of them disadvantaged us. To the credit of our effort, I feel like today wasn't a level playing field. Its not often we can walk away understanding the result hinged on a few plays and calls. We were right in the thick of it.

I'm filthy, yet pleased with what we've brought to the table.

[1eyedog]

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I haven't posted on here for a long time, but I thought it worth while explaining what happened today.

Do not blame the umpire, blame the rule, and that rule is, when a non controlling umpire pays a free kick, then advantage can not be paid.

The mid zone umpire (who was in control of the play) did not pay the free, why he didn't pay it, I don't know. The end zone umpire (who was one of the 2 non controlling umpires at the time) paid the free kick and although he signalled advantage, he was incorrect to do so. The mid zone umpire rightfully stopped the play as the rules clearly state there can not be advantage paid when the free kick is paid by non controlling umpire.

Yes thanks for clarifying. I was incredulous as I didn't understand why it was called back.