I just don't get it.

[westdog54]

Just watched a replay of Mitch Wallis' overturned goal from yesterday.

Officiating on the field is difficult in any sport, let alone a game like ours. So when such a baffling is made inside a booth, with the benefit of replays to assist, we could be forgiven for asking what the hell is going on.

When a decision can be overturned on those replays there is something seriously wrong.

I don't understand it at all.

[The Underdog]

Re: I just don't get it.

Just watched a replay of Mitch Wallis' overturned goal from yesterday.

Officiating on the field is difficult in any sport, let alone a game like ours. So when such a baffling is made inside a booth, with the benefit of replays to assist, we could be forgiven for asking what the hell is going on.

When a decision can be overturned on those replays there is something seriously wrong.

I don't understand it at all.

The AFL wanted to be seen to be proactive on an issue that wasn't really an issue. Instead of spending time researching the best way to bring in a review system, they instead rushed in in the middle of a season using whatever half arsed camera shots they had from broadcasters. They messed it up. The system doesn't work and should be scrapped. Let the umpire make the call and live with it.

[LostDoggy]

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Join the club. Not to be to Bulldog-centric, but Bonts' touched last week that was surely fully over the line. Middle finger was bent back at right angles and i'm sure it wasn't a salute to the officiators.

It's the field umpires that are constantly undermining the goal umpires on this ruling. And to add - there must be reviews of the footage that only the goal review person is seeing, because nobody in their right mind could conclusively say Wallis' goal was touched before it crossed.

[Mofra]

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I thought it was a safe goal, ball bounced up so no touch. Still mystified.

[LostDoggy]

Re: I just don't get it.

Agree with everyone on this.

That said, still not sure why Wallis chose to dribble it instead kicking a drop punt. He was 30m out running into goal with no pressure.

[LostDoggy]

Re: I just don't get it.

Agree with everyone on this.

That said, still not sure why Wallis chose to dribble it instead kicking a drop punt. He was 30m out running into goal with no pressure.

See the Murdoch kick as to why he might have

[LostDoggy]

Re: I just don't get it.

See the Murdoch kick as to why he might have

Fair call - my bad. Definitely something the club should concentrate on next pre season

[Mantis]

Re: I just don't get it.

I thought it was a safe goal, ball bounced up so no touch. Still mystified.

The footage from the goal umpire's 'head-cam' showed that Lonergan's hand was under the ball as it passed the line, but did not show conclusively that he touched the ball.. The camera showing the ball travelling towards the goal line clearly showed the ball was in the air as Lonergan's hand reached the ball.

It was a shocking decision, but Mitch's kick allowed for this decision to be questioned when he showed have slammed it home.. But why should this kick be any different to the rest?

[always right]

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I thought it was an intelligent kick as he concentrated on getting it on line, expecting it to slide through in those conditions...just as Murdoch's did later on.

Perhaps the problem is that Wallis' kicking tends to lack penetration which may have explained how the ball sat up more than you would have expected.

[Murphy'sLore]

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It was a disgraceful decision. The goal umpire should only be over-ruled if there is clear evidence that he/she has made a glaring error. In this case, there was no such evidence. Chelsea was in the best possible position to make the call, and she made it, and it should have stood. Am I right in thinking that the field umpire called for the review? Why?? This makes my blood boil!

[Sedat]

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Wretched system in general, and a wretched adjudication yesterday. Classic AFL policy on the run with no shred of fore-thought or research done into it.

[Hotdog60]

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It wouldn't surprize me if it has all been at the beckoning of the broadcasters for that touch of intrigue. I have no other means of seeing the Dogs play but on Fox but TV has ruined a once great game.

[Eastdog]

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I reckon that was a goal to us. Did not like that decision at all.

[always right]

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Chelsea told the field umpire that she thought it was a goal but wanted to check to see if it was touched. The replay was inconclusive....the goal should have stood.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: I just don't get it.

Chelsea told the field umpire that she thought it was a goal but wanted to check to see if it was touched. The replay was inconclusive....the goal should have stood.

Spot on. No one could possibly draw a conclusion based on the video - shocking rule, shocking decision yesterday and surely the AFL will admit they got this one wrong (yeah right...)