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What are we 'Thanking the Umpires' for?

jarnott10

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titan_uranus Legend

titan_uranus   25,209

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It was poor. Corey Bowen is a terrible umpire.

Not even close to an excuse though, North were hard done by just as much as we were.

Having said that, the decision not to pay in the back to Wonna in the third quarter when we were a kick behind was a shocker and sapped some momentum. But not an excuse.

praha Legend

praha   11,253

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It was really bad. But I don't blame the umpires. The league is trying really hard to remove interpretation from certain rules and make them very clear. Now what we have is a lack of proper execution in umpiring. You have one umpire on one end calling holding the ball despite a lack of prior opportunity or an opportunity to dispose of the ball, while the other umpire on the other end does not make a call that is more inline with what we'd all expect to be holding the ball.

To me, the complicates the game.

Jaded No More Legend

Jaded No More   68,976

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I'm shocked that the umpires continue to reward Harvey for being such a diving dog.

Hard to think of an AFL player I respect less, despite him being an excellent player in general.

ucanchoose Redleg

ucanchoose   1,816

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I'm shocked that the umpires continue to reward Harvey for being such a diving dog.

Hard to think of an AFL player I respect less, despite him being an excellent player in general.

Patrick Dangerfield says hello....

Webber Redleg

Webber   10,641

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The inconsistency from game to game and umpire to umpire has never been greater than this season....e.g hands in/on the back, chopping arms in the mark, prior opportunity, correct disposal...all of the above are basically open to an interpretation which bears a striking resemblance to a raffle. It makes the game very hard to watch at times, and even when we're winning.

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It was really bad. But I don't blame the umpires. The league is trying really hard to remove interpretation from certain rules and make them very clear. Now what we have is a lack of proper execution in umpiring. You have one umpire on one end calling holding the ball despite a lack of prior opportunity or an opportunity to dispose of the ball, while the other umpire on the other end does not make a call that is more inline with what we'd all expect to be holding the ball.

To me, the complicates the game.

Mate there was an instance of this early in the third, North fwd pocket, Melb player tackles North player who has had prior opportunity, not paid, ball up. Following ball up Nev Jetta tackled by [censored] weasel Harvey, exact same scenario, same umpire, holding the ball, [censored] weasel Harvey kicks a goal. For me that is unforgiveable, the geisch will be able to justify it though.

Seems to me like Stuart Wenn is "batting so far out of his league"....famous words from the man himself

Jaded No More Legend

Jaded No More   68,976

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Patrick Dangerfield says hello....

Sorry but Dangerfield goes hard.

Forget what happened last week, it wasn't his fault that the MRP are a bunch of morons.

Dangerfield is an excellent player, with a very soft head. He doesn't dive and he doesn't cheat his way to possessions.

Harvey just hangs out the back, taking cheap shots at his tagger, and as soon as his tagger touches him he is down like he's been shot. He is a disgrace.

ucanchoose Redleg

ucanchoose   1,816

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Sorry but Dangerfield goes hard.

Forget what happened last week, it wasn't his fault that the MRP are a bunch of morons.

Dangerfield is an excellent player, with a very soft head. He doesn't dive and he doesn't cheat his way to possessions.

Harvey just hangs out the back, taking cheap shots at his tagger, and as soon as his tagger touches him he is down like he's been shot. He is a disgrace.

Disagree. Dangerfield has had lots of very soft games, where he's done nothing.

I'm a Harvey hater too though. Had enough of North games.

Jaded No More Legend

Jaded No More   68,976

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Disagree. Dangerfield has had lots of very soft games, where he's done nothing.

I'm a Harvey hater too though. Had enough of North games.

I don't care if a player is soft, that is not my problem.

I care if a player is a cheater, and a diver.

I also hate hate hate when Dunn tries to milk frees. It goes against what this game is about.

titan_uranus Legend

titan_uranus   25,209

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I'm shocked that the umpires continue to reward Harvey for being such a diving dog.

Hard to think of an AFL player I respect less, despite him being an excellent player in general.

Dunn.

Cheesy D. Pun Redleg

Cheesy D. Pun   1,765

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Posting a link like that is ridulous. Our great game would be very ordinary if it wasn't for umpires. I propose that any work mates of jarnott10 start a facebook campaign the next time he has a bad day a work. It's only fair right??

Eth Redleg

Eth   4

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Posting a link like that is ridulous. Our great game would be very ordinary if it wasn't for umpires. I propose that any work mates of jarnott10 start a facebook campaign the next time he has a bad day a work. It's only fair right??

Our game's ordinary when the umpires don't umpire. Today was a pretty good example.

Supermercado Redleg

Supermercado   2,802

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I thank them for falling for Juice's ordinary acting.

Jordie_tackles Redleg

Jordie_tackles   354

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I thank them for falling for Juice's ordinary acting.

From what a saw on the reply at the game, he copped one in the face? is that what your talking about?

Supermercado Redleg

Supermercado   2,802

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From what a saw on the reply at the game, he copped one in the face? is that what your talking about?

And played it up with the worst acting of all time. Should have had it taken off him just for that.

Mind you, when you're playing against the #1 cheat in the competition in Boomer Harvey I suppose they should cut us some slack.

Cheesy D. Pun Redleg

Cheesy D. Pun   1,765

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Our game's ordinary when the umpires don't umpire. Today was a pretty good example.

Yep, wasn't suggesting the umpiring was good today and I don't mind criticism where it's due but taking a swipe at umpires in general through a facebook campaign is pretty low and doesn't do a hell of a lot for our game.

Supermercado Redleg

Supermercado   2,802

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Facebook campaigns as a whole are a vigorous [censored]

Rogue Trident

Rogue   585

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And played it up with the worst acting of all time.

It warranted a '50'. There's nothing wrong with ensuring you get one.

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