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NAB CUP 1: NORTH MELBOURNE AND RICHMOND

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I know it's only nab cup but geez these umpires are really poor

Are they what. Shockingly bad.

 

Are we playing two different lists for these games?


 

Umpiring has been terrible - so many very very soft and techincal free kicks which ruin the play

just let the boys play


Jeesus was are way off the mark. Dno why people are whinging abt umpiring, its part of the game and we need to learn to work with it.

Gees we looked alright against north but ordinary against the tiges... clangers/poor disposal, etc

Gees we looked alright against north but ordinary against the tiges... clangers/poor disposal, etc

It's frustrating when they pay free kicks they don't need to pay - maybe i've been listening to Sam Newman too long

It's about the players not the umpires


plus on top of that they are rookie umpiers

so there were some poor decisions i thought - no harm done as it's fake footy

And why waste the time with the score review???

It's about the players not the umpires

This sums it up for me. It's almost as though they think they're the stars of the show.


God lost first game, losing 2nd, players hurting ankles and supporters whinging about umpires already.

Gonna be a long season.

Doesn't look good but all sides playing 2nd straight up have struggled plus it's a hot night so I won't write too much into it.

 

Seems to me that we are still hurting ourselves when we try to move the ball through half forward. From the sound of it we are rebounding from the backline, turning the ball over at HF and then being hit on the rebound in turn. Their midfield is moving the ball more quickly and delivering to their forwards better.

God lost first game, losing 2nd, players hurting ankles and supporters whinging about umpires already.

Gonna be a long season.

Haha yes I am blaming the umpires for the scores - i thought this was a discussion about the game - My observatoin is the umpires feel they need to get involved in the game and pay every small indescretion

Obviously you rate over officiating


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