We are being crucified

[CityDee 738]

I think it was a trial game .

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

I've followed footy and the Dees for 50 odd years. Supporters always reckon your side is getting a shitty deal from the umpires. However, we are getting a shitty deal. Why? Because umpires do not want to upset the stronger teams. This has always been the case. The Eddies of the footy world wield enormous influence which filters through all aspects of the game.

agree totally, there is always the victim 'woe is me' bias to watch out for, but tonight was deadset joke.. even the commentary team, who are anti-melbourne and pro-company-line-of-the-afl were bemused

[Robbie57 2,020]

[monoccular 17,431]

Hey...I agree we got a raw deal

BUT DOESN'T THAT MAKE THE VICTORY ALL THE SWEETER?????

Played against 29 opponents, played away, challenged at the business end....AND WON!!!!!!!!!

[Earl Hood 6,086]

I agree!

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

Hey...I agree we got a raw deal

BUT DOESN'T THAT MAKE THE VICTORY ALL THE SWEETER?????

Played against 29 opponents, played away, challenged at the business end....AND WON!!!!!!!!!

yes it makes it sweeter but if Sloane's kick had gone 50 mm left we would all be screaming bloody murder at a loss

we should make a formal complaint, it carries a lot more weight to do it when you actually won the match

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

You think we got shafted. There should be a royal commission to how the Bulldogs just got treated. Weird

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

[DemonOX 8,791]

Says it all really.

Suck in though we still won.

[Moonshadow 17,676]

Left me speechless too Robbie!

[mofo 21]

I was at the game, it's crazy but I was surrounded by crows supporters and they complained the whole game that the umpires robbed them! Guess that's Adelaide for you!

[1 red eye 1 blue eye 771]

I was at the game, it's crazy but I was surrounded by crows supporters and they complained the whole game that the umpires robbed them! Guess that's Adelaide for you!

Must've been awesome to attend a win in Adelaide. Hopefully Perth soon!

[BAMF 4,353]

I honestly didnt think it was too bad.

I knew that the crowd would sway the umpires decisons. It always does, especially in Adelaide.

That first game at Adelaide oval against Port was far worse. By a long way. Umpire Schmidt actually hugged Chad Cornes.

[Webber 10,468]

The stats show that the Perth and Adelaide teams get a free kick bonanza against interstate teams. It's an embarrassment to the AFL, particularly in light of the umps not being 'full-time' professionals like the players. I don't think today's were any worse than usual, it's just that a win was at stake, which is recently oh so rare. So just the usual 3-4 goal a game SA and WA umpire bias factor today, making the victory that much more special.

And the worst decision?........Bail's 'non-mark' I'd say.

[Redleg 40,926]

we should make a formal complaint, it carries a lot more weight to do it when you actually won the match

If you don't , you get nowhere. The top teams do all the time when they get a bad one. They use the usual, we would just like to see where things are at.

[John Crow Batty 8,863]

Why are we complaining? WE WON!

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[FireInTheBennelly 4,072]

The club needs to employ someone, possibly an ex-umpire to go through each game and put a tape together of all the [censored] calls, send it to the AFL and ask for explanations. Every game we are getting caned by umpires, so the pressure needs to be put back on them.

The other thing I'd do is instruct each player, that if you're holding the ball when an umpire wants it for a bounce or throw, put it on the ground, make them pick it up. Even tell them until they show us some respect they don't get any either. Is there any free kick rule against that?

[Chook 15,013]

The only thing better than winning is winning in spite of the umpires. It's like winning twice in the same day.

[JackVineyForPresident 310]

This was ultimately worse than the Carlton v West Coast game.

That is an achievement from the maggots

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

Why are we complaining? WE WON!

because we were a kick away from losing it and it would have been completely due to a horrible performance from the maggots

next time we go over there we might lose by 3 points instead of win and lets see how flippant you are then

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

The club needs to employ someone, possibly an ex-umpire to go through each game and put a tape together of all the [censored] calls, send it to the AFL and ask for explanations. Every game we are getting caned by umpires, so the pressure needs to be put back on them.

The other thing I'd do is instruct each player, that if you're holding the ball when an umpire wants it for a bounce or throw, put it on the ground, make them pick it up. Even tell them until they show us some respect they don't get any either. Is there any free kick rule against that?

i agree, it is there for all to see, here is an incorrect application of the rules, it nearly cost us a game, it is totally unfair, what are you, as an organization going to do to prevent it from happening again? why in the namge of god would we nt do such a sensible course of action in response to this recurring injustice

btw it is not like the crows come to the MCG to play us and the same thing happens, it is a one way street and it has been happening forever and i am sick to effing death of it

[TGR 1,367]

And the ridiculous play-on love-fest of the umps. Wayne Campbell has told them to enforce a couple of things this week which has just resulted in chaos.

[low flying Robbo 979]

absolute garbage tonight, had we lost it would have been a complete robbery

completely different set of rules for the home town boys isn't it

that's 3 weeks in a row we've had the rough end of the stick by my count

Its about 5 years by my count.....

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

And the ridiculous play-on love-fest of the umps. Wayne Campbell has told them to enforce a couple of things this week which has just resulted in chaos.

15 metres quickly became 20 metres this week too.

[Vagg 2,439]

The thing that gets my goat is the way the umpires no longer seem to penalise incorrect disposal. The number of times a player is tackled, and the ball just spills loose, with no penalty applied, is ridiculous! What happened to the "must dispose of by handball or kick" rule...???