From making NO decisions for weeks on end, the clowns start plucking them from everywhere - this continues to be a serious blight on our great game! No accountability for the clowns.

Umpires & McAvaney murdering doggies

Weird  - no wind yet definite scoring end. 

Everyone will claim that this is a wonderful fightback from the Cats, even though they've been given a heap of dodgy free kicks and simply benefited from it.  Makes you want to spew.

How dumb is Cloke. Abuses the umpire and gives Selwood a free shot at goal. It kick starts there quarter. 

What has annoyed me about holding the ball this year is when a player gets a fist on it the ump calls holding the ball but when a player is tackled and doesnt get a boot on it they let it go. Then Murph gets a dodgy free kick against him when he did get a boot to it. 

See selwood still gets his high free kicks. 

I'm completely bamboozled by the dropping of the ball rule while being tackled. Is it just not being paid anymore?

Even then, Menzel plays on... but the umpire didn't call it.  Get stuffed Geelong.

FMD he was off!

1 minute ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I'm completely bamboozled by the dropping of the ball rule while being tackled. Is it just not being paid anymore?

No

Locals paying the Umps bar tab ?

Isn't umpiring an impartial type profession? 

How the hell was that not "ball" before that goal?? 

 

Geelong are a five-man team.

Dangerfield, Selwood and three umpires.

12 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I'm completely bamboozled by the dropping of the ball rule while being tackled. Is it just not being paid anymore?

Really? It's not complicated.

 

deja vu all over again

Note for round - just drop it when tackled

Clown 22 is new, but 30 and 29 have been running around for years, imposing themselves, spoiling great games. One thing is sure however, there will be no comment from the AFL - and 22, 29 and 30 will be running around again next week. (29 was the clown who gifted Roughead the critical free and goal that iced the game against us two weeks ago.)

4 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Really? It's not complicated.

 

Well no it's not. But the umpires have a hard time applying it. 

Edited May 19, 20178 yr by Ethan Tremblay

Dangerwood were enormous. Hawkins looks heaps fitter, Taylor was great up forward, Duncan was top notch, Tuohy, Lonergan and Mackie very good in the backline.

When Cats turn up they are still a very, very good side.

Dogs are playing patchy footy.

Dropping the ball used to be the number one sin in footy. 

It was just not done. 

Now it seems to be the first reaction....

Shut the [censored] up Danger you [censored].

9 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Dangerwood were enormous.

That's all that matters.  They both had huge last quarters, but without them the Cats are distinctly average and they play fair weather footy.

Geelong are easily bottom 6 without Dangerfield and Selwood, possibly even lower. It'll be good when Hawkins, Selwood and Dangerfield retire in a couple of years. They'll be hopeless. Their kids coming through would have to be the weakest in the league.

Edited May 19, 20178 yr by A F

8 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Dangerwood were enormous. Hawkins looks heaps fitter, Taylor was great up forward, Duncan was top notch, Tuohy, Lonergan and Mackie very good in the backline.

When Cats turn up they are still a very, very good side.

Dogs are playing patchy footy.

Dogs footy relies on rugby scrum like pressure

Nothing against the Dogs but I would hate to see it become the norm

43 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

How dumb is Cloke. Abuses the umpire and gives Selwood a free shot at goal. It kick starts there quarter. 

What has annoyed me about holding the ball this year is when a player gets a fist on it the ump calls holding the ball but when a player is tackled and doesnt get a boot on it they let it go. Then Murph gets a dodgy free kick against him when he did get a boot to it. 

See selwood still gets his high free kicks. 

If that is a non-rhetorical question, it should have a ? after it, so I must therefore assume it is a statement of the obvious. 

42 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I'm completely bamboozled by the dropping of the ball rule while being tackled. Is it just not being paid anymore?

Unless you are Murphy (at Kardinia Park) and actually kick it. 

37 minutes ago, Monocology said:

Isn't umpiring an impartial type profession? 

Nope. Huge home ground advantage at all the non MCG / Doglands venues. 

 

Edited May 19, 20178 yr by monoccular

5 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Dogs are playing patchy footy.

Dogs have got their premiership, they can wait another 50+ years for another one! 

I haven't watched a single minute of this game but sounds to me like Geelong are ticking along without really showing much to terrify the competition. I wish we were playing them again this year, maybe we will!