The noise of affirmation has always been a factor when we play the Eagles.

A few years ago when we were really pathetic they led us by 21 - 1 in frees at half time.

Last year, we beat WCE and the umpires who gave them 27 frees to our 16.

How about we have a closest to the pin on their stats for Sunday?

111-3

Gus’s uncle Razor Ray feels sympathy for us 20 minutes into the last quarter and begrudgingly awards us 3 consecutive frees in the back line

WA umpire Dean Margetts is very much influenced by the “ noise of affirmation”

Let’s hope we don’t have him!

  On 13/08/2018 at 06:31, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

WA umpire Dean Margetts is very much influenced by the “ noise of affirmation”

Let’s hope we don’t have him!

Wasn't there a WA umpire that was banned a couple of years back? Maybe @McQueen can remember?

I anticipate another bout of crowd sourced decision making. 

Edited August 13, 20186 yr by Demonised
Felicity

  On 13/08/2018 at 06:35, MSFebey said:

Wasn't there a WA umpire that was banned a couple of years back? Maybe @McQueen can remember?

Can’t help you mate.

  On 13/08/2018 at 06:54, Demonised said:

I anticipate another bout of crowd sourced decision making. 

I shall be doing my best to offset this.

  On 13/08/2018 at 06:35, MSFebey said:

Wasn't there a WA umpire that was banned a couple of years back? Maybe @McQueen can remember?

There was an unofficial ban up until recently, it was lifted for the derby. 

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/thewest.com.au/sport/afl/unofficial-ban-lifted-as-wa-umpires-return-to-perth-for-western-derby-ng-b88913681z.amp

Edited August 13, 20186 yr by Ethan Tremblay

  On 13/08/2018 at 07:04, Ethan Tremblay said:

There was an unofficial ban up until recently, it was lifted for the derby. 

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/thewest.com.au/sport/afl/unofficial-ban-lifted-as-wa-umpires-return-to-perth-for-western-derby-ng-b88913681z.amp

Thanks ET, I forget you are in the wild west. Cheers

  On 13/08/2018 at 06:35, MSFebey said:

Wasn't there a WA umpire that was banned a couple of years back?

Yes. He was caught by the WA Cultural Police, putting his Woosha poster into the recycling and his WCE scarf into the Salvos bin. And  wasn't really banned, he was waterboarded with eastern states beer and forced to confess every free kick he'd ever awarded against the Eagles.

Is this a pre-emptive ' blame the umpire ' thread ??? Suits me !  Those umpires will crucify us. Weakest umpires in the AFL. Should be umpiring in Eucla two weeks from now.

How can the AFL serve up these biased Victoria hating umpires every time we go to

Purff ???

Stick a skewer in the bastards eardrums before the game. Can never be too careful

  On 13/08/2018 at 07:22, Mazer Rackham said:

Yes. He was caught by the WA Cultural Police, putting his Woosha poster into the recycling and his WCE scarf into the Salvos bin. And  wasn't really banned, he was waterboarded with eastern states beer and forced to confess every free kick he'd ever awarded against the Eagles.

Could've been worse I suppose, could have been waterboarded with West End Draught 

  On 13/08/2018 at 07:00, McQueen said:

I shall be doing my best to offset this.

Where's the Rifleman?

So, we will have to prove that we are a 6 goal (or given our profligate record a 4 goal 12 behind or 3.18) better team than Weagles 

Edited August 13, 20186 yr by monoccular

I'm sure we'll kick something perfectly reasonable, say... 10.35?

Which, knowing the MFC's putrid form against half-decent opposition, means a 3 point loss.

Umpiring gives West Coast a 4 to 5 goal head start in Perth, and we finally proved on Sunday (if proof was needed) that we are pi**weak when it really matters, and the joke club of the AFL. Umpires feed on perceived weakness, just like good clubs do. Not that it makes a difference, but I think Sunday might get ugly. Free kicks will ratio 5:3 to them. 

  On 14/08/2018 at 00:14, Webber said:

Umpiring gives West Coast a 4 to 5 goal head start in Perth, and we finally proved on Sunday (if proof was needed) that we are pi**weak when it really matters, and the joke club of the AFL. Umpires feed on perceived weakness, just like good clubs do. Not that it makes a difference, but I think Sunday might get ugly. Free kicks will ratio 5:3 to them. 

I'd take that, can't see it being that even.

Same umpire as the gold coast match I think. That was the first time I've been to the MCG this year when the umpiring didn't completely ruin at least a quarter of footy for us, might not be as bad as you all think.

...could have had more to do with the competition that day though.

i guess we should just accept a 5 goal head start to West Coast because of corrupt umpiring. 

These guys any good for Sunday?

9 Matt Stevic

16 Brendan Hosking

17 Justin Schmitt 

 

  On 16/08/2018 at 23:48, Dee Zephyr said:

These guys any good for Sunday?

9 Matt Stevic

16 Brendan Hosking

17 Justin Schmitt 

 

Edited August 16, 20186 yr by ManDee

the thing I don't get is Freo get little or no advantage from the umps over there.  Do WC fans cheer louder?

the stats shown a few weeks ago were an absolute disgrace and the media seems to accept the umps would be influenced by fans cheering?!?  what is going on, is this professional sport?  call what you see.  why don't the Tiges have this advantage with 70K at the G each week?

blatent cheating

Free kicks v WCE in recent years at WA, favoring WCE

2017--- 27-16

2016--- 22-19

 

  On 16/08/2018 at 23:56, DubDee said:

the stats shown a few weeks ago were an absolute disgrace and the media seems to accept the umps would be influenced by fans cheering?!?  what is going on, is this professional sport?

The AFL have lost control of the refereeing, the penalty/tribunal system, and of the rules themselves. And they either don't realise it, or they don't care.