Jump to content

Troy Pannell Retiring

—coach—
—coach—
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Posted

Umpires Troy Pannell and Justin Schmitt retiring at end of year.

Engrave the 2019 Premiership Cup and get your 2019 Demon premiership tattoos now!

Discuss what we will do without the opposition being gifted 3 goals from frees every game.

  • Quote
    • Like 4
    • Love 1
    • Haha 1
     
    4 minutes ago, —coach— said:

    Umpires Troy Pannell and Justin Schmitt retiring at end of year.

    Engrave the 2019 Premiership Cup and get your 2019 Demon premiership tattoos now!

    Discuss what we will do without the opposition being gifted 3 goals from frees every game.

    I reckon Pannell is a distant relative linked in some way to the Norm Smith curse. This is good news. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     

    What about Nicholls? Any chance he retires any chance soon? I really don’t want to have to go rogue and smash anymore kneecaps...

  • Quote
    • Like 5
    • Haha 1

    No surprise as he has been battling injury all year. The umps are an ageing lot and a few week ago as many as 20% of the group were injured. They certainly don't like the bounce.

  • Quote

    Personally, I think we should be more respectful of the umpires, particularly when they're announcing their retirements. I get frustrated, too, with the decisions at times, but I don't think for one minute they're biased in any way. And it must be an almost impossible game to umpire.

    So, good luck to Troy and Justin and thanks for your service.

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    • Shocked 1
    • Angry 1

    The ABC interviewed an umpire last Friday night who was that weekend umpiring his 350th. His account made me appreciate the increasing difficulty of their job 

  • Quote
    •  
    19 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Personally, I think we should be more respectful of the umpires, particularly when they're announcing their retirements. I get frustrated, too, with the decisions at times, but I don't think for one minute they're biased in any way. And it must be an almost impossible game to umpire.

    So, good luck to Troy and Justin and thanks for your service.

    I agree that it's become increasingly difficult to umpire our game due to so many stupid rules changes, and the different interpretations they then allow for.

    Nicholls however is either a deadset cheat or he's blind. There is no way to interpret someone taking possession of the ball, then being barrelled into from behind and then having their head belted as anything but a free kick... not holding the ball! He's not an umpires *sshole that useless c*nt. Get rid of him!

    The higher-ups need to leave the rules alone and stop trying to shape the game into what they think tv audiences want. The game is fine, and the more it's tinkered with the worse it becomes.

    Edited by Lord Travis

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 2
    • Author
    1 hour ago, Older demon said:

    No surprise as he has been battling injury all year. The umps are an ageing lot and a few week ago as many as 20% of the group were injured. They certainly don't like the bounce.

    Can definitely agree with you on that. Umpire Andrew Mitchell is family friend of ours and he’s had all sorts or injury troubles. Been umpiring hurt all year as they are short of people to do the job.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    • Author
    1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Personally, I think we should be more respectful of the umpires, particularly when they're announcing their retirements. I get frustrated, too, with the decisions at times, but I don't think for one minute they're biased in any way. And it must be an almost impossible game to umpire.

    So, good luck to Troy and Justin and thanks for your service.

    Agree it’s a tough job, particularly with the subjective nature of the rules as they currently stand. What I can tell you is that most umps do barrack/follow a team and as such it must be very difficult to umpire games involving thier favoured team. Indesputable is the home crowd advantage that some clubs enjoy (which we most certainly do not benefit from) which could very easily be viewed as bias.

    Hear what your saying, but when you watch games with people who don’t follow the dees, and they regularly say we are getting the s h I t end of the stick then one can’t help speculate that their is some kind of bias present.

    Edited by —coach—

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Personally, I think we should be more respectful of the umpires, particularly when they're announcing their retirements. I get frustrated, too, with the decisions at times, but I don't think for one minute they're biased in any way. And it must be an almost impossible game to umpire.

    So, good luck to Troy and Justin and thanks for your service.

    I agree...except for Nicholls. He completely mugged us down in Tassie against North a year or two back, and everytime I get frustrated at a decision, I look up to see his bald melon responsible for it.

    Edited by Forest Demon

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 1
    3 hours ago, —coach— said:

    Umpires Troy Pannell and Justin Schmitt retiring at end of year.

    Engrave the 2019 Premiership Cup and get your 2019 Demon premiership tattoos now!

    Discuss what we will do without the opposition being gifted 3 goals from frees every game.

    WHO GIVES A FLYING FUUUURG!

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Troy Parnell without a doubt one of, if not the worst umpire ever and l mean ever. However every time l saw that  number 28 we were half way to a loss. Just hated us. No feel for the game and almost wanting to be centre of attention. Thought he knew it but knew F A about the game. Must have picked up most of his tips from Razor Ray. Better off without him.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Author
    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    WHO GIVES A FLYING FUUUURG!

    My apologies that I didn’t pass this through your old man care-o-meter. Will be sure to check with you next time. Perhaps this photo will be more your cup of tea.

    E4D361C8-3BBF-4A0C-971A-AFDFE94A913D.jpeg

  • Quote

    Did us no favours at all umpiring the Saints game. I thought he’d already hung up his whistle during that game and was just having a weekend jog.

  • Quote
    5 hours ago, —coach— said:

    Umpires Troy Pannell and Justin Schmitt retiring at end of year.

    Engrave the 2019 Premiership Cup and get your 2019 Demon premiership tattoos now!

    Discuss what we will do without the opposition being gifted 3 goals from frees every game.

    There are still Chamberpot and Nicholls to contend with

  • Quote
    • Love 1
    • Sad 1

    [censored] me this is great news cant stand the bald [censored] 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 1

    Couldn’t give a rats arse about some umpire retiring. Can probably only name 3 of them. 

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    14 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Personally, I think we should be more respectful of the umpires, particularly when they're announcing their retirements. I get frustrated, too, with the decisions at times, but I don't think for one minute they're biased in any way. And it must be an almost impossible game to umpire

  • Quote

    The umpires are doing a job. Mostly they're doing a job on the dees. The AFL brook no criticism of umpires, not to protect themselves per se, but so that no connection is made between AFL manipulation of games and the performance of umpires. I accept that no umpire is perfect and it's a tough job, but there can be no explanation for some decisions or non decisions in games except intentional manipulation of results.( To the detriment of teams like Melbourne)

  • Quote

    I still think each team should be able to nominate three umpires they don’t wont to officiate at their games.

    Nicholls would be my #1

    Parnell #2

    & open for other input for #3.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PREGAME: Brisbane

      The Demons head back out on the road in Round 10 when they travel to Queensland to take on the reigning Premiers and the top of the table Lions who look very formidable. Can the Dees cause a massive upset? Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Vomit
        • Like
      • 58 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Hawthorn

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 12th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Demons loss to the Hawks. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

        • Like
      • 21 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Hawthorn

      Wayward kicking for goal, dump kicks inside 50 and some baffling umpiring all contributed to the Dees not getting out to an an early lead that may have impacted the result. At the end of the day the Demons were just not good enough and let the Hawks run away with their first win against the Demons in 7 years.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 286 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Hawthorn

      After 3 fantastic week Max Gawn has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year award from Jake Bowey, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Ed Langdon who round out the Top Five. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

        • Like
      • 31 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • GAMEDAY: Hawthorn

      It’s game day and the Demons are chasing a fourth straight win as we take on the high flying Hawks at the G. After decades of being tormented by the Hawks the Dees will be keen to extend their 7 year dominance over Hawthorn.

        • Like
      • 471 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 09

      Round 9 kicks off out west with the Dockers hosting a Collingwood side resting several stars. Fremantle need to make a statement on their home deck after some disappointing form on the road, while the Magpies will be keen to maintain their Top 2 position. Friday night sees a must-win clash between two sides desperate to stay in touch with the eight. St Kilda have shown glimpses while Carlton are clinging to relevance after a flat start to the season. Saturday’s twilight game at Marvel pits the Bombers against a struggling Sydney outfit. Essendon can’t afford another close match against a lower-ranked side, while the Swans risk sliding down the ladder even further. Up in Darwin, the fourth-placed Suns will look to extend their stay in the top four. The Bulldogs have hit their stride with three big wins on the trot and will be very keen to consolidate on their momentum. The always fiery Showdown looms as pivotal for both clubs. Adelaide are eyeing a spot in the Top 4 with a win, while Port Adelaide’s season could slip away if they drop another game and fall further behind the pack. Sunday begins with a yawn fest between Richmond and West Coast. The Tigers need to bank the points to stay clear of the bottom two, while the Eagles are still chasing their first win of the year. The Giants face one of the league’s toughest road trips as they travel to GMHBA Stadium to face the Cats. With GWS at risk of a third straight loss, Geelong will be eager to consolidate their position inside the eight and start their climb up the ladder. The round wraps up with the top-of-the-table Lions heading to Ninja Stadium to take on the second-last Roos. The Lions should easily take care of the struggling Roos who might be powerless against the best in the comp. Who are you tipping and what are the best results for the Demons?

      • 169 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All