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AFLW: Rd 4 vs North Melbourne

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Robbed by the umpires!

Those 3 dubious frees within 20m of North goals at the 7/8 min mark in th elast Qtr from which they kicked the winning goal. 

And, the missed frees in our favour all game.  OMG!

Terribly deflating to have a really good game decided like that.

 

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    Completely shafted by the maggots. 

    Disgraceful umpiring. 

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    [censored] you umps you bunch of fuckwits!

    If this is the future for AFL umpiring then this game is quite bleak. By far the worst display i have seen in a long time.

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    More scripted than WWE. Might back Essendon for the blokes flag.

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    One of the most lopsided umpiring quarters I can remember. Frustrating! King gifted at least 2 of her goals and her free in the last was an absolute sham.

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    The umpires just killed our season.

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    If that umpiring was against our men’s team I’d be minus a tv. Beyond atrocious 

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    Some shockers by the umps.

    You know you’ve jumped the shark when even the commentators are talking about it.

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    Anyone know what the frees for and against were in the last? Glad that wasn’t the men’s team or I’d have a frikn meltdown 

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      On 24/02/2019 at 06:48, dazzledavey36 said:

    [censored] you umps you bunch of fuckwits!

    If this is the future for AFL umpiring then this game is quite bleak. By far thw worst display i have seen in a long time.

    Could not agree more. The dees should complain. Appalling.

    That last one against mithen  was inexplicable. I assume it was for dragging it in and not getting out. Please.

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    Well done our girls on a fighting effort all day in serious heat for two weeks in a row.

    its always hard to beat a good team especially when they have pillaged all the other teams to create a super team, and then having 3 extra players on your team who have the luxury of being able to blow a whistle every time something goes against them and reverse the flow. Well done AFL and well done umps on demonstrating just how easy it is to influence a game of footy ?

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    That in the back with 2 mins to go not paid in our defensive square was unbelievable.

    Several soft frees to North...what's that about?

    Having said that, a kick in with 2 mins to go when you are four points down goes only one place - UP THE GUTS!

    Instead the gals went wide and misdirected and coughed up a free the other way.

    When we regained they ball they refused to do anything but go wide. Killed their own chance. It should be a tough review.

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      On 24/02/2019 at 06:52, pitmaster said:

    That in the back with 2 mins to go not paid in our defensive square was unbelievable.

    Several soft frees to North...what's that about?

    Having said that, a kick in with 2 mins to go when you are four points down goes only one place - UP THE GUTS!

    Instead the gals went wide and misdirected and coughed up a free the other way.

    When we regained they ball they refused to do anything but go wide. Killed their own chance. It should be a tough review.

    Yep agreed re going wide in the last 2 mins. Fumbles and dropped marks st critical points in those last few minutes also. . Also having no one inside 50 and giving them a spare down there didn’t help. It’s hard to watch the woman sometime... we miss Daisy badly. 

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    That was disgusting umpiring. And a few too many errors really - L Pearce an easy dropped mark with a couple of minutes to go and too many wide kicks. 

    Disappointing because the pressure and work rate was excellent, backline were solid, some of the lead up play to goals was great.

    Probably the best game of AFLW ever until 3/4 time and then the heat and poor umpiring wrecked it.

    Lily Mithen's best ever game.

    The annoying thing is watching Paxman who is a super player but she takes on too many tackles and dishes out bad handballs under pressure because she's not been trained up her whole career how to be a smooth mover with dual sided skills. Then you've got little T Hanks who's a jet and can bob and weave, handball both sides, run with the ball or dish it backwards and you see the standard that is achievable in the future.

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    If the AFL want us to watch AFLW, and I presume it is in their interests, stop serving up second class suburban umpires. And while I'm at it... stop stuffing around with AFLX and put the money into the women, who have had a legitimate competition for well over a decade!!!

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    The AFL needs to inform that second rate, wanna-a-be, suburban whistle blower that the hands in the back rule has changed!

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      On 24/02/2019 at 07:08, waynewussell said:

    The AFL needs to inform that second rate, wanna-a-be, suburban whistle blower that the hands in the back rule has changed!

    THE worst decision Ive seen at any level for years. 

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      On 24/02/2019 at 07:25, Wells 11 said:

    THE worst decision Ive seen at any level for years. 

    TBH, I think the AFL is expecting professional level football from the players but are not expecting the same from umps.
    Why would you be an ump?

    They need to start attracting a better calibre of person by renumerating them well at both AFL and AFLW level. And.... dropping and de-listing them when they're s#$t.
    There's no reason why they can't have a pool of 40 to 50 umpires just like an AFL team has and recruit and de-list if their decision making is poor.
    It's a blight on the game. I know it's hard to officiate the game these days but geez, they should have the nous to put the whistle away in such a good (and critical) contest as this.
    They pay so much for television rights and put so much money into both forms of the game, surely they could do the same for umps and potentially recruit good ex-footballers who have retired, didn't quite make it or have had their careers cut short etc.
    Just pay them to be a professional and drop them when they are not. Make it a career path that men and women take seriously because they certainly can't be taken seriously at the moment.

    Razor Ray is the best we've got?

     

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    It was very hot out there.  Tough conditions for players (and spectators).  We worked so hard all day but they have assembled a v good list so it was a ripper contest.   Dees had lots of contributors.  It was the best all round game I’ve seen from Kate Hore and Paxman, Mithen and Phillips were good all day.  L Pearce no coaches votes today but gave her all.  The King in the back ‘free’ and the other last qtr one in front ends up being the difference between the two most skillful AFLW sides, which was heartbreaking.   It’s going to be really hard for us to make finals from here. 

    Blacktown 2.05pm next Sunday 3 March so Meggs and son will be watching on TV.  Incidentally it will also be AVB’s birthday...

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