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Just now, Mr Steve said:

Luckiest side in the footy world.  

I’m not sure how lucky it is when you consistently get the umpiring advantage. I just don’t get how this keeps happening. It’s an objective embarrassment. 

 

Port must be licking their lips

The final block at the end summed it up. 

2016 being repeated is a decent bet.

 

What happened to "putting the whistle away" in finals? You don't see that many [censored] free kicks pulled out of thin air in H&A!

Brisbane have every right to be seething over that. I've never seen a more blatant example of match fixing from umpires than tonight's game, and they got the result they wanted.

Edited by SaberFang

Gee that was as deliberate as you’d like, umps decided that one big time.

 

 


Great game.

We’ve got no hope if the Dogs beat Port.

And we play the AFLs love child 

 

 
Just now, SaberFang said:

What happened to "finals umpiring"?

 

Was about to post the same thing.
Usually finals umpiring is better that the H&A.


Looking towards next week I’m a little nervous, the umpires two favourite teams in Bulldogs and Cats through to prelim, we’re going to have to make sure we’re 10 goals up in the last quarter. 😓

Edited by Males

So a physically exhausted Bulldogs, minus Weightman and Bont vs Port. Could be one sided.

And Lions out in straight sets again - is that two years in a row?

Edited by monoccular

Felt for the Big Oscar Mac, he was one of their best and after 100 ruck contests he gets done for a block in the last centre bounce. How stiff!


Umpires [censored] the bed late.

That wasn't a mark to Bont, clearly second to the ball.

That shouldn't have been a free kick against McCarthy, jostling like that in the forward line happens all the time.

And was that really a block free kick against McInerney?

(meanwhile Zac Bailey might have ran too far for his goal at the end...)

1 minute ago, Billy said:

We’ve got no hope if the Dogs beat Port.

And we play the AFLs love child 

 

Gotta get past their other love child next week 1st.

We can beat the opposition, but we can’t beat umpires. Hope doggies don’t get any further so we don’t have to cop the bad umps. 60+ more free kicks than the next closest team. It’s outright cheating and cannot be argued any other way.

The umpires handed them the momentum for their final goal and final point. Legit won them the match. Cheats.

Edited by Grapeviney
Please don't use language like that

That was a great game of footy. 

1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

And was that really a block free kick against McInerney?

Same thing happened at almost every centre bounce. Was only called a free kick when the umps needed to help the Dogs over the line (and it proved the crucial point that got them home).


Great game despite the umpiring. Proper finals football. Lions and their supporters will be filthy

Meanwhile Brisbane over the last three years have finished top 4 three times for a 1-5 record in finals (all bar one of those finals have been at the Gabba) and two straight sets exits.

 

We can’t go on like this. Clubs need to get together and call this out. It’s blatant cheating and it’s ruining the game. 

That was a decent final ....and then there was last night's match 😮


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