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Unfortunately the Umpires of today are part of the new generation when you tell them 'no' they get upset because mum and dad never said 'no' or they played a game where every body got a participation medal.

It is what some call the woke generation but some day they will wake up and find that world does not give you anything without hard work and set backs.

When I was an athletic official the head official once said 'we are there to support the main players and not be the center of attention so me must make ourselves invisible whilst inforcing the rule'. 

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12 hours ago, monoccular said:

Also attributed to Mark Twain

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"Never believe everything you read on the Interweb"

- Abraham Lincoln

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3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

or…

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🤣 I think I would actually respect him more if he said this!!! 

Posted
16 hours ago, monoccular said:

Also attributed to Mark Twain

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Coming from an American position that's really appropriate..

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22 hours ago, willmoy said:

Just another stat, anyone know in the games we lost last year, did we win the Frees count or not?

We won the free kick count against Collingwood

We drew the count against Adelaide

We lost the count against GWS and the Dogs.

Thus 1-2-1 in losses.

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6 hours ago, durango said:

Unfortunately the Umpires of today are part of the new generation when you tell them 'no' they get upset because mum and dad never said 'no' or they played a game where every body got a participation medal.

It is what some call the woke generation but some day they will wake up and find that world does not give you anything without hard work and set backs.

When I was an athletic official the head official once said 'we are there to support the main players and not be the center of attention so me must make ourselves invisible whilst inforcing the rule'. 

Or, looking at it at another angle:

Perhaps after the third 50 mtr penalty we gave away during the first quarter, one would've thought that the players may have picked up on a trend that was evolving throughout the night whereby  the umpires might have been applying less tolerance to backchat than normal, as directed by the league.

Instead we gave up eight 50M penalties by 3 quarter time? Anyone know how many Carlton gave away? or did they actually exercise a bit of discipline on the night? 


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2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Or, looking at it at another angle:

Perhaps after the third 50 mtr penalty we gave away during the first quarter, one would've thought that the players may have picked up on a trend that was evolving throughout the night whereby  the umpires might have been applying less tolerance to backchat than normal, as directed by the league.

Instead we gave up eight 50M penalties by 3 quarter time? Anyone know how many Carlton gave away? or did they actually exercise a bit of discipline on the night? 

Maybe we are so used to getting the short end of the stick anyway the supposed "reinforcement" of rules did not sink in...

Posted
9 hours ago, jnrmac said:

"Never believe everything you read on the Interweb"

- Abraham Lincoln

Ah yes, the interweb; the communications array the North used in the US Civil War. Often mis truths ran through there.

Good quote, jnr.

Good quote.

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1 hour ago, rpfc said:

Ah yes, the interweb; the communications array the North used in the US Civil War. Often mis truths ran through there.

Good quote, jnr.

Good quote.

It's a joke quote.

Lincoln didn't invent the interweb for another 10 years..

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Posted
20 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

It's a joke quote.

Lincoln didn't invent the interweb for another 10 years..

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