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  On 05/03/2022 at 06:26, BigFez said:

Umps clearly told to cool their jets after Thursday night's schmozzle. 

At least it happened in a meaningless pre season game and not during the season. 

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      On 05/03/2022 at 06:21, Demonland said:

    Lycett gets a free against him in a ruck contest, puts him arms out in a WTF gesture and no 50m penalty. 

    Was automatic 50 on Thursday night. 

    I reckon this is going to enrage supporters all year if they persist with it.  Unless the player directly shouts abuse at the umpire, there is no way umps will be consistent in interpreting swearing and exasperation gestures etc.  For a start, how do they decide at whom were those things directed - could be the player themself, their team mates, or just fate?

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      On 05/03/2022 at 06:29, sue said:

    I reckon this is going to enrage supporters all year if they persist with it.  Unless the player directly shouts abuse at the umpire, there is no way umps will be consistent in interpreting swearing and exasperation gestures etc.  For a start, how do they decide at whom were those things directed - could be the player themself, their team mates, or just fate?

    Spot on 'sue', the player could be annoyed at himself for giving away a stupid free kick.

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      On 05/03/2022 at 06:42, rjay said:

    Spot on 'sue', the player could be annoyed at himself for giving away a stupid free kick.

    And how about a player who has given away an over the shoudler free, calling the infringed player a notorious ducker in frustration or in an attempt to put him off his game. Is that an insult to the umpire? Shouldn't be, but who knows.

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      On 05/03/2022 at 06:21, Demonland said:

    Lycett gets a free against him in a ruck contest, puts him arms out in a WTF gesture and no 50m penalty. 

    Was automatic 50 on Thursday night. 

     

      On 05/03/2022 at 06:26, BigFez said:

    Umps clearly told to cool their jets after Thursday night's schmozzle. 

    The umps, if anything, should continue on from Thu nite and show no tolerance. If they want this rule to work. As it is, the umps' dept has shown it doesn't have the courage of its convictions. Now no-one knows what the rule is. They'll probably go back to punishing grimaces tomorrow.

    They should not permit ump abuse. But if they're going to crack down scorched-earth style on anything, a better use of their time and energy would be to target throwing the ball.

     

      On 05/03/2022 at 06:29, Jaded No More said:

    At least it happened in a meaningless pre season game and not during the season. 

    Don't worry, they'll find plenty of ways for us to question their consistency and adherence to the rule book in the home & away.

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    The AFL has to rethink why they're doing this and what reactions to a decision are acceptable.

    The impetus has obviously been the shortfall of 6000 umps at lower levels. The abuse that junior umps cop is out of all proportion and a blight on society.

    The junior players copy what they see on TV. What reactions are reasonable and what are unreasonable?

    Is a junior standing the mark and shaking his head acceptable? Hard to see that it's not. As is obvious, it could be that it's disappointment in self that is being expressed.

    Is a junior waving his arms around a la Joel Selwood acceptable? Probably not as it encourages the bad-apple parent spectators to arc up.

    Is a junior slinging off at the ump a la Jack Riewoldt acceptable? No. It definitely incites reactions. It's a miracle that Riewoldt hasn't been suspended like Toby Greene ......... except that this is the AFL we're talking about.

    This mess a typical AFL overreaction; well-intentioned and ballsed-up in the execution.

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      On 05/03/2022 at 07:57, Mazer Rackham said:

    The AFL has to rethink why they're doing this and what reactions to a decision are acceptable.

    The impetus has obviously been the shortfall of 6000 umps at lower levels. The abuse that junior umps cop is out of all proportion and a blight on society.

    The junior players copy what they see on TV. What reactions are reasonable and what are unreasonable?

    Is a junior standing the mark and shaking his head acceptable? Hard to see that it's not. As is obvious, it could be that it's disappointment in self that is being expressed.

    Is a junior waving his arms around a la Joel Selwood acceptable? Probably not as it encourages the bad-apple parent spectators to arc up.

    Is a junior slinging off at the ump a la Jack Riewoldt acceptable? No. It definitely incites reactions. It's a miracle that Riewoldt hasn't been suspended like Toby Greene ......... except that this is the AFL we're talking about.

    This mess a typical AFL overreaction; well-intentioned and ballsed-up in the execution.

    I don’t have an issue with the rule per se. I have an issue with the inconsistent interpretations from game to game, from week to week and from Player to Player. 

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    seems the afl haven't got a dictionary to look up the word "abuse"

    another word in the english language lost to wokeness

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    Are the Saints wearing orange or is it my TV??

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    All these fools going hard and getting injured. 
    Bruise free footy is where it’s at. 

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      On 05/03/2022 at 08:15, Demonland said:

    Bucks seems like he’ll be an asset to the commentary teams. 

    Yes sensible people who don't have time for stupidity or gimmicks tend to be assets to teams comprised predominantly of fools.

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    I have no idea why I peruse Bomberblitz anytime they’re losing.

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      On 06/03/2022 at 03:17, whatwhat say what said:

    gw$ looking really good or the filth really bad?

    Gws midfield depth is scary when they are all fit. Top 4 I reckon if they stay injury free

    pies are trying but lack talent. Mini Daics will be a gun 

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    Demonlanders are a funny lot.

    Change the narrative when it suits them.

    I'm one of those supporters who was unimpressed and underwhelmed with a number of players from Thursday night's performance against the blues. It highlighted arrogance and a bit of immaturity again.

    You see, the same demonlanders were lauding our ferocious, full contact training hit outs in the build up to our prelim and Grand Final matches.. But the same amount of risk is associated in those training sessions as there is in a practice game.

    However as soon as we're made to look foolish, disorganised, ill disciplined and lacking intensity and skill level, the same group will make an excuse to say "it's only a practice game and we clearly don't care".

    Makes little sense if you ask me and it's not the win or loss I care about. It's the manner in which a number of our key players presented themselves on gameday.

    Why would we go harder for longer against North and then not against Carlton? The talk from our club has long been we train how we play and that is with peak intensity. Always. It's about respecting the game and opposition. No? 

    What the nuffies forget is that practice games are about tuning up for round 1 and the closer you get to round 1, the higher the intensity levels go. I would say that based on our last game and the doggies last game, they have had far better preparation for our round 1 Grand final rematch. Their game against Brisbane was the complete opposite of ours and for that I think they go in with an advantage. 

    I won't be shocked if they jump us because of this. And for us, early season momentum and establishing ourselves as the benchmark is what we must be hell bent on doing if we want to challenge again and keep sides at bay. We want to remain intimidating when opposition come up against us. That can so easily fall away if we start slowly.

    So while the result against Carlton means nought, the prep for our lead in may take a hit. Beverage is the kind of bloke who would use that game against Carlton as a reference point to charge up his side pointing out that we looked arrogant, lazy and sloppy. Other teams can do that too.

    So it's more than just a practice game. 

     

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      On 06/03/2022 at 04:05, JimmyGadson said:

    Why would we go harder for longer against North and then not against Carlton?

    We did the same thing last year. Seemed to work out pretty well. 

    A couple of hours in a months long pre season means jack. The games are largely for the fans and TV. Swans under Roos never won in pre season and always went half arsed.

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      On 06/03/2022 at 04:05, JimmyGadson said:

    Demonlanders are a funny lot.

    Change the narrative when it suits them.

    I'm one of those supporters who was unimpressed and underwhelmed with a number of players from Thursday night's performance against the blues. It highlighted arrogance and a bit of immaturity again.

    You see, the same demonlanders were lauding our ferocious, full contact training hit outs in the build up to our prelim and Grand Final matches.. But the same amount of risk is associated in those training sessions as there is in a practice game.

    However as soon as we're made to look foolish, disorganised, ill disciplined and lacking intensity and skill level, the same group will make an excuse to say "it's only a practice game and we clearly don't care".

    Makes little sense if you ask me and it's not the win or loss I care about. It's the manner in which a number of our key players presented themselves on gameday.

    Why would we go harder for longer against North and then not against Carlton? The talk from our club has long been we train how we play and that is with peak intensity. Always. It's about respecting the game and opposition. No? 

    What the nuffies forget is that practice games are about tuning up for round 1 and the closer you get to round 1, the higher the intensity levels go. I would say that based on our last game and the doggies last game, they have had far better preparation for our round 1 Grand final rematch. Their game against Brisbane was the complete opposite of ours and for that I think they go in with an advantage. 

    I won't be shocked if they jump us because of this. And for us, early season momentum and establishing ourselves as the benchmark is what we must be hell bent on doing if we want to challenge again and keep sides at bay. We want to remain intimidating when opposition come up against us. That can so easily fall away if we start slowly.

    So while the result against Carlton means nought, the prep for our lead in may take a hit. Beverage is the kind of bloke who would use that game against Carlton as a reference point to charge up his side pointing out that we looked arrogant, lazy and sloppy. Other teams can do that too.

    So it's more than just a practice game. 

     

    Players from both sides were having a laugh. We got no injuries 

    Other teams have lost players for weeks

    It was just a practice match, that had ridiculous umpiring decisions, and we lost by 5 points 

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    I haven't been watching games today.

    How is the 50m rule going?

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