7 hours ago, Macca said:

The game was well umpired last night (all things considered)

Remembering that the sport itself is impossible to umpire correctly anyway so an error rate has to be factored in

A Demon mate of mine was with a group of Pie supporters (watching in a pub) and he was saying that the Pie fans were screaming that they were being crucified by the umpires.  All game

Yet many here and elsewhere tthought that the Swans were crucified by the umpires

So which opinion is right?  In my view, neither

The answer is somewhere in the middle so we could come to the conclusion that neither team was hard done by

Thought the umpiring was excellent last night. 1 or two decisions doesn't make a game, no matter how much people want it to.

22 hours ago, DeeZee said:

Gee we must’ve been banged up or unfit ,mentally weak ,or something amiss to lose to that bog ordinary side in Brisbane 

I hope we get that mongrel back for 4 quarters next year.

Lucky we did because no one will remember how much  better than the Dees other 3 were.

13 hours ago, layzie said:

Thought the umpiring was excellent last night. 1 or two decisions doesn't make a game, no matter how much people want it to.

So why is the best" repeat effort " on here so called fans saying the Dee's lose because of umpiring favouritism.

Ps It clearly was "IN THE BACK "  (can't overlook a nudge then leaning across space to push) but you might argue the mark could have been paid

 

Edited September 18, 20223 yr by IRW

3 hours ago, IRW said:

So why is the best" repeat effort " on here so called fans saying the Dee's lose because of umpiring favouritism.

Ps It clearly was "IN THE BACK "  (can't overlook a nudge then leaning across space to push) but you might argue the mark could have been paid

 

It was definitely contentious, as was the Ginnivan 50 that I haven't seen paid once this year. Not great and you'd expect them to look at this but overall thought it was pretty good. 

The filth supporters are diabolical. They boo and call "ball" from the opening bounce and never let up. Thankfully they seem to have stopped doing the ridiculous "USA/USA" chant.

So glad they didn't make the GF. 

So annoying that they lucked in with 2 excellent father/son picks.

I listened to razor ray this morning and his discussion with Whately on all the contentious decisions. I have to admit I wasn't aware of some rule changes and clearly neither are the players.

The Ginnivan 50 metre is relevant because cast your mind back to the previous week when Kossie gave away a 50-metre penalty close to the goal. The rule was changed and if you aren't in the marking contest you must stand 9 metres away from where the mark was taken. You don't stand the mark and get called back anymore if the contest is less than 9 metres out from the goals. Leon Cameron commenting on the radio knew the rule and when it was paid against Ginnivan he immediately stated that the player clearly didn't know the rule. I suspect the same holds for Kossie. For those critical of Kossie, we owe him an apology and the interpretation was correct.

The next question was about a free to Stengel against Starsevitch, which seemed unreasonable as he had no time to dispose of the ball, had his arm pinged and went to the ground. Unfortunately with his free arm, he had the ball and once the ball hit the ground the new rule states he must dispose of it. God knows who thought that rule up or how one is supposed to dispose of it while pinned to the ground. The relevance relates to lever the week before where the late free was awarded because when McStay tackled him, Lever put the ball to the ground and was trying to paddle it to safety. We all thought it was paid for deliberate out-of-bounds which of course it wasn't. Like Lever, I was unaware of this ruling and the interpretation was sadly correct.

Who would be an umpire? The rules aren't simple and so many nuances and clearly, the players as well as the public have no idea of some recent rule changes.

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by Older demon