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no one to blame....

ashleighn19
in Melbourne Demons

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... except the umpires.

i dont think we can blame any one player, one play or even a group of players. every single player put in 100%, its just a shame that umpires decide to take the game into their hands so bloody often.

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    ... except the umpires.

    i dont think we can blame any one player, one play or even a group of players. every single player put in 100%, its just a shame that umpires decide to take the game into their hands so bloody often.

    but some players made crucial mistakes when it counted....

    like it always has been our mistakes killed us...

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    yeah, let's blame the umpires, and not the amount of errors we had, or our average foot skills, or inability to kick goals when the oppurtunity arose, or the fact that we had 9 goals and 17 behinds, or the fact that Tredrea was clearly below his best...

    yeah, let's blame the umpires.

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    yeah, let's blame the umpires, and not the amount of errors we had, or our average foot skills, or inability to kick goals when the oppurtunity arose, or the fact that we had 9 goals and 17 behinds, or the fact that Tredrea was clearly below his best...

    yeah, let's blame the umpires.

    well excuse me for not wanting to blame a bunch of players that played their hearts out. we had errors, yes... but if you and i were watching the same game port had the same amount. port couldn't kick goals, and neither could the dees... the game was as even as you can get, and do you want to know the one difference between the two??

    the umpires!!

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    Goal kicking is to blame.

    First quarter disposal by foot was a disgrace, but we finished the game with 14% better kicking accuracy, and we won the clearances. What we didn't do was take our chances in front of goal, and considering there was no wind and it's our home ground, there are no excuses.

    Having said that, the umpires should be ashamed of themselves for being so incredibly one-sided when making 50-50 decisions.

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    bar about n5 desicions by ump 24 i thought they were good, they let play go on, didnt pay a lot of holding the ball, missed a lot but id rather them not pay them that to pay 40 odd a game

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    yeah, generally i thought the umps were ok. they really let the game play on. i was actially thinking that about 10 minutes into the last, because there were a few frees either way that should have been paid based on the first 5 weeks of the season. but to pay that against Neitz. Gee. I watched the reply a few times and in slow-motion, yeah it was a push in the back, but come on. You'd paid that 1/100. It was there, but so are about 100 unpaid holding the man

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    There were precious few free even awarded in the final quarter, and then it was like "BOOM"!!!

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    not a lot of gain to be had from blaming all the things we cant change... umps..injuries etc..

    but things we CAN and SHOULD change.. skills...i.e passing.. and kicking...esp for suasages !!

    the terrible truth of today.....is that the game was there fo the taking.,.. and we didnt... we couldnt buy a goal today.!!

    30-40 out at the G ought to be a given !!

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    That's 0-5 at a ground we were pretty much unbeatable at in the past 3 years.

    What a year...

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