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I didn't watch the game last night. What's the verdict?

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    12 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    I didn't watch the game last night. What's the verdict?

    8/10 but a lot more games this round, so let's wait and see

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    20 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    I didn't watch the game last night. What's the verdict?

    they had the most senior umpires in place, and for the most part they were a little bit hotter on holding the ball, but it wasn't a huge difference

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    Let's see what umpire 22 brings to the table.

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    1 hour ago, loges said:

    Let's see what umpire 22 brings to the table.

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    1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    afl magpies GIF by CollingwoodFC

    8 weeks

     

     

    If it was Toby Greene

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    3 hours ago, loges said:

    Let's see what umpire 22 brings to the table.

    Incompetence. He brings incompetence. 

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    6 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    I didn't watch the game last night. What's the verdict?

    I personally thought it was called very well and opened the game up. Less ball ups and players cramming around the ball. Worked well and ironically probably did the thing the AFL wanted by not calling it: created a more free flowing game and created space

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    What a fail that was.  So many caught read hot and in clear view with 4 umpires yet not paid or overruled, including the one below and Tracc's yesterday that would have resulted in a hot at goal.

    A few improvements like blowing the whistle earlier when players were wrapped up (at times)

    Pay a few HTBs here and there and ignore the rest!  The AFL and its umpiring continue on continuing on with their trashing of the game ...

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    3 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    What a fail that was.  So many caught read hot and in clear view with 4 umpires yet not paid or overruled, including the one below and Tracc's yesterday that would have resulted in a hot at goal.

    A few improvements like blowing the whistle earlier when players were wrapped up (at times)

    Pay a few HTBs here and there and ignore the rest!  The AFL and its umpiring continue on continuing on with their trashing of the game ...

    https://www.facebook.com/share/r/ExcRmb3Eq5Uhj3dg/?mibextid=D5vuiz

    You'd think when a directive is given that it at least brings a sugar hit of consistency for a brief moment, Thurs and Fri showed this but the rest of the weekend was all over the place.

     

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