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The Cotchin one is unbelievable. He deliberately kicked out with his studs in retaliation. Would be a red card and 3-4 week ban in soccer. such a cheap shot. Deserved 2 weeks imo. I’m glad Walker has the guts to speak up about it the MRO is so much worse that last year and it was pathetic already.

Scott wants more respect for the Umpires and he throws them under the bus straight away! they are trying to follow your BS rules! the crowds will be throwing abuse at them and booing more than ever next weekend

As David King said on radio today - this comes from the bloke (Scott) who raised his arms to the umpires the most of any other player. Must be irony week at the AFL

I am also a huge soccer guy, played it for 20 years. I know sometimes the players can surround the ref. But how would you rate respect of officiating between the codes? AFL mandates [censored] like this like the players are in primary school. Soccer has imo generally increased respect by allowing discussion and even Respectful physical contact between players and officiators.

We are talking about a player showing frustration in the heat if the moment. No other sport in the world would you get penalised for simply throwing your arms up at a decision you reckon that is the same as a giving the finger to the ump? Laughable mate

He should be embarrassed 110kg flying sideways from a minor push

Talked about this OTC. Ralph said the AFL said if a player puts his arms out in the direction of the ump this should be a 50. So all the missed ones they showed such as Hewitt were mistakes. im lost for words. You can’t stop yourself in the heat of the moment especially in finals. How do the afl create these issues? Just get rid of dissent you morons!!

Agree with your post. I do think this is the most open season in decades as far as the top 8 goes. After Melbourne and Brisbane there is not much between the rest. Aside from north maybe. So maybe average teams

Can someone ask Damien Barrett when Josh Kelly is going to win his Brownlow? id take Sales over him any day of the week

We are 8 points and 45% over the Cats already

6427 days since Essendon won a final. Think we can add at least 400 to that already 😂😂

We’ve beaten 4 finalist from last year. Including the grand finalist and another top 4 team

Absolutely! Finally someone in the media calling the ump dissent rule a disgrace and AFL in crisis is they don’t fix it tomorrow

Omfg. And the commentators say nothing which makes me want to kick the cat

Had money on the hawks Might send a cut to Frosty, been great!

Don’t forget Selwood!!

4 goals direct from free kicks this quarter for the Cats Lingy can GAGF saying that’s a clear push in the back

It’s official folks my hatred for the Cats has overtaken my hatred for the bombers it was a good 25 years but time to move on

The new rule is resulting the umpires losing respect fast well done AFL.

3 free kicks 3 goals for Geelong to start the second half last one to Hawk was a fkking joke

The main topic here is the arms out in frustration not umpire abuse. You should allowed to express frustration non verbally in the 1-2 seconds after a decision. the verbal abuse rule, I think everyone would agree is good. Umps should not have cop this

This is a [censored] disgrace and inexcusable completely agree we should not allow abuse directly at umpires, thus should not have not have been left to go on for so long however - raising your arms in disappointment/ frustration is not abuse and has nothing to do with this rule. WTF are the umpires thinking?!?

The bombers season is over in round 5. how good is life?! Freo look solid, arguably the best defence after us - only team to have conceded less than us. When Fyfe comes back, they'll be top 8

I reckon Weideman played OK. brought the ball to ground a lot, competed hard and was involved in several scoring chains. He did this better than T Mac imo. Weed also had 2 contested mark to T Mac's zero. I reckon Brown and Weed could form an excellent partnership if given the time and support

It has been disappointing for sure. so many decades of pain, I am making it priority to attend games. I don't understand why others of the 55K members or fans aren't coming to games to enjoy FINALLY being a great team. I never thought I would see this in my lifetime so I am not going to miss a bit. Ticketing and covid are not great excuses imo. Public transport has always been terrible. Last night was beautiful weather, no work the next day for most. bottom teams like the Pies/Essendon getting bigger crowds is embarrassing