Game Day Crows v Essendon. Friday Night Footy at AO

[cleanhands]

With the ball in Tex's hands I'd say it was.

So you only saw the last minute of the game?

 

[King Of Money]

So you only saw the last minute of the game?

No, I saw the whole game. But that's the point, it doesn't matter what happened prior to that moment...how good or how bad we played...that HTB decision should have been paid, and Adelaide LIKELY would have won. If the goal had been missed then fair enough, but the point is the free should have been paid and Adelaide should have been given the OPPORTUNITY to win the game.

 

[Rank]

Once again Adelaide get shafted by an umpires non-decision in the dieing moments of a game.
Get your sh!t together AFL!!!!!!

The AFL would be glad Essendon won, Just like they'll want Collingwood to win tomorrow, Collingwood and Essendon up and about for their marquee ANZAC Day blockbuster clash will suit them fine.

All the AFL give a heck about is Crowds, TV ratings, Sydney, Brisbane and Money.

SA is not important the AFL know the Crows crowds will always be there

 

[cleanhands]

No, I saw the whole game. But that's the point, it doesn't matter what happened prior to that moment...how good or how bad we played...that HTB decision should have been paid, and Adelaide LIKELY would have won. If the goal had been missed then fair enough, but the point is the free should have been paid and Adelaide should have been given the OPPORTUNITY to win the game.

Would like to see it your way but can’t

PS we had our OPPORTUNITY

 

[Faaarrk]

No, I saw the whole game. But that's the point, it doesn't matter what happened prior to that moment...how good or how bad we played...that HTB decision should have been paid, and Adelaide LIKELY would have won. If the goal had been missed then fair enough, but the point is the free should have been paid and Adelaide should have been given the OPPORTUNITY to win the game.

You can’t single out one umpiring decision that happened in the last handful of seconds.
They made a few bad calls and missed calls the whole match, both ways. Any one of them could have affected the outcome of the game. Those things are out of the clubs control. What isn’t is the personnel and by that I mean the coaches.

 

[Bay62]

Footsteps Rachele is his new name.

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The first one I thought the umpire must have called a stop to play so he only went up one handed to stop the ball to hand it back. That’s how soft an effort it was.

Needs to be dropped until his attitude improves

 

[Interloperer]

two things I noticed about the final contest:

• Fogarty could have easily given away a high contact free kick
• The siren went at least a second after the ball up was called. Which means either time was already expired and it was a slow reaction. Or the timekeepers did not react to the umpires call. both of which could have been problematic.

 

[Sanders]

Its a close call between Trent Ormond Allen and ROB. ROB takes the honours of worst ruck in the club's history.

Your need for attention Murray…

 

[Sanders]

With the ball in Tex's hands I'll take my chances.

Where did you get the idea it was necessarily Tex’s ball?

 

[jdBombers3598]

That was definitely holding the ball at the end, we were very lucky to get away with that.

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

That was definitely holding the ball at the end, we were very lucky to get away with that.

Who cares

 

[cleanhands]

That was definitely holding the ball at the end, we were very lucky to get away with that.

100%

 

[MsTopG]

That was definitely holding the ball at the end, we were very lucky to get away with that.

Yes you were but how many easy goals did you miss? You were the better team. We are led by a truly idiotic inspid coach.

 

[Rank]

You can’t single out one umpiring decision that happened in the last handful of seconds.
They made a few bad calls and missed calls the whole match, both ways. Any one of them could have affected the outcome of the game. Those things are out of the clubs control. What isn’t is the personnel and by that I mean the coaches.

I agree we didn't help ourselves but the umpires didn't miss as many Essendon frees as they did with us. I could see early we were going to get shafted by the dog umpires.

 

[Rank]

I hope that dog umpire seen Draper dive on the ground laughing with team mates about the non call after the game. Even a normal person would have to be a little embarrassed with that.

 

[King Of Money]

Where did you get the idea it was necessarily Tex’s ball?

You must have been watching Better Homes and Gardens. Here's a clue...

 

[Rank]

You must have been watching Better Homes and Gardens. Here's a clue...
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Hahaha yeah or blind. Who else would have got the ball. It wasn't no scrum was it.

 

[ABAB]

You must have been watching Better Homes and Gardens. Here's a clue...
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Surprise the VIC umpire didn't give Draper the free for in the back lol.

 

[Sanders]

That was definitely holding the ball at the end, we were very lucky to get away with that.

If there was more time on the clock, it gets paid every time.

But the umpires just don’t have the stones to call that, and risk deciding the game after the siren

 

[hugecannon]

I don't think that loss is on Nick's. It was player stupidity and dumb footballers.

You mean the players that Nicks keeps selecting? Or the game plan and structure that he has implemented?

 

[Rank]

You mean the players that Nicks keeps selecting? Or the game plan and structure that he has implemented?

That loss is on the players, They played the game plan for 10 minutes in the 3rd quarter and got a 19 point lead then stopped, Then at vital times I recall a player hearing footsteps and the team blowing chance after chance at the end. Shonky umpire calls or non calls didn't help either. Nicks has been slow to try things this year but I'm not blaming him for that loss. The big problem is we have no depth.

 

[cleanhands]

Anything familiar here

 

[Faaarrk]

That loss is on the players, They played the game plan for 10 minutes in the 3rd quarter and got a 19 point lead then stopped, Then at vital times I recall a player hearing footsteps and the team blowing chance after chance at the end. Shonky umpire calls or non calls didn't help either. Nicks has been slow to try things this year but I'm not blaming him for that loss. The big problem is we have no depth.

You don’t think the team was told to go defensive to protect the lead?
Defend Nicks all you want but there’s enough proof for all to see Nicks isn’t a good coach.
The loss was on some of the players as well, which Nicks continues to pick. Back to Nicks being useless.
Skill levels are down probably due to players being confused about the changing game styles and not playing their natural ways. Maybe they’re all just horribly out of form, whatever the reason it’s the coaches responsibility to get them on track and keep them there. Yep back to Nicks and also every other coach being useless.

 

[ABAB]

That loss is on the players, They played the game plan for 10 minutes in the 3rd quarter and got a 19 point lead then stopped, Then at vital times I recall a player hearing footsteps and the team blowing chance after chance at the end. Shonky umpire calls or non calls didn't help either. Nicks has been slow to try things this year but I'm not blaming him for that loss. The big problem is we have no depth.

I mean, maybe try others players to build depth. It took Nicks a while to pick Nankervis, Cook and Gollant for an "extended" run of 2 consecutive games (bet they will be dropped next week though) and he is going the same path with Dowling.

 

[Rank]

I mean, maybe try others players to build depth. It took Nicks a while to pick Nankervis, Cook and Gollant for an "extended" run of 2 consecutive games (bet they will be dropped next week though) and he is going the same path with Dowling.

Yep, just a complete s**t show