It's funny how some random poster with little posting history in Carlton threads suddenly bob up after a loss. If Curnow was so reliant on free kicks, where was this poster in all the other games?
Defenders panicking and infringing is a more logical conclusion than "da umpires are in on it, it's a conspiracy".
Ah yes because you are the "neutral" we should be listening to. Only mentions umpires in games Carlton win. Any comments on the umpiring yesterday? Brilliant wasn't it!
Pick one term from the following - 'What type of run does Charlie get from the umpires compared to most other key forwards in the competition?':
So the umpiring is just really bad in most games nowadays - colour me surprised
The game-day thread where all the "neutrals" are I'm assuming? Thanks for the laugh mate.
I want you to go through every free kick Curnow gets that leads to a score, and let me know which ones were there, and which ones were not. An actual analysis rather than a survey.
What happened in the second half? I thought games have two of them...
Coming from the team who got gifted the North game due to a missed 50m penalty, one where the umpires themselves admitted they got wrong.
Where is the evidence or any sort of analysis that show the free kicks to be incorrect or "dubious"...? You are just quoting free kick numbers lol
Because according to the people making that argument, Curnow isn't half the player he is without these free kicks apparently. Regardless if they were legitimately there or not.
"More balanced" haha - an umpire could shoot a Carlton player mid-game and you would call it balanced. What a farce.
Ah so your evidence is your own subjective opinion - fair enough!
See another response for some context.
There isn't any context. You have not once actually dug into things and checked to see which free kicks were there, and which were not. If the majority of them are actually legitimate, then you have no argument.
I watched the video of Curnows 2023 frees and there's a dozen or so that are dubious as all hell. I've also called out the Kings (more Max than Ben), and Larkey who are also very looked after. The difference is that Curnow's and McKay's free kick stats are so much more skewed than any of the other premier key forwards over the last few years (Riewoldt, Lynch, Cameron, Hawkins). So either they've both revolutionised forward craft, or they play for frees.
Sure, a dozen of those from 2023 were bs. There you go.
Which ones specifically? I have watched this video multiple times and there are genuinely maybe 2-3 that are questionable the rest are just clear cut.
