Review Round 11 = Fremantle 75-75 Collingwood

[TheVillageIdiot7]

Takes me back to my days at Victoria Park as a kid.
I, (we) always blamed the umpires for a loss

Oh I was there as a young kid and it was insane!!
Had so many balls stolen after the game!!!

 

[TheVillageIdiot7]

I don't think supporters immediately blame umps

I didn't see us blaming umps for Round 0 and 1

But we did against the Saints and it was justified. It wasn't even just the 30-15 free kick count. Anyone who watches the game knows that frees that don't get paid are equally as important and match turning as the ones that do

Like Booby Hill blatantly having his arm pulled back while he was running up to take a pack mark.

So there wasn’t one thing that we could do differently over 120 mins that meant umps cost us the game?

Did you really just use free kick count as a valid reason?

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

So there wasn’t one thing that we could do differently over 120 mins that meant umps cost us the game?

Did you really just use free kick count as a valid reason?

Why wouldn't it be in some instances?

Is it impossible that it could be in rare instances?

In a game you lose by 15 points, I don't see why it's unreasonable for someone to think the umpires had a hand in the loss when the free kick count is that lopsided. Particularly if someone has watched the entire game unfold and has more context for it.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the umpires alone in the loss to the Saints.

Steele Sidebottom single handedly gave the Saints 4 goals in a game we lost by 2 and a half goals. Then Moore gave them another one.

I also don't look at the free kick count alone. Again, there's more context to it than that. I've always said the ones that don't get paid are just as crucial as the ones that do. Where do they get paid? When do they get paid? It goes deeper than the pure count.

The point was that your post seemed to insinuate supporters always blame the umps.

They don't. They generally blame umps when they've genuinely had an influence on the result. Like they did on Friday.

 

[Sweeetleftfoot]

I'm just going to leave this here.

Difference is the man in green didn’t have a chip on his shoulder, because someone didn’t pick up the ball for him.

The wording of the rule says “ may” be a free kick . So depends how the up feels. And that word. Will allow the afl to tick it off.

 

[sideswipe]

Difference is the man in green didn’t have a chip on his shoulder, because someone didn’t pick up the ball for him.

The wording of the rule says “ may” be a free kick . So depends how the up feels. And that word. Will allow the afl to tick it off.

No. The wording is “shall”. But may or shall isn’t really important in the scheme of things. It is still up to the umpire to make the call.


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[BillyElliott]

 

[Pistol Night]

No. The wording is “shall”. But may or shall isn’t really important in the scheme of things. It is still up to the umpire to make the call.


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I think you’ll find the wording is “yeah,nah” in the rule book on whether the umpire needs to be consistent with this infringement

 

[KrispyKremePie]

David King nailed it when talking about that flog umpire:


“This umpire is sick of picking up the ball off the ground, because a player wouldn’t give him the ball back. Not for me. It’s too big of a penalty. Stay out of the game. The players will sort out the result. Stay out of the way.”

 

[BillyElliott]

David King nailed it when talking about that flog umpire:


“This umpire is sick of picking up the ball off the ground, because a player wouldn’t give him the ball back. Not for me. It’s too big of a penalty. Stay out of the game. The players will sort out the result. Stay out of the way.”

I can't wait to yell out 'TIME WASTING' whenever the umpire inevitably fks up every second bounce in the centre & needs to call the ball back.

 

[danielnajdek]

David King nailed it when talking about that flog umpire:


“This umpire is sick of picking up the ball off the ground, because a player wouldn’t give him the ball back. Not for me. It’s too big of a penalty. Stay out of the game. The players will sort out the result. Stay out of the way.”

King also had a dig at him later on but can't remember what he said. Was funny though.

 

[Fat Jesus]

I can't wait to yell out 'TIME WASTING' whenever the umpire inevitably fks up every second bounce in the centre & needs to call the ball back.

It's just me. Should always be a ball up. Something beautiful about the bounce but often extremely unfair.

 

[KrispyKremePie]

I have never thought I would agree with Nick Riewoldt on something, but he has proved how useless the head of umpiring is!

If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, you can skip to 2:28

 

[NMBB]

I have never thought I would agree with Nick Riewoldt on something, but he has proved how useless the head of umpiring is!

If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, you can skip to 2:28

Brilliant by Riewoldt

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Blaming umps is very low quality, like blaming the weather

25 points up with 7-8 mins to go, no one to blame but ourselves

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[KrispyKremePie]

Blaming umps is very low quality, like blaming the weather

25 points up with 7-8 mins to go, no one to blame but ourselves

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If umpires can make mistakes, it should also mean players can make mistakes too.

 

[riddick78]

I can't wait to yell out 'TIME WASTING' whenever the umpire inevitably fks up every second bounce in the centre & needs to call the ball back.

Or when they waste 2 minutes reviewing a goal, especially when it was clearly a goal and clearly not touched, but they still pull out the blurry horrible footage and go over it again and again and again. Now that is time wasting.

 

[JuniorB]

This from Dean Margetts:

“A bit outside the spirit of the game”: Why ex-umpire wouldn’t have paid controversial free kick

The former match official did not agree with the call.

www.sen.com.au

 

[JT09]

Egg Head Umpire loves to ruin collingwood games. There was an exact same play in the Hawthorn Brisbane game that the Hawthorn player threw to his teammate and it wasn't a free kick. UNELIEVABLE!!!

 

[Mollythedolly]

I guess so - might even complement them which would be an added bonus

Travis in a recent interview confessed he is proud of his capacity to condiment players on their performances

 

[Mollythedolly]

I'm one of those annoying pr#cks - cheers

Fixed

 

[Harry O]

Difference is the man in green didn’t have a chip on his shoulder, because someone didn’t pick up the ball for him.

The wording of the rule says “ may” be a free kick . So depends how the up feels. And that word. Will allow the afl to tick it off.

Egg Head Umpire loves to ruin collingwood games. There was an exact same play in the Hawthorn Brisbane game that the Hawthorn player threw to his teammate and it wasn't a free kick. UNELIEVABLE!!!

The word is the umpires coach in the stands last Friday night was coaching in game to the on field umpires via an ear piece and telling them to penalize Collingwood for wasting time in the last quarter

Corruption ?

 

[JT09]

The word is the umpires coach in the stands last Friday night was coaching in game to the on field umpires via an ear piece and telling them to penalize Collingwood for wasting time in the last quarter

Corruption ?

Im just not happy that the same thing happened in the Hawthorn Brisbane game and it wasnt called. It was the same situation

 

[Mr Cannons]

I have never thought I would agree with Nick Riewoldt on something, but he has proved how useless the head of umpiring is!

If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, you can skip to 2:28

Was just about to post this, he’s shown what a bunch of clowns they look like.