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Ray Chamberlain is a c..............
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I remember a Reiwoldt one recently that was pretty bewildering.
True. When I say pay every free, I mean the blatant ones (holding the man, throwing the ball) not incidental contact. My issue is with the license to cheat 'let it go' gives players. Punish the blokes who are deliberately cheating.
Herd Razor banging on on SEN about being sensible and let common sense prevail when players may not have heard who had the free and it's what his coaches always tell them, then he did that! As you say, technically correct, but seriously.
Agree 100%.
The best umpires impose themselves immediately on the contest and pay the first couple of frees. This sends a message to every player on the ground that they are on notice. Then they gradually ease off and only pay the obvious ones. Late in a close game, they let as much go as they can.
And nobody notices.
Razor Ray is more interested in his exaggerated, attention-seeking disco-dancing calls and, now that he is miked up, its also about spouting his nonsense on prime time.
Thank Christ he’s an emergency only. Saw the 6 named in the record and thought no please don’t let him be one of the on ground umpires. I think GWS will be just as pleased. He’d be the most hated umpire ever.
Dunno. Reckon as soon as the maggots put the whistle away the game degenerates into wrestle mania. Simply want the maggots to adjudicate the rules consistently n to the same standard to both teams.
If they pay insignificant frees then pay them all game and to both teams. If they let the players have a crack then so be it, don't start suddenly guessing n interpreting insignificant contact half way through the game.
Oooooh happy happy joy joy. The Chamber pot to remain unused n unloved on the sidelines. Might have to bring a packet of peanuts n see if I can hoop a couple in from the boundary at half time.
Exactly right. Umpires should not be noticed, they are not the stars of the show, they are the support staff.
The umpiring department should have pulled Ray up a long time ago and told him that the best umpires don't get noticed, and to STFU.
Dream on, you will get no consistency if you pay some of the free kicks you see and don't pay others. WTF is common sense? Can you define this?
I would like to see the rule regarding prior opportunity, and the fact that it is only holding the ball if you attempt to illegally dispose of the ball, consistently applied too, but that is definitely not going to happen if you tell the umpires not to pay every free they see - which ones do they pay and not pay, how do they decide, who are they going to reveal this to? Consistency will only happen if you give them the rules and the interpretation to pay frees that are there and don't pay frees which are not there. If you bring multiple definitions of "common sense" (inevitable given we have multiple umpires) into this you get the sort of discretion we see from our friend Mr Chamberlain, I have no idea what he thinks common sense is, doubt it is anything like what any one of us would say.
And what's with umpiring finals differently from the H&A games, ludicrous. What other sport does this? Oh, it's finals now, we weren't adjudicating by the rules earlier, now we're going to be even more lax in our adjudication.
I don't expect perfection but I do expect consistency. So they should only pay frees when so called common sense tells them to pay the free? We can all see the inconsistent mess that is created when that is the case.
DS
That was done twice to Grimes by Henderson. 2 goals
Free kick .
But if it was Jack or Lynch, free kick against us.
I only want to see blatant frees, no 50/50s and only frees that actually impact the play.
If x is holding y and it’s 60m off the ball, who cares?
It sounds like Razor has got a gig
He is in. Deserves a day out at The G on the last Saturday September.
Got my hope up there whoever posted he was going to be an emergency. Just googled it he's most likely in, but will be officially announced at a Presser tomorrow. Fox sports article says:
'Simon Meredith is expected to be named as the emergency umpire.'
'Simon Meredith is expected to be named as the emergency umpire.'
