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Round 13: the Crystal Pepsi games.
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Yes, but I'm sure you noticed how the virtually even free kick count at half-time (from memory), blew out to 10 in Crows' favour ultimately - to give them the usual +10 minimum - which is equivalent to an extra (ordinary) player. It's not easy to beat another AFL side with an extra man.
Purely coincidental ... I'm sure! (Perhaps we just defied the AFL's plans again by performing far above expectations ... like we did to win an extra flag or two!)
Really? I didn't realise. Just unbelievable - that just stinks to high heaven! Not just a rigged comp - but blatantly in-your-face, up-yours to all football fans!
And our HG at their dump really is another one for them
Except by cheating and staging for frees .. at least in Max's case. And umps respond because he's supposed to be a superstar ... one day ... sometime ... maybe ... could be ... would be .. or is he?
No, he's just a huge flog. Watch him staging and diving, sniping when we play them and Balta goes to him.
TBF, to me, they didn't lose this one but had it ripped off by the dumps with that nonsense, virtual goal-square free to Max King.
This season is clearly the worst fixturing I've ever seen. We all know we have to play 2 home games at the Dump but why against a home team????Really? I didn't realise. Just unbelievable - that just stinks to high heaven! Not just a rigged comp - but blatantly in-your-face, up-yours to all football fans!
And our HG at their dump really is another one for them
With little doubt. Beginning with the idiotic Rd. 0. I'm beginning to think, something must be done. I'm thinking the only recourse is most likely legal action, like on behalf of a club or clubs, or a class action on behalf of the large numbers of disgruntled fans of the several, clearly, heavily disadvantaged teams.
It just reeks of corruption to me. It is so far from a level playing field, despite all the millions invested, expended and at play in this highly lucrative sport. Along with the highly dubious umpiring: both the 'open-to-interpretation', fluctuating, continually altered and amended rules; the strangely incompatible and inexplicable imbalance of decisions (with teams playing the game in generally pretty similar fashion) and abrupt, curious late-game interventions.
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Everyone saw it. Even the AFL ass licking media have had enough.
*The Green bump 70% Free kick
*The Yeo Holding the Ball 5% Free kick
*The King Free kick, Utter bullshiit, soft and a disgrace
‘Sanctity of the umpires has been questioned’
The AFL has defended a system that allows umpires to receive feedback through an earpiece during matches.
I'm at the 'I dont really care' stage too.
The 3 flags have allowed me not to care.
Because there's no way the AFL wants us anywhere near the top.
And they have there green army every week bending us over.
We won, thats fantastic but the green turds tried there very best to get Adelaide over the line
Amazing how we copped sh!t from these flogs and Dimma kept on backing them up and yet now he calls out that King/Andrew decision was 'unwarranted'. Was Benny the one to tell him not to comment against them??? He seems free to do it now.
I have often considered that likely; it's Benny, probably reinforced by Peggy too, in her time, but all due to Gale's influence (it might even go back as far as the ruthless but ferociously determined GR). I think he may have this really old-school RFC mindset of 'Never complain; never explain!" (Is that the correct wording of that old adage?)
It's a bit, what goes around, comes around, and best never expect the assistance of the officials if you're Richmond, because it won't be forthcoming. So learn not to expect it or rely on it. Stand on your own 2 feet and be strong enough to win without the officials. This, in the end, makes you much stronger, better and self-reliant. Because, you can never trust the AFL will be there for you when you might need/hope or expect it.
Just not sure if I agree in the context of this era of the AFL where there is so much intervention by AFLCorp at every level. (Ha! They even ripped off our match-day ball sponsor a few years back).
It seems to me there are no limits to the corporate aims and machinations of the modern-day AFL in its over-rule for commercial ends and profits.
