From Tiger Toffee in BF:
I have a theory as to why the pies get looked after and why we get reamed in free kicks.
After seeing what Razor Ray said the other week about how they umpire, pre game meetings about how each team plays etc.
Now my theory is that the umpires go into game with pre conceived ideas that the opposition are going to infringe the pie players and they look for this during the game and while they are looking for this they miss the stuff the pie players do hence the massive free kick differential they get.
With us, the complete opposite, umps are looking for what we are doing in the contest while missing/ ignoring what the opposition do in that same contest hence the massive free kick differential against us.
Might be something in it.