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Round 4 - The Other Cheese Sandwich Games

Every game is like that! The standard is appalling.

Rule changes have made footy impossible to officiate.
This. Rule changes or interpretations should be made only to reduce the number of rules. The AFL are making it more and more difficult for the umpires to adjudicate the game.
Mind you the obvious in the back by Shovekins …..howling non decision.
 
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Did Atkins get reported for his attack to the head of that Collingwood kid with the peroxide hair??

That was shocking, ball wasn't even in play.

But Marlion gets cited for a Butler premeditated flop
I hate to dwell on history, but to this day I still don’t understand how Dangerfields hit on Vloss in a GF was not even looked at. Not even looked at! Marlion would have got 10 years prison time for that hit.
 
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When is Cryan Miers gunna do something with his hair?. Can't he afford a tint?. Umpires , gee there are some flogs around & I think they put their hand up to play down at Corio Bay.
 
Cockatoo got reported for a rough conduct which was an accidental bump/push. Get some glasses flogs!!
 
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I reckon that's two years in a row now that poor umpiring has decided that fixture.
 
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Also, Cam Rayner is possibly a bigger bust than McCartin at this rate, who has been impressive down back at the Swans.
Look at his career. His stats are worse than castagna s. A complete dud that the likes of Brayshaw call a superstar.
An average forward flanker with no tank and poor skills.
 
umpiring abysmal, decided the game, but Brisbane didn't deserve to win. Too many half arsed efforts, too few players having a genuine go. Stand rule doesn't apply to Geelong apparently, Hawkins unbelievable, the anti-Pickett/ Lynch. Gets so many non-frees and gets away with so many blatant infringements. Particularly bad tonight but always the way.
 
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At any stage will the media call out out the terrible standard of umpiring in the AFL. It’s actually affecting results and needs to be looked at.
The AFL dictatorship will revoke their media credentials.
 
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Watched the NRL then switched over for the last qtr. would never have done that in the past. The rules changes and umpiring make the game unenjoyable. The Roosters Broncos game was great.
 
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Teams have been spooked by high-scoring, free-flowing quarters in the opening rounds.
So they have gone defensive, to Sydney Swans-style containment footy.
Matthew Lloyd predicted it the other night, in the preview of Footy Classified.
It was his grab in the Nine News sports segment.
 
Lol.
 

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Nick Riewoldt has called it out

“Umpires make mistakes and we have come a long way already this year in our non-bashing of the umpires so when an umpire makes a mistake, don’t give us that disgraceful explanation,” he said.
"That was nonsensical.
That’s trying to dig yourself out of a hole with a completely absurd explanation.”
 
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Nick Riewoldt has called it out

“Umpires make mistakes and we have come a long way already this year in our non-bashing of the umpires so when an umpire makes a mistake, don’t give us that disgraceful explanation,” he said.
"That was nonsensical.
That’s trying to dig yourself out of a hole with a completely absurd explanation.”
Good call Nick.
 
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