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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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jamo said:
Ok
3rd QTR
Soft free's Paid
50m on Batch
High contact on power
hands in back mcdonald
all 3 against Tigers
Not Paid
Rich
Edwards held and in back
Batch taken high
GWS
edwards trips edwards
Connors 50m on Cornes
So
In 3 Qtrs of footy
18 poor decisions
Rich 14
GWS 4
If that aint Bias, i don't know what is.
The final qtr to come.
This is Matt Stevic.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond but hates Richmond.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond but hates Richmond and also hates the Richmond Football Club.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond but hates Richmond and also hates the Richmond Football Club and tries at every opportunity to crucify the Richmond Football Club.
This is Jeff Geischen
Jeff Geischen is the AFL Director of Umpiring
Jeff Geischen does not live in Richmond
Jeff Geischen does not live in Richmond but hates Richmond
Jeff Geischen does not live in Richmond but hates Richmond and also hates the Richmond Football Club
Jeff Geischen loves Matt Stevic.
Are your comments assumed or substantiated, ARE YOU MATT STEVIC?Chiang Mai Tiger said:
This is Matt Stevic.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond but hates Richmond.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond but hates Richmond and also hates the Richmond Football Club.
Matt Stevic is an AFL Umpire that wears a number 9 on his back and lives in Richmond but hates Richmond and also hates the Richmond Football Club and tries at every opportunity to crucify the Richmond Football Club.
This is Jeff Geischen
Jeff Geischen is the AFL Director of Umpiring
Jeff Geischen does not live in Richmond
Jeff Geischen does not live in Richmond but hates Richmond
Jeff Geischen does not live in Richmond but hates Richmond and also hates the Richmond Football Club
Jeff Geischen loves Matt Stevic.
Ok
last QTR
In the back on grig soft
chopping arms Houli soft
Not paid
Conca bumped high
Cotchin crunched from behind
so in all 22 bad decisions
I may have missed a couple, or some of my opinions will differ.
18 against the tigers
4 against GWS
It didn't cost the game luckily, but definite Bias IMO
last QTR
In the back on grig soft
chopping arms Houli soft
Not paid
Conca bumped high
Cotchin crunched from behind
so in all 22 bad decisions
I may have missed a couple, or some of my opinions will differ.
18 against the tigers
4 against GWS
It didn't cost the game luckily, but definite Bias IMO
While yesterday's farce was obviously about far more than one decision that free kick payed by Stevic to Cameron against Batch before the ball was bounced at the start of the 2nd quarter was one of the most disgraceful decisions I've ever seen in 25 years of watching footy.
I found it disturbing on so many levels. While it was an insane decision and only a complete idiot would say otherwise myself and some mates were discussing it after the game and the more you analyse it the scarier it is. What could he have possibly payed it for? It wasn't in the back, it wasn't high contact, it wasn't front on contact, it wasn't chopping the arms and he wasn't holding him. Quite apart from the fact that it was ridiculously soft and a joke there's actually no rule in Australian football that could possibly justify making such a decision.
I'm assuming Stevic asked Batch to stop it once or twice before he actually payed the free kick which is very concerning in the first place as he has absolutely no right to. Then when Batch ignores him (as he should) he pays a free against him. Basically we're talking about a guy with absolutely no regard for the rules of footy saying "Do what I'd like you to do and play exactly the way I'd like you to play in a perfect world because I'm the guy with the whistle and if you don't I'll penalise you even if you're not breaking any rules." If that's not a worry I don't know what is.
Matthew Stevic should seriously be suspended for that. I was at the game yesterday and if I saw him in a bar afterwards or at the airport on the way back to Melbourne I'd have absolutely no hesitation in walking up to him point blank and telling him he's a *smile* idiot. Not sure when that will change...if ever.
I found it disturbing on so many levels. While it was an insane decision and only a complete idiot would say otherwise myself and some mates were discussing it after the game and the more you analyse it the scarier it is. What could he have possibly payed it for? It wasn't in the back, it wasn't high contact, it wasn't front on contact, it wasn't chopping the arms and he wasn't holding him. Quite apart from the fact that it was ridiculously soft and a joke there's actually no rule in Australian football that could possibly justify making such a decision.
I'm assuming Stevic asked Batch to stop it once or twice before he actually payed the free kick which is very concerning in the first place as he has absolutely no right to. Then when Batch ignores him (as he should) he pays a free against him. Basically we're talking about a guy with absolutely no regard for the rules of footy saying "Do what I'd like you to do and play exactly the way I'd like you to play in a perfect world because I'm the guy with the whistle and if you don't I'll penalise you even if you're not breaking any rules." If that's not a worry I don't know what is.
Matthew Stevic should seriously be suspended for that. I was at the game yesterday and if I saw him in a bar afterwards or at the airport on the way back to Melbourne I'd have absolutely no hesitation in walking up to him point blank and telling him he's a *smile* idiot. Not sure when that will change...if ever.
Which clown of an umpire paid the deliberate out of bounds against Batch in the second qtr. Right on the wing in a contest with Brogan.
As bad as some of the umpiring was, that was a shocker.
As bad as some of the umpiring was, that was a shocker.
That free kick against Batch(you all know the one) would that umpire( you know who) have paid that free if it was Mick Martyn doing the nigling
When i played footy, they were the free kicks you didnt want to get because you knew what was coming (via a smack in the head) at the next contest or as soon as the umpire turned his back.
When i played footy, they were the free kicks you didnt want to get because you knew what was coming (via a smack in the head) at the next contest or as soon as the umpire turned his back.
Streak said:
Yep Batch had one of those days yesterday. Could not do a thing right and even the umpires seemed to join in. He was on the end of some terrible decisions.
Jimmy_12 said:
Perfectly put! And seeing as Vlad says people in the game cannot comment on the umpiring, how can it ever improve?
I am hopeful this is just one of those things that consumes us for a few weeks and then moves on - like Clarko's zone, hands in the back rule, the rushed behind rule change etc.
The games up to the Port game involving Richmond were umpired in such a way that I didn't really notice the umpiring. Sure there were the odd bad decisions for soft infringements, but both sides seem to benefit equally and most of time they were technically there. None of our first six games were decided by umpiring.
From the Swans game onwards, I have found myself thinking that each week I watch the worst umpiring I have seen in a long time - that is, each week, it gets worse. The one exception is that nothing will ever beat the terrible umpiring for the first 3 quarters of the dockers game - ever!!!
I wonder if other fans have noticed a similar thing, that is, ok umpiring for the first thrid of the season and woeful umpiring over the last month or so.
Could it be related to the wetter weather? Players slide more, fumble more and slip more. All three things invite unlawful contact. The AFL should know by now that South Eastern Australia is usually wetter duing the winter months, and they should have trained their umpires to allow for that long before now. Just like at finals time, the umpires tend to blow for less frees, so they should during the wet season. Unexplainable stoppages are the biggest blight on the game right now and it needs to be rectified.
The games up to the Port game involving Richmond were umpired in such a way that I didn't really notice the umpiring. Sure there were the odd bad decisions for soft infringements, but both sides seem to benefit equally and most of time they were technically there. None of our first six games were decided by umpiring.
From the Swans game onwards, I have found myself thinking that each week I watch the worst umpiring I have seen in a long time - that is, each week, it gets worse. The one exception is that nothing will ever beat the terrible umpiring for the first 3 quarters of the dockers game - ever!!!
I wonder if other fans have noticed a similar thing, that is, ok umpiring for the first thrid of the season and woeful umpiring over the last month or so.
Could it be related to the wetter weather? Players slide more, fumble more and slip more. All three things invite unlawful contact. The AFL should know by now that South Eastern Australia is usually wetter duing the winter months, and they should have trained their umpires to allow for that long before now. Just like at finals time, the umpires tend to blow for less frees, so they should during the wet season. Unexplainable stoppages are the biggest blight on the game right now and it needs to be rectified.
