Yep, and the free we got was a professional free kick when we were away in the last...to Titch I think
-
IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
- Thread starter iLoVeNeWmAn
- Start date
It’s all ok, everyone knows it’s not just about the free kick count. At least that’s what the media AFL sheep keep telling us.
How’s the free kick against Lynch, goes down to pick up the ball, Adelaide player falls over the top of himfree Adelaide. Was at a crucial stage too, unbelievable
the 15 free kicks to 1 after we went ahead is living rent free in my head ..
Yeah, just watched the game, no idea why we get treated differently.
But, 1 thing I did notice. I saw 2 free kicks awarded against Richmond players who ducked their heads into tackles. Now, to be fair they already had their heads down since they were gathering the ball so hard to get upright again in a nano-second. But, ok, let's just grant that, although both the frees were questionable there is an argument to say they were there.
My question is, where did Richmond players get the idea that ducking the head while collecting the ball can get you a free kick for high contact? Hmm, this is a hard one . . . now, let me think, where could they possibly have got this idea? Oh, I remember now, the multiple free kicks we gave away last week against Footscray where they ducked their heads and got frees for high contact. So, the Richmond players see that happen multiple times last week, think, ok, I can do that. So, they try and, lo and behold, the free kick goes the other way.
F*cking ridiculous. They pay high contact to ducking players every week in every game, but this week they ping a few players for ducking and, surprise, surprise, they are Richmond players. Can they actually come out and tell us which way this should be adjudicated because at the moment it is a complete lottery.
DS
But, 1 thing I did notice. I saw 2 free kicks awarded against Richmond players who ducked their heads into tackles. Now, to be fair they already had their heads down since they were gathering the ball so hard to get upright again in a nano-second. But, ok, let's just grant that, although both the frees were questionable there is an argument to say they were there.
My question is, where did Richmond players get the idea that ducking the head while collecting the ball can get you a free kick for high contact? Hmm, this is a hard one . . . now, let me think, where could they possibly have got this idea? Oh, I remember now, the multiple free kicks we gave away last week against Footscray where they ducked their heads and got frees for high contact. So, the Richmond players see that happen multiple times last week, think, ok, I can do that. So, they try and, lo and behold, the free kick goes the other way.
F*cking ridiculous. They pay high contact to ducking players every week in every game, but this week they ping a few players for ducking and, surprise, surprise, they are Richmond players. Can they actually come out and tell us which way this should be adjudicated because at the moment it is a complete lottery.
DS
I actually didn’t have a problem with our blokes caught for ducking the head. It was the lack of prior opportunity that annoyed me.
Agree, but when opponents duck their heads and get high contact free kicks then I do have a problem
DS
I don’t think anyone would have a problem with it, if it was applied equally to every team and player, but for some reason the umpires are incapable of adjudicating consistently.
I'm sure this happened in the past many times. They just don't listen to teams.
But why would us losing be profitable for the AFL? Do other club PRE equivalents run these conspiracy theories? If the bias was so obvious against us surely at least one non Richmobd supporter would note it and comment on it in some public forum?
We must get them down and practice abusing them. They can’t adjudicate consistently but they have long memories
Mob of cheating, corrupt *smile* prick steve hockings
Was at the game last night. It genuinely feels like the umpires are looking for any opportunity to penalise Richmond when they can yet make Richmond earn any free kick they get. I was sitting behind the goals so not the greatest place to watch the game but certainly seemed that way.
