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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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Agree, but it would also help if the player trying to gain possession wasn't grabbed before they have the ball. How can you have prior opportunity when one arm is being held as you gather the ball?
The player willing to take possession should always be afforded more leeway than the player who hangs back, grabs an arm, gives a push or whatever.
DS
Absolutely … it’s a *smile* joke!
For the sake of the game we need to form a new competition away from the corrupt AFL!
If you’re being tackled, drop your knees and you’ll get a free. If you’re being tackled, throw yourself to the ground. You’ll get a free. If you’re in a marking contest wrap your opponents arm around yours. You’ll get a free. If you’re trying to get the low footy, aim your head to get under your opponents arm. You’ll get a free.
This is a joke.
Clear holding the ball against demons multiple times.... Play on!
Ok, so that's how the interpretation is tonight?
Nope! The second we get tackled it's holding the ball!
Clear holding the ball against demons multiple times.... Play on!
Ok, so that's how the interpretation is tonight?
Nope! The second we get tackled it's holding the ball!
The standard of umpiring is at a critical low. The game cannot survive at this diluted quality.
It is evident that three field umpires interpreting rules causes confusion to the players and fans alike.
Instead of addressing the toxic state of umpiring the AFL introduced a dissent rule in an attempt to eliminate the visual of player confusion and frustration.
End the farce. Time to sweep the AFL Executive and administration. Time to sweep the umpiring appointments as well.
It is evident that three field umpires interpreting rules causes confusion to the players and fans alike.
Instead of addressing the toxic state of umpiring the AFL introduced a dissent rule in an attempt to eliminate the visual of player confusion and frustration.
End the farce. Time to sweep the AFL Executive and administration. Time to sweep the umpiring appointments as well.
Hahahahahahahaha!
"Spargo has his hand held....... but still gets a handpass away"
That was the actual commentary!!
Rioli great tackle, Spargo throws footy, everyone sees it..... PLAY ON!
AFL IS COOKED
"Spargo has his hand held....... but still gets a handpass away"
That was the actual commentary!!
Rioli great tackle, Spargo throws footy, everyone sees it..... PLAY ON!
AFL IS COOKED
Agree with many here pointing out bias, BUT I don't think there is a team in the comp that gives away more obvious frees than we do. This smacks of complacency and petulance. We have a rep now among the umpiring fraternity that we don't mind giving away dumb free kicks and the umpires are only too happy to oblige. We make ourselves easy targets. No subtlety. over to the coaches to sort this out or we will all be tearing our hair out.
I'd like to see an 'Umpire Free' round introduced. That's when we would see some free flowing footy and something fans can get excited about! Week after week the Tiges are crucified by the umps, rarely a match where we come out on the positive side of the ledger.
F*cking joke tonight.
I saw a Melbourne player get a very easy high contact free and not 5 minutes later Castagna gets a whack across the head and no free.
I saw a Melbourne player get an easy free in the middle of a pack in front of goal, maybe it was there, and not 5 minutes later Lynch is held off a marking contest (his opponent was facing away from where the ball was going, hoding on to Lynch and pushing him away from the marking contest - that is both holding the man and blocking), in space where everyone could see it, no free.
I saw a Melbourne player get a free in front of goal when he tripped over his own feet.
I saw Balta lining up for goal and it is smothered by a player who was not on the mark. How is that in the rules, a player who is not on the mark cannot smother the ball unless he enters the restricted zone. Balta was 50m out, he wasn't going for a round the corner kick, it simply could not be play on.
Petracca grabs the ball in front of our goals, gets tackled after having prior opportunity, makes no attempt to dispose of the ball - ball up.
The free kick count was 20-10 at 3/4 time, how is it even possible that a team only gives away 10 free kicks in 3/4 of a game? I'll tell you, it simply isn't possible, they just refuse to pay free kicks to our players which they do give to the opposition.
I really am getting beyond the point where it is incompetence, it is looking a lot like bias.
To be honest I am heartily sick of this, every f*cking week they simply refuse to give Richmond players free kicks. Even after Dimma said we need to get better at getting free kicks they still won't. I don't know how you get better at receiving free kicks, maybe we need to learn to crumple forward when tackled, trip over our own feet, fall over when held off a marking contest, shrug our arms in a tackle . . . I don't now because some of the missed frees were very bloody obvious and not awarded.
DS
I saw a Melbourne player get a very easy high contact free and not 5 minutes later Castagna gets a whack across the head and no free.
I saw a Melbourne player get an easy free in the middle of a pack in front of goal, maybe it was there, and not 5 minutes later Lynch is held off a marking contest (his opponent was facing away from where the ball was going, hoding on to Lynch and pushing him away from the marking contest - that is both holding the man and blocking), in space where everyone could see it, no free.
I saw a Melbourne player get a free in front of goal when he tripped over his own feet.
I saw Balta lining up for goal and it is smothered by a player who was not on the mark. How is that in the rules, a player who is not on the mark cannot smother the ball unless he enters the restricted zone. Balta was 50m out, he wasn't going for a round the corner kick, it simply could not be play on.
Petracca grabs the ball in front of our goals, gets tackled after having prior opportunity, makes no attempt to dispose of the ball - ball up.
The free kick count was 20-10 at 3/4 time, how is it even possible that a team only gives away 10 free kicks in 3/4 of a game? I'll tell you, it simply isn't possible, they just refuse to pay free kicks to our players which they do give to the opposition.
I really am getting beyond the point where it is incompetence, it is looking a lot like bias.
To be honest I am heartily sick of this, every f*cking week they simply refuse to give Richmond players free kicks. Even after Dimma said we need to get better at getting free kicks they still won't. I don't know how you get better at receiving free kicks, maybe we need to learn to crumple forward when tackled, trip over our own feet, fall over when held off a marking contest, shrug our arms in a tackle . . . I don't now because some of the missed frees were very bloody obvious and not awarded.
DS
