No mark as not 15 according to the ump. That wasn’t long after the HTB free against Bolton at the centre bounce. I don’t think anyone at the ground including the commentators thought it was HTB.
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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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The irony will be the guy we all hate actually opening the lid on the persecution we’ve had from the umps.
Agree with a lot of this, but I did like 2 umpires being introduced. Beyond 2 and we get the rubbish we are served up now.
Nah, Richmond supporters weren't stunned, we've seen this for years.
2 weeks? Are you new here? Try at least 2 years.
DS
Below is an extract from Slobbo's "Tackle" article.
The wheel is turning slowly by I expect the AFL to stay shtum and ride it out.
Richmond supporters were livid. They had every right to be. The free kick count was 20-11, but that wasn’t the problem. The problem was the number of free kicks umpires didn’t pay when it appeared the Tigers had earnt them. Time and again, the Tigers would lay a tackle and not be rewarded for incorrect disposal. Salt was added to the wound when the Dockers, at times, received free kicks for incorrect disposal by the Tigers. Once again, confusion reigned about what exactly is prior opportunity. The more cynical Tigers supporter would say ‘what’s new’. Over the past five years, Richmond’s differential between free kicks for and free kicks against is -332. The next worst side is Hawthorn on -108. How can that properly be explained? Is there a vendetta? Or are the Tigers just sloppy or too aggressive with their tackling? If this was politics, a Royal Commission would be demanded. And if this was politics, we’d love Tigers officials to have parliamentary privilege so we could hear what they really think.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...8/news-story/ea7d29717ab52a44481353d71737327b
The wheel is turning slowly by I expect the AFL to stay shtum and ride it out.
Richmond supporters were livid. They had every right to be. The free kick count was 20-11, but that wasn’t the problem. The problem was the number of free kicks umpires didn’t pay when it appeared the Tigers had earnt them. Time and again, the Tigers would lay a tackle and not be rewarded for incorrect disposal. Salt was added to the wound when the Dockers, at times, received free kicks for incorrect disposal by the Tigers. Once again, confusion reigned about what exactly is prior opportunity. The more cynical Tigers supporter would say ‘what’s new’. Over the past five years, Richmond’s differential between free kicks for and free kicks against is -332. The next worst side is Hawthorn on -108. How can that properly be explained? Is there a vendetta? Or are the Tigers just sloppy or too aggressive with their tackling? If this was politics, a Royal Commission would be demanded. And if this was politics, we’d love Tigers officials to have parliamentary privilege so we could hear what they really think.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...8/news-story/ea7d29717ab52a44481353d71737327b
Andrew Dillion is supposed to be a Richmond supporter.
FFS surely he's as frustrated as the rest of us.
We don't want favouritism, just to be umpired equally.
Fix it fast or fans will start turning their backs on the game.
FFS surely he's as frustrated as the rest of us.
We don't want favouritism, just to be umpired equally.
Fix it fast or fans will start turning their backs on the game.
I went to the social club after the game and I have never heard as many die-hard supporters saying they are contemplating giving the game away. The common theme was “I can't do this anymore”. These people have been lifelong, committed supporters and are now contemplating walking away. My wife has already quit. She wont go anymore and will not renew her high-value membership next season.
The game is haemorrhaging. The grass roots are dying all due to the umpiring and other anti-fan, ridiculous AFL policies such as the contrived unequal draw, political posturing that has nothing to do with the game, and their socialist “equalisation” policies. The media companies are happy because they get their curated content and the AFL therefore gets their income, but it is coming at a huge cost. I can see the game dying from within. The fans made the game what it is today. They should be listened to before anything else.
FMD. Dilligan is just another inbred AFLHQ corporate flog. Bit like pollies really, he'll hide away in his orifice n try to avoid the situation and if he gets hunted by the meedjia for a response there'll be ten minutes of gibber n waffle without a single thing being said.
He's a puppet.
CFL boy's club were petrified of appointing Benny Gale.
They wanted someone they could attach puppet strings too.
That’s not the first time Roco’s brought up the umpiring, and I don’t think it’s the first time he’s wondered about how we’re treated by them.
Even though our effective tackling is really poor, whenever we do make one stick and the opposition has had an eternity and it’s incorrect disposal, the cheats just call “play ooon” every time.
I lost count of how many times the commentators were “bemused” at what we copped yesterday. Even Brad Johnson - who hates Richmond - was critical of what these cheats were dispensing on us.
I lost count of how many times the commentators were “bemused” at what we copped yesterday. Even Brad Johnson - who hates Richmond - was critical of what these cheats were dispensing on us.
Pretty sure that they’ve said that they have formally raised it in the past, but the AFL simply ignore it, like they do with anything else they find inconvenient.
Dilllion is another AFL jock sniffer.
The free kick against Nakas was an absolute disgrace.
But the media aren't looking at that but at the 50 because of Dows brain fade.
How many sport’s journo’s are there? I mean trained and accredited journalists.
Most of the lunatics are former players who have ghost writers making up articles. Those other “real” journalists are in the pocket of the afl empire.
They don’t have any integrity to write articles in the public interest.
They just keep talking and writing *smile* for content for their paymasters .
Which one? I saw a "dangerous tackle" where the blokes head missed the ground by about a metre
I posted this in the game day thread:
The siren goes, the whistle sounds, Dow looks at the ump who has his hand raised for half time, Dow drops the ball. Ump pays 50.
In the 3rd, Freo player runs the ball out of bounds, deliberate is paid. Freo player tosses the ball to the boundary umpire. No 50 paid.
A couple of years ago i remember Broad (i think)running with the ball in the backline, slipping, getting tackled, the ball touching the ground, then Broad handballing- holding the ball was paid cos the ball touched the ground whilst he was tackled. The same thing happened yesterday to a freo player- no free.
It never ceases to astound me how these frees- like the Broad rushed point earlier this year- are plucked from nowhere very rarely, but that rarely always seems to be against us.
The siren goes, the whistle sounds, Dow looks at the ump who has his hand raised for half time, Dow drops the ball. Ump pays 50.
In the 3rd, Freo player runs the ball out of bounds, deliberate is paid. Freo player tosses the ball to the boundary umpire. No 50 paid.
A couple of years ago i remember Broad (i think)running with the ball in the backline, slipping, getting tackled, the ball touching the ground, then Broad handballing- holding the ball was paid cos the ball touched the ground whilst he was tackled. The same thing happened yesterday to a freo player- no free.
It never ceases to astound me how these frees- like the Broad rushed point earlier this year- are plucked from nowhere very rarely, but that rarely always seems to be against us.
