I had to sit through 8 minutes of absolute drivel and disingenuous explanations by the so called AFL GM of football. And what did I take away from this video?
1/- The AFL has complete and utter contempt for ALL football supporters
2/- The AFL is not only run incompetently, it is profoundly morally bankrupt.
3/- Describing the unpaid 50 meter penalty late in the Pies, Roos game as confusing by her own stupid description has condemned the four field umpires as confused. They should not be umpiring again. She just does not see how inane and dishonest her explanations are.
4/- In furthering her woeful attempts to whitewash the complete failure of the umpires she said the north player moved after taking the mark which confused the umpires and even the Pies players! Yes he did move a couple of steps
backwards after marking the ball as most players do in that situation - ready to look for options down field and then take their kick. He couldn’t because he was jumped upon by two Collingwood players while the umpires, according to this useless dribble from another AFL employee, stood there confused!
That is a 50 meter penalty with what should have been a shot at goal.
5/- The goal earlier in that game was reviewed according to her - but we only have her word for that. Nobody else out the ground including the commentators were aware it had been reviewed. There were only two options she said - either touched (it was) or all clear for a goal.
The goal was given to Collingwood and the AFL of today, again proves just how corrupt it is in managing our once great game.
6/- The remainder of her dribble was an attempt to tell the public just how seriously the AFL take their responsibilities in reviewing umpiring decisions blah, blah, blah, blah.
She conveniently ignored the blatant ball throwing by two Magpies within seconds of each late in the last quarter as I’m guessing the 4 umpires again stood by in a comatosed state of confusion.
This woman has no credibility and the AFL should be called out for its outrageous incompetency and cheating