Umpire failure explaination fail (NOT a winge about losing)

[Pessimistic]

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2015-04-14/was-poppy-pinged-correctly

The muppet claims the umpire can be let off for deciding a tap was a throw because in slow motion it looked a bit like a throw

Umpires have slow mo vision now do they ? No need for video reviews then ?

Watch the whole video, its just amateurish the way they try to explain incompetence away

The whinge here is about the pathetic explaination, on the day I was just meh, s**t happens we lost because we played badly.

 

[rumply]

still looks like a throw in real time so isn't that the only decision that matters

 

[Pessimistic]

I forgot to mention the people in the video agreed the umpire got it wrong, but . " It looked more like a throw in slow mo so you can understand the umpire getting it wrong"

 

[Beer n Skittles]

But it was a throw

 

[yoong]

This is as close as you'll get to the umpires admitting they have messed up.

 

[Oneiros]

* but people are quick to trot out "incompetence" when addressing a single decision.

 

[Maddo11]

What a complete cluster * of a segment "whistleblowers" is. It consists of token female host, one bloke that knows the rules, and Luke Ball wistfully repeating "as a player... as a player.... as a player.." desperately trying to remain relevant as long as he can before he slips into obscurity..


On the "throw", Even if this example isn't as the rules are written "a throw" it should still be pinged IMO. If you choose to use both hands to move the ball on, the only legal disposal should be a handpass.

 

[D-N-R]

I thought that was a throw. He basically catches the ball, albeit briefly, and then pushes it on. If he slaps or taps the ball with both hands, all well and good. I'd prefer that than have volleyball techniques creeping into the game and players 'setting' the ball to their team-mates.

It's preferable that the umpires call a couple of wrong or borderline throws than let the raft of throws go that they have in recent years.

 

[_007_]

It wan't a throw, ruckmen do two handed tap downs all the time. Should have gone one handed to avoid the risk though.

 

[Ambrosia]

I thought it was a throw when I first saw it not so sure after watching it on replay.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Welcome to the world of the AFL, a world where nobody has to explain their actions to anyone.