Moved Thread Was that the best officated Grand Final for the past 20 years?
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not good enough, the swans won
PTizzle
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Swans got the short stick. The umpiring overall was ok by their usual poor standards, but still definitely way off what it should be.
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umpires definitely love hawks this september
OOBOTF are not counted in the free kick count.
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A touch more fairness would have been nice.
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Horribly inconsistent early, and finished just as bad. Both teams got done over by it, but Sydney were reamed a bit early on.
For the same reason Jetta's late bump on Suckling wasn't.
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It was downfield.....
I assume you are thinking of the one on Suckling when he kicked and was then pushed and the free went back to the middle?
hawkman
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To pay 50m against Mitchell was fair enough not sure the 70m they actually paid was warranted. For comparison that 50m against Pyke (which was incorrect) was paid in an almost identical spot but the mark was outside 50, the other one was taken to about 25-30m out.
I thought we got some lucky holding the ball decisions but did miss out on the Suckling downfield free kick which would have resulted in a shot at goal.
I thought we got some lucky holding the ball decisions but did miss out on the Suckling downfield free kick which would have resulted in a shot at goal.
I thought that the umpires did rather well, could have paid a few more free kicks, but overall did a darn fine job.
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Were the normal amount of mistakes, who cares it happens. Sydney lost the count but they were attacking the opposition harder all day. Makes sense they gave away extra free kicks.
Matt Stevic (9) had an average game, as did the other debutant Simon Meredith (21). I was always worried about appointing two debutante to the Grand Final but I think that Stevic and Meredith pretty much proved me wrong.
This, definitely.
I dunno, I think they still showed obvious bias towards West Coast.
forwardflanker
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Umpires were good I thought. Only real issues I had were a few holding the ball decisions and that's a problem with the rules rather than the umpiring imo.Ted Richards deliberate was the only real howler although I did think the 50 metre penalty against Mike Pike was harsh given a) he might not have heard the whistle or b) that he thought it was a Sydney free kick and was taking the advantage.LRT holding the ball was a bit dodgy but I think that has something to do with the rubbish rule they have at them moment where it's not holding the ball if it gets knocked out of their hand - kind of consistent with a non decision made when Roughead was tackled a few weeks ago anyway
forwardflanker
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Honestly I dont care who they appointed just as long as it wasn't the bald bloke who appeared out of control in the Hawthorn v Adelaide final
ExTasDeeMan
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Hardly noticed them, which means they did a good job .
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Outstanding days work by the umpires. When the free kick count is that lopsided yet nobody notices until they read it later, you know they are doing a good job. They paid the frees that were there (Sydney being harder at the ball gave a lot away) and made very few errors.
