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I am sure it was not intentional from the umpires yesterday, I think sometimes they get caught up in the emotion of the game and can let this impact their decision making. Also with all the negative press we had this week with both the incorrect decisions against the Magpies and then the Rankine stuff, the umps would have had that in the back of their mind going into the game.
But how does getting caught up in the emotion of it mean you can't see the ball is behind the goal post?
Nope. Signed on for 2026 as well. But rumours are he’s lining up Tex to play when he retires.
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As were we back in round one on the GC. Give us the four points we were robbed of in that game and GC are playing a dead rubber this week against easybeats Essendon.
I agree it was the wrong call, same as some of the others in the 4th quarter. But to suggest the AFL had instructed the umps to cheat is not realistic.
I just can't see any other reason for not making that call. I'm not saying it's deliberately against the Crows but there has to be an instruction to keep the game close.
Smith for Laird is a downgrade even it it's minimal. Smith can bomb it 50m but Laird will be more serviceable in the tight finals pressure cooker. His quick hands and decision making is a bit better than Brodie's who does his best work in the open.
I think Smith is more suited to the fast play we should be bringing against Collingwood in 2 weeks.
I'm sorry but that's conspiracy level thinking. Why would they care if the game is close or not? It's the same as saying the umps deliberately missed the couple of dodgy calls that went our way last week just to make sure we won.
Said this before we had the 4 least capable umpires for the least consequential game of the season. They were not cheating, they are just no good. Heck the chick boundary umpire had to come in ten metres for throw ins. That’s how low on the barrel we scraped. Not a single chance any of those umpires do finals.
That’s all sorts of cray cray sorry. How do they do it … email directive? Phone call from dill pickle personally? Message via carrier pidgeon that self destructs after reading aka inspector gadget style? The umpires are not all centrally located so we think on this inconsequential match the AFL convened a pow wow with the umpires just before the match to instruct them to keep it close
It was leaked to Caro that sponsors started crying to AFL house that viewers were turning off games before 3/4 time and that they were not getting value for their sponsorship and it was a real concern for AFL house.
Yep, we controlled the game.
This is also why the commentators always talk up the chance of upsets.
Yeah that was my point originally, its a subconscious thing when a team is coming from behind and the crowd is getting louder. I am sure they are not consciously making incorrect calls to keep the game close.
Absolutely, the umpires gave us the Collingwood match to make up for the GC match earlier in the year. This risked Collingwood missing top 4 through no fault of their own so the AFL fixed the Port match against CG. The ladder is now a fair reflection of the teams performances but the AFL fixing matches hasn't been good for the AFC in the past (2012 prelim).
They even wanted htb if the ball was deemed over the line.
Has there ever been a score review that over turns an umpiring decision?
Don't worry.
Imagine getting first hands to it, bringing it down and holding it only to have someone else awarded the mark.
