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Of course, that explains the "no holding" instructions the umpires regularly bark to the players.......:rolleyes:

I'm with the OP on this 100%. The umpires are there to pay infringements once the rules are broken, not instruct players on how not to break them. The players are professionals, they should know not to hold, etc without it being necessary for the umpires to tell them in advance. It's...

Re: Franklin & Fevola - why do the umpires hate them? He didn`t get a free at all today, which I find amazing.

Re: Jarred Waite's punch to the ball vs Adelaide I only asked because I had an inkling it was Chamberlain and I explained my feelings about the issue in a later post: Essentially I am agreeing with you, Chamberlain is the ultimate symptom of the problem you are talking about.

Re: Jarred Waite's punch to the ball vs Adelaide They don't umpire by the book, otherwise they would be paying considerably more free kicks in a game than they already do. They use their discretion all the time and Chamberlain could have also done so in this case. A slight correction made to...

Re: Jarred Waite's punch to the ball vs Adelaide Well that explains it. I am loathe to criticize umpires and rarely do. But I am happy to make an exception with Chamberlain, he is an attention-seeker of the highest order. There are heaps of free kicks which technically occur to the "letter of...

Re: Jarred Waite's punch to the ball vs Adelaide I didn't see it to be honest. Out of interest, who was the umpire who paid the free kick?

I agree with that, I still remember the umpires from when I first started following the game as kid. In addition to the above, you have names like Peter Sheales, Ray Sleeth, Don Jolley and John Sutcliffe for instance.

It is interesting how some view these free kicks as soft at times but as "definitely there" at other times - depending on the circumstances (I am not necessarily levelling that accusation at you by the way). I would have thought free kicks being paid in situations like this are a cause of...