AFL 2019 Round 10: Richmond v Essendon, 7:25pm AEST MCG

Who will win?

  • Richmond < 10 pts

    Votes: 2 8.3%
  • Richmond 10 - 30 pts

    Votes: 8 33.3%
  • Richmond > 30 pts

    Votes: 10 41.7%
  • Essendon < 10 pts

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Essendon 10 - 30 pts

    Votes: 2 8.3%
  • Essendon > 30 pts

    Votes: 2 8.3%
  • Draw

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    24
  • Poll closed .
May 8, 2007
48,686
71,371
AFL Club
Richmond
You didn't play well enough for long enough tonight to win...umpires or no umpires - the better side won.

Re the umpires, same old **** on BF game day threads. Some even post extreme rubbish as if umpires are conspiring against their club or puposely favoring their opponents. I don't subscribe to that.
One of the coaches - I think it was Clarkson - when asked about umpiring described it in the most appropriate way.
He said it is one of the most difficult sports to adjudicate. Also equated it to players - that if a player has an efficiency rate of 90%, everyone would say they are a gun. If the umpires adjudicate at 90% efficiency, unlike a player they are derided. On a hiding to nothing.

Umpires are only human, they run a half marathon in the course of the game, have only a split second to view and make a decision on the play, may even be obstructed or at a distance from the play or the wrong side of a contest to see what has occurred.
We have replays of play, slowed down, camera angles from all directions and mostly not from the point of vision where the umpire is looking at the play.
Umpires may not make a call because they didn't see it. Or alternatively make a wrong call about a mark etc because they make a decision based on what they saw (didn't see the ball hit the ground etc from their viewpoint for example). Free kick counts don't have to be even either.
Tonights game the umpires were strict on deliberate out of bounds, and very technical in giving 50 metre penalties. But at least they were consistent in their interpretation. I think there was maybe one howler against Bellchambers that resulted in a Richmond goal but it happens. I don't subscribe that the umpire made a wrong call to favour Richmond or to deny Essendon. That's ridiculous.

Best team won tonight, despite gping to sleep in the last qtr - well done Richmond.

No idea what you said. Bullet points would be helpful
 

The Filth

Premiership Player
Feb 18, 2009
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4,214
Essendon
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Collingwood
No idea what you said. Bullet points would be helpful
Sorry mate - in rant mode.
Punctuation not a strong point.
- Basically sick of people constantly blaming umpires for a loss - there is no conspiracy.
- Richmond were the better side for most of the game
- Essendon only pulled their finger out in the last.
- Richmond deserved their win.
 
Rance down for the year
Riewoldt out
Cotchin out
Nankervis out
Short out
Grigg retired
Houli missed games
Caddy missed games
Graham injured
Lambert now injured

If Richmond gets injuries, they'll be no good, their depth is rubbish.

7:3. Oh wait?
 

kendrick

All Australian
Sep 20, 2005
728
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Richmond
Other Teams
Fitzroy..never forgotten!
Rance down for the year
Riewoldt out
Cotchin out
Nankervis out
Short out
Grigg retired
Houli missed games
Caddy missed games
Graham injured
Lambert now injured

If Richmond gets injuries, they'll be no good, their depth is rubbish.

7:3. Oh wait?
And our VFL side is 7-0.
 
Rance down for the year
Riewoldt out
Cotchin out
Nankervis out
Short out
Grigg retired
Houli missed games
Caddy missed games
Graham injured
Lambert now injured

If Richmond gets injuries, they'll be no good, their depth is rubbish.

7:3. Oh wait?
Yeah thats all well and good, but how brave were those Bombers?
 

OhhDeledio

Premiership Player
Jul 30, 2014
3,316
7,562
Melbourne
AFL Club
Richmond
Rance down for the year
Riewoldt out
Cotchin out
Nankervis out
Short out
Grigg retired
Houli missed games
Caddy missed games
Graham injured
Lambert now injured

If Richmond gets injuries, they'll be no good, their depth is rubbish.

7:3. Oh wait?
add martin, grimes, vlastuin, ross, rioli who have all missed games aswell
 

BBC1967

Cancelled
Aug 9, 2015
2,348
3,228
AFL Club
Richmond
Sorry mate - in rant mode.
Punctuation not a strong point.
- Basically sick of people constantly blaming umpires for a loss - there is no conspiracy.
- Richmond were the better side for most of the game
- Essendon only pulled their finger out in the last.
- Richmond deserved their win.[/QUOTE

Now are we allowed an opinion on Pies Gameday thread next week? A lot of paranoid sensitive little flowers over on your Gameday threads.
 

Black Saab

Norm Smith Medallist
Apr 14, 2014
5,731
11,013
AFL Club
Richmond
Rance down for the year
Riewoldt out
Cotchin out
Nankervis out
Short out
Grigg retired
Houli missed games
Caddy missed games
Graham injured
Lambert now injured

If Richmond gets injuries, they'll be no good, their depth is rubbish.

7:3. Oh wait?
Don't forget Grimes, Martin, Vlastuin, Rioli, Astbury have all missed playing at some point in the first 10 rounds too.
 
They might have sold 80,000 but they didn’t all turn up-no way there was that crowd tonight.

It was pissing rain every campaigner was hiding under cover. The members was packed
 
If it wasn't for **** weather probably would have been almost 90,000 with most of it being Richmond supporters

Scomo ****ed off after quarter time that's why it looked quiet
 
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