He will he thinks his bigger then the players
Congratulations to Eleni Glouftsis , first woman to umpire an AFL senior match
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I don't think it's the umpire's that decided that you don't need to dispose of the ball correctly after taking possession.
Decision making?
Just don't ask her what she wants to eat, you never get a straight answer.
Just don't ask her what she wants to eat, you never get a straight answer.
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GL.......... sadly............Thats not a high bar.
I wish her well and congrats on the historic achievement .
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She has heard it all before.
The crowds at the SANFL get pretty vocal
I gave her a massive spray at Norwood Oval one day without realising it was her that made the decision, something along the lines of you f**king cheating campaigner and then realised. She just smiled and got on with it.
She has a pretty good sense of humour aswell, heard a story from one of the players that a opponent gave her a bit of of verbal one day and told her she should go back to netball because she cant umpire and then awhile later this bloke dropped a fairly simple mark and Eleni told him to take up umpiring because he can't play football
It's just another umpire, don't get so worked up.
Let's just hope she's actually good and not just shoehorned in for diversity reasons, which I've definitely seen happen with female umps at junior/amateur/wafl levels.
Good luck to her and let's hope she does a great job in our game, can't be any worse than some of the rubbish that goes around with Nicholls, Panell, Fisher etc
Good luck to her and let's hope she does a great job in our game, can't be any worse than some of the rubbish that goes around with Nicholls, Panell, Fisher etc
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I'd love to be excited about it.
I'd love to be the pro-feminist that I usually am and talk about the barrier that she's breaking down.
I'd love to flame anyone who doesn't think this is a big step forward for Australian football.
But she's umpiring the Eagles game. So unfortunately, she's just another white (fluro) maggot to me unless we win.
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As I have said before she was good in the SANFL and think she did one of our JLT games this year. Reckon she has earned her spot as she wasn't shoehorned in for round 1. She has done her time in the VFL and obviously has earned a call up
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Would of been a easier start with a trip to Subiaco, she would only have had to look after one side
Good on her, I just hope she is up to scratch and has a good game.
How far do umpires run throughout a game? I hope the pace is no issue for her.
How far do umpires run throughout a game? I hope the pace is no issue for her.
Well done to Eleni, this is a great achievement.
Our game is one of the hardest in the world to umpire, and everyone should have a chance to be booed off the ground and yelled at, regardless of their gender or ethnicity.
Our game is one of the hardest in the world to umpire, and everyone should have a chance to be booed off the ground and yelled at, regardless of their gender or ethnicity.
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I am sure she will be treated with the same respect and decorum as all of the other yellow maggots.
PS: good effort Eleni
PS: good effort Eleni
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Meh. Couldn't care less if she was male, female or undecided as long as she does a good job.
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We'll win. She teachers PE at St.Bernards.
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I'm weirdly excited to watch this?!? Keen to see how the players to react to her
I'm sure she's up to standard, as some posters on here have judged her to be.
But at the same time, being such a public position there does need to be a little 'shoehorning' of females in the AFL. As it breaks down some barriers and shows that a position like an AFL umpire is achievable for the other 50% of the population.
Her appointment will reap benefits in the future as hopefully more female and male applicants apply for the job, hopefully leading to a higher skill level of umpires.
At least, that's how I view it, for a public position such as this.
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Unfortunately, this isn't something BF is very good at.
Unfortunately, this isn't something BF is very good at.
Yes, this lady
Good on her. Progress.
Lets hope she isnt doing the Carlton game though.
If a rumour starts in the back pocket about Murphy and the umpire, he'll likely get all punchy and go right off his game.
Lets hope she isnt doing the Carlton game though.
If a rumour starts in the back pocket about Murphy and the umpire, he'll likely get all punchy and go right off his game.
Will she bounce the ball high enough ?
