Re: D4 Section Ammos
Could be Dick Pratt is after another old bloke well past his prime to get another four years of #1 Draft picks.
BTW. If everyone below Tugger's level was to give it away we would be getting reserves players to umpire games up as high as B grade. Walk a mile in someones shoes b4 passing judgement upon them.
Spot on Spymaster.
I've been around way too long to know umpiring decisions work themselves out in the long run about 20/80.
Only kidding, 50/50 and they do a sensational job!
Me too
Flower,I've been around a while in VAFA as player and coach,jeez did I give the maggots hell,they were all dills,even had to spend some time on the pine for an unsavory description I made of one,now that I just go and watch and don't care who wins it's amazing how much better they have gotten

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About six weeks back I went in for a frothy at the after match,guess
whoo was umpire that day,overheard some players asking him about some rulings,the players response was,"is that really the rule".
Now old Nelly doesn't know who I am so I struck up a conversation with the hairless wonder,about the players comment,he made the comment that he doubted if 10 % of players had actually read the rule book.
Load of cra@ I thought,just another maggot lecture,but it got me thinking,I still have some contacts in a couple of divs.so I did a straw pole over the next couple of weeks,guess what,it was cra@,I found that less than 5% had sat down and read the rules.
A club that is still in my heart was the worst,after talking to the coach[higher grade,one in the alphabet range],we did a rules night,boy was that popular,they were banging the door down to get in,

these old school sides have stats keepers,and, after the night the 1s and 2s gave away 45% less frees in future games.
Maybe the old bloke has something that should be listened to eh.
Sorry Nel. your still young at heart.
