Dare I bring it up... umpires

Xcat

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#51
Why cant they just ball it up instead of pinging the bloke making the play?

The one on Ling in the 3rd Q i think, in our forward goal square was an absolute howler and I think I scared all the members around me when I went ballistic.

McLaren is easily the equal second worst umpire in the game.
1. Ray Chamberlain
2. Scott Mclaren
2. Darren Goldstink
 

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sauce_head

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#53
Come on cats supporters, the umpiring was not bad at all.

In fact, watching as a neutral, with one other neutral and a cats supporter, we thought the first half was fantastic umpiring. There were a few calls which could have been made, but they allowed the contest to go on. Some great one on one contests.

The third quarter was not so good, but the decisions evened out.

The free to Rocca was there, so I thought, the other neutral did not.

There is no need to blame the umpires for this one, it was a pretty even contest and the one on ones that developed were fantastic.

Great match. Go cats next week.
 

winty

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Another shocking decision happened in the first quarter when Rooke was pinged for holding the ball, and had two guys on top of him, one of whom was trying to ram his head into the turf. So much for the head being a protected area.

Would explain why he looked all at sea on the wing a few minutes later too.
 
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