FastLane
Club Legend
Have noticed this a bit over the past few years- yet really seemed obvious in Friday (Tigers/Cats) and Saturday (swans/Pies) night games (didnt get to watch other games)
One team gets a bunch of frees- and all of a sudden the free kick count looks lopsided- Cats were well ahead of Tigers early, as were Pies vs Swans- in both free kick count and scoreboard.
Nek minute- Tigers and Swans given a bunch of 'soft' frees and many ignored that could go against them.
I imagine umpires debrief at end of each quarter and would have access to stats- my question is- do they look to even up any lopsided count- regardless of whether they're there or not?
Have seen too many games where this has seemingly happened for it to be coincidence.
Thoughts?
One team gets a bunch of frees- and all of a sudden the free kick count looks lopsided- Cats were well ahead of Tigers early, as were Pies vs Swans- in both free kick count and scoreboard.
Nek minute- Tigers and Swans given a bunch of 'soft' frees and many ignored that could go against them.
I imagine umpires debrief at end of each quarter and would have access to stats- my question is- do they look to even up any lopsided count- regardless of whether they're there or not?
Have seen too many games where this has seemingly happened for it to be coincidence.
Thoughts?