winty
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Not trying to step on any toes here, but can anyone here honestly convince me or themselves that a poor or non decision in the last 10 seconds, is any different to one during the course of the game?
There were multiple poor decisions in that game as there is in every game. Specific ones that stick out to me include the 'chopping the arms' that lead to Close's goal despite the fact there wasn't even the slightest contact. Another is the first goal of the game when Henderson kicked the ball all but 7 metres to Miers. If you nullify every bad decision then you probably lose a couple of goals as well. Can't just pick and choose pointing out the last one.
I would even argue the same point in favour of you guys in the Brisbane game.
People focus on the decisions at the end of the game because they're fresh in the memory. You're right that there were similar calls throughout the night where the umpires were calling not 15 when the ball was in the middle of its trajectory both ways, but since they happened earlier in the game they tend to be forgotten. The umpiring didn't cost us though - it was our inaccuracy in front of goal coupled with your guys just slotting goals seemingly from everywhere.
People saying Brisbane were robbed against us earlier in the year tend to forget that not only did a similar decision go against us earlier in the game, but Eric Hipwood also hit the post running into an open goal earlier in the game as well. That was probably more costly in the wash up as that was something entirely in the team's control.