NAB Cup Rd 1 Blues V's Power V's Crows

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Gerard Healy floats the idea of a 12-point goal from outside 50.

He needs to be put down.

 

[radiojake]

Umpires are a joke....

atleast they have been consistent....ly bad

 

[mickelboy182]

Wow, possibly the worst game of all time in both skill level and umpiring. Can't help but laugh at all of this.

 

[Lach72]

Have these fellas actually played the game before?
Awful.

 

[Underdog]

Super goal by Kane there.

YEp, terrific kick

 

[smasha]

Owell evened up.

The moral is =Umps are hopeless.

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Both teams played better than we did. I wouldn't be worried.

I thought Port were gone there midway through the quarter. Good effort.

 

[davis_756]

Bring on 2013, this year is over already based on that effort.

 

[Underdog]

I don't see how you can argue that wasn't a 50m penalty...

 

[brucetiki]

Wow, possibly the worst game of all time in both skill level.

Last night's matches would be in contention for this as well - but at least they had the rain as an excuse.

 

[PumpyChowdown]

The most ridiculously over-umpired game I've ever seen. FFS I hope they put the whistle away a bit more during the real thing.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The most ridiculously over-umpired game I've ever seen. FFS I hope they put the whistle away a bit more during the real thing.

If the free kick is there it should be paid.

 

[Carlton_Blues]

LOL at how clearly the "**** off Port" came through the effects mic.

Also, Dwayne Russell commentating again, its going to be a long year.

Are we that short of talent?? Surely not.

 

[Greggy]

If the free kick is there it should be paid.

Agree, players should know better.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Agree, players should know better.

I have never understood the whole "let the players play" mentality. If a rule is broken then a free kick should be paid.

Letting players play outside the rules should not be acceptable or applauded.

 

[PumpyChowdown]

I have never understood the whole "let the players play" mentality. If a rule is broken then a free kick should be paid.

Letting players play outside the rules should not be acceptable or applauded.

Having a game that is stopped every 15 seconds by a whistle is unwatchable.

 

[Forward Press]

Having a game that is stopped every 15 seconds by a whistle is unwatchable.

It wouldn't be that way if the players didn't infringe.

If the free kick is there, it should be paid.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Having a game that is stopped every 15 seconds by a whistle is unwatchable.

If the players are not smart enough to play to the rules, that is what you get.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

"if it's there" is often an interpretation.

 

[Charliebrow 16]

Excited to see how Jenkins goes in this match.

 

[Rob]

If the players are not smart enough to play to the rules, that is what you get.

If the umpires paid every single free kick in accordance with the letter of the law, there'd be 300 frees a game paid. They have to draw a line somewhere, and in this case (like just about every other NAB cup game) they drew the line way too far one way.

 

[juzzo]

I like the way Jako says a random sentence and then follows up with a question completely unrelated to the first sentence.

 

[fishardansin]

There's supposed infringements which actually don't impede the opponent though that umpires who've never played the game call as free kick.

Also there is accidental contact above the shoulders in marking contests and tackles that are just as much the fault of the guy who cops a feather touch to the head and neck region as the "perpetrator".

 

[juzzo]

omg dwayne not everyone wants to go for 9...

 

[Spanish_Fly]

I have never understood the whole "let the players play" mentality. If a rule is broken then a free kick should be paid.

Letting players play outside the rules should not be acceptable or applauded.

Umpires should always follow the "less is more" mantra. The Umpires main objective should be to let the game flow first and foremost, and then enforce the rules secondly. Similar to the police force who are to keep the peace firstly and enforce the law secondly.