Several times I noticed the ball being kicked high to Schulz. why on earth would a "thinking" player do that? Probably because they're not thinking.
Several times I noticed that when the ball was coming in high to the Carlton forward line Betts was positioning himself by the boundary line looking to pick up the hit to the line. I have NEVER noticed our smalls doing anything as smart as that.
Footy is an emotional game and I liked the post where she was labelled a mole. I didnt like it because of the mole comment, but because I'm sick of her poor umpiring. I'll also admit to calling her far worse within my own home - but that also applies to Williamson and Margetts. Taking your point however, I will say this - from her first ever game where she umpired west coast vs Essendon, it was clear she was a token appointment. Unfortunately she is the most protected of species being a female umpire and therefore will not likely improve as she will not be provided with hard facts. The hard facts being that she can't bounce the footy and her decision making is so very poor that her level at best is country league footy. This is the type of stuff that further frustrates footy fans. Bottom line is she has no place umpiring in the AFL. For those who claim this post is sexist, so be it....quite frankly I don't care if you are female, male or a primate - if you are good enough to make the grade, you deserve to be there and she is nowhere near good enough. Apologies for the long rant, but this has been coming for a long time (as I said, I have seen her umpire from her first match!).
This is another issue of our mediocrity. Why didn't Pearce and others get around the umpire screaming about the wrong call? Umpires are human, they'll crack under pressure. The WC fans boo consistently and it works. The squeaky wheel gets the oil and all that.
Sexism is where you give somebody a free pass because of their sex.
Alternatively, instead of teams worrying about head high contact, they feel free to smack Walters around the head and get away with it because he's got that rep now. When people are screaming at you for not doing your job properly, you're as likely to get your back up as buckle.
Their is a basketball coaching term working the umpires. The coach keeps complaining until the umpiring turns. Sometimes coaches will do something to do a technical foul just to send a message to the umpires.
I'm maybe not all in with agreement on this, but unfortunately there are elements of truth here. Over years we seem to frequently, almost routinely, fail to rise to the occasion when there are really season defining moments. On and off the field. It's the definition of non-elite mediocrity, our brand.
Like some bad dream
if we don’t drop Walters for continued s**t performances then we need to get rid of Hale and get a proper forward coach who understands the game
