That Goal ump

[jimbeam06]

What a tool i don't know if anyone seen this or that was not at the game or sitting behind the goals or if the commentators said anything about this. Not only did this tool let the game play on after hitting the post but i dont know who kicked it. but where i was sitting plus everyone one around me seen even power fans a goal that he said was a point. Now these guys have one job to do on the ground how can they get shit like that wrong.

 

[Adam Selwood]

LOL. I was sitting to the left of the goals. That bloke was a joke, two BLATANT **** ups. Luckily it was essentially a meaningless game.

I would imagine he'd be lucky to see another AFL game this year

 

[Ochre]

was it the same goal umpire though, i thought they switched

and also all the umipring yesterday was shocking not just the goal umpire

 

[greennick]

was it the same goal umpire though, i thought they switched

and also all the umipring yesterday was shocking not just the goal umpire

They switch at half time I thought, so if both stuff ups were in the same half, they would have been by the same bloke, otherwise different.

 

[Ochre]

They switch at half time I thought, so if both stuff ups were in the same half, they would have been by the same bloke, otherwise different.

they happened in different quarters and we were kicking the same way in both quareters so they'd have to be in different halves

 

[Fly_High]

The Umpiring this year in general has been just terrible in the Eagles games I really can't remember a worse year. I know things seem worse when we are losing but come on.

It was the post thing this week, the reversal of Kennedy's free, the Hurn running to far call shit like that doesn't happen to other teams. The Melbourne game was shocking. Even when we beat the Dogs and the Umps told Glass he wasn't allowed to push at all!

Just fuel for the premiership fire I guess.

 

[Ochre]

It was the post thing this week, the reversal of Kennedy's free, the Hurn running to far call shit like that doesn't happen to other teams. The Melbourne game was shocking. Even when we beat the Dogs and the Umps told Glass he wasn't allowed to push at all!

Just fuel for the premiership fire I guess.

i thought that was fair

 

[Fly_High]

Yea I thought it was there. But it is the first time i've seen in called against a defender in our back half. I've seen players running in on goal or through the middle get pinged.

 

[jimbeam06]

Yeah i was talking to a power fan and we were saying the umps this year have been the worse we have seen

 

[ziad]

Yeah i was talking to a power fan and we were saying the umps this year have been the worse we have seen

sadly I have to agree - do the get better as we move up the ladder? It certainly appars so

 

[Goldfish]

sadly I have to agree - do the get better as we move up the ladder? It certainly appars so

As bad as it sounds, you are right. The higher you are on the ladder, the more the umpiring goes your way. A player has to hold the mark for a split second less, hold the jumper that little bit more etc etc. Not good, but hadn't really noticed it before this year.

 

[bodazoka]

I believe the reason why we think the umpiring is so pathetic is mostly due to the fact they are more lenient on things now then they were at the start of the year.

Fans and players become used to the strict interpretation of the rules at the begining of the year only for those rules to become relaxed towards the end of the year causing disbelief and frustration. Push in the back and holding the ball decisions have become as relaxed as they were 10 years ago IMO. I would of picked up 5-6 pretty clear holding the ball decisions in the Freo game that would of been pinged at the start of the year, two of them were in a row.

Add this to the fact that umpires generally get it wrong a handfull of times a game anyway.

I hope that the umpires themselves have just gotten used to the new rules and we are currently seeing the actual in game interpretation of the rules in effect. And that what we are seeing now will become standard for the start of the season next year.

Heres another theory... better umpires are used to call the games between teams higher up the ladder?? and so those games are umpired better.

 

[Ballzack]

I believe the reason why we think the umpiring is so pathetic is mostly due to the fact they are more lenient on things now then they were at the start of the year.

Fans and players become used to the strict interpretation of the rules at the begining of the year only for those rules to become relaxed towards the end of the year causing disbelief and frustration. Push in the back and holding the ball decisions have become as relaxed as they were 10 years ago IMO. I would of picked up 5-6 pretty clear holding the ball decisions in the Freo game that would of been pinged at the start of the year, two of them were in a row.

Add this to the fact that umpires generally get it wrong a handfull of times a game anyway.

I hope that the umpires themselves have just gotten used to the new rules and we are currently seeing the actual in game interpretation of the rules in effect. And that what we are seeing now will become standard for the start of the season next year.

Heres another theory... better umpires are used to call the games between teams higher up the ladder?? and so those games are umpired better.

The roster is written at the start of the year.So It would seem that Although All umpires are above reproach.And i would loath to critiscise them.Something SMELLS.

 

[Naitanui2Masten]

hahaha goal umps are funny i remember when i saw one stretching before the game, i was in stiches lol