Legitimate question here. What was the 50m penalty against D. Zorko (on J. Selwood) for? I believe the initial free was for high contact in the tackle, but why the 50? Does anyone have vision or recall the time it occurred?
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Legitimate question here. What was the 50m penalty against D. Zorko (on J. Selwood) for? I believe the initial free was for high contact in the tackle, but why the 50? Does anyone have vision or recall the time it occurred?
That's one I'm fine with. Sure ridiculously soft but why even do it and put yourself in the position of losing 50m for the team?After the free was paid Zorko appeared to forcefully shove Selwood's head down as he was climbing up from off him. On the replay there was fu** all in it, soft 50, Zorko stupid, it looked worse than it was.
Three sets of eyes not one, and an umpiring skill is to be in the right position to make the right decision. It is very poor far too often.Do we have to go back to putting cameras on umpires and show what they see, that way we can give them some slack.
What i'm most shitty about is the fact that everyone will now focus on the Blicavs incident , thus ignoring the fu**en REST of last nights performance ( Which was the worst umpired game i've seen in at least a decade )
Most infuriating of all is the fact that pretty much every single off-season for years, there's always at least 1 tweak in " interpretations "
That Selwood throw being missed was scandalous.
Agreed. From my own (potentially biased, although I try to be reasonable) POV, I believe round 14 last year Carlton-West Coast was one of the main catalysts for me starting this thread. I was literally raging, but think Geelong-Brisbane was worse/more obvious.
Which one? His own tryout to be sent to the Melbourne Storm or the one where Guthrie was caught blatant as day holding the ball before receiving the hand-off?
As NSWCrow said, it's a shame that the Blicavs one will dominate the conversation because it was a very unbalanced and poor officiating performance. Half a dozen genuine stinkers, 2 - 4 very iffy and countless decisions that whilst may be line ball/50-50, were not applied equally to both teams throughout the match.
Brisbane were robbed blind.
Match fixing, is rife in today’s AFLAnother week and another non-decision potentially influencing the result of a game.
Can some please explain why a Free wasn't paid against Tom Hickey in the final minute of the match?
I understand the rule has changed in that a ruckman can grab the ball from the ruck contest and will not have a free paid against him if he is tackled immediately (as the option to tap the ball was his 'prior opportunity'), but he had 3 or 4 seconds to dispose of it before he was tackled?
Oh my.
Benefit of the doubt, I'm pretty sure it's not intentional, the laws of the game just make it impossible for there to be any level of consistency with regard to umpiring.Match fixing, is rife in today’s AFL
Now look I’m not suggesting you are right... But I’ve read that umpire 32’s free kick count was 16-1.Match fixing, is rife in today’s AFL
I miss my younger days when there was only one umpire officiating a game. Utter biased bullshit like 16 to 1 just could not happen.Now look I’m not suggesting you are right... But I’ve read that umpire 32’s free kick count was 16-1.
16. To. 1.
If this is actually true the first OMF-NG and secondly depending on what part of the ground he was officiating he could have a massive impact.Now look I’m not suggesting you are right... But I’ve read that umpire 32’s free kick count was 16-1.
16. To. 1.
Where do I find his count from last week, coz that was a s**t show as wellNow look I’m not suggesting you are right... But I’ve read that umpire 32’s free kick count was 16-1.
16. To. 1.
Are you complaining that it wasn't 17 To zeroNow look I’m not suggesting you are right... But I’ve read that umpire 32’s free kick count was 16-1.
16. To. 1.
I hate Essendon but you guys were stiffed big time, the AFL needs a strong club in NSW they failed with the giants , and have gone back to the old favourites Sydney, it’s all about ratings and gambling money, where was vlad ? crown, gambling , and Gilligan is involved with a betting company board. Would not be allowed in any other country a head of a sporting organisation on the board of a betting company, read into that what you willNow look I’m not suggesting you are right... But I’ve read that umpire 32’s free kick count was 16-1.
16. To. 1.
Read my reply to JTBenefit of the doubt, I'm pretty sure it's not intentional, the laws of the game just make it impossible for there to be any level of consistency with regard to umpiring.
Jacob Mollison was instrumental last night. Hopeless umpire.