Roast ... The Umpiring

[threenewpadlocks]

Game isn't over but the umpiring has had a significant affect on the game.

It has been horrible.
EDIT: Before anybody gets the wrong idea this was posted before the Crameri free

 

[Testekill]

Abysmal standards.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

It pisses me off the amounts of posts complaining about it. There's no conspiracy, it's footy.

Players win the games, not the umpires. Stop the complaining.

 

[_Mike_]

It pisses me off the amounts of posts complaining about it. There's no conspiracy, it's footy.

Players win the games, not the umpires. Stop the complaining.

The stats were 23 to 10 at one time.. Hardly what you would call balanced considering both teams were neck and neck for most of it. You expect consistency from them, tonight was a poor display

 

[threenewpadlocks]

It pisses me off the amounts of posts complaining about it. There's no conspiracy, it's footy.

Players win the games, not the umpires. Stop the complaining.

Of course the isn't a conspiracy. Of course the players are the difference.
Doesn't excuse the low quality umpiring.

 

[King Harold]

It pisses me off the amounts of posts complaining about it. There's no conspiracy, it's footy.

Players win the games, not the umpires. Stop the complaining.

They do , but get your head out of the sand. That standard , including boundary , was deplorable.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

I wasn't saying the umpiring was good or bad, I'm just over having to read it every third post. Everyone on every board complains about them. I had no problem with the umpires today, then again i never do.

 

[bazzadog]

and the melbourne fans are complaining when they have more free kicks what ****en joke

 

[Testekill]

I wasn't saying the umpiring was good or bad, I'm just over having to read it every third post. Everyone on every board complains about them. I had no problem with the umpires today, then again i never do.

Did you have a problem with Morris clearly touching a ball that was called a goal?

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Did you have a problem with Morris clearly touching a ball that was called a goal?

It was very similar to the other one that was called umpire's decision. So no.

 

[Chattanooga]

and the melbourne fans are complaining when they have more free kicks what ****en joke

It honestly felt like it was a Melbourne benefit game tonight.

Commentators were extraordinarily keen for the Demons to get over the line. They were able to justify every free that the Demons got but scrutinised any of ours to the Nth degree.

My god it was pissing me off.

The trouble is it also works BF posters into a frenzy who (of course) were desperate to see the previously pathetic Dee's chalk up another 4 points. They honestly believe the poor little Demons were robbed.

Conveniently ignoring the 3 quarters of crap we had to put up with.

Oh and the minor issue of an idiotic goal review decision.

 

[_Mike_]

It was very similar to the other one that was called umpire's decision. So no.

It was completely different. You can see the ball changed direction after passing Morris' fingers but it doesn't matter now

 

[LukasTheGreat]

It was completely different. You can see the ball changed direction after passing Morris' fingers but it doesn't matter now

I couldn't tell from the footage of either, so there's not much i can say.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Crap umpiring is the standard these days. Our players have to be a bit smarter than they are at present.

 

[bazzadog]

It honestly felt like it was a Melbourne benefit game tonight.

Commentators were extraordinarily keen for the Demons to get over the line. They were able to justify every free that the Demons got but scrutinised any of ours to the Nth degree.

My god it was pissing me off.

The trouble is it also works BF posters into a frenzy who (of course) were desperate to see the previously pathetic Dee's chalk up another 4 points. They honestly believe the poor little Demons were robbed.

Conveniently ignoring the 3 quarters of crap we had to put up with.

Oh and the minor issue of an idiotic goal review decision.

true i throw my chair a the tv **** you umpires

 

[threenewpadlocks]

People (esp. Melbourne supporters) are talking about the soft Crameri free in the last quarter.

They're forgetting how Kennedy-Harris got a free kick for something that was less of a free, in just as dangerous position, also in the last quarter.

 

[timtamWB]

Umpiring was horrible. But so was the free kick to Crameri that let us take the lead back, so we can't really complain.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Issue here isn't whether it impacted the result tonight or not. It's the fact that umpiring is declining steadily. We got some shit calls for, we got some shit calls against. The problem here is that it's getting worse, and that's for every game. There are too many contradictory rules (eg. high contact + sliding) and too many rules that are entirely based upon subjective positioning (eg. calling whether something is advantage or not). Having shit cameras also makes the goal review system a farce. It's gotta improve. Can't keep getting worse like this.

 

[BIG_BONTS]

Dee's dropped the ball about 8x after prior opportunity.... no free? Am I missing something?

 

[Werewolf]

Umpiring was bad both ways but favoured Melbourne overall. That said that the free kick against Cross was abysmal

Our midfielders keep getting held off the ball and it often goes unnoticed and it really shits me

 

[ossie_21]

Dee's dropped the ball about 8x after prior opportunity.... no free? Am I missing something?

Totally agree, last quarter one of their guys took on two players. Wrapped up in the second & dropped it & it was called play on

 

[King Harold]

I wasn't saying the umpiring was good or bad, I'm just over having to read it every third post. Everyone on every board complains about them. I had no problem with the umpires today, then again i never do.

This board I believe is more than fair , and umpires are not mentioned all that often.
You will struggle to find a post by me about them , but tonight was deplorable.
I can only come to the conclusion you have a different take on the rules than most of us ?

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

Couple of iffy decisions but it was ok tonight. Thought the dogs were very careless, in a few situations.

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

About time they recalled the holding the ball rule. Guys lying on the ground pulling the ball back in pisses me off because makes the game so ugly. Similarly watching players try to barge through two tackles then flicking it to their mate should not be allowed. The umpires sit there for five minutes watching this then wait for someone to duck their heads so they get away from the mess they are creating.

We actually benefit from this farcical situation because we can hold the ball up in the forward line. Otherwise we would actually have to play a 6 man forward line.

 

[Ant_]

Wasn't happy with it, though you could say the questionable Crameri free kick balanced out the 23 odd Melbourne free's.