Umpiring Umpires bottling it in front of home crowds

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First off, for the sake of trying to keep this thread on track rather than being accused of being a salty Port flog, I'll start by saying that the Crows played the best game they've played in years today and they did extremely well to have themselves in a position of being ahead of a previously undefeated team with 30 seconds on the clock. Enjoy your win.

Now that's out of the way, this is the third time this year that a game has been decided by an umpire bottling it and making an objectively wrong call to avoid angering the home crowd and consequently costing the away team the game:

1. Geelong at home against Brisbane, Bailey's obvious HTB on Blicavs 10 metres out not called;
2. Sydney at home against Geelong, Jeremy Cameron's mark 10 metres out called 'not 15';
3. Adelaide at home against Melbourne, Nick Murray with the most obvious deliberate out of bounds we've seen all season which should've have resulted in a shot to Melbourne from 5 metres out, no call.

That's three times this year that a team has been robbed of what would have been a near certain win by a gutless umpire. What can the AFL do about this?
 

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They definitely didn't want to penalise Carlton yesterday, that's for sure. When they started doing it (with 10 mins to go) you'd swear their tires were going to be slashed.
Definitely reckon there's a few umpires that are afraid for their lives when umpiring certain teams
 
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well they must read these forums then as they bottled it today in the Collingwood V port game where Grundy got huge push in the back inside their forward 50 right towards the end of the game...but play on. I look forward to Kane Cornes saying that that port win didn't really count because of umpiring the stupid tool
 
well they must read these forums then as they bottled it today in the Collingwood V port game where Grundy got huge push in the back inside their forward 50 right towards the end of the game...but play on. I look forward to Kane Cornes saying that that port win didn't really count because of umpiring the stupid tool
You mean the one where he tripped over his own feet?

Watch the replay, you can see his left foot trip himself up.
 
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You mean the one where he tripped over his own feet?

Watch the replay, you can see his left foot trip himself up.
lol

Just like Murray's handball was deliberate when it was touched by a Melbourne player last before crossing the line - Cornes didn't mind sinking his boot into one but is ever so quiet on the other - you will never guess which one
 
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Gutless umps are really having a big influence on the 2021 season.


Ladder after Round 10

1. W Bulldogs..... 9-1, 162%
2. Melbourne...... 9-1, 138%
3. Geelong......... 7-3, 131%
4. Brisbane......... 7-3, 128%
5. Port Adelaide... 7-3, 119%
6. Sydney........... 6-4, 112%
7. West Coast...... 6-4, 109%
8. GWS Giants..... 5-5, 100%
9. Richmond........ 5-5, 99%
10. Fremantle...... 5-5, 95%
11. Essendon....... 4-6, 105%
12. Carlton.......... 4-6, 96%
13. Adelaide........ 4-6, 85%
14. St Kilda......... 4-6, 73%
15. Gold Coast..... 3-7, 87%
16. Collingwood.... 2-8, 86%
17. Hawthorn....... 2-8, 75%
18. North Melb..... 1-9, 56%


Round 2: Geelong def. Brisbane by 1 point
Blatant holding the ball not paid against Mark Blicavs with 26 seconds left on the clock
Lions clearly robbed.

Round 7: Sydney def. Geelong by 2 points
Clear mark to Jeremy Cameron not awarded with 8 seconds left on the clock
(Blatant holding the ball not paid against Rowbottom in the final 3 seconds of play)
Cats clearly robbed

Round 10: Adelaide def. Melbourne by 1 point
Blatant holding the ball not paid against Ben Keays with 1:27 left on the clock
(Walker marked the ball from the ensuing kick inside fifty and scored the winning goal)
Demons clearly robbed.



What the ladder should be after Round 10

1. Melbourne...... 10-0, 138%
2. W Bulldogs..... 9-1, 162%
3. Brisbane......... 8-2, 128%
4. Geelong......... 7-3, 131%
5. Port Adelaide... 7-3, 119%
6. West Coast...... 6-4, 109%
7. Sydney........... 5-5, 112%
8. GWS Giants..... 5-5, 100%
9. Richmond........ 5-5, 99%
10. Fremantle...... 5-5, 95%
11. Essendon....... 4-6, 105%
12. Carlton.......... 4-6, 96%
13. St Kilda......... 4-6, 73%
14. Gold Coast..... 3-7, 87%
15. Adelaide........ 3-7, 85%
16. Collingwood.... 2-8, 86%
17. Hawthorn....... 2-8, 75%
18. North Melb..... 1-9, 56%
 
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well they must read these forums then as they bottled it today in the Collingwood V port game where Grundy got huge push in the back inside their forward 50 right towards the end of the game...but play on. I look forward to Kane Cornes saying that that port win didn't really count because of umpiring the stupid tool
Didn't think that was worth a free
 

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