Analysis Umpires

[Fabab]

Exactly. Posters like yourself and a myriad of others on ignore have very little idea of what it entails.

wow i bow to your all knowing intellect and how you think you are so better than anyone else and only your opinion matters.

 

[Sector 7G]

Umpiring is a swings and roundabouts thing to me, they miss a few and get a few wrong. Yesterday I saw Charlie had a fair old handful of Allir's jumper, the ball spilled, we crumbed and kicked a goal when it was a clear free kick to PA. Having said that, when you consider the speed of the game, the congestion they need to see through, the rules they need to work with and the spit second they have to make a decision, I think they do a good job overall, howlers are few and far between...thankfully.

Forwards playing in front always get away with the jumper hold as the jumper doesn't stretch out.

Would have been ropable if the Motlop free was paid for a Port player in reverse situation as there was nothing in it from the angle shown on TV (much like the SPP hold). The Lycett free from the ruck was red hot as well and better just being let go.

Cotters should have got a free just before he kicked the goal and the Newman block was ridiculous.

Was angry about the Kemp Block at the Game and the sling tackle when at the game, but both were there when watching the replay.

 

[Gethelred]

Forwards playing in front always get away with the jumper hold as the jumper doesn't stretch out.

Would have been ropable if the Motlop free was paid for a Port player in reverse situation as there was nothing in it from the angle shown on TV (much like the SPP hold). The Lycett free from the ruck was red hot as well and better just being let go.

Just on this one, I don't remember what the umpire said the free was for, but I interpreted it as for either a block - which it was - or front on contact - which it was.

There's a kind of free in footy called the 'no-one's happy' free; the free which is technically there, in which the rules have been breached, but the fans hate when they're paid. Fans who these frees go against have a genuine crack at the umps (frequently with accusations of bias or pleas for consistency) and fans who receive those frees think they're a bit soft.

But that's a problem with the rules or with the fan's attitude towards them, not the umpire. The umpire saw a free there, there was a free there; the ensuing rigamarole is akin to the English bitching about the Spirit of Cricket.

 

[Arr0w]

Our game is the most difficult to adjudicate and even harder given many rules have a wide range of interpretation

 

[BlueJet]

Yep.
Grey areas open to exploitation & AFLhq wanting to influence the flow of the game creates a can't win scenario for the average umpire.

 

[ajb72]

The Newman block was there. Just because he got hands to the ball is totally irrelevant.


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[carlton_99]

The Newman block was there. Just because he got hands to the ball is totally irrelevant.


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My understanding is It's a block if you have your eyes off the ball when contact is made. On replay it looked like contact was made after Newman had turned to contest the ball

 

[BigFrizz36]

Reckon the umpiring has improved a fair bit this year. Particularly happy with the way they are adjudicating high contact (if there is any doubt about lowering the head then it's play on). Even Nathan has improved considerably in my opinion. Poor Razor feels the need to inject himself into the game unfortunately.

 

[ajb72]

My understanding is It's a block if you have your eyes off the ball when contact is made. On replay it looked like contact was made after Newman had turned to contest the ball

he isnt looking at the ball when contact is made

 

[carlton_99]

he isnt looking at the ball when contact is made

Looks like he has turned when contact is made

 

[Dramoth]

Looks like he has turned when contact is made

Razor conveniently ignores the fact that Marshall’ arm was resting on Newmans shoulder and should have been high contact.

 

[ajb72]

Looks like he has turned when contact is made

He has turned, but he still isn't looking at the ball.

 

[Gethelred]

He has turned, but he still isn't looking at the ball.

No issue with it being paid, if it was paid every time it happened.

 

[carlton_99]

He has turned, but he still isn't looking at the ball.

Guess we have to agree to disagree for me he is looking in the exact same direction as Marshall when contact is made

 

[OldBlueFan]

I guess the folks saying they think that was the right call on Newman would have been happy if he'd taken that mark and then had the ball taken off him and given to Marshall ...

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

He has turned, but he still isn't looking at the ball.

where's he looking then?

 

[Revenant1995]

For later...

 

[SurreyBlue]

What a great exhibition of pure bias - great half, must be just proud of them

 

[Bletch]

Apparently the umps won the game for us. Just read the Pies board for the real truth.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Umpires were abysmal tonight.

Massive Collingwood bias in the first half.

Dissent decisions were excessive and a massive change from recent interpretation.

 

[Prem17]

I thought the umpiring was very inconsistent tonight.
It's a very high pressure game so they'll never get it 100% but if you're going to pay a free kick, make sure that the same conditions apply to both sides.
The TDK blocking free kick in the centre in the 1st quarter(?) was one of the worst of the season. The ball should have been recalled and re-bounced.

 

[ajb72]

Agree that it was inconsistent. Don’t think it was a particularly well umpired game.


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[thylacine60]

Can we name the last "well umpired game"? Asking for a friend and a close relative.

 

[Revenant1995]

Can we name the last "well umpired game"? Asking for a friend and a close relative.

I don't know, as I am a believer that umpires generally don't affect the final outcome of the game, as I also believe they can make mistakes as well. But I do think the boundary umpires in the 1979 Grand Final did a stirling job.

 

[MitchRobinson12]

The Curnow soft frees are justice for a career of getting scragged. Every free was there in my opinion, the fear Charles instills makes him one of the best players in the league.