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Do you reckon the umpires are treated like shit by the umpire bosses and AFL?

Perhaps they are not supported properly, perhaps the culture is rotten?

I mean every umpire I have met has been really weird
 
Frustrated Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says umpires shouldn’t have to adjust interpretations “week to week” after Power fans were left fuming during Saturday night’s loss to St Kilda.

Hinkley’s comments come as Power great Kane Cornes questioned whether there was an over-reaction on Saturday night after umpires’ boss Hayden Kennedy apologised to Saints coach Brett Ratten and Crows coach Matthew Nicks for the standard of officiating for a Round 7 game.

Vociferous Port fans made their displeasure at the officials known during their side’s 29-point loss to St Kilda.

 

I was too love drunk (and regular drunk) with our performance last night to notice how bad that Ladhams free was. I have no idea what the umpire thought he seen there, that is purely bewildering.
 

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I was too love drunk (and regular drunk) with our performance last night to notice how bad that Ladhams free was. I have no idea what the umpire thought he seen there, that is purely bewildering.
Which one ?
- The won where he won the ruck battle and got penalised ?
- The one where he nearly had his fingers taken off and nothing was paid ?
- The one where he legs were taken out and nothing was paid ?
- The one where had was paid a free kick against for the above mentioned legs being taken out ?
 
Ken and Kane both absolutely perfect. Good on them for speaking up.

Imagine a professional sport with players played millions of dollars where you run out on the weekend needing to guess at how the adjudication will be based on who the CEO might have had coffee with in the week prior. Its a laughable disgrace.
 
That Westhoff deliberate...holy sh*t.

that was the right call though?

he made no attempt to break the tackle or keep the ball in play. He stopped and just walked over the boundary line. Not sure how much more deliberate can you get.
 
Which one ?
- The won where he won the ruck battle and got penalised ?
- The one where he nearly had his fingers taken off and nothing was paid ?
- The one where he legs were taken out and nothing was paid ?
- The one where had was paid a free kick against for the above mentioned legs being taken out ?
Being penalised in the ruck battle.
 
that was the right call though?

he made no attempt to break the tackle or keep the ball in play. He stopped and just walked over the boundary line. Not sure how much more deliberate can you get.
What tackle.

The free was because he didn't pretend for long enough after already taking the ball out. It should have been a ball up.
 

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What tackle.

The free was because he didn't pretend for long enough after already taking the ball out. It should have been a ball up.
He could have done a much better job at disguising it. I wonder at what point the boundary umpire blew their whistle for out of bounds. If they blew it after he stopped trying to keep it in, it looks dodgy, if they blew it before, then throw it in.
 
What tackle.

The free was because he didn't pretend for long enough after already taking the ball out. It should have been a ball up.

the saints player didn’t really get a chance to tackle because Westhoff just walked it over.

it seemed pretty cut and dry to me.
 
As I said in my OP and a few post later Magpiespower made the GIF


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the saints player didn’t really get a chance to tackle because Westhoff just walked it over.

it seemed pretty cut and dry to me.

I mean if its cut and dry it sure would be nice to see it paid consistently.

I reckon that should be deliberate in a perfect world. Just like in a perfect world duck merchants like duckwood and schuey dont get rewarded. The issue isnt the free. Its the changing interpretations and inconsistency. Id say balls get walked over the line like that 20 times a weekend without a deliberate being paid.
 

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