Grogg
Norm Smith Medallist
A ******* shocker that had me fuming.That McDonald free...
He basically did everything perfectly: kept his eyes on the ball, closed ground to get body contact, takes mark. Rozee just fell over the weak prick.
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A ******* shocker that had me fuming.That McDonald free...
Yeah, but every week?
A game or 2 you get reamed every year, a game or game you get a nice run.
Is there a way we're playing? Is it a thing we're not doing? That certainly doesn't show up in the count. Why would it be bias against us?
Umpiring in 2020 & the NMFC
When are you people down there at Arden Street going to lodge an official complaint?
Apparently we’ve received the most free kicks this year.
There's been a couple of games we've had a good run. This is a non-issue.
And this doesn't tell the full story but we're 1st for frees received and 4th for frees against (least conceded).
For me it’s also that most teams have a player or two that are genuinely treated differently than the majority of the league.
We don’t have one.
And don’t say Brown, he gets tunnelled, held or downright assaulted in every contest he’s in.
We're all one-eyed supporters in here, but why would we complain over 2020 as a whole!?
Overall, I think we've had a bl00dy good run this season with the umps. From an unbiased viewpoint, there's been at least 4-5 games I can recall where they've kept us in it early in the game. Go back and watch the 1st half of the Dees game if you want a glaring example.
Dixon takes on 3 blokes, loses it in the tackle.
Play on...
There were 4 instances of this from Port players early in the last qtr all bookended by the same thing happening with North players. Net result, 2 free kicks against North and nothing coming the other way. Obviously not the reason for the scoreboard result but it was annoying to watch.
You don’t seriously think it’s deflecting our other issues though, do you?The umpiring is fine. When you’re always second to the ball, the calls will invariably go against you. sh*t thread, deflecting off our real issues.
Blaming the umpires is a weak and pathetic excuse for our embarrassing seasonYou don’t seriously think it’s deflecting our other issues though, do you?
That’s a strawman argument and I think you know that.Blaming the umpires is a weak and pathetic excuse for our embarrassing season
Before this round we had received 51 more free kicks than we had given away.The most in the league.
Now after one game where the opposition gets two more free kicks than we do the club needs to lodge an official complaint?
Throwing has become commonplace, it’s ridiculous. A couple of weeks ago Dusty got pinged for an obvious throw and cracked it as the umpire was on the wrong side to see definitively if it was a throw, despite him disposing of the ball when one arm was well held.
If that was Tom Hawkins, and not Luke, the commentary would have been "superb use of the body by the Tomahawk there", and i have grave doubts a whistle would have been blown.A ******* shocker that had me fuming.
He basically did everything perfectly: kept his eyes on the ball, closed ground to get body contact, takes mark. Rozee just fell over the weak prick.
If that was Tom Hawkins, and not Luke, the commentary would have been "superb use of the body by the Tomahawk there", and i have grave doubts a whistle would have been blown.
Especially Hawkins, he gets away with so much rag dolling/pushing of opponents in either Marking or Ruck contests and hardly ever penalised, just praised by commentators for his brute strength, usually with a giggle.Spot on Mutts. Forward does it ✔ Great use of the body. Defender ✖ Sorry, interference.
We should write to the afl about that tooOur list is not very good
Well I won’t be writing about Umpires. That’s a mugs game.We should write to the afl about that too
There was an incident a week or two ago, I can’t recall the game, where the guy making the spoil ran at the player who was about to mark but turned as he jumped. He had no real intention of marking the ball but was facing the ball rather than the player at the point of contact. The sole intention was spoiling the mark by taking out the guy.A ******* shocker that had me fuming.
He basically did everything perfectly: kept his eyes on the ball, closed ground to get body contact, takes mark. Rozee just fell over the weak prick.
Blaming the umpires is a weak and pathetic excuse for our embarrassing season
It's not an excuse for our poor form, you simpleton.
Cant we be poor, and the umpiring also abysmal? Is that possible? Can your tiny mind expand to grasp this?
WE have been on the receiving end of some horrendous calls this year.
Dude we are sh*t. Really pointless getting this worked up over it.