Umpiring in Geelong Cats v West Coast Eagles

[illegaleagle]

That bs free kick for blocking for an eagles gift goal aside....

Was there Geelong player wasn’t even looking at the ball

 

[sedders]

That bs free kick for blocking for an eagles gift goal aside....

It was a clear block, your player was even looking directly at Ryan

 

[Demontim275]

The gift for “blocking” comes to mind

Yeah. That was there.
Was pretty much the definition of a block

 

[kranky al]

Geelong undisciplince got WC back in the game. Just giving away too many frees.

The same frees arent going the other way but.

Faaaarq i bleed blue and gold but i really hope the umps just put the faaarqn thing away in the second half

 

[Gavin Excell]

It was a clear block, your player was even looking directly at Ryan

F off

He was standing there

Dreadful gift to the eagles

 

[ArdenSt]

Not normally someone who comments on the umpires but omg. WC could have been pinged 4 to 5 times in a row for holding the ball and nothing. Then Hawkins get pinged for exactly the same thing. The McGovern free was crap. It would be great if they saw the same things for both sides.

 

[WCfan22]

That bs free kick for blocking for an eagles gift goal aside....

Really? I mean really? Wtf dude

 

[herculez09]

Getting an absolute ride from the umpires atm.

 

[Gavin Excell]

The same frees arent going the other way but.

Faaaarq i bleed blue and gold but i really hope the umps just put the faaarqn thing away in the second half

Thank you

 

[PhatBoy]

Which free wasn’t there. Please enlighten us.

Or accept the fact your team fell apart with the slightest of pressure and started playing the man.

I’m at a trivia night and hardly paying attention but there was one in the centre square where your player took a bigger dive than a porn star into a pool of muff with barely a finger on him. There’s one right there

 

[Gavin Excell]

Really? I mean really? Wtf dude

Shocking decision

 

[Cockarfitt]

So you’re saying Scott should throw another tantrum?

Is he going to point out all the poor frees? Will he condemn the umpires for the missed Dahlhaus call?

Or do you only think the sport is corrupt when soft frees go against you?

I don't generally use the umpire excuse and I condemn it but that quarter was as bad as I've seen.

 

[Tiger71]

The gift for “blocking” comes to mind

It was a clear block. He looked right at Ryan, then shifted his line and blocked. Clear as day

 

[Captivating]

For all the (valid) whinging about Selwood ducking it's been a staple tactic of the West coast team for at least a decade. Couple that with a crazy home ground advantage from the umps and you end up with an almost +1000 differential

It's a "lil" differential according to WC, like Rioli made a "lil" mistake.

 

[herculez09]

I don't generally use the umpire excuse and I condemn it but that quarter was as bad as I've seen.

Yep. The free kicks wce were getting weren't going the other way.

 

[Demontim275]

F off

He was standing there

Dreadful gift to the eagles

You realise he can “stand there”and block yeah?

Like you kinda need to “Stand there” to block?

He looked and adjusted where he stood to block Ryan.

The only part that should’ve gone cats way was the missed HTBs in west coast forward 50. But the umpires should put the whistle away like that more often. Let them go. Let the McGovern free go.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Stop sooking about the umpires - this is a great game of footy.

 

[Tandy]

Liam Ryan drops his knees everytime he gets it, first instinct. Even when Nic Nat isn't standing in front of him

 

[Gavin Excell]

Getting an absolute ride from the umpires atm.

Indeed

Put whistle away

There were multiple incidents within a minute last stanza that umps let go where eagles players flopped around and dropped ball and quite rightly was play on. But other end they are called with an intensity that was bewildering

 

[Woody Woodman]

The gift for “blocking” comes to mind

Didn't take the eyes off the ball?

 

[Xtreme]

Wouldn’t be a cats game without one of the big three stalking the umpires off the ground

Yep

Whether it's appealing for deliberate out of bounds like they have just trapped someone LBW..
Or attempting to intimidate umpires during the breaks......

The Geelong Cats are arrogant so and so's!

 

[Abasi]

F off

He was standing there

Dreadful gift to the eagles

Textbook block. He turned his head to look for Ryan.

 

[catstorm]

Which free wasn’t there. Please enlighten us.

Or accept the fact your team fell apart with the slightest of pressure and started playing the man.

It’s the ones the other way that are completely ignored that’s the problem.

One team is getting frees the other isn’t for the exact same things.

 

[Demontim275]

I don't generally use the umpire excuse and I condemn it but that quarter was as bad as I've seen.

Again, so you only complain about frees against you? You only want your coach to kick up shit because you claim you had a bad run, but you’re okay when clear frees against you are missed?

 

[Scotland]

Yep. The free kicks wce were getting weren't going the other way.

They were in the first quarter.