Umpiring - I've had it

[Daniel138]

The hands in the back rule is frustrating, one contest it gets paid, and then the next it doesn't.

It's way too inconsistent, i mean just take a look at last week.

the AFL needs to have a look at the rule, to me it's ridiculous

 

[Major Colvin]

They were shocking towards us today, but they are terrible in general. Every year the football community rants at how bad the umpiring is, and is anything done? Yes. A few more ridiculous rule changes and it gets worse again. I think a pre-requisite of becoming an umpire should be actually to have played the game, then they'd have some ****ing idea that IF YOU TACKLE SOMEONE FROM BEHIND THEY ARE GOING TO FALL FORWARD AND THE TACKLER WILL LAND ON THEM, WHAT THE **** ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO!??!

Gazza, Carey, Hutchy and Caro agree with me on this.

 

[Higgs Boson]

1m ok, but 3m? The mark was taken and he kept on going over.
50m everytime.

He was warned several times, too. Ump blew the whistle at least twice to warn him.

 

[carntheroos4eva]

They were shocking towards us today, but they are terrible in general. Every year the football community rants at how bad the umpiring is, and is anything done? Yes. A few more ridiculous rule changes and it gets worse again. I think a pre-requisite of becoming an umpire should be actually to have played the game, then they'd have some ****ing idea that IF YOU TACKLE SOMEONE FROM BEHIND THEY ARE GOING TO FALL FORWARD AND THE TACKLER WILL LAND ON THEM, WHAT THE **** ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO!??!

Learn the rules and find out for yourself. Calm down numbnuts.
Knock the ball away from you before you land.

 

[carntheroos4eva]

The hands in the back rule is frustrating, one contest it gets paid, and then the next it doesn't.

It's way too inconsistent, i mean just take a look at last week.

the AFL needs to have a look at the rule, to me it's ridiculous

It is just an extension of the push in the back rule. It means that no player can touch their opponents on the back whilst they are trying to go for the ball, a mark or if they are in the way.

 

[mark73]

the last comment highlites your lack of knowledge of the game. its like saying if you accidently touch someone above the shoulder it shouldn't be a free kick... if you fall into someones back accidently or deliberetly at the end of the day its still a free kick.

to the umpires. i don't beleive the umpirres are allways to blame, i beleive the rules are shocking. why they aren't left from year to year, allowing for consistency and the umpires to have some stability from year to year. the hands in the back rule is a joke.

What do these "highlight" a lack of knowledge of?

 

[nichoneitz]

how bout tackling from the side ? ..... An unbiased melbourne supporter, clearly Mcdonalds momentum of running faster than cross carried the weight into his back ... so he is pushing him in the back.

On a different note i personally think Poor Jeff White would have the least free kicks paid for in a ruck contest, the way they shepard him out to nullify his leap is terrible

The umpiring is corrupt and bogus... Absoluely disgraceful.. Why do umpires go around searching for free kicks instead of paying the simple ones... Umpires should not be noticed....

The worse rules that need to be corrected;
Hands in the back: Basically dont even pay it unless its a blatant push

Push in the back: just like Juniors perfect tackel. Thr blokes running at top speed he cant stop and life the ball carrier in a tackel. His tackel was legal and Cross buckled. should have been holding the ball instead of a Bulldog goal and Melbourne wins.

David Neitz was penalised for Harris diving. umpires put the whistle away and the let the boys play. when you bounce the ball the players know they have to concentrate or they will be punished by the coach... Again the result Bulldog goal, Melbourne lossed

Holding the ball has killed Melbourne every week. I think we must be about the only team that puts an emphasis on knocking the ball out into the open once in a contest on the ground and dont recieve any reward from it.

Just like a dirty sl#t you blow instead of using common sense umpires

 

[nicho_magic]

That 'push in the back' was just disgraceful. Who do you have to **** for a holding the ball these days when you run the player down and momentum then is a penalising factor?

momentum causes heaps of problems, its part of the game, players get reported for hitting people high (hip and shoulder) due to momentum. these days players roll when they tackle a player from behind. its been there for yonks that rule, so the term 'these days' is way off.