Umpiring this round.

[Old Spice]

My issue has never been the free kick count per se. It's the inconsistency in relation to us. If the free kick count is 15-5 against us and we are playing like shit, being led to the ball, being sloopy and the frees are all legit, I have no issue with it.

In that first quarter we DOMINATED play and received something like 1 free kick. Maybe even none. How is that even logistically/physically possible? We were dominating play. Richmond also laid more tackles due to their chasing so much. You telling me they didn't lay a single high tackle? Hold the man a little too long? Maybe push in the back?

Get stuffed.

I'd just like to see the club keep a background record of umpiring decisions (and non decisions) and to take note of what they are and if any trends emerge with individual umpires or in general. As a standard they should also keep an eye on equivalent decisions across the league by round and by season.

So then we get a sense if Cloke is hard done by compared to other decisions on key forwards, whether they be FF or FA decisions. And not just him. I was not so much aggravated about Sunday's game by the Cloke decisions but stuff further afield.

As per Swooop 's post, I reckon we get a poor showing from the umpires because it's easy to go the hack on Collingwood knowing how much we are reviled in the football community and how little support we will garner from the broader footy world. Well f*ck them.

If I'm wrong, fine. But I think we are so badly done by with the umpires over the long duration that I'd like to see us keeping a spotlight on decisions. There needs to be a group dedicated to this stuff because it will cost us as it did I believe on Sunday.

Remember the 2010 GFII when Leigh Brown was mauled by the umpires after we complained to the umpires about the 3rd man up in GFI?

These guys need to be put on notice and highlighted when they **** up. And I mean publicly, sick of the dross.

 

[Pie eyed]

This post is top to bottom ridiculous.

You think they actually made a decision to award Collingwood free kicks that they knew weren't there just to even up the numbers...?

I'm surprised you think this is not a weekly occurrence in most games?

 

[Old Spice]

This post is top to bottom ridiculous.

You think they actually made a decision to award Collingwood free kicks that they knew weren't there just to even up the numbers...?

F*ck yes man, what are you on about!

Do you think Schmit goes off and buys a pie in the stands at 1/2 time? He'd be all across his own shitty stats at half-time, ergo his late and useless compo frees. That arseh*le shouldn't umpire a Collingwood game again until he understands how violently shit his decisions were.

 

[Pie eyed]

I'd just like to see the club keep a background record of umpiring decisions (and non decisions) and to take note of what they are and if any trends emerge with individual umpires or in general. As a standard they should also keep an eye on equivalent decisions across the league by round and by season.

So then we get a sense if Cloke is hard done by compared to other decisions on key forwards, whether they be FF or FA decisions. And not just him. I was not so much aggravated about Sunday's game by the Cloke decisions but stuff further afield.

As per Swooop 's post, I reckon we get a poor showing from the umpires because it's easy to go the hack on Collingwood knowing how much we are reviled in the football community and how little support we will garner from the broader footy world. Well f*ck them.

If I'm wrong, fine. But I think we are so badly done by with the umpires over the long duration that I'd like to see us keeping a spotlight on decisions. There needs to be a group dedicated to this stuff because it will cost us as it did I believe on Sunday.

Remember the 2010 GFII when Leigh Brown was mauled by the umpires after we complained to the umpires about the 3rd man up in GFI?

These guys need to be put on notice and highlighted when they **** up. And I mean publicly, sick of the dross.

The club should have a massive video archive with which to send the less "balanced" umps into retirement by now.
The head of umpiring give no shit an neither the AFL.
Out them on the Collingwood site.

 

[Old Spice]

The club should have a massive video archive with which to send the less "balanced" umps into retirement by now.
The head of umpiring give no shit an neither the AFL.
Out them on the Collingwood site.

Put their feet to the fire, sick of the shit and I don't care who complains in the footy world.

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Remember this game?

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_statistics?mid=5927

Umpire turned out to reside in Perth due to the detective work on this board.

27 v 10.

Practically every job in society is held to account except AFL umpires.

 

[Old Spice]

Remember this game?

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_statistics?mid=5927

Umpire turned out to reside in Perth due to the detective work on this board.

27 v 10.

Practically every job in society is held to account except AFL umpires.

Not only FA in that game but FF. Had it up to pussy's bow.

 

[Vampire013]

McBurney used to be a shocker also.
He was similar to Schmitt.
We lost every game he umpired and came up with some howlers.
He umpired the 2002 Grand Final for example.
Tarrant gets held and scragged in last quarter close to time on and we are in front (even commentators surprised there is no free kick)
Ball goes loose after that contest, gets to other end of ground and a non existent free kick given to Lynch who kicks a goal and they hit the front.
A minute later Acker kicks one out of his backside and we lose game.
Thank you McBurney !!!