Bombres could feel very hard done by - as usual an insipid, inconsistent generally unprofessional display by the maggots for the umpteenth time, which I reckon did cost them the game.
What can be done? Nobody denies its a bloody difficult game to adjudicate, I reckon the answer is complicated.
Tweak the rules - allow disposal by any method. The number of "illegal" throws that are not paid EVERY SINGLE MATCH v the couple that are actually picked up - these can, and have been game changing. Allow throwing, allow dropping the ball - that way the maggots can't miss potential game changing illegal disposal.
While not a thing today, the deliberate rule - either scrap it, or make it last touch. Take away the adjudication from it, inconsistently applied and the maggots seem to love the theatrics while everyone waits for their decision.
With disposal by any means legal, that gets rid of the holding the ball rule - another which seems to be applied differently to defensive players v attacking players in the goal square. An indiscretion should be paid wherever it occurs on the field, we all know this isn't the case.
I'm drunk, I had no stake in today's game, but after watching it just thought it bloody stinks. I just wish they would fix it.