david addison
Team Captain
- Feb 3, 2016
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If I was to take a guess, I'd say the umps put the whistle away in the 2nd half because they made an error in the 2nd quarter where they paid holding the ball against someone who had no prior opportunity. They were informed of that error at half time, and in true AFL fashion, they over corrected. So here's how you get a consistent performance from umpires, and I'm sounding like a broken record, but take those mother ******* earpieces out! Nobody can concentrate on their work when some dickhead on the boundary line is barking orders at them during play. Nobody from the AFL should be talking to the umps for those three hours. In fact not for the entire day. Just piss off. The game is not hard to umpire. The umps are not having difficulty. They are doing exactly as they're directed. If you have a problem with today's umpiring, it's not the umps you have an issue with, it's Hayden Kennedy, or it's the rule book. Did Stephenson get a toe to that ball when he was being tackled? How would I know? Channel 7 zoomed in so close that I couldn't tell. I might as well take this opportunity to say **** 7. I could have basked in the sun today for 2 hours, instead I go home in darkness because the game has to lead into their piece of s**t fake news service where they give us nothing except a bunch of CIA planted stories, sprinkled with some crap about the royal family, cancer research, the road toll and my personal favorite, the Play School weather with Miss Jane. Roaming Brian stumbled upon an umpire standing in a garbage bin after a game last year. There were no ice baths available for the umps, so they filled a garbage bin with ice, and the umps had to stand in that. If you want to know how the AFL treats it's own umpires, that said it all. When players of both teams come to a stop because they expected a free to be paid, that presents a new low for umpiring. It happened in the last quarter of the West Coast / Freo game last week, and it happened twice today. The players & fans unanimously disagree with the way holding the ball is adjudicated, and the umps get booed off regularly, and yet nothing ever gets done about it. Why is that? In fact that'd be a good question for Eddie's crap quiz show:
What is Gil thinking when he sees his umpires booed off the field?
A. 'It's just part of the game.'
B. 'At least the sheep are invested.'
C. 'We might need more security at the grounds.'
D. 'I've got polo tomorrow.'
What is Gil thinking when he sees his umpires booed off the field?
A. 'It's just part of the game.'
B. 'At least the sheep are invested.'
C. 'We might need more security at the grounds.'
D. 'I've got polo tomorrow.'