You Were Robbed!

[cats2rise]

You should have wont hat.. umpires screwed up bigtime. The game went for another 5 secodns after the siren went after that ball up.
Geez.. i hope the AFL sees there mistakes and awards you the points.

 

[CharlieG]

Sue their ass off, Freo.

 

[Ricardo]

They were robbed.........BUT

The ump missed the free.....

He should've given a free to Stkilda from the ball up as the Freo players had a go or whatever at the ump, he did stop the clock at 1 second to do that ball up, but that point shouldn't have counted...

I'm just glad that Baker didn't score a goal, that would have been even more of an injustice as it has been.

.......don't worry though, the AFL will most likely have a look at it and give the Dockers the win, by 1 point.

 

[grimlock]

Farcical.

 

[CursoryMercenary]

I am ashamed about my code now after that, Footy seems to be serving up so much far too often. I hope it's within the laws that Freo can get their two points.

 

[Ricardo]

I am ashamed about my code now after that, Footy seems to be serving up so much far too often. I hope it's within the laws that Freo can get their two points.

You mean 4 points

 

[JuddyisGod]

Robbed is putting it lightly, they were r*ped and pillaged.

 

[Kid A]

Disgrace. You'd probably be better off if Baker had kicked the goal-the AFL would not be able to rest on their laurels if that had happened.

 

[Shell]

Sue their ass off, Freo.

Come thru over MMM, that Freo are lodging a protest..

Good on em. If this had happened to Geelong (god forbid in any final of any kind), i would have turned from a nice, peaceful person into a raving, violent lunatic!

btw.. Some of the Saints supporters posting around here are freaken dumb asses.. Doesnt surprise me to be honest.

 

[Diego]

I feel for you freo fans! sue the afl and make sure those incompetitant morons anderson and vlad are fired.

I am not a freo fan but i am just sooo ticked off for you guys. You clearly should have won that!

Don't worry..use this as excuse to stick it right up the AFL..like the swans did last year when King Vlad came out and critisiced them.

 

[FreoDocker]

Can I sue the AFL for a new TV remote??

My old one is in bits at the moment!

 

[Plogs]

You mean 4 points

They already have 2. Another 4 would make 6.

 

[Diego]

I posted this in another thread:

This is what will happen:

Vlad will come out and defend the umpires - again. He will then blame the timekeepers or the siren at the ground.

Then to show the footy world how much of an egomaniac and dictator he is he will fine Connolly for

a) entering the playing arena

b) for daring to want the game over turned

c) for having the hide to come out and say anything negative at all about the umps.

Then all this will be forgotten in a weeks time, the umpires will continue to stuff up our game, while VLAD and his dropkick mate ANDO will come out and try their hardest to put such a positive spin on the afl and how crowds are up and people love the game in an attempt to blanket the whole affair so we can forget about how incompetent the game has become

Humphrey b bear will come out and defend the umpires and talk to us, the footy public, in a condescending and patronizing way.

The afl is just soo predicable.

 

[cats2rise]

They already have 2. Another 4 would make 6.

Im sure they'd ratehr the 6

 

[Shell]

Can I sue the AFL for a new TV remote??

My old one is in bits at the moment!

If itd been Geelong, my whole tv would have been in pieces!!

 

[Lach72]

Adrian Anderson needs to be strung up by his nuts!!!!

 

[malpaso]

Vlad will come out and defend the umpires - again. He will then blame the timekeepers or the siren at the ground.

Yep, I agree. That's exactly what will happen.

However, that's not acceptable this time and he'll never hear the end of it. If there is no professional explanation as to why the umpires adjudicated the way they did, the AFL have no leg to stand on.

Why do the umpires rely on the siren? If the field umpires are the only ones who can call an end to a quarter/match then why do they need the timekeepers?

The AFL seriously need to move the game clock to the scoreboard.

 

[jenny61_99]

They were robbed.........BUT

The ump missed the free.....

He should've given a free to Stkilda from the ball up as the Freo players had a go or whatever at the ump, he did stop the clock at 1 second to do that ball up, but that point shouldn't have counted...

I'm just glad that Baker didn't score a goal, that would have been even more of an injustice as it has been.

.......don't worry though, the AFL will most likely have a look at it and give the Dockers the win, by 1 point.

I wouldn't count on the VFL making amends here. If they could get away with a draw they will.... to protect, of course, the Victorian team.

Umpires miss free's all day. That is not what the issue is. The siren had sounded, game over. I can't believe that not ONE umpire (arent there 30,000 of them on the ground???) heard the siren when at least 8 Freo players threw their arms up in jubilation for their win when THEY heard it.

 

[Freo Shark]

With all the technology available why isn't the emergency ump miked up to the siren and be able to call it. Also why didnt he hear it either ?

 

[Bert Foster]

As I understand it, the rule is that the game is over when the umpire hears the siren, not when they signal the game to be over -which was the rule a little while back. This results in the umpire having to interpret when they heard the siren, relative to an act on the ground (eg a kick at goal). That they can interpret the split second wrongly is footy - umpires interpret things all the time - sometimes wrong, mostly right. Obviously, when they get it wrong, it can have dramatic consequences as it prima facie appears to have had for the Dockers. (Imagine how much worse if Baker had kicked the goal).

What is very difficult to understand however is this. As far as I could make out, there was no second siren. If they did not hear the only siren, and allowed play to continue through to Baker's kick - what did they hear that allowed them to end the game at that moment? That is, if there was no siren heard that allowed Baker's kick - why didn't the umpires go through the motions of re-starting play with a bounce (hopefully that might have allowed the timekeepers to blow the siren again, something presumably they should do until the umpire hears and indicates the end of the game).

And if any umpire did hear the only time the siren blew, how could they have got it so wrong? It beggars belief. Good luck!!

 

[Diego]

So really the game is still being played. Ring up CC and get him to tell pav to grab his kit put it on and run out and kick a goal.

The game is still on right?

 

[Kapow!!!]

As I understand it, the rule is that the game is over when the umpire hears the siren, not when they signal the game to be over -which was the rule a little while back. This results in the umpire having to interpret when they heard the siren, relative to an act on the ground (eg a kick at goal). That they can interpret the split second wrongly is footy - umpires interpret things all the time - sometimes wrong, mostly right. Obviously, when they get it wrong, it can have dramatic consequences as it prima facie appears to have had for the Dockers. (Imagine how much worse if Baker had kicked the goal).

What is very difficult to understand however is this. As far as I could make out, there was no second siren. If they did not hear the only siren, and allowed play to continue through to Baker's kick - what did they hear that allowed them to end the game at that moment? That is, if there was no siren heard that allowed Baker's kick - why didn't the umpires go through the motions of re-starting play with a bounce (hopefully that might have allowed the timekeepers to blow the siren again, something presumably they should do until the umpire hears and indicates the end of the game).

And if any umpire did hear the only time the siren blew, how could they have got it so wrong? It beggars belief. Good luck!!

To keep going when players have stopped, gone up in jubilation after the siren sounds should be over. The siren was blown and the play was timed for going 30 seconds AFTER PLAY HAD FINISHED. The Umpires and Timekeepers are at fault and the match should be overturned based on that because that is just plain unacceptable.

Take it as far as it can go Connolly, Lets either get the points or make the AFL wish they didn't screw us around

 

[Kapow!!!]

So really the game is still being played. Ring up CC and get him to tell pav to grab his kit put it on and run out and kick a goal.

The game is still on right?

Exactly. If that's the case then on the footage shown the game has not officially ended. Therefore that defence cannot be used

 

[CROWS9798]

What an absolute joke

 

[tinman]

I wouldn't count on the VFL making amends here. If they could get away with a draw they will.... to protect, of course, the Victorian team.

Umpires miss free's all day. That is not what the issue is. The siren had sounded, game over. I can't believe that not ONE umpire (arent there 30,000 of them on the ground???) heard the siren when at least 8 Freo players threw their arms up in jubilation for their win when THEY heard it.

The AFL are just a joke. They really do need to go back and rebadge it again as the VFL. They aren't kidding anyone.

So which umpire calls an end to the game? Only the one in play? Where were the other 2 field umpires? Why didn't they 'overrule' the umpire in play if he didn't hear the siren? As there was no 'second' siren, why aren't they still playing?

What makes me laugh is that if one of the other umps had come in and set everything straight, that would be defended by Saddam (AD) and his propaganda minister as inspired umpiring and a victory for common sense. As this didn't happen, now watch the same idiots defend what happened. These guys are perfect, they never ever get it wrong.

Unfortunately I think Freo have no chance whatsoever of getting the win........