You'll never guess what the 2021 free kick differential chart looks like

[craffles]

Love it.

Don't delete anything! I need this stuff saved for the end of year salt thread.

There's no salt. We were never going to win today. It's just a really ugly look for the game and you can see that reaction from neutral fans too.

Good luck for the rest of the finals

 

[maddog37]

Nah the Dogs are just so disciplined though

Don’t you have a premiership party to plan?

 

[jdz101]

Hunter, Macrae, Treloar and Weightman are serial pests with the old Selwood drop the knees or lift the arm. Whilst umpiring wasn't the difference today it was farcicial to see how many were paid and even bigger joke that dogs fans can claim their differential is because of discipline.

Nup it's.because the players are coached to accentuate impact to earn free kicks

Bombers actually did lack discipline this game.

Stringer and Devon Smith tried to punch more defenseless players than they got kicks.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

TBF I get it from Essendon supporters.

Weightman's antics are disgusting. I dislike how Joel Selwood, Luke Shuey

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and Lindsay Thomas play footy but at least there is some element of trying to break a tackle there.

I don't get that from Weightman at all. The guy's only intent are getting free kicks. I don't think I've ever seen an AFL player that manipulates the game as much as him. Example: the guy literally leaned backwards into Merrett today just for the sole purpose of a free kick. Who the **** leans backwards anyway? I have never ever seen anyone try to get a free like that ever.

 

[ashep]

Enjoy the off season.

Disappointing. Play the ball, not the man, like your players must do.

 

[maddog37]

Disappointing. Play the ball, not the man, like your players must do.

One point loss must be hard to take. Hope you are ok.

 

[tigertRANCE]

But... free kick richmond right?

I know, it's amazing how the clowns that are the opposition supporters on here think we have it good with the umps, when I think 4 out of the last 5 years we've been stone motherless last for frees/free kick differantial, it's astounding. Yes at times we are undisciplined, but not to that point, it goes way beyond that, if any other team copped the sh!t we cop from the umps and free kick differential there would be an uproar. If we ever do get a proper run with the umps, (not that it will happen) but by some miracle that they finally try to stop their biased against us, opposition will then say "free kick Richmond", we can't win either way. Hocking even changed the rules to stop us (the stand on the mark rule) on top of the biased umpiring. The AFL is the most corrupt and "make it up as you go along" competition in the world. Discuss Richmond haters...

 

[tigertRANCE]

Always knew Richmond were nothing without the umpires.

Confirmed

Quite the opposite, 4 out of the last 5 years Richmond have ended up on the bottom for frees, the free kick differential and despite that, won 3 flags in 4 years, now that is some feat, literally the opposite of what you tried to suggest, try again.

 

[The King!]

They got an armchair ride against a big vic club now , so might finally be looked at

 

[Chattanooga]

TBF I get it from Essendon supporters.

Weightman's antics are disgusting. I dislike how Joel Selwood, Luke Shuey and Lindsay Thomas play footy but at least there is some element of trying to break a tackle there.

I don't get that from Weightman at all. The guy's only intent are getting free kicks. I don't think I've ever seen an AFL player that manipulates the game as much as him. Example: the guy literally leaned backwards into Merrett today just for the sole purpose of a free kick. Who the fu** leans backwards anyway? I have never ever seen anyone try to get a free like that ever.

A) The bloke's played about 20 games? He's had that much impact on you in 20 games?

B) "Who leans backwards . . .??" WTF? LOL, just LOL.

 

[drcollossimo]

Bulldogs on the end of some odorous umpiring I am shocked to be typing it

Imagine Bevo saying “well done mate you fell back into that bloke and got the goal” with a straight face

legitimately scared at the prospect of playing them in a fortnight, the umps pickles will be so swollen they won’t be able to resist and we will get a 2016 GF reaming u watch

 

[drcollossimo]

A) The bloke's played about 20 games? He's had that much impact on you in 20 games?

B) "Who leans backwards . . .??" WTF? LOL, just LOL.

Exactly who does that

Cory Weightman that’s who

 

[drcollossimo]

I mean come on ….

 

[Chattanooga]

If I got stitched like the Swans did by the umps in a grand final and lost the game, I'd never let it go.

Funny we never hear boo about the umpiring in this one though.

Not sure why? (cough...something, something .. . . . only when you lose . . . something something . .)

 

[Chattanooga]

Very glad other non-Swans fans saw it too because I was fuming that day, still am to be honest.

You can replace "non-Swans fans" with "Bulldog grudge-holding/haters" if you like.

And you can tell them by the way they start their sentences. It goes like "I'm a neutral who as a matter of fact was barracking for the Dogs that day BUT...."

 

[DrPowellPepper]

Pickett has been going to ground easy since game one interesting the umps have been all over it this season and he’s hardly got a free kick even when it’s looked likee one could have been paid. Bulldogs the better team today but not sure why the umps constantly get sucked into to paying soft frees and it’s like the following week they totally forgot they got conned.

 

[mxett]

after watching today's game I think the dogs are such an outlier in positive freekick differential because they have many players who duck or lower the knees for frees. Shame, they're a talented side, they dont need to resort to such tactics

 

[bh90210fan]

I know, it's amazing how the clowns that are the opposition supporters on here think we have it good with the umps, when I think 4 out of the last 5 years we've been stone motherless last for frees/free kick differantial, it's astounding. Yes at times we are undisciplined, but not to that point, it goes way beyond that, if any other team copped the sh!t we cop from the umps and free kick differential there would be an uproar. If we ever do get a proper run with the umps, (not that it will happen) but by some miracle that they finally try to stop their biased against us, opposition will then say "free kick Richmond", we can't win either way. Hocking even changed the rules to stop us (the stand on the mark rule) on top of the biased umpiring. The AFL is the most corrupt and "make it up as you go along" competition in the world. Discuss Richmond haters...

First club in living memory to get more free kicks than total points in a game ….. you ended up being flogged by 50

 

[maddog37]

They got an armchair ride against a big vic club now , so might finally be looked at

At least now you have plenty of time to devote to your salt mining. I’m sure you will find someone else to blame for yesterday’s choke too.

 

[StringyDog]

TBF I get it from Essendon supporters.

Weightman's antics are disgusting. I dislike how Joel Selwood, Luke Shuey and Lindsay Thomas play footy but at least there is some element of trying to break a tackle there.

I don't get that from Weightman at all. The guy's only intent are getting free kicks. I don't think I've ever seen an AFL player that manipulates the game as much as him. Example: the guy literally leaned backwards into Merrett today just for the sole purpose of a free kick. Who the fu** leans backwards anyway? I have never ever seen anyone try to get a free like that ever.

I would of thought being a power supporter you would see this all the time given you watch Rozee so much, as much as a flopper as anyone in the comp

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Have been saying it for years that they get an armchair ride and finally it looks like others have taken note. When it's against your club, it's just sour grapes but definitely didn't want the Bombers to do well

Not sure what it is TBH but those 50/50 ones always go in their favour

 

[kaiserchief13]

after watching today's game I think the dogs are such an outlier in positive freekick differential because they have many players who duck or lower the knees for frees. Shame, they're a talented side, they dont need to resort to such tactics

Are you sure about that? They didn't look like scoring in the first half without cheat tactics

 

[danster168]

Not surprised to see the saints at -40, year after year we get reamed. Bulldogs at 90+ .... given a free ride by their best mates and their supporters have no shame about it.

Its really cringey. Weightman has one of the most deckable heads in the game. He stages for frees and then smiles about it like he's actually earned a hard ball get.

 

[Bjo187]

Why does weightman do it? Because his cheating gets rewarded, again and again and again and again. Changed the whole momentum of the game. Agree with everybody else though for some reason the dogs always get a great ride.

 

[danster168]

Why does weightman do it? Because his cheating gets rewarded, again and again and again and again. Changed the whole momentum of the game. Agree with everybody else though for some reason the dogs always get a great ride.

correct. weightman can be a diving dog for as long as he wants but at the end of the day the umpires need to be better and probably start bringing in suspensions for obvious staging. Thats the only way to end it.