State of Umpiring [merged]

[mightytiges]

Saint supporters blaming the umps  .

Umpires still riding Richmond.

Another rubbish 50.

"You held the ball too long"

GAGF

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/afl-2021-round-5-saints-v-tigers-thurs-april-15th-7-20pm-est-marvel-tigercast-link-in-op.1262727/post-69580859

[wayne]

I'd like to see a crackdown on kicks that go about 8m.

[wayne]

Saint supporters blaming the umps  .

Umpires still riding Richmond.

Another rubbish 50.

"You held the ball too long"

GAGF

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/afl-2021-round-5-saints-v-tigers-thurs-april-15th-7-20pm-est-marvel-tigercast-link-in-op.1262727/post-69580859

Square up for the free Jack got and #11 held the ball for about 5 minutes

[mightytiges]

I'd like to see a crackdown on kicks that go about 8m.

Agree wayne. Dimma mentioned this after the Swans game too.

Also like to see a crackdown on opposition players deliberately diving forward and dropping the ball to con a free. Lonie the little weasel did this every time he went near the ball  .

[WilliamPowell]

Saint supporters blaming the umps  .

Umpires still riding Richmond.

Another rubbish 50.

"You held the ball too long"

GAGF

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/afl-2021-round-5-saints-v-tigers-thurs-april-15th-7-20pm-est-marvel-tigercast-link-in-op.1262727/post-69580859

Not sure how you can blame the umps when they got 10 more than we did.

The unfavourable 10 differential is stock standard for the Tigers 

[torch]

Free Kicks:
St Kilda 23
Richmond 13

[Tiger Khosh]

How can a team who wins by 80+ points on the scoreboard and dominate every single statistic in the game lose the free kick count by essentially double 

Also the amount of ‘high’ they conjured by dropping the shoulder and throwing their head back was driving me insane.

[Andyy]

Umps were crap.

Half of those high contact frees I could have thrown a brick through my TV.

If they want to protect the head and prevent CTE they MUST stop paying free kicks for blokes who draw high contact, and this now needs to include ducking your head unnecessarily to pick up with ball with the should down towards your tackler and then flicking it up so their arm gets your neck/head. Higgins in a key offender for this and we got nailed for it several times.

That free for high contact that King got mAde me wanna puke. When Balta love-tapped the back of his shoulder. Fmd if Lynch got paid those he'd be kicking 6 every week.

Jack also infringed several times.

And that 50m for not returning the ball was 100% there, not to mention they were already getting pantsed by 10 goals anyway.

[WilliamPowell]

Free Kicks:
St Kilda 23
Richmond 13

^^^^ the unfavourable 10 differential 

[one-eyed]

This is what the AFL dishes out when a club complains about the umpiring during a game  .


The GWS Giants have been hit with a $20,000 fine after football department boss Jason McCartney had a run-in with the umpires last Friday night in Canberra.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/giant-20-000-hit-for-mccartney-s-clash-with-umpires-20210427-p57mws.html

[Damo]

Why shouldn’t they fine him ???
He broke the rules in a big way. You can’t do what he did , simple as that

[mightytiges]

The Club needs to make a formal complaint and make it public. This bias is beyond a joke!

[Go Richo 12]

Bulldogs can drop the ball , run 25 meters without bouncing or disposing, kicks 8 meters get paid marks....

[Fluffy Tiger]

What would be interesting is a neutral person went through the games and  gave a report on not only the trees that are paid but the ones that aren't. I'm sure we miss out more on the ones that aren't paid. I know the AFL would never commission such a thing but I'm sure such a report would sell well. Might even do it myself when I retire.

[Tiger Khosh]

I would loveeeeeeee a holding the ball free kick, love it!

It’s even worse when they don’t give a blatant one to us and then give them one within the next minute.