State of Umpiring [merged]

[mightytiges]

The idiotic nominated ruck rule which has always been universally hated even by the AFL media sycophants is now into it's sixth season...so don't expect the stand rule which still has it's fair share of supporters and apologists to be going anywhere anytime soon....

The ruck rule actually advantaged us in 2017. Enabled Grigg to go into the ruck while being an extra ground level mid.

I think we could have deployed that regardless of the ruck rule.

That's true but the ruck rule stopped the opposition using a 3rd man up against Grigg.

[one-eyed]

Should it have been a push in the back?

https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1512405389706358797

[Assange Tiger 😎]

The idiotic nominated ruck rule which has always been universally hated even by the AFL media sycophants is now into it's sixth season...so don't expect the stand rule which still has it's fair share of supporters and apologists to be going anywhere anytime soon....

The ruck rule actually advantaged us in 2017. Enabled Grigg to go into the ruck while being an extra ground level mid.

I think we could have deployed that regardless of the ruck rule.

That's true but the ruck rule stopped the opposition using a 3rd man up against Grigg.

true, but they didn't need to because the opposition ruckman was generally winning it down against him.

[MintOnLamb]

Should it have been a push in the back?

https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1512405389706358797

If it was a Richmond game Yes, Geelong players would never do that 

[Lozza]

No doubt the umpires will have a directive to fix this up after last night's fiasco and guess which team will cop the raw end of the stick. Guarantee the dogs get several goals from in the back frees tonight, like death and taxes.

[crackertiger]

Yep 100% they will target Richmond. Going to be a tough night for us battling umpires against the Umpires pets the Duck and ThrowDogs.

[Andyy]

Should it have been a push in the back?

https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1512405389706358797

Yes.

Hawkins knows it too. You can see him looking to the ump

[JP Tiger]

I've canned them all week but tonight's umpiring was pretty good, no stupid free-kick-of-the-week stuff, just some basics for a change.  Plus they didn't get sucked in by the Bullfrog stagers for once ...   

[Andyy]

I've canned them all week but tonight's umpiring was pretty good, no stupid free-kick-of-the-week stuff, just some basics for a change.  Plus they didn't get sucked in by the Bullfrog stagers for once ...   

20's head duck on Riewoldt gave me the craps but otherwise I thought they were OK.

Stand rule is terrible fmd.

[Tiger Khosh]

Almost made it a whole game without giving away a 50m penalty/infringing the stupid stand rule.

[mightytiges]

Got to love the sooking tonight on Fox Footy because we actually got a couple of 50m penalties thanks to the Stand rule.

"Prestia moved first so that should have been play on."

"The umpire called "stand" too quickly. You're meant to get 2-3 seconds to set."

"They were two 50s paid at a crucial time in the match."

 

It's a stupid rule but the media can't blame us for both when we give 50s away and when we receive them .

[one-eyed]

[Tiger Khosh]

Why should a fake handball be play on? Another stupid suggestion that makes no sense with respect to the game. Last time I checked, unless you step off your line then there is no reason for play-on to be called. Instead of the media coming up with further idiotic side rules to justify an already stupid rule why don’t they just scrap it all together.

[Yeahright]

What happens when a player legitimately goes to handball and changes their mind?

[Tiger Khosh]

What happens when a player legitimately goes to handball and changes their mind?

The afl and media seem to think players are robots which can make the correct decision in a split second in a high pressure environment every damn time.