State of Umpiring [merged]

[Chuck17]

Good to see the AFL even it up when it didn’t matter

[Francois Jackson]

Good to see the AFL even it up when it didn’t matter

yep either they measure it up in dead rubbers or in our back pocket.

I see the pies win the free kick count again. What a surprise!

[mightytiges]

Comically biased tonight. 15 - 27  .

Time for the Club to make an official complaint.

[georgies31]

Comically biased tonight. 15 - 27  .

Time for the Club to make an official complaint.

Totally agree we have hit the ton now with difference between us and top side for frees this year laughable.

[The Machine]

Comically biased tonight. 15 - 27  .

Time for the Club to make an official complaint.

It's a disgrace 

[cub]

Only danger to us going back to back
Disgusting
Suck poo Essendon

[Chuck17]

That was utterly disgusting

Something needs to be done

Plus the biggest flogs commentators in the world

[one-eyed]

Tom Browne just asked Dimma about the lopsided free kick count.

* Called it a frustrating night. Let others comment on the free kick count.

* 80% of the free kicks against us are there. The rest make you go hmmm.

* It's the ones we don't get that get under Dimma's skin more. You see what Jack cops and then look at what is given at the end other end of the ground and wonder what would happen if Jack played for the opposition.

* Look, our game is a very difficult game to umpire.

[Francois Jackson]

well played dimma. Put the cheats on notice. That was the worst i have seen all year tonight

That dusty hold against in the goal square to francis. FMD

[Diocletian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSA_oQ2PSSE

 

[Assange Tiger 😎]

well played dimma. Put the cheats on notice. That was the worst i have seen all year tonight

That dusty hold against in the goal square to francis. FMD

Was 100% there. Classic forward move, grab a handfull of jumper first and every time the defender will grab your arm and make it look as though they started holding you and not the other way around.

[one-eyed]

Damien Hardwick slams umpires over lack of Richmond free kicks

Sam Edmund
Herald Sun
18 Aug 2018

RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has expressed frustration over how his side is treated by the umpires.

The Tigers are 18th for free kick differential and were again on the wrong side of the ledger in Friday night’s win over Essendon, losing the count 27-15.

Hardwick said he didn’t have an issue with the free kicks his side gave away as much as those it should get.

“It was a frustrating night, there’s no doubt,” Hardwick said.

“It’s not the free kicks we give away. The vast majority, the 80 per cent (of those) are there.

“It is the one’s you don’t get that I find a little bit frustrating. I look at Jack (Riewoldt) tonight and I thought, ‘You know what? He doesn’t get much’.

“And I look at the other end and think, ‘Hmm, I wish he was playing at the other end’, but it is what it is.”

Riewoldt gave away three free kicks in the second quarter alone, but didn’t receive a free for the entire game despite Hardwick believing he was held at times.

“Once again, it’s a very, very hard game to adjudicate,” he said.

“Jack normally perseveres with that. He doesn’t complain, doesn’t blame; he just gets on with it and jumps at the ball.

“There’s not much we can do about it. We’ll just take it for what it is and hopefully get a better result next week.”

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-coach-damien-hardwick-frustrated-by-lack-of-free-kicks-for-his-team-in-win-over-essendon/news-story/9da2fcdd938ceb7277d405ee0498bd6b

[Owl]

Do they have tunnel vision?  I see so many opposition throws, incorrect disposals, holds, interfering etc that get ignored, Jack copped it last night, but even a sniff the other way and they are tripping over themselves from the other side of the ground to blow their whistle.  What are they trying to pull?  Is it to stop blowouts?  Are they sabotaging us?  I mean we used to cop shellackings and everybody had a great old laugh at our expense.  Now we Have a good 2 seasons and the whole world is going to end.

[Diocletian]

My Carlton flog cousin reckons the free kick counts are just to cover up the umpire making sure we get the frees that matter at the most crucial times in games...

[big tone]

I had one Essendon flog sitting near me saying we were “protected species” from
the umpires.
Not sure what game he was watching.

That curly head prick umpire gives us f&@k all every time.

Dimma needed to say something but he should be asking for a please explain from the AFL.
The numbers are just too one sided to be a coincidence.