State of Umpiring [merged]

[camboon]

An independent review is required, at best there is a bias and due to the consistent bias is it  a direction from the AFL management team.
They are a dictatorship who are not accountable due to the abandonment of the right to criticise !

[Broadsword]

An independent review is required, at best there is a bias and due to the consistent bias is it  a direction from the AFL management team.
They are a dictatorship who are not accountable due to the abandonment of the right to criticise !

This is all absolutely spot on.

[georgies31]

Did anyone notice our trainers waving to the umpires regarding Prestia and they ignored it bewildering.

[The Machine]

An absolute disgrace week in week out. 

[one-eyed]

Comment from a neutral supporter.


#AFLCatsTigers...no skin in this game for me , but do you reckon the umps have a bit on the Cats? Some pretty dodgy decisions going their way...

https://twitter.com/JudkinsSimon/status/1540600887231401985

[WilliamPowell]

Did anyone notice our trainers waving to the umpires regarding Prestia and they ignored it bewildering.

They didn't call for the stretcher, they called for the doctor

Rightly or wrongly that's why the game didn't stop. The  once the ball is put of the area umps don't have to stop the game unless the stretcher is called

[WilliamPowell]

I try not to blame umpires because they have a bloody tough job with the way the rules are written these days

But....

I don't give a shi_t that Geelong had 26 free kicks

What I have an issue with is the frees we DON'T get.

Week after week we get pinged for HTB but we tackle fairly and it's either "flap your arms and say play on" or they bless themselves and call for a ball up

Head high contact is not a grey rule. Tarrant going back with the flight of the ball cops a knee to the head/neck and although accidental it still should have been a free. There is no grey here. But flapity, flap, flap , play on

Lynch again was held in most marking contest, got whack above the neck and around the head a number of times and again flap, flap play on

The final free against him for holding, when Jack took that mark was a disgrace. Lynch was grabbed first but he got pinged

Then we have "insufficient intent" paid against us when someone kicked the ball as they were being flung in a tackle and it went over the boundary

I could go on 

I counted at least 8 obvious frees we didn't get. Would it have changed the result?  Quite possible because 4 of them were in or around our F50

[The Machine]

Corruption at its AFL finest.

[georgies31]

Did anyone notice our trainers waving to the umpires regarding Prestia and they ignored it bewildering.

They didn't call for the stretcher, they called for the doctor

Rightly or wrongly that's why the game didn't stop. The  once the ball is put of the area umps don't have to stop the game unless the stretcher is called

A you sure about that ?.
They stopped play in the 3rd when Geelong had a kick out and Baker was down.

[WilliamPowell]

Did anyone notice our trainers waving to the umpires regarding Prestia and they ignored it bewildering.

They didn't call for the stretcher, they called for the doctor

Rightly or wrongly that's why the game didn't stop. The  once the ball is put of the area umps don't have to stop the game unless the stretcher is called

A you sure about that ?.
They stopped play in the 3rd when Geelong had a kick out and Baker was down.

Wasn't aware of that but where was Baker to the ball?

My understanding of the rule is a game won't be stopped if the ball is not within so many metres of the player that is down unless a stretcher is called for

Do I think the game should have been stopped?  Absolutely but I still think you will find it will get ticked off because of where the ball was and the fact we didn't call for a stretcher

[HKTigerB]

Whilst Prestia was down the ball was kicked nearly directly over him.  When Baker went down the ball was placed in the square until Baker was taken care of.  Someone spoke to the umps at half time.  Cost us a goal.

[cub]

Had a beer with high up tonight 🤫
Not allowed to comment
Was very balanced but We were stuffing robbed

I Hate umpires and AFL

I’ll take the pussycats in a final this year no worries
Great effort by the boys tonight, really good

[WilliamPowell]

Goodness I've just seem the Dusty tackle on Close with 20 seconds to go

Why the "F" wasn't that HTB? He took possession, got tackled, let go of the ball, dragged it back in and they did nothing ....there's the game right there

[Chuck17]

It’s a dead set rort, time the RFC said stuff the fine they’re gunna tell it how it is

[cub]

Goodness I've just seem the Dusty tackle on Close with 20 seconds to go

Why the "F" wasn't that HTB? He took possession, got tackled, let go of the ball, dragged it back in and they did nothing ....there's the game right there

Haven’t you got used to this by now ?
Disgusting 🤮