State of Umpiring [merged]

[Penelope]

are the 3121 crowd the ones shouting "ball" every time the opposition even look like getting tackled?

[WilliamPowell]

are the 3121 crowd the ones shouting "ball" every time the opposition even look like getting tackled?

 

[TigerLand]

The 5m protected area is a joke for our game..

To see McGuane and Murphy both give away 50m penalties for something that both times were unavoidable is a disgrace.
If it is within 3 seconds of the player marking the ball, let it go...

[Golfprotiger]

Umpires need to learn to put their whistles away, it is not basketball!!!!!!!!!

[Stripes]

I usually give the umpires the benefit of the doubt and my obvious biased view but today the umpires were very ordinary. There was so many terrible decisions I couldn't believe that they were all simple mistakes. One decision where the umpire awarded a push in the back against Jack where he purposefully jumped over his opponent while he tackled him to avoid touching his back at all, was just ridiculous. Worst umpiring I've seen for quite some time 

[bojangles17]

Was over umpired 60 odd frees, why so many scoops being paid, and gee what was with the push in the back in goal sq 3 x 

[Hellenic Tiger]

I thought the Tigers supporters in my area were going to jump the fence and neck the umpire a few times. The only thing that probably stopped them was we were on level 2.

Good old 3121 

Reckon I might know a couple of them making the most noise    

Yep I was calling Dahlhaus tree hugger in 3121 on level 2 and was so pleased to see Gia kick a tough goal.
Umpire 11 must have x-ray vision. Saw so many throws from the blind side. All of them against us.

[Bengal]

Was starting to be mob mentality at the game.  how anyone can definitively say a free kick is wrong from the boundary is beyond me.  yeah some frees seemed a bit tiggy touch but hey that's how they umpired the whole game.  jack should have taken note after the 1st free was paid against him and not keep leaning into their backs for a start.

Maybe a bit over umpired but we won and i thought they were consistant for the most part.  i look forward to seeing the replay tomorrow night after work

Dont blame the umpire, blame the administration for making them interpret the rules the way they've been told..  i feel for the umps it must be a hard gig getting the interpretation changed all the time.

[dwaino]

I thought the Tigers supporters in my area were going to jump the fence and neck the umpire a few times. The only thing that probably stopped them was we were on level 2.

Good old 3121 

Reckon I might know a couple of them making the most noise    

Yep I was calling Dahlhaus tree hugger in 3121 on level 2 and was so pleased to see Gia kick a tough goal.
Umpire 11 must have x-ray vision. Saw so many throws from the blind side. All of them against us.

Where were you on level 2 Tucks? I was in 32 right next to those Canidae seats and it was a pretty boisterous lot.

[Hellenic Tiger]

I was in 36 on level 2 row K. Sat in my 3121 allocation.
I have a reserved seat on level 2 in the Olympic at the G and I reckon its the best view there & Etihad.

[Darth Tiger]

Why cant the umpiring panel realise that the 2012 GF was a high water mark for adjudication and just show the guys & gals with the whistle that is the way that it should be done.

Simple game to play ... with 3 simple rules

i) The team has the ball
ii) the ball is in dispute
iii) The other team has the ball

And not an umpire mentioned.

[tony_montana]

I usually give the umpires the benefit of the doubt and my obvious biased view but today the umpires were very ordinary. There was so many terrible decisions I couldn't believe that they were all simple mistakes. One decision where the umpire awarded a push in the back against Jack where he purposefully jumped over his opponent while he tackled him to avoid touching his back at all, was just ridiculous. Worst umpiring I've seen for quite some time 

It was a shocker, I also noticed that that particular ump was very quick on his whistle against Jack, seemed to blow it the moment contact was made. Reckon jack peeed him off early and he was dishing payback all game.

60+ frees in a game of football is just wrong. Just pay the blatant ones and the game will be all the better for it.

BTW tiger from tas - do you still think the diving at peoples feet rule is a good rule? Its a joke and its 50/50  whether they pay it for too low or too high 

[Yeahright]

I usually give the umpires the benefit of the doubt and my obvious biased view but today the umpires were very ordinary. There was so many terrible decisions I couldn't believe that they were all simple mistakes. One decision where the umpire awarded a push in the back against Jack where he purposefully jumped over his opponent while he tackled him to avoid touching his back at all, was just ridiculous. Worst umpiring I've seen for quite some time 

It was a shocker, I also noticed that that particular ump was very quick on his whistle against Jack, seemed to blow it the moment contact was made. Reckon jack peeed him off early and he was dishing payback all game.

60+ frees in a game of football is just wrong. Just pay the blatant ones and the game will be all the better for it.

BTW tiger from tas - do you still think the diving at peoples feet rule is a good rule? Its a joke and its 50/50  whether they pay it for too low or too high 

I like it when they DIVE. But when someone is standing up but putting their head over it fair play

[one-eyed]

The game was just slightly over-umpired yesterday

Total free kicks - Round 3

Rich vs WB           63
Adel vs Port          49
Freo vs Ess           45
GWS vs St K         41
North vs Syd         39
Melb vs WCE         38
GC vs Bris              35
Coll vs Haw           35
Geel vs Carl          33

[Gigantor]

There was an incident in front of where i was sitting ,on the boundary line,where a bulldogs player was pushed hard against the boundary line by Maric ,and the bulldogs player in trying to break out ,went head first at marics legs, maric sensing what was going on  flung his arms wide to show the umpire he wasnt involved...The umpire blew the whistle and awarded the bulldogs player a free...it was one of many absolutely absurd decisions