State of Umpiring [merged]

[Knighter]

Umpires hate Richmond and the feeling is mutual. Oxygen thief Stevic is chief amongst them

[Knighter]

Bring your own lube to Tigers games these days. These guys love to bend us Tigers over

[Owl]

I think those umps might of got a rocket up the cake hole because the umpiring improved a bit..

[Lozza]

First free kick count we have won for the year, only took 5 rounds.

[Owl]

5 and a  half, I think the rocket came after half time

[Cheese]

Yes lets blame the umps.

We have been garbage for ages but had the umps given us a fair go over the journey maybe just

maybe we may have had a few more first week final exits.

That's what it is. Clearly I thought we were crap.

[Andyy]

Umpiring was terrible.

All of Hogan's goals came cheaply, except maybe that soccer off the ground because Astbury was clearly unsure of how to play the ball. Yes he knocked it over deliberately but in wet conditions what was he supposed to be 2-3m out from the goals? Turn around and assess the pressure situation?

And Jack being basically tackled by Melksham in the last quarter was simply illegal. It was nothing like a legal shepherd at all....

[Owl]

Yes lets blame the umps.

We have been garbage for ages but had the umps given us a fair go over the journey maybe just

maybe we may have had a few more first week final exits.

That's what it is. Clearly I thought we were crap.

We are blaming the umpires, keep up ffs.

[one-eyed]

Umpiring shockers cost Tigers

We call out the players for blatant errors, and the umpires made a couple of their own – one in particular – in the opening quarter. It's a tough gig, being an umpire, but positioning was not necessarily a strength across the weekend. Levi Casboult somehow got away with shoving  Richmond full-back David Astbury with both hands into the back before marking. The Blues scored a goal out of the play via Dale Thomas. Moments later down the other end, Jack Riewoldt received a free kick, but teammate Daniel Rioli eagerly gobbled up possession and delivered a centring pass straight to a Carlton defender. The umpire awarded advantage, to the Tigers' disadvantage. Examples like that are surely not what the rule was designed for.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-25/five-talking-points-richmond-v-carlton

[Lozza]

Thought the Rioli no mark in the last was interesting. How many marks of the year have involved some force into the back of an opponent. How the hell isn't that a mark yet they paid the mark after a blatant push in the back by Casboult on Astbury, dumbfouding to say the least.

[one-eyed]

Thought the Rioli no mark in the last was interesting. How many marks of the year have involved some force into the back of an opponent. How the hell isn't that a mark yet they paid the mark after a blatant push in the back by Casboult on Astbury, dumbfouding to say the least.

Gresham did the exact same thing in the Saints-Suns game tonight and it was paid a mark.

[big tone]

Thought the Rioli no mark in the last was interesting. How many marks of the year have involved some force into the back of an opponent. How the hell isn't that a mark yet they paid the mark after a blatant push in the back by Casboult on Astbury, dumbfouding to say the least.

One decision has nothing to do with the other.
Rioli's as much as it looked fantastic was clearly hands in the back.

The Casboult one was horrendous.

[Chuck17]

Once again we got shafted

Thanks Stevic you stuffing stuffwit

[WilliamPowell]

The Casboult one was horrendous.

You're being far too kind

[Dougeytherichmondfan]

Thought the Rioli no mark in the last was interesting. How many marks of the year have involved some force into the back of an opponent. How the hell isn't that a mark yet they paid the mark after a blatant push in the back by Casboult on Astbury, dumbfouding to say the least.

One decision has nothing to do with the other.
Rioli's as much as it looked fantastic was clearly hands in the back.

The Casboult one was horrendous.

Disagree. Rioli's has always been paid despite the "hands in the back" rule. The sheer plethora of instances is over-whelming.

Did anyone feel that the Carlton free in our pocket 30 seconds prior to Casboults howler was an absolute charity free kick (being 2 stinkers in 30 seconds directly giving them a goal).