State of Umpiring [merged]

[yandb]

'Razor Ray' isn't afraid to make a big call on the big stage

Just before half-time Geelong led by 15 points and could easily have been five goals up. A Jason Castagna set-shot conversion had broken a run of five successive goals by the Cats when umpire Ray Chamberlain made a courageous decision. After a marking contest 50 metres from Geelong's goal, Chamberlain blew his whistle to award a free kick to Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield. However, Tiger defender Bachar Houli believed he was the beneficiary and beckoned his skipper Trent Cotchin to give him the ball, and Cotchin obliged. Chamberlain's whistle sounded again and he delivered a 50-metre penalty and the easiest of goals for Dangerfield to the boos of Tigers fans. Late in the third term Chamberlain again incurred the wrath of the yellow-and-black army when he failed to award an apparently obvious 50-metre penalty when Tiger Tom Lynch was lining up from the arc.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-20/five-things-we-learned-lynch-thrives-on-big-stage

Razor was stooged by Paddy's dive and paid a free that wasn't there, compounded his mistake by only giving a brief signal to indicate to the players which team had the free creating confusion.

Instead of using common sense Razor then paid a knee jerk 50 mt penalty.

[Francois Jackson]

so are we going to hear about dangers drive all week like we did about grimesy????

[WilliamPowell]

so are we going to hear about dangers drive all week like we did about grimesy????

There should be 2 fines this week for staging

One for Dangerfield and one for the that kid Myers who went down after Houli brushed past him in the 3rd like he'd been collected by Balmey in his prime

[Slipper]

so are we going to hear about dangers drive all week like we did about grimesy????

There should be 2 fines this week for staging

One for Dangerfield and one for the that kid Myers who went down after Houli brushed past him in the 3rd like he'd been collected by Balmey in his prime

Cats fans apparently want Chris Scott fined for pretending to be a coach.

[Owl]

They are pretty dark on Scott and Hawkins.  Quite a few of them reckon the umpires were on our side.  This was rejected by the more balanced of their supporters lol.

[Buddysucks]

Surprised nothing was said about Henderson literally mugging Grimes on the goal line on 2 occasions. In reality it looked like 2 easy mark / spoil opportunities that resulted in goals to them.

[Owl]

Surprised nothing was said about Henderson literally mugging Grimes on the goal line on 2 occasions. In reality it looked like 2 easy mark / spoil opportunities that resulted in goals to them.

Oh man that was peeing me off, he had him in a half nelson, pulling him backwards in front of that idiot umpire multiple times ....nothing to see here carry on...ffs

[Chuck17]

Razor needs his own TV show

[crackertiger]

Razor is a Fecking eijit...

[camboon]

When was turning away from the ball and holding a bloke not a free , they should not get a GF

[Eat_em_Alive]

Conversation on Crunch time on SEN right now is that those umps are in really good form and may end up there next week

[Tiger Khosh]

Thought they were ok - horrendous danger free and 50 call aside.

Didn’t blow their whistle every 2 mins like we’ve seen all finals series. Sub 40 free kick count was refreshing.

[Diocletian]

Conversation on Crunch time on SEN right now is that those umps are in really good form and may end up there next week

Rayzor in the GF... 

[eliminator]

Thought they were ok - horrendous danger free and 50 call aside.

Didn’t blow their whistle every 2 mins like we’ve seen all finals series. Sub 40 free kick count was refreshing.

Plus missed the 50 metre penalty to Lynch. Thought umpiring was substandard.

[Owl]

What about when two of our blokes tackled God boy and had him splayed out like Geez on the cross cept on his knees and everyone is staring at the umpire for a full minute...Play on!