State of Umpiring [merged]

[mightytiges]

I was watching the Scottish FA Cup semi-final last night and the match commentators on the TV were constantly giving it to the referee for his performance (rightly so too) saying he's having/had an "absolute shocker".

Chalk and cheese compared to the AFL's commentators who said nothing about the lop-sided free kick count and just laughed when those two clear HTBs in our forward line weren't paid to us in the last quarter. 

[camboon]

You might find  through the agreement that the AFL won’t accept strong criticising of umpires or the  tribunal or even themselves

[WilliamPowell]

You might find  through the agreement that the AFL won’t accept strong criticising of umpires or the  tribunal or even themselves

I think you qre onto something

Pretty sure the TV broadcasters aren't allowed to go too hard on the umps

[Francois Jackson]

Goes without saying when the league is run by a bunch of communist hypocrites.

This is why I have enjoyed watching hirds old man come out swinging, and sheedy recently about the state of the game.

AFL are out and out cheats.

[Knighter]

You might find  through the agreement that the AFL won’t accept strong criticising of umpires or the  tribunal or even themselves

Didn’t realise we lived in China?

[Go Richo 12]

The umpiring isn’t the problem, the rules are. The umpires have been handed the impossible task of adjudicating a game that the rules make very difficult to do with any consistency. Personally, I find the game virtually unwatchable and tend to only watch Tigers games now.

[pmac21]

I've never heard so much negativity towards umpiring but it's not just them. This is the afls making. 
I didn't watch one game this weekend, not even ours.  Used to watch most of them. 

I think as supporters the only thing we can do is not go to the games or watch on TV. 

I wonder who else feels this way?

[Francois Jackson]

The umpiring isn’t the problem, the rules are. The umpires have been handed the impossible task of adjudicating a game that the rules make very difficult to do with any consistency. Personally, I find the game virtually unwatchable and tend to only watch Tigers games now.

Sorry mate not entirely true IMV. Why are we consistently at the bottom of the ladder of getting stuffed over by then.

[The Machine]

I've never heard so much negativity towards umpiring but it's not just them. This is the afls making. 
I didn't watch one game this weekend, not even ours.  Used to watch most of them. 

I think as supporters the only thing we can do is not go to the games or watch on TV. 

I wonder who else feels this way?

I do...i will always watch the Tigers but i have gone from a regular game watcher of other teams to zero. The current game is a disaster thanks to Gil and others ( shocking).

[The Machine]

Have you seen the dive from Hawkins? He should get 2 weeks for staging. AFL 360 flogs will let it pass without discussion 

[camboon]

Hawkins will get an accomodation for his valiant effort and Sculli will 2 weeks , from the twin brother of the Geelong coach 😁

[wayne]

Have you seen the dive from Hawkins? He should get 2 weeks for staging. AFL 360 flogs will let it pass without discussion 

That bogan Georgie Parker said Hawkins did a 'Rance'... 

[Knighter]

Have you seen the dive from Hawkins? He should get 2 weeks for staging. AFL 360 flogs will let it pass without discussion 

That bogan Georgie Parker said Hawkins did a 'Rance'... 

Who? Is that the one that nobody likes?

[one-eyed]

"The AFL declined to comment on the free kick count from the game when contacted on Sunday."


Just how bad are Tigers’ free kick numbers?

Richmond received the fewest free kicks of any team last year and the numbers aren’t great to start 2022. See just how bad the figures are.

Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-2022-all-the-latest-from-the-mro-as-trent-cotchin-fined-for-kicking-taylor-walker/news-story/e3006ef112e78176ea906e3f84d76602

[one-eyed]

"Year after year after year, we are stripping away parts of the game that made the game great." - Mark Robinson


‘Just put 18 robots out there’: AFL 360 hosts debate umpire dissent interpretation

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl360/afl-news-2022-umpire-abuse-harris-andrews-tom-hawkins-free-kick-gerard-whateley-vs-mark-robinson-on-fox-footy-afl-360/news-story/80a50cf775f77d3616f5cf8209ea7565