PONTIUS the CRUCIFIER

[Ekto]

If there ever is any PROOF that the AFL Umpires selectors have no idea, just replay last night's game and watch umpire No 38 pay many INCORRECT free kicks to HAWTHORN and not pay A SINGLE incorrect decision against them.

Umpire no 38 was just as poor at TAC and VFL levels and although he is very good at LOOKING LIKE an umpire with his hand signals, whistle blowing, directing the boundary umpire, signalling ALL CLEAR and expert backward running, he cannot bounce the ball, he does not understand the game of FOOTBALL and is OBVIOUSLY BIASSED against lower teams on the ladder.

I asked the Victoria Police (who were escorting him off the groundafter a game between Coburg and Port Melbourne, in which Coburg won narrowly won) to arrest him for IMPERSONATING A VFL UMPIRE, but they refused to do so as he was wearing the correct and his game day pass was in order.

This umpire crucified Richmond last night, right from the first bounce. The other umpires noticed it too and tried to keep him out of the way. He has had his chance now GET RID OF HIM.

I am going to call him PONTIUS, because he is a CRUCIFIER of our great game of footy.

Surely the good umpires in the game don't want this sort of performance to bring down their own reputation ans will stand up and say that they don't want to appear on the same ground as PONTIUS the Crucifier. You wouldn't even want him as a boundary umpire would you.

No matter how desperate the AFL say they are with umpires, this maggot falls so far below the acceptable level that if he ever gets to umpire an AFL premiership points game, it will show that the umpiring department and the AFL has no idea and are ruining the game.

[Judge Roughneck]

i understand Richmond were rubbish last night but the umpires are a stuffing joke.

holding the ball when you are tackled as soon as it goes into your hands & the '5 meter protection' rule are no good.

Australian Rules Football is getting more shyte each year.

[Fishfinger]

I agree with your point Ekto.
If one of the 3 umpires is crap then all 3 get labelled as crap even if the other 2 were very good.

With more umpires needed per week when the 2 new teams come in and stringent fitness requirements meaning many good umpires will never make the VFL and AFL squads there will likely be some not so good ones getting games and being the cause of inconsistency in decisions.

[one-eyed]

Even Collingwood and Hawthorn fans are complaining about what happened to us regarding the umpires last night.
 

I will say that they copped the worst end of the umpires that I have ever seen. I've seen teams get a bad call that has changed a game. Richmond copped about 25 bad calls.

That protected area rule cost them. Realistically, they shouldve lost by around 50 points.

Yeah absolutely disgraceful umpiring, Richmond copped it badly.

Never ever seen a team treated so badly by the umpires before.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16876821&postcount=117

[Jacosh]

Teams and coaches are to afraid to say anything about umpires these days and rightfully so but why isnt there a stuff link on the AFL site. I know they would get a LOT of posts but are they not in this business because of the fans? Surely they need to hear what fans have got to say about the varouis changes and below standard umpiring that is happening not only during the dud cup but also the regular season.

Im sur they wouldnt go onto bigfooty to see what people have to say, they have their heads to far up their own asses.

[Penelope]

They need to get ex players to take up umpiring. At least then they will have some understanding of the game.

What I find frustrating is that the while rules/interpretations have changed to protect the head of the bloke over the ball, in terms of getting the benefit of umpires decisions it is just about better to hang back and tackle the bloke going for the ball rather than go in and get the thing yourself.

I wonder when they are going to crack down on the chicken wing tackles? Is it going to take a shoulder or elbow dislocation before this happens. Gee I cringed when Franklin grabbed cotchin's arm and leaned back while he was already being tackled.

[Go Richo 12]

The umpiring was terrible! How can the only bloke going for the ball be penalised? Players take the soft option by waiting for someone else to make the play, tackle them and get rewarded! Unfortunately umpires are becoming a showpiece of the game when they should just be a controlling factor!

[Chuck17]

I seen a new level of stupidity last night in the way that these new rules are destroying our game.  

Utter joke although to a little extent it did take the focus off how bad we were and how long it will take for us to come good with all these young kids.

[Francois Jackson]

They need to get ex players to take up umpiring. At least then they will have some understanding of the game.

What I find frustrating is that the while rules/interpretations have changed to protect the head of the bloke over the ball, in terms of getting the benefit of umpires decisions it is just about better to hang back and tackle the bloke going for the ball rather than go in and get the thing yourself.

I wonder when they are going to crack down on the chicken wing tackles? Is it going to take a shoulder or elbow dislocation before this happens. Gee I cringed when Franklin grabbed cotchin's arm and leaned back while he was already being tackled.

is Jordan Bannister considered an ex footballer?

As per todays HUN he is the next umpire to be fast tracked

[jackstar is back again]

Know Jordan very well, will make a great umpire

[one-eyed]

Tigers caught short on rule change
Mark Robinson
Herald Sun
February 15, 2010

THE 5m rule which angered Richmond supporters on Saturday night is a feature of an umpire crackdown on protected areas this season.

While some Tiger fans were confused by why so many 50m penalties were awarded to the Hawks, the AFL yesterday revealed umpires had been instructed to be severe on any opponent encroaching within 5m of the player with the ball who is about to take his kick after being paid a mark or free.

The rule will be policed through the 2010 season.

One free kick was paid on Friday night between Essendon and West Coast, reportedly two in the Adelaide-Port Adelaide game and up to 10 in the Tigers-Hawks game.

AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said yesterday clubs had been warned of the clampdown on players who impeded the decision-making of the player who had the ball.

"The reason being is the guy who has the ball has the right to do what he likes," Keane said. "Simple, you can't be within 5m unless the player goes off his line.

"The umpires have been told to call play-on more quickly, but there will be zero leniency for going inside the protected area."

The 5m rule has long been a part of the rules, Keane said, but the Laws of the Game committee this year instructed umpires to police it severely.

"We will hit them with it in the NAB Cup to prepare them for the season," Keane said.

"It will take them a couple of games to get used to it, but instructions have been given to all clubs and to the media outlets and that's why the broadcasters were aware of it."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-caught-short-on-rule-change/story-e6frf9jf-1225830262414

[Mr Magic]

The rule will be policed through the 2010 season.

AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said yesterday clubs had been warned of the clampdown on players who impeded the decision-making of the player who had the ball.

stuff me Patrick the puppet, this is the worst rule ever.

I cannot for the life of me see this creating anything but chaos, confusion and controversy.

The lunatics are running the asylum!

[Infamy]

If that's going to be the rule then fine, however it has to be applied with common sense
1) If a player is running full tilt towards the player when they take a mark or receive a free, it is physically impossible for them to stop on a dime before reaching the 5m zone. If they adjust their course to run past them and avoid contact then the player has done everything they can, this is and never should be a 50m penalty
2) If the free kick is near the interchange bench and a player is out of the contest running off the ground, it should not be a free kick. If this is allowed to continue then sides won't be able to change players at a stoppage because running onto/off the ground is considered breaching the 5m zone.
3) Often a defender will run forward to take the mark to release a midfielder up the ground. Under this rule this is a 50m penalty.

Worst rule EVER!

[Judge Roughneck]

Tigers caught short on rule change
Mark Robinson
Herald Sun
February 15, 2010

THE 5m rule which angered Richmond supporters on Saturday night is a feature of an umpire crackdown on protected areas this season.

While some Tiger fans were confused by why so many 50m penalties were awarded to the Hawks, the AFL yesterday revealed umpires had been instructed to be severe on any opponent encroaching within 5m of the player with the ball who is about to take his kick after being paid a mark or free.

The rule will be policed through the 2010 season.

One free kick was paid on Friday night between Essendon and West Coast, reportedly two in the Adelaide-Port Adelaide game and up to 10 in the Tigers-Hawks game.

AFL spokesman Patrick Keane said yesterday clubs had been warned of the clampdown on players who impeded the decision-making of the player who had the ball.

"The reason being is the guy who has the ball has the right to do what he likes," Keane said. "Simple, you can't be within 5m unless the player goes off his line.

"The umpires have been told to call play-on more quickly, but there will be zero leniency for going inside the protected area."

The 5m rule has long been a part of the rules, Keane said, but the Laws of the Game committee this year instructed umpires to police it severely.

"We will hit them with it in the NAB Cup to prepare them for the season," Keane said.

"It will take them a couple of games to get used to it, but instructions have been given to all clubs and to the media outlets and that's why the broadcasters were aware of it."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-caught-short-on-rule-change/story-e6frf9jf-1225830262414

what a fcking stupid rule

[WA Tiger]

Just as bad as the hands in the back rule, it won't be long before there is so much stoping and starting in this game that it will be un watchable. These rule makers and enforcers are killing this game.