I don't expect him to win the centre taps, never have
But at stoppages I felt for him constantly getting grabbed, having his arms locked and no frees.
Sorry, 1 free for that all night
Glad you noticed the holding in the ruck (after I pointed it out). Its not often that I go for a conspiracy theory but I really feel we were just not supposed to win, the 'hair trigger' umpiring was just a part of it. We got pinged for everything while Brisbane seemed to be immune to the same decisions.
The goal review in the last quarter with the worst footage since the moon landing (the moon landing footage from the 60's was considerably better than the ARC footage from last night) was actually laughable! Vlaustuin was adamant that he touched it off the boot but the only footage put up for review was taken from the far end of the ground! Was that really the only footage? Really? Of course the blurry blobs from 150mtrs away weren't enough to overturn the decision ... game over ....
I could've shot better footage from 200mtrs away with a Super8 camera with my scarf wrapped around the lens! Inconclusive? Try 'outrageously incompetent'! Try 'rigged'!