Which part?plugger66 wrote:markp wrote:And sydney gets extra sc because it costs more to live in sydney... Barry Hall's punch on goose was 'in play'... oh and the draw is worked out so that no one is unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged.desertsaint wrote:Sometimes you toss a coin ten times and nine heads come up.
There was a definite bias, but random bias. (I hope).
It's one big fix.
The umpires are hardly going to receive written instructions, but they surely know what side their bread is buttered on.
Surely you dont really think that. if you do can you come up with actual stats to prove it. It should be easy if it is that obvious. And then someone says we were even placed on worse angles when having shots at goal. How can you have a serious conversation if people actually think that.
The bit about the bulltish reason for the extra SC, barry hall laughably getting off, the rigged fixture or the umpires having a fair idea about which clubs are more important and valuable to the AFL than others?
You think it's a fair competition, or ever has been?
It may not even be conscious on the umpires part, as I suggested the crowd or any number of other possible factors may be contributing... it doesn't even have to be constant to give an edge.
But last night it was plain to see.
As for stats... the blatant square ups are also there to see, usually when and where they can help us least.
It's a very difficult game to umpire because it's so open to interpretation... and for that reason it would be easy for them to sway, whether their bias is conscious or not.
and despise the Pies, the Blues, and the Injectors.
( One of your quotes couple of years ago sticks in my head hehe )
