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farewell Banner for Goldy-
it's suspected that Darren Goldspink is retiring and his last game is the saints V Tigers tomorrow night
should we put together a banner- what could we put on it?
should we put together a banner- what could we put on it?
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Re: farewell Banner for Goldy
Presumably you are talking about Darren Goldspink Brat?saintbrat wrote:apparently Darren Goldsmith is retiring and his last game is the saints V Tigers tomorrow night
should we put together a banner- what could we put on it?
If true, it will be good to see the back of the attention-seeking w****r!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it......no I don't want to read about it anymore!!!
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oops don't know where that came from.
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Oh and you guys could do SUCH a better job
All jokes aside..if its true then I for one wont be booing him tomorrow night.
The only other on-field person apart from Harvs who was around in the 80's.
Yes we've all sledged him in the past, but surely if it is his farewell game tomorrow night we could show a touch more class than just booing him. The game needs umpires believe it or not..and just like players some are better than others
A good time to show that the game is bigger than the individual
All jokes aside..if its true then I for one wont be booing him tomorrow night.
The only other on-field person apart from Harvs who was around in the 80's.
Yes we've all sledged him in the past, but surely if it is his farewell game tomorrow night we could show a touch more class than just booing him. The game needs umpires believe it or not..and just like players some are better than others
A good time to show that the game is bigger than the individual
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Well there is booing...and booing....saint66au wrote:
All jokes aside..if its true then I for one wont be booing him tomorrow night.
Nelson on Sorry day copped the real McEvoy.
The Booing that greats umpires when they walk on is morea "friendly" boo...
Tis a bit liike the world bastard...can be friendly....or an insult. all depends "how' it said and intended.
Personally I like umps....my weekly winters rant at them during the games save me a fortune in Pschychitrists bills...and is a great stress reliever
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Ric, take off the blinkers mate. Its not hypocrisy, its the equivalent of shaking hands with your opponent after the game. Yes all fairs in love and war during the match. I boo umpires and opposition players as much as the next person. When the siren goes though, as it looks like it will for Darren Goldspink tomorrow night, its OK to stop wanting to beat 16 shades of cr@p out of them. Its called sportsmanshipriccardo wrote:It wouldn't shock me to find out that I could, to be honest.saint66au wrote:Oh and you guys could do SUCH a better job
I'm not such a hypocryte that I will boo someone thier entire career and then blow them kisses when they retire.
We all love the Saints to death, but we needs other teams and umpires for a game of footy to happen. Goldy's been umpiring VFL/AFL for nigh on 20 years. Yes he's had some shockers but prolly no more than a player would have in that time.
Umpiring at any level, let alone AFL, is a bloody thankless task. You only ever get things wrong.
How would you feel if you made sacrifices in your life to provide entertainemnt to millions, yet the thanks you got on retirement was a nice round of booing?
Cut him some slack Ric, your conscience will cope I'm sure
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Agree. I actually think he is / was a pretty good umpire (ducks). He was a bit of a tosser in that he wanted the same exalted status of the players - but putting that aside, he did umpire very well at times and has had some shockers to. At least he didn't blatantly rig a game like some of his colleagues managed to do!! Put Goldy up against the likes of McLaren, Ray Chamberlain etc.. I reckon we will miss having a decent umpire who can actually understand how a game of footy gets played.saint66au wrote:Ric, take off the blinkers mate. Its not hypocrisy, its the equivalent of shaking hands with your opponent after the game. Yes all fairs in love and war during the match. I boo umpires and opposition players as much as the next person. When the siren goes though, as it looks like it will for Darren Goldspink tomorrow night, its OK to stop wanting to beat 16 shades of cr@p out of them. Its called sportsmanshipriccardo wrote:It wouldn't shock me to find out that I could, to be honest.saint66au wrote:Oh and you guys could do SUCH a better job
I'm not such a hypocryte that I will boo someone thier entire career and then blow them kisses when they retire.
We all love the Saints to death, but we needs other teams and umpires for a game of footy to happen. Goldy's been umpiring VFL/AFL for nigh on 20 years. Yes he's had some shockers but prolly no more than a player would have in that time.
Umpiring at any level, let alone AFL, is a bloody thankless task. You only ever get things wrong.
How would you feel if you made sacrifices in your life to provide entertainemnt to millions, yet the thanks you got on retirement was a nice round of booing?
Cut him some slack Ric, your conscience will cope I'm sure
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Sorry, I didn't realise Goldy was such a true Australian hero. Maybe I should bow down in gratitude to him and kiss his exaulted toes?saint66au wrote:Ric, take off the blinkers mate. Its not hypocrisy, its the equivalent of shaking hands with your opponent after the game. Yes all fairs in love and war during the match. I boo umpires and opposition players as much as the next person. When the siren goes though, as it looks like it will for Darren Goldspink tomorrow night, its OK to stop wanting to beat 16 shades of cr@p out of them. Its called sportsmanshipriccardo wrote:It wouldn't shock me to find out that I could, to be honest.saint66au wrote:Oh and you guys could do SUCH a better job
I'm not such a hypocryte that I will boo someone thier entire career and then blow them kisses when they retire.
We all love the Saints to death, but we needs other teams and umpires for a game of footy to happen. Goldy's been umpiring VFL/AFL for nigh on 20 years. Yes he's had some shockers but prolly no more than a player would have in that time.
Umpiring at any level, let alone AFL, is a bloody thankless task. You only ever get things wrong.
How would you feel if you made sacrifices in your life to provide entertainemnt to millions, yet the thanks you got on retirement was a nice round of booing?
Cut him some slack Ric, your conscience will cope I'm sure
Its not sportsmanship or anything other than I refuse to change my long standing opinion of someone just because they are retiring.
Call me a bytch if you like, thats just the way I am.
I for one, while I may not always agree with what the umpires do, and as everyone who is somewhat passionate about their team, cursed and sworn and wished horrible things upon them when they got something 'wrong'
Ive always stood by the beleif that, yeah, sure, the umpires get maybe 4 or 5 decisions wrong during a match, maybe 10?
How many times did Riewoldt drop a mark? Miss a goal? How many times did Hudghton miss a spoil. I reakon if you ask any footy player how happy they would be with ONLY making 5 mistakes in a game. They'd be pretty happy.
I've judged for martial arts tournaments, which is a lot like footy, in some regards, its fast, its quick, and when theres big decision to be made, everything has slowed down or stopped, and everyones looking at you.
The first time I judged a tournament, I judged for the whole day, about 8 hours, it was THAT mentally draining, that I fell alseep in the back seat of the car on the way home, which was roughly 6pm.
Dont let all the slow motion replays and different angles of the one incident fool you into thinking you would have made the right decision at that time. I'm sure that the umpires have made a big decision, looked up at a reply and thought "oh.. jeez.. i sure buggered that up"
Sure, they screw up up every now and then, and yeah, like most players, through their career they will have absoloute shockers. But at the end of the day, these guys are what keeps our game going...
Love or hate, they still deserve your respect.
Ive always stood by the beleif that, yeah, sure, the umpires get maybe 4 or 5 decisions wrong during a match, maybe 10?
How many times did Riewoldt drop a mark? Miss a goal? How many times did Hudghton miss a spoil. I reakon if you ask any footy player how happy they would be with ONLY making 5 mistakes in a game. They'd be pretty happy.
I've judged for martial arts tournaments, which is a lot like footy, in some regards, its fast, its quick, and when theres big decision to be made, everything has slowed down or stopped, and everyones looking at you.
The first time I judged a tournament, I judged for the whole day, about 8 hours, it was THAT mentally draining, that I fell alseep in the back seat of the car on the way home, which was roughly 6pm.
Dont let all the slow motion replays and different angles of the one incident fool you into thinking you would have made the right decision at that time. I'm sure that the umpires have made a big decision, looked up at a reply and thought "oh.. jeez.. i sure buggered that up"
Sure, they screw up up every now and then, and yeah, like most players, through their career they will have absoloute shockers. But at the end of the day, these guys are what keeps our game going...
Love or hate, they still deserve your respect.
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Yeah I will give him a clap after the game, but I will boo any decision he makes against us and cheer for everyone he makes for us...
They're just doing their job, how many people do you know that work in such a fast paced environment?
and how many people do you know that while working every decision they make will make one group happy and the other group pissed off?
They're just doing their job, how many people do you know that work in such a fast paced environment?
and how many people do you know that while working every decision they make will make one group happy and the other group pissed off?
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listened to part of his interview and he said he'd passed on tips to rayza- chamberlain and the mantle of ' most hated' umpireArmoooo wrote:Yeah I will give him a clap after the game, but I will boo any decision he makes against us and cheer for everyone he makes for us...
They're just doing their job, how many people do you know that work in such a fast paced environment?
and how many people do you know that while working every decision they make will make one group happy and the other group pissed off?
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And as for all of those fans who want to know who Goldspink barracked for as a kid before he joining the AFL umpiring ranks, the answer was the Kangaroos
Hmmm..probably wise that I didnt know that back at that game in 2006 when he gave them 4,000 frees on a platter
Still the biggest spray Ive ever heard a TD crowd give an umpire..not a pinch on a Moorabbin spray, but pretty impressive none the less
Hmmm..probably wise that I didnt know that back at that game in 2006 when he gave them 4,000 frees on a platter
Still the biggest spray Ive ever heard a TD crowd give an umpire..not a pinch on a Moorabbin spray, but pretty impressive none the less
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