I knew there was a reason to hate Umpires.

Mr Magic · Post: # 536763Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:23pm

I just heard a caller on Mark Doran's show (Leigh I think) who claimed he was a local umpire and swans fan.
He went on to absolutely bag the crap out of Roo saying thinks like he is the most over-protected player in the AFL, and he should know because he is an umpire.

He further claimed he got about 10 frees on Saturday night, some of which were warranted.

Get ready for teh wankers from all teams other than Saints to takle aim at Roo/us over this.

ausfatcat · Post: # 536766Post **ausfatcat** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:26pm

Did he get a phone call from Anderson half way through the interview offering him a job?

Mr Magic · Post: # 536767Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:27pm

ausfatcat wrote:Did he get a phone call from Anderson half way through the interview offering him a job?

Yep, even offered him Goldspink's number for his white, yellow, red. orange, green shirts.

stinger · Post: # 536772Post **stinger** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:31pm

this turkey obviously can't tell his arse from his elbow...roo got one free kick on saturday night......and it was there...if maybe a bit soft......but i saw another 3 or 4 that he should have got., but didn't..ffs...

....on a passing note........little ray is one chamberlain that i wish the dingo had taken.........

Halo · Post: # 536776Post **Halo** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:34pm

The DINGO would have SPAT the little chestnut back!!!

GrumpyOne · Post: # 536779Post **GrumpyOne** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:37pm

Dunno which umpire it was, but I'd buy land from him anytime if the length of his 50 metre penalties is any guide.

Superboot · Post: # 536780Post **Superboot** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:38pm

A profound observation from my partner who I took to her first game of football on Saturday night.

She said, after the game, that every time there was a free kick she would have thought that it should have gone the other way.

This is not quite 'out of the mouths of babes' but you get my drift. It's amazing the truths that a naive observer can come out with.

Mr Magic · Post: # 536785Post **Mr Magic** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:43pm

GrumpyOne wrote:Dunno which umpire it was, but I'd buy land from him anytime if the length of his 50 metre penalties is any guide.

Vermin Vozzo - I think he gave the 50's against us.

BelfastSaint · Tue 25 Mar 2008 2:47pm

It has also been reported on SEN that the umpires looked at the "tunneling" issue and admited that because of it they should have paid at least one and possibly two more free kicks to the Saints..

supersaints · Tue 25 Mar 2008 4:07pm

!0 free kicks ?? deserved at least four he did not get for tunnilingTypical wannbabe umpire idiot caller, claimed that the Swans never ever get free kicks, and that Hall was neaqrly killed having his head ripped off... however never mentioned that Hall treied to headbut players twice running into packs, and that he dropped Maguire behind play but was cleared to play the grand final

Dan Warna · Post: # 536841Post **Dan Warna** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 4:17pm

tbh nothing will be done about this issue till a shoulder is broken.

and the aerial mark is one of the highlights of the game.

at shytney, leo barry, tadgh keneally and a micky o (although not so much in recent years) have built reputations around high marking.

would love to see how they felt if it happened to barry.

as for soft, reiwoldt always has eyes for the ball first, something bolton should think about.

St DAC · Post: # 536892Post **St DAC** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 6:10pm

supersaints wrote:and that he dropped Maguire behind play but was cleared to play the grand final

Super ... ya gotta let it go mate ... we can't change it now ... move on in your Saints life!

esaint66 · Post: # 536905Post **esaint66** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 6:56pm

Superboot wrote:A profound observation from my partner who I took to her first game of football on Saturday night.

She said, after the game, that every time there was a free kick she would have thought that it should have gone the other way.

This is not quite 'out of the mouths of babes' but you get my drift. It's amazing the truths that a naive observer can come out with.

thats always the same.

it takes years to read a game of football perfectly.

it depends where your watching from.

its hard from level 3 at times, but i could tell every free kick from saturday night because i was watching the game on tv

ausfatcat · Post: # 536910Post **ausfatcat** » Tue 25 Mar 2008 7:07pm

No seriously this guy should be a AFL umpire I mean according to him roo got 400 frees

Now lets look at the stats from the game

free's for 1
free's against 0

hmmmmmm something's going on here didn't he say Roo had seeral free kick's?

Considering he got virtually dumped on his head 3 or 4 times and he only got one free for anther instance?

Conclusion

THE PERFECT AFL UMPIRE seeing things he wants to see.

goodie · Post: # 537062Post **goodie** » Wed 26 Mar 2008 8:46am

Speaking as a former local umpire, this guy is a moron