I thought we were slaughtered by the umps HOWEVER
The first goal to Ablett following the 50m penalty was technically correct. It was piss weak, but just coz our holding weren't paid, doesn't mean that wasn't the right call
The 1 to Varcoe was right too
The one against Milne was a joke, Roo was slaughtered and Hayes had it tough all day
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This is what annoyed me more than anything with the umpiring yesterday. If they consistently pay the free kicks to both teams, not a problem. However, when they are only paid to one side, then i have a problem.skeptic wrote:I thought we were slaughtered by the umps HOWEVER
The first goal to Ablett following the 50m penalty was technically correct. It was piss weak, but just coz our holding weren't paid, doesn't mean that wasn't the right call
The 1 to Varcoe was right too
The one against Milne was a joke, Roo was slaughtered and Hayes had it tough all day
I don't mind umpires missing the odd free and making the odd error. They are human. However, when they have to pick out technical free kicks (that i have not seen paid all year and I watch 4-6 matches a week) to get Geelong back in the game, then I am pi%$ed off! Then the icing on the cake is the media and Geelong fuming over the one free kick that wasn't paid in the final 5 minutes.....what is up with that?
Despite all of that, our team found kept coming up with the answers, regardless of what the umpires and Geelong threw at us and we WON THE 4 POINTS!!!! This is what impressed me more than anything else. Let them under rate us, let them bitch about the umpiring. Happy for the media and the AFL world to continue to under rate us. Suits our purpose.
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EXACTLYsaint75 wrote: Despite all of that, our team found kept coming up with the answers, regardless of what the umpires and Geelong threw at us and we WON THE 4 POINTS!!!! This is what impressed me more than anything else. Let them under rate us, let them bitch about the umpiring. Happy for the media and the AFL world to continue to under rate us. Suits our purpose.
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And when you get to see the last quarter, you'll see the exact same thing occur when Lenny gets an advantage call that goes straight to a Geelong player on teh wing and comes straight back over his head.Moorabbin Saints wrote:Hang on, the Geelong supporters can bitch about their advantage paid but in the first quarter with ~9 minutes to go the exact same thing happens on our forward flank after Dal get a holding the ball! Advantage is paid when the ball is kicked straight to a Cats player.
That doesn't matter though - it wasn't a Geelong bad decision.
Only Geelong bad decisions warrant mention by media or fans.