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...for another pathetic failure to call holding the man.
Displays what I'm sure we are all thinking.
This game is one of the worst displays of umpiring I have ever seen.
"... You want to pose a threat to the opposition in as many ways as you can, both defensively and offensively. We've got a responsibility to explore all those possibilities - and we will."
that one thing didnt have anything to do with them playing like scared little girls for 3 quarters.
no saints gear at work this arvo
they dont deserve me to wear it
im usually, mehh ya knoiw, a loss is a loss it dont matter...but that was not very good at all
a team thats one 1 game in the last 11 showed us up
Never underestimate how petty the average AFL umpire is...
ROBERT HARVEY A.K.A The Great Man, Banger, Harves, Ol' Man River...
384 games, 4 B&F's, 3 EJ Whitten Medals, St.Kilda Captain, 2 Time Brownlow Medalist, 8 Time All Australian, 2nd Highest Brownlow votes poller.... The greatest of ALL TIME!!
Yeh a few bad decisions were called. Perhaps Petrie should also have had a free/mark and goal in the last quarter.
When you have 59 to 36 inside fifties and lose there are other problems for the side. Frees were just a late irritation that shouldn't have mattered if the other aspects of the game play were corrected.
Midfield clearances and clear winners are needed to make an effective forward line.
You need to protect the ball handler to increase posession efficiency
I preface the following comment by saying that our onfield performance today was pitiful and weak as water (and that's disrespecting water) BUT I will say that for an squadron of professional umpires to pay NO attantion whatsover to all the scragging and grabbing and jumper pulling going on in around the ruck contests was in my view as bad as I've seen all year. The fact is Nth tried it on first time around. Why wouldn't umps be switched onto it this time?
The free that wasn't paid to Schneider decided the outcome of the game. Gets paid, he kicks a dolly, scores tied. Simple as that.
Outrageously poor judgement and I simply can't understand how he could have seen it any other way.
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
I just got back from the game and I have seriously not seen a worse umpiring performance. I will normally say it didn't affect the result but cannot say that today. The Schneider holding the man decision and then the one deep in the last qtr are deadset unbelievable. It cost the game today, coupled with a side that looks like it doesnt want to run, tackle or get hurt...!
Thinline wrote:I preface the following comment by saying that our onfield performance today was pitiful and weak as water (and that's disrespecting water) BUT I will say that for an squadron of professional umpires to pay NO attantion whatsover to all the scragging and grabbing and jumper pulling going on in around the ruck contests was in my view as bad as I've seen all year. The fact is Nth tried it on first time around. Why wouldn't umps be switched onto it this time?
The free that wasn't paid to Schneider decided the outcome of the game. Gets paid, he kicks a dolly, scores tied. Simple as that.
Outrageously poor judgement and I simply can't understand how he could have seen it any other way.
I'd rather we lose than draw, but it was a square up for Schneider ridiculing the umpires. The umpires really are an unprofessional pathetic bunch.
Thinline wrote:I preface the following comment by saying that our onfield performance today was pitiful and weak as water (and that's disrespecting water) BUT I will say that for an squadron of professional umpires to pay NO attantion whatsover to all the scragging and grabbing and jumper pulling going on in around the ruck contests was in my view as bad as I've seen all year. The fact is Nth tried it on first time around. Why wouldn't umps be switched onto it this time?
The free that wasn't paid to Schneider decided the outcome of the game. Gets paid, he kicks a dolly, scores tied. Simple as that.
Outrageously poor judgement and I simply can't understand how he could have seen it any other way.
I'd rather we lose than draw, but it was a square up for Schneider ridiculing the umpires. The umpires really are an unprofessional pathetic bunch.
Who was umpire 13 today? Seriously no understanding of the game...think i will call him Valium, cos that is what one needs after watching him.
Thinline wrote:I preface the following comment by saying that our onfield performance today was pitiful and weak as water (and that's disrespecting water) BUT I will say that for an squadron of professional umpires to pay NO attantion whatsover to all the scragging and grabbing and jumper pulling going on in around the ruck contests was in my view as bad as I've seen all year. The fact is Nth tried it on first time around. Why wouldn't umps be switched onto it this time?
The free that wasn't paid to Schneider decided the outcome of the game. Gets paid, he kicks a dolly, scores tied. Simple as that.
Outrageously poor judgement and I simply can't understand how he could have seen it any other way.
I'd rather we lose than draw, but it was a square up for Schneider ridiculing the umpires. The umpires really are an unprofessional pathetic bunch.
Schneids surprised me as anyone who has ever played the game seriously will tell you you are on a hiding to nothing by going down the path he did today
they are "human" maggots!! and always better to have them working for rather than against you ...sad to say (right GT?)