Those Umpires

Toy Saint · Post: # 1007263Post **Toy Saint** » Sat 02 Oct 2010 8:36pm

They were pretty good last week, and good again today. I've bagged umpires for +40 years, but I thought these guys were actually very good. Certainly had no effect on the result.

battye · Post: # 1007274Post **battye** » Sat 02 Oct 2010 8:38pm

I agree. What's the old saying? You know the umpires are doing well when you don't notice them? The umpires cop a lot of abuse, but these last 2 weeks they have been really good so they deserve credit for that.

kalsaint · Post: # 1007279Post **kalsaint** » Sat 02 Oct 2010 8:39pm

Umpires didnt really feature = good result

saintsareprettygoodhey · Sat 02 Oct 2010 8:39pm

From where I was sitting I we were pretty hard done by the umps for most of the match.

However I don't have the benefit of watching from home.

snowdelisaint · Sat 02 Oct 2010 8:41pm

saintsareprettygoodhey wrote:From where I was sitting I we were pretty hard done by the umps for most of the match.

+1

perfectionist · Sat 02 Oct 2010 8:43pm

They got a lot of abuse from the Collingwood supporters who surrounded me. Apparently, they missed about 1000 frees for holding the ball. They were only about 8 up at the time. The only poor decisions for the umps involved Stephen Milne. Nothing new there.

LaUrEnCe · Post: # 1007293Post **LaUrEnCe** » Sat 02 Oct 2010 8:44pm

perfectionist wrote:They got a lot of abuse from the Collingwood supporters who surrounded me. Apparently, they missed about 1000 frees for holding the ball. They were only about 8 up at the time. The only poor decisions for the umps involved Stephen Milne. Nothing new there.

Holding the ball doesn't seem to exist in the grand finals this year...

older saint · Sat 02 Oct 2010 9:10pm

good last week, poor this week. Chamberlin just had to get himself involved. the deliberate out of bounds on Schnieder was a shocker and Dawes in to Dawsons back early in the 3rd that lead to a goal was poor.

True Blue Sainter · Sat 02 Oct 2010 9:12pm

older saint wrote:good last week, poor this week. Chamberlin just had to get himself involved. the deliberate out of bounds on Schnieder was a shocker and Dawes in to Dawsons back early in the 3rd that lead to a goal was poor.

What about the passage of play just before their 3rd goal - when Gram flew for the mark, seemed to take it cleanly, and was just bundled in mid air (think it may have been Macaffer). Was either a mark, or a clear free, instead the ump paid play on, and 10 seconds later Collingwood get a goal.

dragit · Post: # 1007368Post **dragit** » Sat 02 Oct 2010 9:17pm

I'm not a fan of "letting it go" for the finals, although most seem to like it.
Why do we have a set of rules all year that players get used to, only to not pay any frees when it matters most.
I think it reduces the game to rolling scrum when the most skillful players are scragged and shepparded off the ball the whole time.
However - they had no bearing on the result todayâ€¦