Ray-Banned

Enrico_Misso · Tue 27 Sep 2011 2:24pm

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/r ... 6147563236

barks4eva · Post: # 1150982Post **barks4eva** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 2:29pm

Shaun Ryan umpiring for Geelong!

Go Shaun, put in a display like you've never done before....will be hard to top your 2009 Grand Final performance but please do your best!

This time you have my full support!

saintbrat · Post: # 1150995Post **saintbrat** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 2:37pm

Chelsea missed out on goal umpire spot and not because of missed goal/ point last week they say

perfectionist · Tue 27 Sep 2011 2:45pm

Congrats to all the umps. I found (not frequently enough) that Grand Finals were the easiest games to umpire simply because they involve the most skillful players (at any competition level) so there are less player errors. That doesn't mean that every decision is correct. Last year was a near faultless performance by the umps in GF1 ( I didn't pay too much attention in GF2 after the first few minutes of the second quarter). In 2009, there were two bad errors, one goal umpiring and one field umpiring. Neither error would have been deliberate and both umpires would still regret not getting it right. However, this was on top of the numerous player errors by us ( I reckon we wasted five or six goals), and so it was one that got away, and don't we all know it.

Cro · Post: # 1151016Post **Cro** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 2:59pm

Was baffled he made the prelims, GFs don't need personalities, they need blokes that will blow the whistle when needed and let the best team win.
The less technical ones they call the better, as the consistency with those is a coin flip.

Rosco · Post: # 1151028Post **Rosco** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 3:03pm

from the thread title i thought this was going to be about farren. couldn't imagine what he was banned from though.

Dr Spaceman · Tue 27 Sep 2011 3:05pm

Rosco wrote:from the thread title i thought this was going to be about farren. couldn't imagine what he was banned from though.

Maybe from the Farren Club for not being farreny enough

GrumpyOne · Post: # 1151050Post **GrumpyOne** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 3:30pm

saintbrat wrote:Chelsea missed out on goal umpire spot and not because of missed goal/ point last week they say

There goes the only reason I was going to watch.

saintdooley · Tue 27 Sep 2011 4:40pm

Matt Stevic was one of my teachers. Great guy, he was the one who awarded Gwilt the 'in the back' vs Geelong in last years final.

Sainternist · Tue 27 Sep 2011 4:59pm

Good decision by the AFL. The last thing they want is some primadonna umpire influencing a game with rash decisions.

Umpires should be seen and not heard. End of story.

stinger · Post: # 1151084Post **stinger** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 5:01pm

barks4eva wrote:Shaun Ryan umpiring for Geelong!

Go Shaun, put in a display like you've never done before....will be hard to top your 2009 Grand Final performance but please do your best!

This time you have my full support!

+1 ..we can agree

SainterK · Post: # 1151096Post **SainterK** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 5:10pm

Rosco wrote:from the thread title i thought this was going to be about farren. couldn't imagine what he was banned from though.

Same

desertsaint · Tue 27 Sep 2011 6:30pm

that razor was even allowed to umpire in finals says somethig about the quality of afl umpiring stocks.

skeptic · Post: # 1151197Post **skeptic** » Tue 27 Sep 2011 7:39pm

stinger wrote:
barks4eva wrote:Shaun Ryan umpiring for Geelong!

Go Shaun, put in a display like you've never done before....will be hard to top your 2009 Grand Final performance but please do your best!

This time you have my full support!
+1 ..we can agree

make that 2