Yesterday’s umpiring

[Sainter_Dad]

Brad Johnson thought the Umpiring across the who weekend was a four out of ten - not bad for the showpiece of the Competition

MAKE THEM PROFESSIONAL and SCRUTINISE THEM.

[Jacks Back]

Umpiring didn't affect the result but there were some truly surreal moments that made you completely uncertain as to might be coming next:

Two totally unnecessary score reviews. One where everyone in the ground could see that it was a behind to GWS and couldn't possibly be anything else. The other was the Hill goal which missed the post by a good foot which could be seen clearly from the other end of the ground.

GWS player runs towards our right back pocket, takes the ball out of bounds and boundary umpire, perfectly positioned, doesn't see it.

Ball kicked out of bounds on the full in our left back pocket. Seb picks it up to take the free kick. Boundary umpire calls a throw in.

Too numerous to mention incorrect disposals that go ignored by the umpires. This has been going on for weeks but on Saturday we were punished 2 or 3 times as a result.

Our supporters seemed to be strangely fatalistic about all this.

They had to review that so as to stop any momentum we may have got from it. What a crowd killer.