Stolen by corrupt umpiring again

[ralphsmith]

The 50m penalty awarded to brisbane at approximately the 7 minute mark was a classic case of the AFL mafia getting onto the phone to the umpires to get brisbane the win.
It completely broke our run.

Just so typical though as a saints fan.

Any other time of the game the umpire would have blown the whistle and allowed the saints player to move back on the mark, and not pay a 50.

End of rant

[bobmurray]

Drink up.

[The Fireman]

You and curly can cuddle up

[King Max]

Is John Setka a Lions fan?

[The_Dud]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

[bobmurray]

Is John Setka a Lions fan?

is he sane ?

[bergsone]

I am finding lots of confusing ump calls for and against all night.I think maybe they have stuffed the great game

[sks023]

Did the umpire even call where the mark was ? Even so ,it was soulless decision that killed the game off

[repta]

Centre bounces were not recalled when they went Brisbane's way. Recalled when it was to our benefit.
Agree with the above. They got some very ordinary ones (Rowan's block, Wilkie's out of bounds) .
Always in the forward line. Gifted a few goals

[The_Dud]

I am finding lots of confusing ump calls for and against all night.I think maybe they have stuffed the great game

Umps let a lot go tonight with HTB and HTM

[Big Max]

Reckon we were totally ripped off tonight.

Each time we were within striking distance, the umpire pulled a bulls*** momentum killer of a decision.

Corrupt, most likely. Perhaps just part of the script, a bit like the Washington Generals.

[CURLY]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

[The_Dud]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Because as the umpire said, Butler called for the ball

Serious stop crying about every single thing

[saynta]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Typical Dudley bulls***.

[King Max]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Butler was playing for that BUT he only gave it to Butler after the umpire told him 3 times to “give it up now”

[CURLY]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Because as the umpire said, Butler called for the ball

Serious stop crying about every single thing

So he gave the Brisbane player a warning then.

Right got it you can give warnings but the umpire chose not to give Windy one.

[The_Dud]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Because as the umpire said, Butler called for the ball

Serious stop crying about every single thing

So he gave the Brisbane player a warning then.

Right got it you can give warnings but the umpire chose not to give Windy one.

No, because it was blatant.

Like the 50 we got after Windy’s “dangerous tackle”

Learnt the rules yet?

[CURLY]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Because as the umpire said, Butler called for the ball

Serious stop crying about every single thing

So he gave the Brisbane player a warning then.

Right got it you can give warnings but the umpire chose not to give Windy one.

No, because it was blatant.

Like the 50 we got after Windy’s “dangerous tackle”

Learnt the rules yet?

The Brisbane returned it to the wrong player that’s blatant.

[The Fireman]

All umpires should be sacked

[The_Dud]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Because as the umpire said, Butler called for the ball

Serious stop crying about every single thing

So he gave the Brisbane player a warning then.

Right got it you can give warnings but the umpire chose not to give Windy one.

No, because it was blatant.

Like the 50 we got after Windy’s “dangerous tackle”

Learnt the rules yet?

The Brisbane returned it to the wrong player that’s blatant.

The player who was calling for it.

[nostalgicsaint]

The one I don't understand is our free kick in the first for the 6 6 6

But later Brisbane got warned for the same?

[CURLY]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Because as the umpire said, Butler called for the ball

Serious stop crying about every single thing

So he gave the Brisbane player a warning then.

Right got it you can give warnings but the umpire chose not to give Windy one.

No, because it was blatant.

Like the 50 we got after Windy’s “dangerous tackle”

Learnt the rules yet?

The Brisbane returned it to the wrong player that’s blatant.

The player who was calling for it.

And ?

[Yorkeys]

Wasn’t in the contest and chose to stand 5m over the mark

Why wasn’t it 50 when the Lions player gave the ball to Butler even though the free kick wasn’t his.

Because as the umpire said, Butler called for the ball

Serious stop crying about every single thing

So he gave the Brisbane player a warning then.

Right got it you can give warnings but the umpire chose not to give Windy one.

No, because it was blatant.

Like the 50 we got after Windy’s “dangerous tackle”

Learnt the rules yet?

Ah, but the rules are whatever the umpire chooses them to be.

As Humpty might have said to Alice "rules are what I choose them to be, neither more nor less.I am the master. Suck it up. "

[HardSaint]

c'mon seriously, it was bulls***, like it is every week

I watch this thread every week as I do the empires

they love to intervene and add their own "spice' when a team has got a run on and momentum's up

They raise the bar and throw in their bit to f*** things up and see where it goes from there

Thats the reality of what they do - and they do it - and YES the AFL silently sanctions them to do it

Plenty of times we've responded and prevailed but equally they f*** us (and every other club) in varying / often predictable / calculated extents in doing so

Its mass entertainment, its always gonna be rigged and have bad guys treat the noble unfairly ... to an acceptable extent

to call it a conspiracy theory misses the whole point entirely

[ace]

All umpires should be sacked

No, John Setka was quite specific.
Only the umpires boss.
Sacking all the umpires would be bullying.