Umpires were pathetic!! What was the Milne free kick for?

RodKeoghsLoveChild · Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:41pm

The last few minutes when milne got penalized really just about made me explode in a rage that would have made Hoddle Street look tame!!

Those fken umpires gave away some ridiculous free kicks!! Ablett 50 was a joke and another player who contested a mark yet gave away a 50 was bloody pathetic!

I may have had rose coloured glasses on but the free kick count looked pretty one sided!!

and in saying that ...14-0 baby!!

How does that feel geelong??

No1_Saint · Post: # 768938Post **No1_Saint** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:43pm

Some of the calls were dodgy as. Good thing our team is good enough to win regardless.

golden hawk · Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:46pm

No1_Saint wrote:Some of the calls were dodgy as. Good thing our team is good enough to win regardless.

my team was last year this year nope

the cats had the umps in their pocket like they did in the Granny and it still did not help them !
funny seeing Gazza crack it again ! LOL

clarky449 · Post: # 768955Post **clarky449** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:49pm

Umpires were trying to get geelong over the line.

plugger66 · Post: # 768957Post **plugger66** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:50pm

clarky449 wrote:Umpires were trying to get geelong over the line.

Why?

claystreet · Post: # 768962Post **claystreet** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:52pm

plugger66 wrote:
clarky449 wrote:Umpires were trying to get geelong over the line.
Why?

No wonder you have so many posts with questions like these
absolutely rivetting stuff.

Open your bloody eyes and you would have seen

bigcarl · Post: # 768973Post **bigcarl** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:54pm

plugger66 wrote:Why?

i forgive you for being an umpire and all but, seriously, your mates today ...

plugger66 · Post: # 768983Post **plugger66** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 8:57pm

bigcarl wrote:
plugger66 wrote:Why?

i forgive you for being an umpire and all but, seriously, your mates today ...

Its funny. My wife and her Dad were complaining after the game about the umpiring whan a friend came over and we won why do we even worry. Enjoy knocking off the best side and I agree.

Milton66 · Post: # 768988Post **Milton66** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 9:00pm

Well I reckon they were quick to ping our players, and slow to ping theirs. Especially for holding the ball.

They were just inconsistent for my liking. Nothing sinister.

Dan Warna · Post: # 769000Post **Dan Warna** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 9:04pm

i thought we got a few critical decisions in our favour, and few critical ones in theirs.

by and large it was an outstanding game with outstanding skills.

Its hard to fault anyone.

umpires again by and large let the game run free.

Owen · Post: # 769001Post **Owen** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 9:04pm

What about the shocker against Milne in the first quarter ?!!? I had turned away since he had the ball next thing I know its taken off him ... stopped our initial burst momentum IMHO ..

To say nothing about that GIFT to Ablett not long after ... FFS ..

OneGram · Post: # 769013Post **OneGram** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 9:08pm

Lenny tackled on the boundary line.
FAIR DINKUM on his feet.
How is a man tackled and holding the ball when he cant be taken to the ground?
Give me a SPELL!
If i see Lenny pinned for that one more time I will scream MURDER!

Devilhead · Post: # 769084Post **Devilhead** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 9:34pm

Yeah the Lenny one was super bad - right on the boundary line maybe over standing up whilst being tackled by 3 geelong players with absolutely no chance to get rid of the ball whatsoever and ....... he gets pinged

10+ posts and still no one can say why Milney was done in the last ???

OneGram · Post: # 769110Post **OneGram** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 9:41pm

the milne one made about as much sense as throwing your own child off the westgate bridge.
sometimes you just have to scratch your head and move on.

robbo_25 · Post: # 769177Post **robbo_25** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 10:03pm

[quote="Milton66"]Well I reckon they were quick to ping our players, and slow to ping theirs. Especially for holding the ball.

They were just inconsistent for my liking. Nothing sinister.[/quote]

Agree. Seemed like geelong had an age to get rid of the ball.

Solar · Post: # 769187Post **Solar** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 10:11pm

no idea what the 50 was in the first quarter

the milne one was crap

the cats can spin 360 degrees and not get pinged, we grab the ball and it's holding the ball.

Geelong forwards can jump early, take out the defender and it's play on. Riewoldt is pushed in the back and it's play on. You barely touch some players and it's a free.....

It matters because one day it will cost us and I'm sick to death seeing my players working their arseoff just for the pricks in yellow to take it off them. It was crap and obvious!

The Fireman · Sun 05 Jul 2009 10:15pm

plugger66 wrote:
bigcarl wrote:
plugger66 wrote:Why?

i forgive you for being an umpire and all but, seriously, your mates today ...
Its funny. My wife and her Dad were complaining after the game about the umpiring whan a friend came over and we won why do we even worry. Enjoy knocking off the best side and I agree.

you can still be critical of the umpires win lose or draw.
I will always call it as it is and still enjoy the win.

SaintDebi · Post: # 769230Post **SaintDebi** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 10:29pm

We had an umpire with us today. He called it as he saw it, defended some of the decisions we thought were suss but at the end of the game agreed that the umpiring was poor and that there were a number of bad decisions, mostly against us.

But WE WON!!!!!!!

samoht · Post: # 769278Post **samoht** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 10:53pm

That Milne "play- on" free kick was ridiculous as he was about to kick the ball into our F50 and didn't take an overly long time following the call to play on.

There were also 2 free kick goals to the Cats in the 1st quarter that were too technical .

One was a 50 metre penalty to Ablett when CJ sensed and duly reacted to Ablett moving off his mark.
A big price to pay .. for what wasn't even a small crime at worst.

The other was to Varcoe I think when Dawson breezed past him and made the slightest incidental contact - it wasn't late, varcoe just kicked the ball I thought and no real contact was made.

2 very technical goals that kept the Cats on the scoreboard - they were the only 2 goals in fact kicked by them to quarter time.

Sainter_Dad · Sun 05 Jul 2009 10:54pm

Umpire claimed Milne dragged his Geelong opponent down as he went down!

SainterK · Post: # 769283Post **SainterK** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 10:55pm

I will have to watch it again, in the heat of the battle I thought heaps of calls were unfair....perhaps a lot of that was emotion based, but I agree the Hayes call was shocking and James Kelly has got away with a bit the last few weeks.

joffaboy · Post: # 769296Post **joffaboy** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 11:02pm

Dont see anyone complaining about the "advantage" Geelong got when it was 13.7 apiece inside their attackling 50 when there was absolutely no advantage to them?

We cleared it and ran it up for the Gardiner goal.

Look at the game without being too one eyed.

Stillwaiting · Sun 05 Jul 2009 11:05pm

[quote="RodKeoghsLoveChild"]The last few minutes when milne got penalized really just about made me explode in a rage that would have made Hoddle Street look tame!!

Just saw it again on the replay, no point trying to understand it as you will go crazy trying to work it out, it was just a real shocker of a decision

plugger66 · Post: # 769307Post **plugger66** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 11:06pm

STILLWAITING wrote:
RodKeoghsLoveChild wrote:The last few minutes when milne got penalized really just about made me explode in a rage that would have made Hoddle Street look tame!!

Just saw it again on the replay, no point trying to understand it as you will go crazy trying to work it out, it was just a real shocker of a decision

Yep looked wrong to me. I think the umpire thought he brought him down but it didnt really look like it. Made no difference though.

battye · Post: # 769312Post **battye** » Sun 05 Jul 2009 11:08pm

SaintDebi wrote:We had an umpire with us today.

Just out of interest, at what level does the person umpire?

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