What a farce footy is becoming!!

ed healey · Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2002 7:27 am

Last night i watched 3blind men in white completely destroy a teams chances with some of the most ridiculous and mindboggling decisions i have ever witnessed.
Is the AFL giving umpires instructions on who must win games?
To me last nights umpiring performance in favour of wet toast was nothing short of blatant cheating.

The game of footy is in trouble if this blight on our game is not quickly stomped.

We are in danger of copping the same treatment one day and its not on.

What can be done and do any here think that the powers that be instruct umpires as to who they want to win?
It sure looks like it to me.

Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 10:10 am

I think "manufactured results" go back to at least 1977. That was the year I first started to smell a rat. The VFL knew that a drawn GF would mean the financial windfall of a replay the following week. Smart thinking. The SANFL (which always copied the VFL) tried the same thing the next year. But an over-zealous Norwood player smothered a Sturt player's shot in the dying seconds and the Redlegs won by a point.

Buckley reckons its impossible to rig a game of football.

Bullshit.

floreat pica
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I@n S · Joined: 09 Sep 1999 Location: Pakenham

Well what's the point in bothering to follow football then?�
The umpiring as usual against north melbourne made me sick.
Leon Davis sticks out in my mind of being bull shitted on all game.
I hope the soft free kicks for too high only last for the Wizard cup. If it continues into the regular football season I won't bother following the game at all. I've had enough of this bull shit by the afl

Go Pies! Common England WC 2002! R.I.P George Harrison and John Lennon

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Brown26 · Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2002 5:00 pm

If I wasn't at the game I might have sensored that I@n S, (I still havne't done anything as moderator!!!) But I totally agree with you, what about Buckley and Molloy being called for illegal shepherding!! What a joke!! Ahh well, we're gonna beat North with our full strength team with or without the umpires.

At least they hate us now and don't fell sorry for us!

Pies for Premiers 2002, 3, 4, 5, 6....

I@n S · Joined: 09 Sep 1999 Location: Pakenham

Thanks Brown26. Sorry about the swearing but I couldn't think of another way of putting it because its so bad.
Yes Bucks and Molly where called for nothing and same goes for other colllingwood players.
Poor Lica gets his head almost taken off and not called for him. What a joke!

Go Pies! Common England WC 2002! R.I.P George Harrison and John Lennon

Brown26 · Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2002 6:39 pm

no - worries I@n S, you should hear me at the game!!!

- Ben

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