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Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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**** me $£$%^%%$ dead, so $£$%^%%$ bad, really $£$%^%%$ pissed off _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Golden Gordon
Joined: 06 May 2015 Location: Victoria Park
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It'll NEVER change. We just have to become so good the umps don't matter a hill of beans. _________________ You can keep your Locketts. There was only ONE Gordon Coventry! |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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David wrote: | ^ Happened so often. Even the first-gamer got in on the action when he came on early in the last quarter. They're clearly practising it at training.
I don't care if everyone does it, and I don't care if it's technically "within the rules". Umpires need to start penalising it, or at least learn to ignore it. Dropping the knees is both dangerous and poor sportsmanship. |
Not the umps' fault this time, but saw a St. Kilda player bury his head in his opponent's abdomen as he was being tackled this afternoon. The West Coast player was smart enough to keep his arms clear and the ump waved play on, but come on: how long is it going to be until the AFL stamps out this practice? It makes a farce of the entire high tackle rule if players are being trained to put themselves into positions where they are more likely to be injured and by and large being rewarded by umpires for doing so.
It's not about blaming the players, although I wish good sportsmanship still meant something. It's about reward and deterrent. Does the AFL want to protect players from injury or not? If they do, it's time to give free kicks against players who duck into contests. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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think positive
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Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Jessie should have got a 50 then, _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Deja Vu
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Brown26
Joined: 14 Sep 2001 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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It just means that some teams (us) have to play 110% or 120% better than their opponent in order to win. We played better than Richmond (although still not great) but we lost cause the umpires dead set cheated. I didn't think Clokes were the worst examples - one push in the back on Brown was a straight match for one up the other end but of course Richmond got the goal and we didn't, and Patty K (I think) was caught holding the ball when he was tackled during his shot on goal from 50 and the ball missed his foot, but the exact same thing down the other end is ignored and Richmond score - that's 24 point turn around there, thank you umpires, add Cloke's 2 points from his two scoring shots and we're 21 points up!
BUT the best one was Seedsmans deliberate out of bounds in our forward flank. He's one on one, he handballs the ball forward, then runs around his opponent aiming to collect the ball and run into a shot on goal. The ball bounces out of bounds before he can collect it. It's CLEARLY not deliberate out of bounds - the only player who wanted the ball to stay in was Seedsman, but the cheating umpires called it anyway. Bastards.
How much better would be look being 6-2 and third on the ladder right now. That game will cost us in the end, it may be the difference in this close season between playing finals and not. Bastard cheating scum. One day we'll actually win the free kick count at quarter time (when the momentum for the game is actually created) and we'll win by 200 points...
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dalyc
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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Lost the frees again - 13 for Suns, 9 to us _________________ Four legged animals good, two legged animals better |
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MagpieMad
One in, All in!!
Joined: 15 Jan 2001 Location: -37.798563,144.996641
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dalyc wrote: | Lost the frees again - 13 for Suns, 9 to us | 3 of of those on our side of the ledger where OOF _________________ Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, Glory..... lasts forever! |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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Why, specificially? |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Scumps where not quite as bad vs Richmond but still Favoured the Suns a lot _________________ I am Da Man |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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Are you still located in it? |
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne
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They made a few mistakes today, but those went both ways. Those who are employed in footy as an industry don't see it through a club lens, especially, and umpires are no exception. They're also subject to scrutiny that'd make most workers wilt. No issue here, sorry. _________________ Two more flags before I die! |
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MagpieMad
One in, All in!!
Joined: 15 Jan 2001 Location: -37.798563,144.996641
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Mugwump wrote: | They made a few mistakes today, but those went both ways. Those who are employed in footy as an industry don't see it through a club lens, especially, and umpires are no exception. They're also subject to scrutiny that'd make most workers wilt. No issue here, sorry. | you keep telling yourself that.. _________________ Pain heals, Chicks dig scars, Glory..... lasts forever! |
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King Monkey
Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Location: On a journey to seek the scriptures of enlightenment....
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Howler of the night - the no-free kick to Pendlebury in the first quarter with the little green maggot 29 looking right at the "contest."
Can't even call it a mistake it was so clear, and can't really come up with any conclusion other than that which has been put forward so many times about natural bias against us. Or it was just blatant cheating, 1 of the 2. _________________ "I am a great sage, equal of heaven.
Grow stick, grow.
Fly cloud, fly.
Oh you are a dee-mon, I love to fiiight." |
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne
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King Monkey wrote: | Howler of the night - the no-free kick to Pendlebury in the first quarter with the little green maggot 29 looking right at the "contest."
Can't even call it a mistake it was so clear, and can't really come up with any conclusion other than that which has been put forward so many times about natural bias against us. Or it was just blatant cheating, 1 of the 2. |
It was a shocker, yes, but so was the advantage paid to Blair , well after play had stopped, that resulted in our last goal of the second quarter. They make mistakes, because umpiring requires split-second interpretation of ambiguous situations. Some go our way and some go the other way, as far as I can see, amd most importantly, The team that controls the ball usually wins most of the iffy frees. _________________ Two more flags before I die! |
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