In the words of Curly “a cheat”
Plucked decisions off the ball, seemed to make the call of the last free to them when there was to my eyes nothing
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Umpire 35
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Re: Umpire 35
I like Dunstall's suggestion that one umpire away from the play shouldn't be able to out vote the other 3. And Dunstall was barracking for Essendon.
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He killed the momentum we had when we were on the roll. Owens used his body to mark and then we were out and had numbers streaming to the forward line. Gifted them a free kick late by this d**khead 35 and they ended up getting a goal. Killed it for us.
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Oh well, at least they were on our side last week.
Until we have an administration that demands success and a playing group that bleeds for the guernsey, St. Kilda will just be a sh*tty football club.
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While there were clear free kicks that weren't paid, in the end, we cost ourselves the game, same as we did against Geelong.
However, it will be interesting what weren't free kicks this week, will be next week and free kicks that were paid this week will disappear next week.
However, it will be interesting what weren't free kicks this week, will be next week and free kicks that were paid this week will disappear next week.
Think of me long enough to make a memory.
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Re: Umpire 35
ThisBruce G McAbee wrote: ↑Sun 31 Mar 2024 3:44pm While there were clear free kicks that weren't paid, in the end, we cost ourselves the game, same as we did against Geelong.
However, it will be interesting what weren't free kicks this week, will be next week and free kicks that were paid this week will disappear next week.
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Re: Umpire 35
Was he though? I recall that he picked us to win and stated that he really liked the way we play.
The commentators simply did what they always do: barracked for the team that was behind to come back in order to make the game more exciting.
You do get the occasional commentator who seems to have a strong bias against us: Tim Lane being the most obvious example. But I've never seen Dunstall as one of those.
Of course I realise that I'm banging my head against a brick wall trying to convince many Saints supporters that the entire AFL universe isn't lined up against our club.
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Re: Umpire 35
As long as you have more than one umpire, things like this are going to happen from time to time. The umpiring bosses don't favour umpires overruling the umpire closest to the play except when an infringement is really, really clear (which the Owens alleged infringement certainly was not).
The umpire concerned is likely to get a bit of mid-week attention on Fox Footy, so he'd better be a bit more selective as to when he intervenes, or he might end up in the VFL, I reckon.
The umpire concerned is likely to get a bit of mid-week attention on Fox Footy, so he'd better be a bit more selective as to when he intervenes, or he might end up in the VFL, I reckon.
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Re: Umpire 35
Bit of a stretch.meher baba wrote: ↑Mon 01 Apr 2024 9:42amWas he though? I recall that he picked us to win and stated that he really liked the way we play.
The commentators simply did what they always do: barracked for the team that was behind to come back in order to make the game more exciting.
You do get the occasional commentator who seems to have a strong bias against us: Tim Lane being the most obvious example. But I've never seen Dunstall as one of those.
Of course I realise that I'm banging my head against a brick wall trying to convince many Saints supporters that the entire AFL universe isn't lined up against our club.
Thinking Jason hoped Essendon wins is a long way from suggesting the world is against us. Although perhaps banging your head causes such non sequiters.
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It wouldn't if I didn't read almost every week on this and other forums that the commentators were against us.
And the umpires.
And the AFL administration.
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Re: Umpire 35
Forget chip in the ball technology, replace umpires with AI.
Google could do a set of algorithms.
Be fun to hack into as well.
AFL stubbornly refuses to throw the ball up because its a sacred tradition, notwithstanding everything else can change; and umpire interpretations do, on a play by play basis. Umpiring has become a random factor. Even not committing a foul can be penalised. Commit an offence and 50/50 its play on. Chaos by committee.
And they are unaccountable, because we need junior umpires, and we need to assure them they cannot be wrong, whatever, rationalise the absurd.
Google could do a set of algorithms.
Be fun to hack into as well.
AFL stubbornly refuses to throw the ball up because its a sacred tradition, notwithstanding everything else can change; and umpire interpretations do, on a play by play basis. Umpiring has become a random factor. Even not committing a foul can be penalised. Commit an offence and 50/50 its play on. Chaos by committee.
And they are unaccountable, because we need junior umpires, and we need to assure them they cannot be wrong, whatever, rationalise the absurd.