Hope the AFL check betting accounts of umpires

[gringo]

Unbelievable display

[gringo]

Hope if they are betting on it they all get some serious gaol time to stamp it out, this is a serious crime and should be made worse in a week the afl have had to show how s*** their tanking denial policy looks.

[WinnersOnly]

Since the McPhee incident they have been disgraceful . We have been crucified ...

[bergsone]

Must admit ,were not getting much of it tonight,makes you wonder

[Thinline]

I can't help but shake my head and simply hope that next week it'll all karmically turn around.

[gringo]

A mate that follows Freo reckons it was when Rooey questioned the goal umpire at quarter time it shat the umpires and they went against us from then on. Either way it is corrupt not to umpire by the laws of the game, grievances are meant to be left behind.

[degruch]

Pathetic display, as per usual...talk about unpredictable! Typical of the crap the trot out between Freo and Saints...the lousy calls don't stop until you take contested play completely out of the game (i.e. final quarter).

[Old Mate]

What's new? We've got the worst free kicks for ratio in the comp

[degruch]

What's new? We've got the worst free kicks for ratio in the comp

Nice to see the telecast highlight a stack of terrible missed Saints frees...Ray being slung without the ball, Milne being dragged down without the ball, Armo getting smashed with a forearm into next week, etc. Unfortunately, no-one at AFL HQ takes any notice until the media latches onto it.

[Kate]

I believe that would be the third match this season where we have come out in front on frees. Think we've tied in 3 more? Guess our players just don't know the rules....

(Yes, that was sarcasm. Just in case anyone missed it.)

[degruch]

I believe that would be the third match this season where we have come out in front on frees. Think we've tied in 3 more? Guess our players just don't know the rules....

Imagine how far ahead we SHOULD have been.

[desertsaint]

wasn't to fussed in the first quarter as i thought we had it won. so just laughed at the free to gift freo that first goal. unbelievable decision.
after that it got worse and worse and i could barely watch.

[Dan Warna]

I thought we got the general run of the umpiring after 1/2 time...

[desertsaint]

I thought we got the general run of the umpiring after 1/2 time...

thought the last was fine - it's normally the way - they leave the fifty- fifties alone.
so why can't they do that all game?
re the third - missed a bit of it as i was too pissed off at the umpiring.

[BigMart]

Freo got belted after ht......after being well served early

Tonight they were trigger happy and generally poor.....

[villasaint]

No influence on the game. Bit harsh in my opinion. Saints were a bit undisciplined in the second q and gave away some obvious ones

[mr six o'clock]

the thing that gave me the shite's was the way they payed very very soft ones , yet let blatent one's go !
And that was for us !!!
e.g. I sit on level 2 and in the last saw joey throw the ball out , resulting in a goal to us , yet 2 umpires within 30 metres missed it .

I know they do a thankless job , however sometimes I think they should spend more time at training on theory , rather than practising their pouncee stylised hand gestures.

[jays]

getting screwed all year

[mullet]

the thing that gave me the shite's was the way they payed very very soft ones , yet let blatent one's go !
And that was for us !!!
e.g. I sit on level 2 and in the last saw joey throw the ball out , resulting in a goal to us , yet 2 umpires within 30 metres missed it .

I know they do a thankless job , however sometimes I think they should spend more time at training on theory , rather than practising their pouncee stylised hand gestures.

They get paid that is thanks enough

[hungry for a premiership]

All in all the umps had absolutely no influence on the game, so it doesn't really matter tonight, BUT it must be noted that we are certainly out of favour with the umpires this year, and this problem needs to be addressed before it costs us dearly. If that means someone from the club has to go down to AFL headquarters and blow Jeff Geischan then so be it, though I must say I'm glad it's not me.

[Enrico_Misso]

th umps did all they could to get Freo back into the game in the 2nd quarter.

Plucked frees from nowhere time and time again.

[plugger66]

Which frees were actually wrong? Thought most were correct. Probably 2 or 3 to both sides that were incorrect. We certainly didnt get any worse deal than them. Normal display to me. We won the game and for a change the free kick count but they were still pathetic.

[Fidelis]

th umps did all they could to get Freo back into the game in the 2nd quarter.

Plucked frees from nowhere time and time again.

My observation is that you'll see this phenomenon in many games each year. I don't think it's a deliberate thing or aimed at any particular club - but when one team works it's way into the ascendency (and this was the case last night even though it was never really shown on the scoreboard) there's a period of time when the 50/50 decisions go to the underdog. This often gives the losing team a couple of important breaks and, if they capitalise, an opportunity to change the momentum and mount a comeback. Once it evens up the mindset changes. It can be just a few impostant decisions but it often swings games.

[Dan Warna]

Normally I agree they are terribad.

THis time the only one they didn't pay was the obvious one to milne in front of goal.

The rest of the time after 1/2 time all the 50/50s seemed to go our way.

[stevie]

The worst one was the above mentioned one that gifted freo their first goal.
The umps actually anticipated a front on clash but it didn't happen but they gave it anyway!!! No wonder BJ went ballistic!!

watch the replay of it - it was play on!

And don't even mention Armo's perfectly legal bump on the soft piece of s*** Pavlova