kosifantutti wrote:What was the problem with the 50 against Roberton? He walked about 3m over the mark.
Worse was the one not given to Gilbert when the ball was returned to the umpires feet.
From memory McVeigh had taken the mark and had turned his back to goal - obviously going back to take his shot
Roberton ran in and marked the ground where he thought the mark had been taken - obviously from replays we can see that he marked the ground forward from where the mark was taken BUT it is conceivable that Roberton didnt see where the mark was taken if he was busy marking another opponent in the lead up to the mark.
Bottom line is that Umpire Dicholls should have run in and shown him where the mark was or at least given him the benefit of the doubt and told him to come back - it wasnt as if McVeigh was looking to play on as he was definitely looking to have a shot
It was lazy and extremely bad umpiring - even just going to the mark and making sure McVeigh was on the right line - standard procedure he didnt carry out
My view is that Umpire Dicholls was out to prove a point and was hellbent on nailing us any indiscretion no matter how minor ....... and he did
It was a shocking display of incompetent and careless umpiring and his performance should be looked into ...................... but we know it wont
As for the one not given to Gilbert - re: ball being thrown back at the umpires feet - even the commentators remarked on it and it is incredible that not 1 but 3 field umpires didnt pick up on it - that is just substandard officiating - still shaking my head how that particular 50 wasn't given but the other 3 were
As for umpire Schitt well his name says it all