The umpiring was shocking

[Mr Magic]

Mods, instead of having threads each week on how bad the umpiring/an umpire was, why not have a 'sticky' where all umpire posts can be made?

[saintdooley]

no
there are already enough stickys! i dont even bother to look at them any more!
1/2 of them dont need to be up there.

[saintsrus]

It was bad on both sides so we cant complain

[snoopygirl]

Oh, do tell us which stickys don't need to be up there saintdooley?

[Armoooo]

Yeah umpiring was pretty bad both ways, I would say that we got the better of it though, which we have quite a bit recently.

[Mr Magic]

MAybe it's because we have been first in for the ball?

[Saints Premiers 2008]

no
there are already enough stickys! i dont even bother to look at them any more!
1/2 of them dont need to be up there.

okay because you dont read them take them down

how hall didnt get done for holding the ball in the middle part of the game astounds me...he tried to run through people...got tackled...that was that....yet no whistle...

[jonesy]

We had the better of it again last night. They love Rewoildt,if he played for another club we'd scream the way they look after him.
It's all way over due though after the 15-20 years of butchery from the men in white.They've been better to us since with all our recent glamour players, they owe us a lot more though after the torture through the 90's,god they used to rape us.

[To the top]

The very real problem is that they think umpiring is about paying free kicks - and they want to get into the game. It would be most interesting to put a mike on them when they return to the sheds after the game and see exactly what they talk about. I'll lay money it is "I pinged ........" and the next will respond "I pinged ......." and so on and so on. Their conversation will be about the free kicks they paid, and against whom.

Wrong mind set.

Another very real problem is Schnieder saying he did not hear the "play on" call - this with three umpires, one responsible for the observance of the mark and the umpire who should have had the "play on" responsibility. So who gave the call? And why didn't the player with the ball hear it? Were the umpires intimidated by Hall rushing in from plenty of distance away? Plenty of questions here, and that is indicative.

The umpires continue to umpire to "name" players - including by not recognising infringements against them because they think they are being paid too many free kicks.

Overall rating - Disgusting and contributed to the frustrating mess of a game it was.

And in taking a mark, after body jostling, exactly where was Kosi's action any different to the body actions of his opponent? So, if the Sydney player had prevailed in the contest for positioning, Kosi would have got the free kick?

With an umpires coach who is an AFL "golden child" and who, to boot, coached Richmond to bottom, moving straight to Umpire's Coach when sacked, what do you expect?

More jobs for the boys at the AFL.

[Armoooo]

We had the better of it again last night. They love Rewoildt,if he played for another club we'd scream the way they look after him.
It's all way over due though after the 15-20 years of butchery from the men in white.They've been better to us since with all our recent glamour players, they owe us a lot more though after the torture through the 90's,god they used to rape us.

In Riewoldt's defense the free kicks he gets are there, it's just he gets them every time unlike most players...

The push in the back rule is so dam inconsistent, they make it up as they go along...

[matrix]

saints frees:
defensive 50= 4
midfield = 25
forward 50 =4
oof =1
total of 34

swans frees:
defensive 50 =6
midfield =15
forward 50 = 3
oof = 1
total of 25


(oof= out on full)

[saintdooley]

Oh, do tell us which stickys don't need to be up there saintdooley?

ok

Sticky: Margin Competition: Round 1 Vs Sydney
Sticky: Pick the Winner- Tipping Competition Round 1
Sticky: 2008 Player Sponsorship - Final List and Thankyou

[snoopygirl]

They will be replaced with Margin competition Rd. 2 v Carlton, etc. etc.

[saintdooley]

They will be replaced with Margin competition Rd. 2 v Carlton, etc. etc.

makes sence...its just last year it wasnt a sticky and we survived with out it up there

[mad saint guy]

We had the better of it again last night. They love Rewoildt,if he played for another club we'd scream the way they look after him.

They do love Roo but they hate Kosi. The poor guy never gets a free when he's being scragged and if he makes any contact while going for a mark he is penalised every time.

[Armoooo]

We had the better of it again last night. They love Rewoildt,if he played for another club we'd scream the way they look after him.

They do love Roo but they hate Kosi. The poor guy never gets a free when he's being scragged and if he makes any contact while going for a mark he is penalised every time.

He got 2 50's against as well IIRC...

[Life Long Saint]

They love Rewoildt,if he played for another club we'd scream the way they look after him.

The reason that he gets frees is that he is a genuine ball player (like Dunstall used to be). The only way to make sure he doesn't mark the ball is to infringe.

[st.byron]

Only Round 1 and already you're laying it thick on the umpires. What the hell for? Thought they did a reasonable job of interpreting some tiggy touchwood decisions that happen in a split second and we all have the benefit of replays on the big screen or in slo mo on the box.
FFS, I was sitting in the first few rows of level 3 and I'm not close enough to judge for myself on some decisions that happen on the other side of the ground. All you bloody armchair experts have a go yourselves.

[matrix]

i thought the umpiring was not bad either....nothing really stood out watching the game on the tv