Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 20 - Blues v Port Fri July 26th 7:40pm AEST (Marvel)

[Bunnings]

4 frees in a half as key forward is some elite flopping

 

[xLeCrAs2x]

Endless umpiring complaints from both supporter bases and the neutrals, so just another game day thread I guess.

Can’t really blame anyone to be fair, the game is in an atrocious state atm, it’s becoming unwatchable even for neutrals..

 

[Mayes2Gray]

Mate honestly I'm surprised all the interstate clubs just sit back and take it up the backside every year.. in any other country there would be a war if the final had to be played in the same state which favors certain teams.

The unicorn of Victorian supporters

 

[JasRulz63]

Drawing frees from desperate defenders.

Second one was there, and was Bergman desperately out matched. First one was a forward and defender both locking each other up and wasn't a free kick IMO.

 

[YeoShuey]

The best way to fix the umpiring is to go back to 3 umpires and drop the rookies from the game.

They’ll never do it but I think that’s the solution

 

[Mayes2Gray]

Bloody Georgiadis.. gets free kicks that no other forward in the league does. The league just want Port Adelaide in the grand final. #anti-VicZBIAZ

Am i doing this right?

Need more spelling errors.

 

[Coasters7]

Drawing frees from desperate defenders.

We’d have key forwards lining up to crack the ton if they were getting the same calls as Curnow. All well and good to say 50/50 calls “were there” but why aren’t they there for everyone else?

 

[Mr Meow]

Can’t really blame anyone to be fair, the game is in an atrocious state atm, it’s becoming unwatchable even for neutrals..

It's still also the hardest sport in the world to officiate, has always been imperfect and there are plenty of things to talk about on top of the mandatory umpiring whinging (to add a modicum of balance).

The side under the pump and being hunted often scraps, reacts late and ends up harshly umpired. Especially away from home. Port let themselves down. If you go and play well as the Bulldogs did in Geelong last week, you'll find there is little to complain about umpiring wise.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Read the room mate it's everyone

Read the room. Not a single comment from anyone about missed frees for Carlton, or frees that Port got that were soft or not there. Are you saying there aren't ANY the other way?
If people were genuine, they'd point them all out, but it's only ever bitching about Carlton. It's hilariously obvious.

 

[JasRulz63]

The best way to fix the umpiring is to go back to 3 umpires and drop the rookies from the game.

They’ll never do it but I think that’s the solution

The umpires have no hope with the AFL doing them no favours with their constant rule changes and interpretations. If we can watch a replay from different angles and not know which way a free kick is meant to go, what hope do they have trying to work it out live.

 

[Chism]

Still a long way to go and Port are a decent outfit.

Not confident at all.

 

[Chief]

We’d have key forwards lining up to crack the ton if they were getting the same calls as Curnow. All well and good to say 50/50 calls “were there” but why aren’t they there for everyone else?

Put aside the fact that the frees are there:

Nobody but Curnow ever gets the benefit of a 50/50 call?

 

[Delisted]

Cmon Carlton, I believe in you even your supporter base doesn't.

 

[Drought Break]

Check the actual stats before crying.

Most Free Kicks For | 2024 AFL Statistics

Who has won the most free kicks in AFL 2024?

www.zerohanger.com

thanks for the verification. Charles leading the free kick count as a forward. But we all know that anyway. All the others in front of him are mids and rucks which touch the ball 4 times the amount

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

Yeh that's an exaggeration on both accounts.

Only a little bit.

Cloke would regularly have 2 or 3 blokes scragging him and almost always get a free kick paid against him if he tossed one of them aside.

Curnow never gets free kicks paid against him and regularly gets soft free kicks where his opponent technically brushed his shoulder in the contest but didn't actually do anything to impede him from contesting the mark.

Charlie is a talented enough footballer. He doesn't need the extra help. Even today, most forwards don't get the treatment he does.

 

[SC_Power]

Fox sports not showing a single highlight of any of Charlie's frees - they know

It’s funnier when they quote goals from turnovers.
Which include free kicks, because we can’t say “goals from free kicks”.

 

[catters05]

The best way to fix the umpiring is to go back to 3 umpires and drop the rookies from the game.

They’ll never do it but I think that’s the solution

4 umps has been crap, just an mro/cash grab.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Port getting flogged middle

 

[Saint12]

Mate honestly I'm surprised all the interstate clubs just sit back and take it up the backside every year.. in any other country there would be a war if the final had to be played in the same state which favors certain teams.

Interstate teams play at the G more than StKilda do every year...not sure about North

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

What are these holding the ball decisions? JHF just being penalised for being strong?

I'm assuming you were equally upset about the one called against Hewett?

 

[YeoShuey]

thanks for the verification. Charles leading the free kick count as a forward. But we all know that anyway. All the others in front of him are mids and rucks which touch the ball 4 times the amount

McKay?

 

[Malifice]

Game day threads are 95 percent posts of the same old flogs sooking about the umpires.

Never skill errors/ level of a player or anything else.

Just 'umpires'.

What a painful read.

 

[catters05]

The umpires have no hope with the AFL doing them no favours with their constant rule changes and interpretations. If we can watch a replay from different angles and not know which way a free kick is meant to go, what hope do they have trying to work it out live.

100%

A big chunk of AFL profits needs to go into fixing rule/umpiring, probably not Katy Perry.

 

[Mesc]

C'mon Port ! you can defeat these skinny little umpires...

 

[Chism]

Put aside the fact that the frees are there:

Nobody but Curnow ever gets the benefit of a 50/50 call?

Daniher actually leads the league for stay at home forwards free kick wise. Charlie is like bottom 10 on the list for forwards but this place erupts when he gets a free.

It is tall poppy syndrome.