Game Day Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants - Semi Finals - Sat 14 Sep, 7:25PM AEST, Gabba. No umpire complaints until after the game.

[HFF]

The part that annoys me is the commentators talking about the what the umps are doing.

I find it a tad ironic that Lingy is telling Razor to stop telling players what to do and concentrate on getting decisions right when he’s not giving us anything insightful on his job as a special comments man other than talking about the umpires.

It was draining listening to Darcy, Ling, Richy etc constantly just talk about what happened 10 mins earlier.
Follow the game call the game talk about what happened earlier at the breaks—- it ain’t hard.
We are at home tuning in to listen to your expert analysis not your running commentary about what an umpire should be or shouldn’t be doing

 

[big bootaaaaah]

Clear arm chop to the Brisbane fwd, what made him drop it?? It was the obvious late arm chop, umpire chose not to pay it in front of goal proving they have an agenda to get GWS through tonight.

 

[Tigeritis]

Don’t care for the injury talk, so much narrative around it. Just shut up. Been a great game so far. Going to be a close one.

 

[Ry009]

I don't agree with the umpire intervening, but the same people will piss and moan about off the ball tactics when NO injury is involved.

The shifting of the goalposts in the coverage and following of this game is outstanding.

 

[BG__]

Lingy and Darc sitting there together at the desk is like watching dumb and dumber

 

[Credit2thaB0is]

Revolutionary umpiring with the “no niggling” directive.

 

[t0mmO]

I would be loving this if I were a Collingwood fan. These two are belting each other.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

Channel 7 just ran with the wrong rule

 

[SirBont]

Rhino has his say

 

[Colonial]

 

[AvantGardener]

I don't see this 'not injured enough' clause written anywhere in the Laws of Australian Football, where is this......? All I see is 17.12 (e) makes unreasonable or unnecessary contact with an injured opposition Player;

Cameron is not 'injured'. If they have put him back on the field that is fair game. Its meant for players freshly injured not ones that have opted to play on

 

[hoss]

Brisbane got reamed that quarter. From a neutral.

Even up for the first quarter.

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[Meths]

Why the Lions play Christensen is beyond me. Liability

Nah. Quiet tonight, but he's been good week in week out.

 

[Sterge]

I don't see this 'not injured enough' clause written anywhere in the Laws of Australian Football, where is this......? All I see is 17.12 (e) makes unreasonable or unnecessary contact with an injured opposition Player;

Not injured if you are back on the ground playing. Rules as intended is that injured means someone down injured or trying to come off injured.

The irony being that rule was bought in because of Brisbane

 

[Doggy Dan]

The last 10 minutes was the worst officiating I have seen in my 30 years of watching this game. Truly bizarre.

 

[Xtreme]

Best umpiring of the finals so far I reckon.

At least it's been consistent!

 

[mpal6]

Weird game so far, still in it.. c'mon boys !

 

[Credit2thaB0is]

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LOL someone not taking their meds

 

[Colonial]

If GWS win here, AFL house may explode with them trying to work out what they want more - Rich/Coll grand final or GWS to win a premiership.

More gutted that the Umps couldn't get this year's Lions AFL fairytale up.

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

If the mods banned and deleted posts about umpires, this thread would only be about 7 or 8 pages from 10 or so posters...

And with zilch from GWS posters....

 

[big bootaaaaah]

They'd be about 12 posts left in this entire thread if the mods did what they said they'd do.

Mods are gutless like the umpires

 

[evo]

Why the Lions play Christensen is beyond me. Liability

Agree. Been spudding it up for a couple of years yet gets picked without question every week.

 

[Unique Name]

Brisbane incredibly undisciplined. Still got looked after by the umps at the end of the 1st qtr. Umps then did the old square up in the 2nd half.

Umpiring is bloody awful.

 

[Ron The Bear]

His arm bent in an unnatural manner in the footage. He was treated by doctors. Has his arm strapped and appears to be struggling to use it.
Your expert medical opinion is there's nothing wrong with him?

Just going by the way he got the motorbike out after kicking a goal, flew for a mark one-handed with the bad arm and scooped the ball up one-handed with the bad arm. Yeah he’s occasionally had the arm hanging limp and useless by his side when the ball’s out of his zone, but he’s competitive enough when the ball comes in.

Doesn’t need special protection in any case.

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

Not injured if you are back on the ground playing. Rules as intended is that injured means someone down injured or trying to come off injured.

The irony being that rule was bought in because of Brisbane

Clause please.