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Just like the , ' swings and roundabouts, they all balance out '. They might over a trillion games, not for the 100 minutes of one game, not for the 25 games in a season. You can get lucky with decisions and it helps you win, just as the opposite applies. Saying it has no impact is akin to belief in Santa, its comforting to think umpiring doesn't impact but a sliver of thought tells you otherwise. Only way around it is to remove that particular variable and win by plenty. We have not been good at that for a while.Does that matter?
I thought it was good. Honest response that pointed out we got unlucky, but also that we do get lucky at the G quite often. Let the carry on merchants carry on.
I find the fashion of pretending that umpiring luck doesn't impact games to be ridiculous. Five 50/50 calls in your favour has the same impact as 5 contested marks from Darcy Cameron - and Darcy's 5 big clunks had a really big impact on that game.