EDFL Premier Division - 2012

[Aucklander]

Someone put me crook.

LoL

 

[BlueJet]

Three very ugly losses by Craigieburn at Greenvale today,
Had to have a laugh at few of the bogans claiming the umpires won the seniors game for the Jets.

 

[Aucklander]

Almost a certainty for the drop now. Good to see Doutta's get up. Good day so far.

 

[OttoUarse]

Anyone see the umpiring exhibition at Abers v Keilor today???? I don't follow either of the teams that played,...WTF are they putting out on the field?????

 

[Stax on the mill]

Anyone see the umpiring exhibition at Abers v Keilor today???? I don't follow either of the teams that played,...WTF are they putting out on the field?????

Saw the first half only. Like you I don't follow either of the teams. Umpiring is a very tough gig, conditions were scrappy and 2 of the umpires were very young. I must say however that even taking those factors into account their performance was very ordinary. Keilor definetly gained the benefit of some very dubious decisions.

Was impressed with Keilor in the half that I saw. First 10 minutes they looked like they were going to be blown out of the park. They persisted however, played the conditions extremely well and were prepared to put their heads over the ball. They certainly deserved their half time lead. It would seem from the score line that they may have fallen away after half time, or probably Abers got their act together.

 

[Star]

Guys a question re 98.9 FM.

I was at today's Strathmore Vs Oak Park game and had my iPhone on 98.9 thru the Tunein Radio ap. Problem is it was delayed by about 30 seconds. Is this the ap itself or the broadcast?

 

[TP86]

It's a general web radio problem due to the processing and servers it passes through. Best bet at the game of the week is a walkman because the web will always have a 30-odd second delay.

 

[OttoUarse]

Saw the first half only. Like you I don't follow either of the teams. Umpiring is a very tough gig, conditions were scrappy and 2 of the umpires were very young. I must say however that even taking those factors into account their performance was very ordinary. Keilor definetly gained the benefit of some very dubious decisions.

Was impressed with Keilor in the half that I saw. First 10 minutes they looked like they were going to be blown out of the park. They persisted however, played the conditions extremely well and were prepared to put their heads over the ball. They certainly deserved their half time lead. It would seem from the score line that they may have fallen away after half time, or probably Abers got their act together.

Hmmm, the only thing that fell away was the umpiring, Mick Mcguane would have to think seriously about contacting the advisors during the week...absolute discrace of what was a fantastic contest upto 10 minutes into the 3rd...and the gesture by the rather large umpire of giving the Mothers in front of me the bird at the centre bounce about 18 minutes into the last was testimony of what sort of display this guy served up. I f you can't cop a 60yr old women yelling out "you Cheat", give it away mate...stay at home and belt your wife and slap your kids!

 

[Star]

It's a general web radio problem due to the processing and servers it passes through. Best bet at the game of the week is a walkman because the web will always have a 30-odd second delay.

Cheers mate. Makes sense!

 

[Abers]

Hmmm, the only thing that fell away was the umpiring, Mick Mcguane would have to think seriously about contacting the advisors during the week...absolute discrace of what was a fantastic contest upto 10 minutes into the 3rd...and the gesture by the rather large umpire of giving the Mothers in front of me the bird at the centre bounce about 18 minutes into the last was testimony of what sort of display this guy served up. I f you can't cop a 60yr old women yelling out "you Cheat", give it away mate...stay at home and belt your wife and slap your kids!

Umpiring really did seem to go all Keilors way before half time and our way in the second half. We seem to get that fat bloke every other week and he is both a terrible umpire and a sook. What he was doing paying Keilor a free kick for a deliberate behind when the bloke was getting tackled we will never know.

 

[puffpuffgivemo]

Umpiring really did seem to go all Keilors way before half time and our way in the second half. We seem to get that fat bloke every other week and he is both a terrible umpire and a sook. What he was doing paying Keilor a free kick for a deliberate behind when the bloke was getting tackled we will never know.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the deliberate rushed behind rule doesn't apply at our level does it. That's my understanding but might be wrong!

Agree with comments on that umpire - seems to get more Abers games than any other club and has absolutely no idea, makes it up as he goes and gets sucked in quite easily and gives insipid lip when in question. Hopeless!!

 

[Aucklander]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the deliberate rushed behind rule doesn't apply at our level does it. That's my understanding but might be wrong!

Saw one given in Div 1 a few weeks ago.

 

[TheLargeUmpire]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the deliberate rushed behind rule doesn't apply at our level does it. That's my understanding but might be wrong!

Agree with comments on that umpire - seems to get more Abers games than any other club and has absolutely no idea, makes it up as he goes and gets sucked in quite easily and gives insipid lip when in question. Hopeless!!

Now forgive me for I need to get this off my chest, usually I don’t respond to a few keyboard warriors who take pot shots at umpires and simply ignore them however on this occasion feel I need to defend myself.

I believe I am the ‘fat umpire’ being referred to above, so I will freely admit the match on Saturday was not my best performance as I tore my calf in the first quarter and battled to move for the rest of the game, but still feel I umpired well enough and am more than comfortable with every key decision I made on the day.

Over the past 2 seasons I have been observed by our umpiring coaches in most games and currently have a decisional accuracy of a little over 95% amongst the top of all umpires, and last season was good enough to see me in the top 3 umpires and umpire the A grade grand final so I can say that I am comfortable to back in my own interpretation of a free kick over that of a few one eyed blokes who have had a few frothies on the sidelines.

The deliberate rushed behind was introduced at the start of the 2012 season, and that decision against Adam El Houli was about as clear cut as it gets. He was not under any immediate pressure and he deliberately knocked the ball 15 meters backwards through the points.. free kick every day of the week.

There were also 3 free kicks I paid against Keilor defenders who got caught one on one with bigger forwards in marking contests, the ball was coming in well and in all 3 contests the Keilor player was caught behind, the 2 I paid against Micka James were for holding and were clear free kicks, I paid another as the defender accidentally struck the forward in the face as he was attempting to spoil, so is a clear cut too high free kick. The fact that all 3 free kicks resulted in Aberfeldie goals is totally irrelevant as to if they were correct or not, and I am 100% confident they were correct.

Another correction by Puff, Saturdays game was only the 2nd game this year I have umpired Abers so perhaps you are confused.

Otto the 'bird salute' which you say was directed at 2 old ladies could not be further from the truth. It was directed at 2 old mates who think because they chose to spend their Saturdays standing in the rain that this somehow gives them a free reign to spend the afternoon verbally abusing an umpire calling him a fat kaarnt, cheat and a range of other vile obscenities. Should I have reacted, probably not as I usually just ignore this abuse and put it down to a few too many cans or another one eyed spectator with no idea of the rules but perhaps it was the cold rainy day that pushed me to react. And I have no idea what the ‘belt your wife & slap your kids’ comment is about but can only assume it is a pretty poor attempt at an insult.

 

[puffpuffgivemo]

Now forgive me for I need to get this off my chest, usually I don’t respond to a few keyboard warriors who take pot shots at umpires and simply ignore them however on this occasion feel I need to defend myself.

I believe I am the ‘fat umpire’ being referred to above, so I will freely admit the match on Saturday was not my best performance as I tore my calf in the first quarter and battled to move for the rest of the game, but still feel I umpired well enough and am more than comfortable with every key decision I made on the day.

Over the past 2 seasons I have been observed by our umpiring coaches in most games and currently have a decisional accuracy of a little over 95% amongst the top of all umpires, and last season was good enough to see me in the top 3 umpires and umpire the A grade grand final so I can say that I am comfortable to back in my own interpretation of a free kick over that of a few one eyed blokes who have had a few frothies on the sidelines.

The deliberate rushed behind was introduced at the start of the 2012 season, and that decision against Adam El Houli was about as clear cut as it gets. He was not under any immediate pressure and he deliberately knocked the ball 15 meters backwards through the points.. free kick every day of the week.

There were also 3 free kicks I paid against Keilor defenders who got caught one on one with bigger forwards in marking contests, the ball was coming in well and in all 3 contests the Keilor player was caught behind, the 2 I paid against Micka James were for holding and were clear free kicks, I paid another as the defender accidentally struck the forward in the face as he was attempting to spoil, so is a clear cut too high free kick. The fact that all 3 free kicks resulted in Aberfeldie goals is totally irrelevant as to if they were correct or not, and I am 100% confident they were correct.

Another correction by Puff, Saturdays game was only the 2nd game this year I have umpired Abers so perhaps you are confused.

Otto the 'bird salute' which you say was directed at 2 old ladies could not be further from the truth. It was directed at 2 old mates who think because they chose to spend their Saturdays standing in the rain that this somehow gives them a free reign to spend the afternoon verbally abusing an umpire calling him a fat kaarnt, cheat and a range of other vile obscenities. Should I have reacted, probably not as I usually just ignore this abuse and put it down to a few too many cans or another one eyed spectator with no idea of the rules but perhaps it was the cold rainy day that pushed me to react. And I have no idea what the ‘belt your wife & slap your kids’ comment is about but can only assume it is a pretty poor attempt at an insult.

Thanks for the correction on the rushed behind rule.

Don’t call me a keyboard warrior as I’ve never hidden my identity and nor has Otto for that matter – not hard to work out who we are!

My respect for you may have changed given your courage to come on here and defend yourself however I can’t accept an injured calf would impact your decision making as your brain isn’t located in your lower leg however I can accept you may have struggled at times to be in the best position and “guessed”

One thing I will say is although it has been frustrating experiencing your umpiring first hand on many occasions in a playing capacity and as a spectator on others you have at least made an effort to come in for a beer post match on occasions I’ve seen!

 

[mickdundee]

Umpiring really did seem to go all Keilors way before half time and our way in the second half. We seem to get that fat bloke every other week and he is both a terrible umpire and a sook. What he was doing paying Keilor a free kick for a deliberate behind when the bloke was getting tackled we will never know.

Keilor always gets the umpiring their way when we play them, but I must admit Abers always get a good run from the umpires.

 

[SEMPAI]

Now forgive me for I need to get this off my chest, usually I don’t respond to a few keyboard warriors who take pot shots at umpires and simply ignore them however on this occasion feel I need to defend myself.

I believe I am the ‘fat umpire’ being referred to above, so I will freely admit the match on Saturday was not my best performance as I tore my calf in the first quarter and battled to move for the rest of the game, but still feel I umpired well enough and am more than comfortable with every key decision I made on the day.

Over the past 2 seasons I have been observed by our umpiring coaches in most games and currently have a decisional accuracy of a little over 95% amongst the top of all umpires, and last season was good enough to see me in the top 3 umpires and umpire the A grade grand final so I can say that I am comfortable to back in my own interpretation of a free kick over that of a few one eyed blokes who have had a few frothies on the sidelines.

The deliberate rushed behind was introduced at the start of the 2012 season, and that decision against Adam El Houli was about as clear cut as it gets. He was not under any immediate pressure and he deliberately knocked the ball 15 meters backwards through the points.. free kick every day of the week.

There were also 3 free kicks I paid against Keilor defenders who got caught one on one with bigger forwards in marking contests, the ball was coming in well and in all 3 contests the Keilor player was caught behind, the 2 I paid against Micka James were for holding and were clear free kicks, I paid another as the defender accidentally struck the forward in the face as he was attempting to spoil, so is a clear cut too high free kick. The fact that all 3 free kicks resulted in Aberfeldie goals is totally irrelevant as to if they were correct or not, and I am 100% confident they were correct.

Another correction by Puff, Saturdays game was only the 2nd game this year I have umpired Abers so perhaps you are confused.

Otto the 'bird salute' which you say was directed at 2 old ladies could not be further from the truth. It was directed at 2 old mates who think because they chose to spend their Saturdays standing in the rain that this somehow gives them a free reign to spend the afternoon verbally abusing an umpire calling him a fat kaarnt, cheat and a range of other vile obscenities. Should I have reacted, probably not as I usually just ignore this abuse and put it down to a few too many cans or another one eyed spectator with no idea of the rules but perhaps it was the cold rainy day that pushed me to react. And I have no idea what the ‘belt your wife & slap your kids’ comment is about but can only assume it is a pretty poor attempt at an insult.

Good Form for getting on and giving your interpretations of the game
Well done

 

[My North]

What a wet day it was on Saturday for everyone at the Footy.

Good win for Marby.

Go Marby!!

 

[Star]

Well done to the Large Umpire for posting his version of events. I reckon the standard of A-Grade umpires is excellent at present. Juniors not so good but they are mainly kids having a go.

Incidentally, I saw a deliberate rushed point paid in U14s Div 4 last week. It was there as the ball was kicked thru from 10m out but was surprised to see it.

 

[Abers]

Well done to the Large Umpire for posting his version of events. I reckon the standard of A-Grade umpires is excellent at present. Juniors not so good but they are mainly kids having a go.

Incidentally, I saw a deliberate rushed point paid in U14s Div 4 last week. It was there as the ball was kicked thru from 10m out but was surprised to see it.

Yeap good effort, very brave and honest, good stuff. Really shouldn't call you fat either, apologies for that, was a bit unfair.

 

[poorpunter]

Yeap good effort, very brave and honest, good stuff. Really shouldn't call you fat either, apologies for that, was a bit unfair.

good on him

 

[Grim Reaper]

Now forgive me for I need to get this off my chest, usually I don’t respond to a few keyboard warriors who take pot shots at umpires and simply ignore them however on this occasion feel I need to defend myself.

We all get emotional about the umpires and do not always agree with the way you guys see the game. Consistency is probably the thing we all crave from umpires. However the bottom line is simple, no umpires no game! We spectators and players, need to keep that in mind and respect the job you all do.

You have earned my respect with your comments, keep up the work!

As for Mick Dundees comments about Keilor getting a good run, you are dreaming Mick!
No better or worse than other teams

 

[BlueJet]

Now forgive me for I need to get this off my chest, usually I don’t respond to a few keyboard warriors who take pot shots at umpires and simply ignore them however on this occasion feel I need to defend myself.

We all get emotional about the umpires and do not always agree with the way you guys see the game. Consistency is probably the thing we all crave from umpires. However the bottom line is simple, no umpires no game! We spectators and players, need to keep that in mind and respect the job you all do.

You have earned my respect with your comments, keep up the work!

As for Mick Dundees comments about Keilor getting a good run, you are dreaming Mick!
No better or worse than other teams

For once I agree with Mick Dundee, Keilor usually gets a dream run with the umpires whenever I've seen them. Probably comes down to a style of play kind of thing,

 

[wrfl123]

How did romain grenville go?

I heard this guy is a freak!

 

[My North]

What is everyone doing during the week off from footy?

Go Marby

 

[Willow76]

Strong rumours out of Craigieburn linking Lekkas to the coaching job next year, if this is true you would think the committee would let him take over now as a trial given relegation is a certainty