Fremantle robbed

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billybrownless16 said:
I was at the game today, I didn't hear the siren once all day, it was way too quiet, usually it is pretty loud at Aurora Stadium too.
The umpires did the right thing though, they wouldn't have heard it
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The old one they used during the TFL days was more audible than that.
What is it with soft sirens in Tassie, North Hobart, Bellerive and now York Park having the same problem.

Surely it aint that difficult to get some dB's in the siren :confused:
 
There are so many inconsistencies in this whole matter there is no way that the AFL/Umpiring panel can table a satifactory answer. And if they do, what little credibility there is will soon vanish.

I do think the umpires were bent on trying to get the Saints up in the second half, you couldn't get 10 Freo players all going up together even if they rehearsed this at training every night for a year! The umpiire was only interested in getting the ball back in play.

I have always felt that we need neutral umpires, or at least they should catch separate planes.

PS: Stop having a go at Tasmanians. Cheap and below the belt.
 
Re: Baker's Free Kick

Can you imagine if he had kicked it?

Freo would have strung the umpires up.
 

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It's not about the Dockers or Saints, it's about the integrity of the game. Just a joke of a result.

I really can't see Freo getting the 4 points here. They MUST have the umpire who apparently heard the siren (Hayden Kennedy?) fully behind them to have a chance. As many have stated rule states it's when an umpire hears the siren not when it actually sounds.

Betting agency dilemma is interesting. Unlike with horse racing, greyhounds etc you can normally collect your winnings instantly with footy games, especially online. Wonder whether delay has been put in place. If not this can surely be treated like a protest in racing. Plenty of situations were punters are screwed in racing (jockey stuffing up etc).
 
AFL4ME said:
I do think the umpires were bent on trying to get the Saints up in the second half, you couldn't get 10 Freo players all going up together even if they rehearsed this at training every night for a year! The umpiire was only interested in getting the ball back in play.
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Do you think the umpires did this deliberately? Did they also conspire to turn down the volume on the siren to make it look less obvious?

Come off it. Freo robbed, but bad luck / incompetence - not from cheating!!!
 

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3AW just had Daffy or whatever his name is on and he said their equivilant of "correct weight" is the players leaving the ground after the game, so in their view it's a draw, but it'll cost them "6 figures" to pay out a draw.
 
JuddyisGod said:
Another to add to long list of debacles under Adrian Anderson's role as operations manager.
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This guy is like a bad company manager, give him a fat pay out and sack him.
No doubt he will blame Tasmanian Football and the ground.
All equipment and facilities would have to be AFL approved and back up systems in place. This is a billion dollar business not a back yard worshop these clowns are ruining.
 
Re: Baker's Free Kick

Robbie said:
He gets the option of taking a re-kick. If he'd kicked the goal in the first place they would have been up by 5.
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Okay.

I always thought that he should have been able to keep his first score, and then get another shot at goal.

For example, if Player A kicks a behind, his opponent Player B then comes up to give him a bit of crap about it and gives away a free kick in doing so, then Player A gets to have another shot at goal and gets the opportunity to add to his original score.

That is what should happen with the Baker free kick.
 
Re: Baker's Free Kick

Canna7 said:
Okay I know that Fremantle were robbed because the siren clearly sounded, but I am interested to know what happened with regards to Baker's free kick. As I saw it, he received the ball, kicked it through for a point, was bumped 'illegally' after his kick and was then awarded a free kick. My understanding is that if you shoot for goal and get a score, and are then illegally infringed after the disposal, you get a free kick but you also get to keep the initial score. If this was the case, Baker's second point should have put St. Kilda on 95 and given them an undeserved victory.
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ok i will answer you question.

the infringement was for a bump before the point was scored, so you get the choice of keeping the score or kicking again. If however the bump was after the ball went through, then both points would have counted.

the first point was withdrawn
 
Rocco Jones said:
As many have stated rule states it's when an umpire hears the siren not when it actually sounds.
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But the rule also states the siren should be sounded until the umpire acknowledges. This clearly was not done giving Freo plenty to base their protest on.
 

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