Is Nick Riewoldt deliberately favoured by umpires?

[sainter12riewoldt]

surely he will be the first fined for staging?

he kept balance after the bump then duck-dived forward to the ground conning the umpire to get the freekick

a couple of the sydney players dived.

 

[sainter12riewoldt]

Fairest??? Staging for free kicks by throwing yourself to the ground isn't fair.

Its cheating

if your back is turned and youre not expecting to be hit from behind youll go to ground as well.

 

[GoalSneak38]

I mentioned it in the gameday thread and I'll mention it here. After the fourth quarter tonight, Nick Riewoldt has dropped to the lowest level of filth. He's down there with Milne now. He's a disgusting player.

I agree! No wonder Steph McIntosh got rid of him. Kept stealing her tampons I heard.

 

[hbk_aus]

if your back is turned and youre not expecting to be hit from behind youll go to ground as well.

oh come on champ, ur defence of him is admirable, but there was a pause between contact and then the dive - how do u explain that?

 

[Spluff]

All the superstars of the game are favoured by umpires. Riewoldt, Ablett, Rioli, Selwood, all get privileges their less famous companions would never get.

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

if your back is turned and youre not expecting to be hit from behind youll go to ground as well.

Maybe I would I'm a 65kg toothpick.

It doesn't seem odd to you that Reiwoldt can take the strongest marks, fly back into a pack and be the only one left standing, but if a player gives him a slight bump off the ball with hardly any force he hits the ground???

He's a cheat

 

[stanley86]

a couple of the sydney players dived.

don't embarass yourself champ

 

[Rave Slave]

Is a lock for the Gold in the diving when the glorious nation of East Germany breaks away in time for 2012.

Nicole Riewoldt das ist wunderbar!

 

[Joffaboy]

I mentioned it in the gameday thread and I'll mention it here. After the fourth quarter tonight, Nick Riewoldt has dropped to the lowest level of filth. He's down there with Milne now. He's a disgusting player.

lol - coming from a team who had Liberatore and Romero in its side.

Coming from a bloke whose team captain is the biggest diver in the League

What a buch of cry baby sooks you Bulldog supporters are.

Get over the fact that brainless Lake is a moron and cost your team a shot at a flag.

Oh and BTW when hasd a charge into the back like tonight legal?

You bunch of absolute whiney sooks.

Cant wait to see Johnson diving all over the place you you fools trying to justify it

 

[hbk_aus]

lol - coming from a team who had Liberatore and Romero in its side.

Coming from a bloke whose team captain is the biggest diver in the League

What a buch of cry baby sooks you Bulldog supporters are.

Get over the fact that brainless Lake is a moron and cost your team a shot at a flag.

Oh and BTW when hasd a charge into the back like tonight legal?

You bunch of absolute whiney sooks.

Cant wait to see Johnson diving all over the place you you fools trying to justify it

If you would like to start a threads about Romero, Libba and Lake, feel free. This thread is about Reiwoldt being a diver and a protected species. And Exhibit ZZZ was the bump....pause...dive tonight.

 

[Voldt]

What about Goodes diving backwards in the dying seconds? What about when he dived forward when Gwilt and i'm not sure of the other player fell next to him? That doesn't seem to get brought up, and one of them was awarded as a free kick yet he wasn't good enough to convert. Alot of forwards do it, alot of players, nearly every player does it. It's just Nick gets highlighted because he is such a dominant player.

 

[Rave Slave]

Coming from a bloke whose team captain is the biggest diver in the League

It clearly states he's a Dogs fan not a Saints fan.

 

[The Fireman]

I mentioned it in the gameday thread and I'll mention it here. After the fourth quarter tonight, Nick Riewoldt has dropped to the lowest level of filth. He's down there with Milne now. He's a disgusting player.

It seems that some Bulldog supporters are lowering themselves to a new low.
It's hard to believe any fair dinkum supporter could come up with something like that.

 

[Plugger35]

What a surprise, the Saints win and all the Riewoldt hate begins again.

The guys a champion and you're all just jealous he doesn't play in your team. Suck it up and get over it.

 

[SM]

if your back is turned and youre not expecting to be hit from behind youll go to ground as well.

The tool shoved Mattner first, what did he expect Mattner would do?

 

[hbk_aus]

What a surprise, the Saints win and all the Riewoldt hate begins again.

The guys a champion and you're all just jealous he doesn't play in your team. Suck it up and get over it.

Are u deliberately ignoring the topic and just blaming the haterz?

 

[nicky]

What a surprise, the Saints win and all the Riewoldt hate begins again.

The guys a champion and you're all just jealous he doesn't play in your team. Suck it up and get over it.

Yes i ****ing hate him, i hate the way he marks, i hate that he's favoured by the umpires, but most of all, i hate him because he's good.

 

[BONG RIPS MKII]

i for one am glad we don't have riewoldt

no room for frontrunning chokers at geelong

 

[Rave Slave]

What a surprise, the Saints win and all the Riewoldt hate begins again.

The guys a champion and you're all just jealous he doesn't play in your team. Suck it up and get over it.

I'm more jealous of his ability to perform an inward 1 1/2 pike with minimal splash.

 

[The Fireman]

Yes i ****ing hate him, i hate the way he marks, i hate that he's favoured by the umpires, but most of all, i hate him because he's good.

Best post and most honest I have seen tonight.

 

[nicky]

Best post and most honest I have seen tonight.

It's the truth.

In a moment of clarity (as riewoldt took one of his traditional marks) i realised why i hate the guy.

 

[The Fireman]

The tool shoved Mattner first, what did he expect Mattner would do?

Be a complete idiot and hip and shoulder him in the back right in front of the ump?

 

[Plugger35]

Are u deliberately ignoring the topic and just blaming the haterz?

What's the topic here exactly? That Riewoldt is a great player but opposition supporters can't handle it and have to blame his superiority on the umpires?

Ablett cops the same crap, that he gets favoured by the umps but the truth is that he is just a great player like Riewoldt. Opposition supporters don't like it and have to sling mud at them somehow in the form of umpire favouritism.

Pretty pathetic stuff if you ask me.

 

[The Fireman]

It's the truth.

In a moment of clarity (as riewoldt took one of his traditional marks) i realised why i hate the guy.

I know it's the truth...there are some on here who can't handle the truth.


All jokes aside the guy is a superstar, bog tonight...Goodes a close second.
Superstars are always in the action and if they are really good get the frees instead of giving them.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Be a complete idiot and hip and shoulder him in the back right in front of the ump?

It was a stupid thing to do but it was totally without force and hardly worthy of a free kick. Players push and shove all the time. Riewoldt's dive helped milk a free kick.