Roast Margettes gotta go!

[Rob]

Well I finally had enough and told him so

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Assuming that's really him, I don't agree with this at all. Everyone has a right to a private life no matter how shit they are at their job.

Surprised he'd come back like that though. Surely all umpires would be told just to ignore this stuff and not engage.

 

[Nalin]

Well I finally had enough and told him so

No matter how frustrated we get, this crosses the line IMO.
Worse still, it feeds WC fans ammunition to further paint us as abusive of the umpires. Thanks for that, just what we wanted to hear after a Derby loss: more BS from the WCE

 

[One_Wing]

Well I finally had enough and told him so

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why tf is he even responding? Yikes that is unprofessional.

 

[mightymouse75]

why tf is he even responding? Yikes that is unprofessional.

Afl for all the money they splash around are an unprofessional organisation.
The incompetence at times is astounding.
This is a seasoned umpire we are talking about not a 1st game boundary umpire..

 

[mightymouse75]

Assuming that's really him, I don't agree with this at all. Everyone has a right to a private life no matter how sh*t they are at their job.

Surprised he'd come back like that though. Surely all umpires would be told just to ignore this stuff and not engage.

Screw him. He carrys on like he is a perthonality..just be careful what you say to him.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

I think we're best served forwarding an entire body of evidence to both the AFL umpiring department, and integrity unit (if there is such a thing). Compile both the photographs of him socialising and making positive gestures to West Coast players, and a slew of raw data, and get this show on the road! This is no way that any umpire, in any sporting code, should be giving a gesture of affirmation to a player from one team, immediately after they score a goal.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

This is the state umpiring contact for Western Australia:

Cameron Douglas

e: cdouglas@wafc.com.au

 

[WaywardSonSon]

It's interesting also, that you can lodge a report to the AFL, regarding an allegation of behaviour that may contravene the AFL’s:
Whistleblower Policy (Improper Conduct)

I wonder if the thumbs up is an instance of improper conduct?...

 

[Monument Hills]

ummm, wtf am i reading?

You went full r_tard, man. Never go full r_tard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full r_tard, went home empty-handed.

 

[Spitty_the_alpaca]

Good to see I'm not the only one thats had a gut full of this POS.
Hagdorn even had a giggle about this tosser umpiring the derby on 6pr last Friday.

 

[Purple Jesus]

Anyone get a copy of that before it was deleted?

 

[Scham]

This is the state umpiring contact for Western Australia:

Cameron Douglas

e: cdouglas@wafc.com.au

Massive West Coast fan.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

Anyone get a copy of that before it was deleted?

No, but I'm sure the poster still has the content on his or her phone. I'm guessing a mod just banned them temporarily?

 

[WaywardSonSon]

Massive West Coast fan.

Yeah, the minute I read the acronym 'wafc' my heart sunk lol.

 

[gaskin]

Anyone get a copy of that before it was deleted?

No, but it was having a go at Margetts over his talking to the Eagles players on the field before the game. He then said he spoke to Brayshaw and Cerra in the middle of the ground before the game but everyone seems to be ignoring that.

 

[Achin joints]

Why has he never umpired a grand final ?all the other umpires with his experience have ,I dont think umpires should show any familiarity with players ,they should refer to them by their number only, and never should they be seen to be celebrating a ****en goal with them. if Margettes wife is posting shit about freo he should nip it in the bud ,it is a really bad look ,what would Eddie do if it was a vic umpires wife saying shit about the pies ,our club needs to act

 

[Midnite65]

Why do we get him so often? Surely in a comp as professional as the AFL they would rotate the umpires yet after we have this week's game against the Cats he will have umpired 5 of our 8 games or 62%. Who cares if he is from the same state? We went all the way to Queensland and we still couldn't get away from him. My question is, is there any other team that has had the same umpire for over 60% of their matches??

 

[Rob]

Holy shit, they gave him our game again.

I swear the AFL are just trolling us now.

 

[mightymouse75]

Holy sh*t, they gave him our game again.

I swear the AFL are just trolling us now.

Rolling us

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Why do we get him so often? Surely in a comp as professional as the AFL they would rotate the umpires yet after we have this week's game against the Cats he will have umpired 5 of our 8 games or 62%. Who cares if he is from the same state? We went all the way to Queensland and we still couldn't get away from him. My question is, is there any other team that has had the same umpire for over 60% of their matches??

This. Exactly this.

The familiarity with players surely means you can't not have bias.

 

[Bring back Drum]

DEAN MARGETTS IS 46 YEARS OLD!!!

Surely there are younger, less inclined to cheat, white maggots coming through the system.

 

[rgauci]

Disappointed not to see the message exchange for curiosities sake, though personally I wouldn’t support messaging someone about their work. Regardless of how terrible they are.

 

[mightymouse75]

DEAN MARGETTS IS 46 YEARS OLD!!!

Surely there are younger, less inclined to cheat, white maggots coming through the system.

Potentially we have another 10 years off this worm..
Anyone a good shot & able to make it look like a hamstring ?

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Disappointed not to see the message exchange for curiosities sake, though personally I wouldn’t support messaging someone about their work. Regardless of how terrible they are.

Was along the lines of...

"I'm sick of your umpiring"

And the response was a long the lines

"Whatever mate. You messaged me. So it's our fault Taberner played on in the goal square and missed in the last quarter as well as lobb?"

It's pretty poor form to pester the guy on social media imo, but also for him to respond I find surprising. Not that I think he actually said anything incorrect, just not the greatest look to respond.

Whether it was legitimate, who knows?

 

[Dockeroo]

Was along the lines of...

"I'm sick of your umpiring"

And the response was a long the lines

"Whatever mate. You messaged me. So it's our fault Taberner played on in the goal square and missed in the last quarter as well as lobb?"

It's pretty poor form to pester the guy on social media imo, but also for him to respond I find surprising. Not that I think he actually said anything incorrect, just not the greatest look to respond.

Whether it was legitimate, who knows?

I couldn’t believe he responded. As I said earlier, in any other professional sport an exchange like that with a fan would lead to instant dismissal from the role of umpire.
I think fans hassling umpires is stupid for what it’s worth. But the fact he responded is just crazy.
FFC owe it to it’s players and members to do something to remove this absolute pest of an umpire from our games. People saying “good sides beat the umpire too” are missing the point. It’s hard enough to win anything in this league and the odds are already stacked against us, without dealing with a prick like this handing soft frees to the likes of west coast at crucial times in games.