Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 25

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Handyandy]

Odd that none of that was front page news and being harped on about.

Moral victory

 

[Del165198]

You've missed the point Bravey.


The AFL has a clear rule that it enforces with an iron fist - with huge penalties to players coaches or officials who breach it -NEVER to make an adverse comment about umpiring decisions.

And yet here we have the AFL going public admitting their umpires made A mistake on the back of a club whining about it.

As if that decision was the only incorrect call made all weekend or the worst non call made all season.

There are dozens of incorrect, controversial or non-call decisions made across any single game in the AFL. Why is THIS one any different. And why shouldn't every coach in every after match presser highlight wrong calls from now on?

To be clear - Olsen (I assume) did not approach the AFL about this decision to get it overturned of course. He did it with one goal in mind - to intimidate umpires in future Adelaide games leading up to the finals.

As Ford Fairlane said - it's a slippery slope.

You've never seen a club "seek clarification" on an umpiring decision after a game? It happens a lot. The AFL have also admitted to incorrect calls from this process. It's not a slippery slope to anything.

Everyone understands the umps aren't infallible and aren't getting 100% of calls right.

If it had been rozee that copped a whack in the mush in the same situation, we'd all be foaming about a missed high contact free.

Nothing in it.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The AFL apologising is like those recordings at train stations when AdelaideMetro apologises for the inconvenience of your train being late.

We're sorry but whatcha gonna do?

 

[Schulzenfest]

Bengadine Keays

 

[Schulzenfest]

Oh **** off you liar. That's even less believable than the s**tstain excuse.

Ben Keays embarrassing himself all over the place this weekend. What a weak dishonest man he is.

 

[Handyandy]

The port’s cheer squad should wave a bunch of shitty white crows pants at the next showdown.

 

[Handyandy]

He could get a gig promoting adult incontinence nappies

 

[TazD]

Grass stain eh, did he fall like this?

 

[Capital Power]

Don't teams carry spare shorts?

 

[Festerz]

No, glad we don’t have some slimey ex poli at the club who bleats like a sheep.
We are getting a decent run with umps now we have some respect from them. Respect for being a decent team with decent players.

THIS.

Hinkley made a general and carefully crafted comment following the St Kilda game:

“I'm not an umpire bagger or whinger about (umpiring), but at the moment we're a long way in front with the free-kick count against,” Hinkley added.

“It would be nice to get some clarity from the umpires back to us if we're that poor at some of the things that we're doing, I'd just love to get that direction coming back our way because I don't want to go searching for it.

“In a two-way conversation I think it would be nice to feel why we've given away 20-plus more free kicks for holding the man in this competition six rounds in – that's a big number. A big, big number.

“That gives up 300-400 metres in a game of football. We're aware of it, we work at it, but we seem to keep on doing it so we must have something wrong with the umpiring of the game.”

It was out in the open and not accusatorial but questioning. Of the umpiring balance against us in general.

The AFL did not issue any comment or statement in response but I think the umpiring of our games has become more balanced as a result of it.

My problem with the Crows is that they went behind closed doors and the AFL issued a public statement about a single decision contributing to a narrative that the match was stolen because of it - when in reality the umpiring across the game was pretty unbalanced in Collingwood's favour (aqs much as it was unbalanced in the Crows favour at Adelaide Oval a few weeks ago).

 

[Festerz]

Don't teams carry spare shorts?

Yes. But not anal plugs afaik.

This might change for the crows from now on.

 

[Del165198]

AFL admits umpiring error over Murphy non-call - AFL admits umpiring error over Murphy non-call

Here ya go, here's the AFL admitting the umps stuffed up early this year.



Here's another one. Happens multiple times a year. Slippery slope indeed

 

[bomberclifford]

Didn't the AFL say after the fact that the Luke Shuey

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free kick in that EF shouldn't have been paid?
I'm pretty sure we gave them a 'please explain' behind closed doors.

 

[Poo Eckert]

If there’s not a loud POOOOOOO directed at him at the next few showdowns, I’ll be very disappointed.

Always thought he was a s**tstain

 

[Festerz]

Didn't the AFL say after the fact that the Luke Shuey free kick in that EF shouldn't have been paid?
I'm pretty sure we gave them a 'please explain' behind closed doors.

They actually said it was the 'correct' decision...and Port Adelaide did not seek an explanation from the AFL over the decision. The point being losing that game eliminated us from the finals and bringing up a single decision wouldn't change that.

AFL says high contact free kick to Luke Shuey was correct, in West Coast's extra time win over Port Adelaide

The AFL umpiring department has given a tick of approval to the high contact free kick paid to Luke Shuey that resulted in his after-the-siren-goal in West Coast's thrilling win over Port Adelaide on Saturday night.

www.theage.com.au

Only calling it incorrect months later iirc.

Shuey himself admitting in 2020 that he shrugged to milk the free.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Lol how is the "ben keays incident" him shitting his own dacks and not him ripping the eye wear off another player

It's hard to decide which excuse is less believable

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[StrappingTape]

I dunno they were only in that position after Rankine threw a ball out right infront of the umpire that I was baffled how that wasn't called. The one at the end I didn't even notice and I'd say the umpires on the field were the same as it came so fast and it looked like he got the ball because it bobbled straight up. If the ball hadn't come out it probably then is more noticable.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

The port’s cheer squad should wave a bunch of shitty white crows pants at the next showdown.

Every time he gets the ball they should have a brown card to hold up from the bench.

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[MrMeaner]

You would have to think that after every contest his opponent would ask him if he shat himself that time. I know I would.

 

[Smartys Power]

How does one accidentally rip googles off of someone’s head?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Yes. But not anal plugs afaik.

This might change for the crows from now on.

Change?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

How does one accidentally rip googles off of someone’s head?

Should have been a free kick and shot on goal. High contact after the all clear was given.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

They actually said it was the 'correct' decision...and Port Adelaide did not seek an explanation from the AFL over the decision. The point being losing that game eliminated us from the finals and bringing up a single decision wouldn't change that.

AFL says high contact free kick to Luke Shuey was correct, in West Coast's extra time win over Port Adelaide

The AFL umpiring department has given a tick of approval to the high contact free kick paid to Luke Shuey that resulted in his after-the-siren-goal in West Coast's thrilling win over Port Adelaide on Saturday night.

www.theage.com.au

Only calling it incorrect months later iirc.

Shuey himself admitting in 2020 that he shrugged to milk the free.

The free kick was there but we are changing the interpretation for a free if you duck into it.

 

[bomberclifford]

They actually said it was the 'correct' decision...and Port Adelaide did not seek an explanation from the AFL over the decision. The point being losing that game eliminated us from the finals and bringing up a single decision wouldn't change that.

AFL says high contact free kick to Luke Shuey was correct, in West Coast's extra time win over Port Adelaide

The AFL umpiring department has given a tick of approval to the high contact free kick paid to Luke Shuey that resulted in his after-the-siren-goal in West Coast's thrilling win over Port Adelaide on Saturday night.

www.theage.com.au

Only calling it incorrect months later iirc.

Shuey himself admitting in 2020 that he shrugged to milk the free.

Interesting. I recall a conversation with someone connected to our football dept at the time who said that the AFL (possibly umpires rep?) came to Alberton to apologise for it.

Seems the AFL gets to keep its cake and eat it too.

Port Adelaide did not seek an explanation from the AFL over the decision.

I don't think this is true. What makes you so sure?