Round 20 - West Coast Eagles v Geelong Cats - Fri Aug 10, 8:40pm EST - ** LIVE BLOG @ 8.20PM EST**

[neroblack]

'Umps: Give us consistency' --> sign in WC cheer squad. Oh boy

Yep...that says something about the fan that gets that sign made before they come to a game. What about the team you're supporting???

 

[Bleeeeeeeeep]

******* pathetic from the umpires in that last qtr, tryed everything possible to try and get Geelong over the line in the end.

LOL
i hope this isnt the standard for the weekend.

 

[Stewart2Austin Reborn]

Extraordinarily proudly sung.

Did the umps sing their song?

 

[kirky]

Seriously, do we want those three clowns umpiring in the finals?

 

[BACCS]

The deliberate out of bounds decision against kerr is straight up the worst free kick decision i have ever seen.

That was easily the worst of the match, and there were a shitload.

 

[SkittleCats]

******* pathetic from the umpires in that last qtr, tryed everything possible to try and get Geelong over the line in the end.

Only after the umps did everything possible to get you guys up, they had to try and save some credibility didnt they? Im wondering when i missed the "touch Dean Cox and its a free kick in the centre" rule introduction.

 

[Speck]

That game was just WTF.

I hope the coaches both comment on the disgrace it was (not in that it affected them, but overall). 64 free kicks should never ever ever be paid in a game of football. The deliberate out of bounds was unbelievable.

 

[LongBomb]

- A touched goal given after an inept video review.
- Lose by a goal.

Tough night at the office.

 

[yibbida]

quick question, glass had the ball inside the goal square just after a Cats point and he handpassed it out to the guy thats ment to kick it out (well so i think), should that have been an illegal kickout?

Yes

 

[BLPC08]

The Kerr deliberate was fair - he dribbled it along the line until it hit the boundary, you see similar paid quite often. The one against McKenzie (I think) was very unlucky, he fumbled the ball over the line and the umpire guessed.

I personally don't mind the deliberate call being paid more frequently, as long as their consistent.

 

[Gameova_]

forget carlton , collingwood , essendon chuck in norf as well and any other melbourne team west coast have by far the worst supporter base in the league... Looking forward to when they get flogged next... bunch of cheating sooks
BOOOOO

 

[Bennett.]

well, what an odd game...

 

[Coaster2012]

The hell are they booing?

The umpires you idiot

 

[BACCS]

Too bad, tough game.

Would've been way better if Cox wasn't on the end of every WC free I bothered to look at

6 outta 60, wow, did you only watch about 2% of the game? Even free kick count, shocking both ways, get over it.

 

[kirky]

If you can't see what's wrong with 64 free kicks in a game, I pity you.

I understand that 64 is a ridiculous number but neither side was actually favored by it - it was just over umpired and unnecessary. That was the point I was trying to make - it was bad umpiring but favored neither side.

 

[MaccasNeighbour]

I thought it was terrible the way a footy game kept disrupting the umpire show tonight

 

[kaiserchief13]

The Kerr deliberate was fair - he dribbled it along the line until it hit the boundary, you see similar paid quite often. The one against McKenzie (I think) was very unlucky, he fumbled the ball over the line and the umpire guessed.

I personally don't mind the deliberate call being paid more frequently, as long as their consistent.

Mackenzie tried to gather the ball, while attempting to gather Joel Selwood pushed him forward and he went flying with the ball out of bounds. NFI what he's supposed to do there. Even if he did try he couldn't have done anything else

 

[imperial_oz]

And thus ends the most incompetently umpired game I have ever seen.

Wait till tomorrow. We've got McBurney and Margetts is Adelaide and both of those flogs have consistently screwed Freo from time immemorial. I'm willing to bet tomorrow will be equally as poor if not even worse.

 

[Mister Football]

The funny thing is the WC supporters are to blame for those ridiculous Deliberate OOB's. That first one against Geelong where they pleaded for it after it correctly being called on Glass (you just cant step backwards across the boundry line after holding it for a few seconds) caused the umpires to set the standard for the night. and therefore we had the farcical situation that we had.

Huh? If the umpires are letting the crowd influence their decisions, they are incompetent. The crowd was blameless here.

 

[Igloo]

A player or coach should honestly call a press conference and publicly say that the umpiring standard is shithouse. I'm sure every player and coach in the league would help them pay the fine. Just make the bloody league stand up and realise how bad it is.
It's ruining the game.

 

[muttweed]

I swear the umpires start touching themselves whenever they pay an iffy free kick. Can't get enough of themselves.

Lol at the ump in #28 that smirked like a little bitch every time the crowd called for a free.

He's like "here comes Jesus" then pays a free against Geelong

 

[NarniMagic]

Summary of tonight's game:
Shit umpiring
Shit crowd
Shit commentary
Shit skills
but at least it was a close one

 

[dajesmac]

Hated the umpiring so much tonight.

 

[ScreaM.]

Can't wait for Scott's press confrence, will somehow blame the umpies for not trying hard enough to gift them the game.

 

[laxation]

I thought it was terrible the way a footy game kept disrupting the umpire show tonight

Haha great post!