Umpiring Round 7 Crows v Pies Umpiring

[Wosh]

A lot of people very fired up over the umpiring in this game

 

[Kipz]

All 4 of them should be blacklisted from ever umpiring a game of Aussie rules again, not just the top level

 

[Crows4Flag]

Definitely seemed like they missed some obvious free kicks, particularly going the pies way.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Seemed afraid to make some obvious calls against the home team - particularly in the last quarter.

 

[Geelong_Bisons_#36]

The umpires from tonight's game making their way home.

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

By far the most one-sided umpiring I've seen in a long time.

 

[CrowToon]

3 umpires leaned toward the Crows but #25 was definitely a Pies man.

RIGHT. IN. FRONT. OF. MY. TV.

 

[MagpieJo]

Seriously we need to pay the fine, that was literally cheating

 

[Occidental]

Ball 5 metres from goal.
Play on, no free.

 

[SuperSteele22]

A top 12 team would have beaten us by 14 goals tonight if they had a run that good. Lucky we were only playing the Crows

 

[CrowToon]

A top 12 team would have beaten us by 14 goals tonight if they had a run that good. Lucky we were only playing the Crows

 

[HenrikLundqvist]

The sheer hypocrisy of the AFL and their optics for player safety/ protecting the head.

How could a single one of these umpires not:
1. Pay a free kick to Murphy when Fogarty obviously makes high contact.
2. Stop the game until he goes off in the arms of the medicos as a player with a known concussion history.
3. Stop the game when the ball comes in the immediate proximity of a player being taken from the field when De Goey does the right thing in avoiding the medicos?

 

[Ginnieboy]

All 4 of them should be blacklisted from ever umpiring a game of Aussie rules again, not just the top level

And sent to jail

 

[Ginnieboy]

Was the same last week against Essendon, something needs to be said.

 

[FireKrakouer]

By the 4th quarter it was simply cheating, those umps need to be investigated as they must have had a financial interest in a Crows victory.

 

[NonPhixion]

Some of the worst I have seen in a very long time. The non call on Murphy was astounding

 

[Soups]

Number 19 should be sacked tomorrow.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Third quarter of yesterday's Hawthorn vs Dogs match had some game changing howlers as well. Gary Lyon was happy to point it out.

 

[TRP1996]

Some pretty obvious ones Collingwood's way that were missed. Doubt you'll find many Crows fans who disagree.

 

[MagpieJo]

i have this thing I do after a game, I go to the other teams game thread on their page, even when we lose which is kind of morbid! , and I have to say, well don’t to the crows posterswho acknowledged just how bad the umpiring was, the Murphy incident and the Johnson one, and when a cats fan says ‘by gee the umps were hard done by to lose that in the last 30 sec’ youknow something is up!

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Johnson and Murphy calls/non-calls were absolutely ludicrous and could’ve impacted the final result

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

Number 19 should be sacked tomorrow.

Failed to pay the free to Murphy
Failed to stop the play when Murphy was bleeding
Paid deliberate against JDG who was trying to avoid Murphy and the doctor cause he didnt stop the play and there was a ****ing hazard on the field.
Should never umpire again.

 

[Angelus512]

Most folks have a go at umpires due to feeling for their team. Everybody does it. But today was seriously blatant favouritism.

AFL needs an approach by the pies on this matter. It was so obvious even the commentators couldn’t help noting it this time.

 

[SuperSteele22]

Most folks have a go at umpires due to feeling for their team. Everybody does it. But today was seriously blatant favouritism.

AFL needs an approach by the pies on this matter. It was so obvious even the commentators couldn’t help noting it this time.

I actually felt as though the commentators did their best to try and gloss over it. Especially Lewis - I could almost smell his tears through my TV screen after the final siren

 

[BringFevBack2021]

I just rewatched the Murphy incident:

• That’s a mark
• That’s also high contact
• Maybe front on contact too as he didn’t make contact with the ball, but hard to say he was looking at the ball

Either way, he deserved to take the kick. At worst, play needed to be stopped when he had:

1. Blood pouring from his nose
2. Doctors escorting him from the field

I know umpires need to adjudicate based on rules but a degree of common sense and intuitive decision making should be required to umpire at the elite level. Imagine JDG took the ball and gets tackled by the oppo player chasing him, barrelling into the doctors and the likely concussed Murphy.


I don’t think it was “blatant cheating” but I do wonder if the umpire was influenced by the crowd and didn’t want to blow the whistle. Which is obviously inexcusable. I wonder what the AFL are going to say about this.