Roast Statement on Umpires

[saintersown]

I'd love to see Watters do this after one of our games where we get screwed by the umpires.



I'm a Manly supporter and they got shafted by the refs last night against the Bunnies.

Haha made me laugh. But makes a very valid point.

 

[Squizz]

With Gieschen to finish up, how will the AFL ever find someone who can provide such bizarrely positive comments on crap decisions?

They credit him with introducing the laws of the game DVD (unfortunately followed by the change-by-the-week interpretations) and putting the umpires in coloured uniforms (which have ended up clashing with player guernseys).

Surprised they left out the umpire collector cards on his CV.

 

[Squizz]

Not a roast ... yet (just some rule changes).

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-12-17/cuts-to-onfield-clutter

Teams will be limited to one runner in 2014 after an AFL decision that is likely to draw the ire of some senior coaches.

The time each runner spends on the ground will also be limited in a radical change designed to limit the impact of on-field officials.

The AFL was worried that runners were doing too much on-field coaching. Research has shown that runners were spending inordinate amounts of time on the ground, with some clubs having runners on the ground for 90 per cent of each game.

With many runners now drawn from within club football departments, they are able to provide information relating to structures, rather than specific messages from the coaches.

The AFL is also concerned that on-field officials have been used to clog up space inside the 50m arcs.

Players were expected to be upset at the decision to reduce the number of trainers permitted to enter the field from six to four. A fifth trainer will only be allowed to enter the field when a stretcher is required.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-12-17/crackdown-on-duckers

The AFL Commission approved a raft of changes:

A player who drives his head into a stationary or near stationary player will be regarded as having had prior opportunity. If he is then tackled he will have to dispose of the ball properly to not be penalised.

If a player ducks into a tackle and that action causes high contact to occur the umpire will call play on.

Changes have also been made to the head clash rule which will state that a player bumping should reasonably foresee a head clash occurring if the bump is incorrectly applied.

The AFL Commission also backed strengthening the rule halting forceful contact below the knees. A free kick will now be paid if a player either makes forceful contact below the knees or acts in a manner likely to cause serious injury, even if contact does not occur.

Players who show strength in the marking contest will also be protected with the inclusion of the word unduly meaning free kicks only paid against a player who "unduly pushes, bumps, blocks or holds…" in a marking contest.

Umpires now have the discretion to determine whether players in the protected area have delayed or impacted the player in possession rather than automatically awarding a 50m penalty against a player who raises his hands in the air when in the protected area.

A common sense approach will be taken to interchange infringements however players or teams who deliberately delay their entry to the field via the interchange may be subject to financial sanctions

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

A common sense approach will be taken to interchange infringements however players or teams who deliberately delay their entry to the field via the interchange may be subject to financial sanctions

Words I never thought that would come out of AFL house.

 

[goodie23]

Yes, the perfect way to reduce the amount of time a runner spends on the ground is to have only one out there...

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Words I never thought that would come out of AFL house.

I fell we need wait until we see their definition of common sense before we pass judgement. Given the reasoning they've shown in the past it may not be pretty.

 

[karaoke]

I fell we need wait until we see their definition of common sense before we pass judgement. Given the reasoning they've shown in the past it may not be pretty.

Because common sense isn't common!

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

Couple good changes there - including the common sense one on interchange infringements. And the protected zone not being a freaking landmine if you accidentally cross some invisible barrier that's only there 10% of the time (75% if St Kilda player).

Think the marking contest rule is just going to create more havok though. Have they really made it any simpler to interpret? I don't think so.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Yes, the perfect way to reduce the amount of time a runner spends on the ground is to have only one out there...

Yep we are reducing rotations, so players who normally don't rotate much will now struggle to get a drink of water.

 

[Nutsngum]

Couple good changes there - including the common sense one on interchange infringements. And the protected zone not being a freaking landmine if you accidentally cross some invisible barrier that's only there 10% of the time (75% if St Kilda player).

Thank god on both. The amount of times I've seen ridiculous 50 metre penalties produced out of absolutely nothing is shameful. 99% of the time the players infringing aren't and cannot actually affect the game in the slightest.

 

[Persevering Saint]

Oh, and this just in: here are the final three contenders to replace the Giesh:

UPDATE: the one on the right has since been culled as an option, sadly.

 

[Kildonan]

Great news

Former Tigers skipper Wayne Campbell becomes new umpires boss

Staff writer December 29, 2013 6:39 PM
FORMER Richmond captain Wayne Campbell will replace Jeff Gieschen as the AFL's national umpiring director.
He will join new senior umpiring coach Hayden Kennedy, a veteran of 495 VFL/AFL games as a field umpire, in a new-look leadership team in the League's umpiring department.

 

[Grav]

So Weller was reported for flattening Blicavs, by the looks was going the ball & IMO he should/hope get off.

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2014-06-15/weller-reported-for-bump-on-blicavs

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

If he get's anything for that i give up on AFL.

 

[Nutsngum]

Eyes on the ball, going for the ball, nothing in it.

Just garbage.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Eyes on the ball, going for the ball, nothing in it.

Just garbage.

This. They'll look at it for about 5 seconds, laugh about it and throw it out.

 

[Smoke_Me_AKipper]

Nothing to see - move on please

Now as for Tommy Simpkins report?

 

[goodie23]

Good grief, that's barely even a free kick. Weller's reaction is pretty much right

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Watching the replay it could just as easily have been reported the other way around.

 

[hawks realist]

Afl should be embaressed having that as a report on their site.

 

[TassieSaint]

Not even a free kick

 

[StFly]

So player A gets to ball first, side on, bends down to pick up ball.
Player B, as he is marginally late (seconds / fractions of seconds), dives in extended hands, head first to contest.
Player B rebounds off player A's hip.

Unfortunate circumstance of a contact sport. If Player A braced and glanced at Player B, then argument could be made of intent, if Player B glanced at player A and "ducked" to draw contact, player B exacerbated the contact and risked his own injury.

That image, looks as though Weller was protecting the ball by putting his body in between it (and his attempt to pick up) and the incoming opposition player(s) in order to gain possession as opposed to thrust his hip into someone's face. Any delayed concussion will be interesting to see what happens with this as Weller does also have a bad record.

Should be classed as insufficient force.

 

[Nutsngum]

Watching it again, Weller is the first to the ball and simply uses his body to block Blicavs who runs into him.

Umpires in that match were ****ing blind idiots.

 

[gringo2011]

Weller should have lost a kidney just incase there was a random head clash coming from nowhere. When will guys start using extrasensory perception to guarantee that no one hits their head on them? Weller should be gaoled as a lesson to other players who refuse to pull out of contests. There should be an intricate process of bows and curtsies before giving every player a go at kicking the ball an equal amount of times. It is outrageously offensive that there continues to be players going home with hurt feelings about the aggressiveness in the game. Perhaps we could all tie a string to a maypole and chase each other around it until we catch a handkerchief from the back pocket of the next player. We could rename it fancy ball and every one gets an equal chance to win by penalising anyone with any talent. Yay inclusiveness.

I think they thought he'd hit him so hard it screwed up his surname.

 

[Winmar2Lockett]

Prepare yourselves for one of those 'it only happens to St Kilda' moments.