The Bulldogs and Umpires: Time for a Royal Commission?

[adogsfan5]

So you can only comment on umpiring if you have umpired at the highest level....Wow you doggies fans are seriously going down the pipe....

Yes, all umpires and the afl as an organisation are heavily into match fixing and are corrupt. They are all in on this little deal to get the dogs another flag. Based on your eyes on a TV, you must be correct.

 

[DogsAreBarking]

So you can only comment on umpiring if you have umpired at the highest level....Wow you doggies fans are seriously going down the pipe....

Didn't say that at all.

 

[PhatBoy]

What I would like the window licking faction to explain is why they think the AFL would choose the Bulldogs of all teams to assist? It probably in financial terms would be among the biggest wastes of a corrupt plot you could possibly imagine.

‘Mr McLachlan would you like us to rig the competition and our decisions onfield to favour the sides who’s success will bring the greatest increase in revenue?’
‘No mate, try and get the bulldogs over the line so their middle-lower tier fan base might make the huge jump into the middle tier. That should fetch us a massive profit.’

 

[adogsfan5]

What I would like the window licking faction to explain is why they think the AFL would choose the Bulldogs of all teams to assist? It probably in financial terms would be among the biggest wastes of a corrupt plot you could possibly imagine.

‘Mr McLachlan would you like us to rig the competition and our decisions onfield to favour the sides who’s success will bring the greatest increase in revenue?’
‘No mate, try and get the bulldogs over the line so their middle-lower tier fan base might make the huge jump into the middle tier. That should fetch us a massive profit.’

Correct. And we also have a very outspoken coach that has complained multiple times about rule changes. Would he be complaining if we were in some sort of match fixing arrangement? No.
If I was going to choose a team or club to favour on purpose (despite it being a ridiculous notion) it would be the Suns. But hey, that’s just my opinion.

 

[Bushdid911]

Im really trying not to reignite the umpiring sh*t fight but please tell me what frees werent there?

Oh so now you want evidence of which frees went where.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

It doesn’t matter how you bend it, there is no logical reason for the AFL or individual or collective umpires to favour the Western Bulldogs. If you can’t accept that disciplined coaching is the reason for the differential, the only other thing that makes any sense was suggested a few pages back as a half-jest: the mesmerising beauty of our colours. (How that correlates with free kicks, though, is still a mystery)

 

[Alesana]

Anyone actually know where i can get stats about individual umpires and frees paid for particular teams?

There's this

 

[BEaston]

My opinion of the umpiring in the 2016 grand final was from the deplorable umpiring i witnessed first hand. My opinion of the umpiring on saturday night was based on what i witnessed also. I could GAF what the AFL says about the standard. They are as corrupt an entity across the board as you can get.

But hey....if you need the big house to approve of your views before you can feel all safe....then go for it...maybe China is a better option for you?

 

[Achy Blakey Heart]

There's this

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Where does this data come from though?

 

[YeoShuey]

Very strange selections, not sure wtf the afl is doing there. Wonder if razor didn't want to go to WA?

Already in WA so would have been the easy choice, ha ha.

A joke Umpire #23 is still in it at this point.

 

[Alesana]

Where does this data come from though?

Dan Andrews' super computer

 

[Plugger35]

If supporters from the club I followed continuously complained about umpiring decisions from 5 years ago, on an online forum, I would be extremely embarrassed. Have some pride for goodness sake and take your tinfoil hat off.

The 2016 grand final was won by the western bulldogs and there will never be an * on that premiership. Dogs fans will never change their minds on that glorious day. Your coach even said you didn’t play well enough. You coming on here telling us you thought the umpiring was deplorable achieves nothing. You won’t be winning that grand final now or changing the minds of bulldogs fans. You’re wasting your time.

There will never be an * on that premiership for Bulldogs supporters but you can't say the same for other teams supporters, many of whom still think there is an * on that premiership due to the biased umpiring. The fact people are still talking about the umpiring in that GF almost 5 years on says it all.

What I would like the window licking faction to explain is why they think the AFL would choose the Bulldogs of all teams to assist? It probably in financial terms would be among the biggest wastes of a corrupt plot you could possibly imagine.

‘Mr McLachlan would you like us to rig the competition and our decisions onfield to favour the sides who’s success will bring the greatest increase in revenue?’
‘No mate, try and get the bulldogs over the line so their middle-lower tier fan base might make the huge jump into the middle tier. That should fetch us a massive profit.’

As I've said before what does it matter why the Bulldogs get favoured? Whatever the reason it doesn't change the fact they get favoured, maybe some people at AFL House are Bulldogs fans, maybe some of the umpires are Bulldogs fans, maybe the umpires subconsciously favour the Bulldogs shade of blue which is why they favour West Coast too, who the hell knows, all we know is they get favoured and people are sick of it.

Opposition supporters don't care why the Bulldogs get favoured, they just care about the AFL needing to be a fair and level playing field and in Bulldogs games that often isn't the case and it can affect results.

 

[PhatBoy]

There will never be an * on that premiership for Bulldogs supporters but you can't say the same for other teams supporters, many of whom still think there is an * on that premiership due to the biased umpiring. The fact people are still talking about the umpiring in that GF almost 5 years on says it all.



As I've said before what does it matter why the Bulldogs get favoured? Whatever the reason it doesn't change the fact they get favoured, maybe some people at AFL House are Bulldogs fans, maybe some of the umpires are Bulldogs fans, maybe the umpires subconsciously favour the Bulldogs shade of blue which is why they favour West Coast too, who the hell knows, all we know is they get favoured and people are sick of it.

Opposition supporters don't care why the Bulldogs get favoured, they just care about the AFL needing to be a fair and level playing field and in Bulldogs games that often isn't the case and it can affect results.

Translation: there is no reasoning to support my conspiracy theory

 

[DogsAreBarking]

The fact people are still talking about the umpiring in that GF almost 5 years on says it all.

People still talk about the earth being flat, doesn't mean it is.

all we know is they get favoured and people are sick of it.

Again, no, you don't know this. You just think it. Which is fine, go nuts. But it doesn't make it real just because a few people believe it hard enough.

 

[Plugger35]

Translation: there is no reasoning to support my conspiracy theory

When did I suggest there is a conspiracy theory?

As I said before I don't know why the Bulldogs get favoured but I can support the fact the Bulldogs get favoured by pointing to the free kick stats over the past 5 or so years along with showing replays of Bulldogs games.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

When did I suggest there is a conspiracy theory?

As I said before I don't know why the Bulldogs get favoured but I can support the fact the Bulldogs get favoured by pointing to the free kick stats over the past 5 or so years along with showing replays of Bulldogs games.

Read post #1296 again.

 

[adogsfan5]

There will never be an * on that premiership for Bulldogs supporters but you can't say the same for other teams supporters, many of whom still think there is an * on that premiership due to the biased umpiring. The fact people are still talking about the umpiring in that GF almost 5 years on says it all.



As I've said before what does it matter why the Bulldogs get favoured? Whatever the reason it doesn't change the fact they get favoured, maybe some people at AFL House are Bulldogs fans, maybe some of the umpires are Bulldogs fans, maybe the umpires subconsciously favour the Bulldogs shade of blue which is why they favour West Coast too, who the hell knows, all we know is they get favoured and people are sick of it.

Opposition supporters don't care why the Bulldogs get favoured, they just care about the AFL needing to be a fair and level playing field and in Bulldogs games that often isn't the case and it can affect results.

The fact people are still talking about it, is quite pathetic to be honest. They are either trolling, trying to persuade other supporters to jump on board with them or trying to ruffle our feathers. Only sad issue is, you’re jumping on board something that can’t be changed, and never will be changed. It’s all a moot point.

What is it that you’re trying to achieve out of it?

Was Wayne Harmes out of bounds in the 1979 grand final? Maybe we can revisit that one too and chuck an * there also.

 

[Plugger35]

Again, no, you don't know this. You just think it. Which is fine, go nuts. But it doesn't make it real just because a few people believe it hard enough.

It's more than just a few people if you go by the number of complaints on this forum about the umpiring in Bulldogs games, there isn't much made of it in the rest of the footy media but they are probably under instructions from the AFL not to be too critical of the umpiring.

 

[DogsAreBarking]

It's more than just a few people if you go by the number of complaints on this forum about the umpiring in Bulldogs games, there isn't much made of it in the rest of the footy media but they are probably under instructions from the AFL not to be too critical of the umpiring.

Oh lordy, the BigFooty community are up in arms. What's the ratio of BigFooty posters/general footy fans I wonder? And the rest of the footy media are all being kept hushed too, under instruction of an organisation that doesn't employ them. Golly, what a dastardly scheme.

Read yourself back to yourself, and have a laugh.

 

[Plugger35]

The fact people are still talking about it, is quite pathetic to be honest. They are either trolling, trying to persuade other supporters to jump on board with them or trying to ruffle our feathers. Only sad issue is, you’re jumping on board something that can’t be changed, and never will be changed. It’s all a moot point.

What is it that you’re trying to achieve out of it?

Was Wayne Harmes out of bounds in the 1979 grand final? Maybe we can revisit that one too and chuck an * there also.

I can't comment on the 1979 GF as it was before my time but I've been watching Grand Finals for over 30 years and I've never seen umpiring as bad or as biased as in the 2016 GF. The only other GF that got close to that was the 2017 GF where the umpires clearly favoured Richmond but they won by so much in the end it didn't really have any bearing on the result.

 

[adogsfan5]

I can't comment on the 1979 GF as it was before my time but I've been watching Grand Finals for over 30 years and I've never seen umpiring as bad or as biased as in the 2016 GF. The only other GF that got close to that was the 2017 GF where the umpires clearly favoured Richmond but they won by so much in the end it didn't really have any bearing on the result.

So poor umpiring and favouring is okay.. as long as it doesn’t affect the result..

You do realise Longmire came out and said his team wasn’t good enough to win on the day right?

 

[Bald]

I can't comment on the 1979 GF as it was before my time but I've been watching Grand Finals for over 30 years and I've never seen umpiring as bad or as biased as in the 2016 GF. The only other GF that got close to that was the 2017 GF where the umpires clearly favoured Richmond but they won by so much in the end it didn't really have any bearing on the result.

If you are a good team and are better than your opposition you will generally get more free kicks as you are usually first to the ball and making most of the play.

 

[Plugger35]

Oh lordy, the BigFooty community are up in arms. What's the ratio of BigFooty posters/general footy fans I wonder? And the rest of the footy media are all being kept hushed too, under instruction of an organisation that doesn't employ them. Golly, what a dastardly scheme.

Read yourself back to yourself, and have a laugh.

Say what you like about Bigfooty but it's one of the few places you will get honest and unfiltered opinions from real footy supporters, you won't get that from some of the other media platforms like Ch7 or Fox when they need to negotiate with the AFL to get the rights to AFL games and access to players.

 

[adogsfan5]

Say what you like about Bigfooty but it's one of the few places you will get honest and unfiltered opinions from real footy supporters, you won't get that from some of the other media platforms like Ch7 or Fox when they need to negotiate with the AFL to get the rights to AFL games and access to players.

Plugger, half of the posts on here about footy are a dic* sizing contest. Half of this thread has been just that.
Have you seen a Carlton vs essendon debate? Go back and check the Saad trade thread.

 

[gordo2016]

When did I suggest there is a conspiracy theory?

As I said before I don't know why the Bulldogs get favoured but I can support the fact the Bulldogs get favoured by pointing to the free kick stats over the past 5 or so years along with showing replays of Bulldogs games.

Sounds like another person that doesn't know the difference between a fact and an opinion.
Opinion : Umps favour the Bulldogs.
It is not a fact, because you or no one else can prove it.





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