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Hopefully Nafan
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One thing that is an absolute certainty. You'll know who the AFL Umpiring panel rates as the top-4 umps when we see which group is doing the Coll v Ess match this week.
The thing that annoys me about this is, the genuine attempt part, it sounds easy, but I constantly see players just drop the ball and nothing happens.Brad Scott got clarity from someone at the AFL about the holding the ball decisions from the bombers game.
The Ridley decision: “AFL said he had no prior but he could have attempted to dispose of the ball, as long as you throw a foot at it and miss it would be play on”
FMD, No, that is incorrect disposal.
I’m starting to be convinced the AFL wants as much grey as possible
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This, this and this. It’s just a circus.I dont understand the interpretation of incorrect disposal or holding the ball anymore.
The AFL have completely lost the plot in terms of direction of the game (keep the ball in continuous motion derp), and lost sight of the fundamentals of what makes our game what it is ieI dont understand the interpretation of incorrect disposal or holding the ball anymore.
Yet under the current interpretation, if you have an arm pinned and aren't in a position to get a foot to the ball, you can legally drop the ball rather that just hold onto it......I think....The AFL have completely lost the plot in terms of direction of the game (keep the ball in continuous motion derp), and lost sight of the fundamentals of what makes our game what it is ie
No.1 You cannot throw the ball. You must kick or handball it.
The umpires are certainly partly to blame, they’ve been particularly terrible since the introduction of the 4th, but the direction from above is a major issue.
It's a great point. I have noticed that more and more. If you as a team are getting called to play on and constantly being put under pressure compared to the opposition it certainly can seem a way of orchestrating an outcome you want...The issue I have coming out of yesterday's game is the number of times we would take a mark or get a free kick and the umpire would call play on without provocation without waiting for a reasonable amount of time. There was a moment in back half where Kemp was still getting to his feet when an umpire called him to play on. Walsh got murdered by an umpire calling him to play on.
How many times did the umpire call advantage when there was no advantage for us?
It's not why we lost, but refusing to allow us to be precise out of defense because you're not giving us time to assess our options - it's one of the reasons Newman, Boyd and Kemp kept fluffing kicks they'd usually have nailed, the ump kept calling them to play on after less than 5 seconds - allows the opposition to build pressure through transition. If Freo were umpired this way - for example - they'd concede an awful lot of goals from turnovers in midfield because they rely on their playmakers from back half to pick holes.
It's extremely frustrating.
How about the Libba one which resulted in a goal. Has a career as a boundary umpire when he finishes his playing DaysWhilst I think it would be bad for the blues, the "backwards over the head" handball which Cripps is a master of is one they should be stamping out. A handball is a punch from a flat palm, and given gravity, that palm shouldnt be upside down.
The amount of "tap on's" and "flicks" which are practically throws needs to be removed and it would make it easier to adjudicate.
No "he tried" garbage - you either have prior and dispose of it properly, or you don't have prior opportunity and don't dispose of it so there is a ball up.
Nacois does it every time would be the best boundary ump ever in the gameHow about the Libba one which resulted in a goal. Has a career as a boundary umpire when he finishes his playing Days
?****ing Umpire Ian Robinson![]()
Nah haha what's he sayingI take it your not watching “The Front Bar”.
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Nah haha what's he saying
You got an awful lot of leeway concerning what constitutes a legal handpass and received a good 3-4 free kicks that resulted in shots on goal which - to your credit - you didn't miss. You also spent the entire game holding and scragging our forwards and mids; your philosophy seemed to be, 'If I can't win, I'm gonna make sure your victory hurts.'You guys had a great run lol