I think the umpiring this game is the one that finally breaks the players as well as the fans.
We've been reamed hard by umps for years and seen the team be able to fight through it, but today's game just feels different to me.
It was pure match-fixing with the amount of momentum killing frees/50s. Winning this keeps top 4 open for us, but every time we looked to break open the game, the umps gift melbourne 2-3 goals from nothing free kicks without even giving us anything, and then pile it on even more at the end to stop us from even having a chance.
Could see it late in the last quarter, especially after the Broad non-high call, a lot of the players that have been here most of the past 7 years just look over it, like they know we are getting f***ed over but just can't be bothered fighting it anymore, I'm only watching through a screen but it seemed the crowd was fed up with it too.
Until the club goes hard at the AFL over the past 7 years of umpiring, or the AFL go ahead and fix up all of the f***ed up rules they've implemented, I know many of us fans won't be taking this sport seriously anymore.
We've been reamed hard by umps for years and seen the team be able to fight through it, but today's game just feels different to me.
It was pure match-fixing with the amount of momentum killing frees/50s. Winning this keeps top 4 open for us, but every time we looked to break open the game, the umps gift melbourne 2-3 goals from nothing free kicks without even giving us anything, and then pile it on even more at the end to stop us from even having a chance.
Could see it late in the last quarter, especially after the Broad non-high call, a lot of the players that have been here most of the past 7 years just look over it, like they know we are getting f***ed over but just can't be bothered fighting it anymore, I'm only watching through a screen but it seemed the crowd was fed up with it too.
Until the club goes hard at the AFL over the past 7 years of umpiring, or the AFL go ahead and fix up all of the f***ed up rules they've implemented, I know many of us fans won't be taking this sport seriously anymore.