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VAR-style reviews is needed in footy after a non-free kick last night almost costing us a win
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No thanks. AFL can't even get the score review right.VAR-style reviews is needed in footy after a non-free kick last night almost costing us a win
AFL can't even get the score review right.
Technology won’t solve the current umpiring woes. Last night is just a symptom of the more general problem that the AFL has been so hell bent on creating new rules about 666, stand, lack of intent, ruck nomination, 3rd man up etc that the basic rules of footy are de-emphasised to the point that they are almost forgotten. I thought that the lack of clarity around HTB, incorrect disposal etc was bad, but apparently the umps don’t even know when a ball is in and out of play!VAR-style reviews is needed in footy after a non-free kick last night almost costing us a win
Yep it would have been nice if Jordan Dawson got his free kick 35m out after the siren when his face was smashed by a Collingwood defender a couple of rounds ago, cost Adelaide a winVAR-style reviews is needed in footy after a non-free kick last night almost costing us a win
Good call. I was at the game and spotted the error sitting in a stand 100m away. I was shocked when watching the replay that the morons in the commentary box didn't even notice , then had to say why is the crowd booing ? Then ask each other what the rules were about handballing a ball to a player out of ****ing bounds only to conclude it was "technically" out of play , what the hellNo. if a boundary umpire can't see a ball marked out of bounds when he's standing on the line 2 metres away, and if a bloke whose out of bounds can handball to another bloke almost leaning on the fence, we have a bigger problem. Not surprisingly, the decisions both involved the same player. Seems the umpires have fallen for the same hyped-up idol worship surrounding a couple of high-profile players from a bottom half side. When half the commentary team are their mates I guess its a bit predictable.
Sounds like a plotline from Sons and Daughters.No. if a boundary umpire can't see a ball marked out of bounds when he's standing on the line 2 metres away, and if a bloke whose out of bounds can handball to another bloke almost leaning on the fence, we have a bigger problem. Not surprisingly, the decisions both involved the same player. Seems the umpires have fallen for the same hyped-up idol worship surrounding a couple of high-profile players from a bottom half side. When half the commentary team are their mates I guess its a bit predictable.
No. if a boundary umpire can't see a ball marked out of bounds when he's standing on the line 2 metres away, and if a bloke whose out of bounds can handball to another bloke almost leaning on the fence, we have a bigger problem. Not surprisingly, the decisions both involved the same player. Seems the umpires have fallen for the same hyped-up idol worship surrounding a couple of high-profile players from a bottom half side. When half the commentary team are their mates I guess its a bit predictable.
As I said, still cant get it rightI keep hearing that. Feels like hyperbole to me.
Felt like it's helped out a lot and got those close calls right pretty much most of the time.