Autopsy Weekly Umpire Analysis

[Alesana]

As mentioned already, looking at total free kick counts without context is pointless. I wish they didn't even publish the free kick counts the way they do, it just leads to misconceptions of how a game was affected by the Umps. If anything I'd rather they change the stats used, instead of using Frees For and Against, just have Infringements. Might change the way people look at it (how many times a team infringed the rules instead of looking at free kicks as gifts like they're entitled to them).

 

[eaglesfan84]

Tom Cole

28

Tom Cole

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

110.3

2star

D

10.5

3star

K

6.3

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

110.3

2star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

taken high no call, just after Sheed should have been awarded holding the ball, Roos FWD 50m

 

[eaglesfan84]

Umpire's paying a lot more pushing free kicks (apparently someone sent the AFL some footage and some please explains according to Healy), umpiring less trash than usual, and we're up, go figure.

 

[eaglesfan84]

Umpiring gone back to it's usual standard in second quarter, just horrible, inconsistent, confusing calls

 

[eaglesfan84]

A few missed free kicks = goal for north

 

[eaglesfan84]

Liam Ryan

1

Liam Ryan

Age

28

Ht

181cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.3

5star

D

9.9

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.6

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.6

5star

held AGAIN in our fwd 50 not called

 

[eaglesfan84]

Umps giving the softest free kick turnover in the history of the game

 

[eaglesfan84]

Umpires just made massive error holding the ball

 

[eaglesfan84]

Identical holding the ball free kick in Melbourne v Pies as Yeos not paid

 

[eaglesfan84]

Merretts non throw call killed us at a crucial time.

 

[Godfather32]

 

[DirtySandman]

Commentators as it happened, -“ ah, it doesn’t matter at this stage”

Like feck, 5 minutes to go, 2.5 goals down

 

[eaglesfan84]

Commentators as it happened, -“ ah, it doesn’t matter at this stage”

Like feck, 5 minutes to go, 2.5 goals down

Yeah any other team and they'd have been saying "if that call had been made "Team X" could have won this game."

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Think the umpires stayed out of it massively in the first half, and second half think we got the better side of the whistle. Certainly not our traditional shafting.

Throw hurts, but very much a game where we could have made our own luck so hard to complain about one shit call that halted what would have had to be a very improbable comeback.

After watching the AFL tick off the Yeo call then the Collingwood non-50 last week, I think every board could have a thread like this so probably just best to discuss it week by week in the autopsy.

 

[eaglesfan84]

Heard the commentators say "that's not a free kick" at least five times today.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Yeah that probably would have swung things.

Locking this thread now.