As Richmond supporters we all felt something was off with our games during the 2021-2022-23 seasons with the way we were reffed
How many times did you see a game where Richmond had wrestled control of the game against a elite opponent mid-way through the 2nd quarter, only for the opponent to get 3 goals in the final 5-7 minutes due to a series of questionable or tiggy-touch fouls?
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And the players knew it
What Bill Burr explains is 100% what happened with us.
The team would go up by 20-30 points in the 2nd, we would then see our lead shrunk late due to a run of soft, questionable free's.. The second half started with the momentum all messed up & the 3rd would be played more openly, but in the 4th we saw the the umps re-evaluate and often pull a few more random, unbelieveable calls to sway it enough to get the result. ARC-GATE was the most brazen of these calls.
The AFL has never had an original idea in its life. The game is 100% unique, but the way it has been ran is 100% a "copy of a copy"
How many times did you see a game where Richmond had wrestled control of the game against a elite opponent mid-way through the 2nd quarter, only for the opponent to get 3 goals in the final 5-7 minutes due to a series of questionable or tiggy-touch fouls?
- ( 1 minute mark )
And the players knew it
What Bill Burr explains is 100% what happened with us.
The team would go up by 20-30 points in the 2nd, we would then see our lead shrunk late due to a run of soft, questionable free's.. The second half started with the momentum all messed up & the 3rd would be played more openly, but in the 4th we saw the the umps re-evaluate and often pull a few more random, unbelieveable calls to sway it enough to get the result. ARC-GATE was the most brazen of these calls.
The AFL has never had an original idea in its life. The game is 100% unique, but the way it has been ran is 100% a "copy of a copy"