Not a one off, but just whenever a player goes for the footy on the deck and is swarmed by 4 opponents who sit on his back and pin his arms while he thrashes around trying to let go of the footy.....that's not holding the ball you ****ing maggots!
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I just disagree that the Darling one is "clear" and that the camera angle is incapable of showing otherwise. Simple as that. Willing to concede that the goal umpire on the line was in a much better position.
Quite a few.
www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-10-brisbane-vs-west-coast.954283
Just checked the thread, plenty of neutrals saying it needed a replay as well...
All in all you guys won, probably deserved it after the way we played... I feel it was a bad decision...
And in that respect feel a bit robbed, but life goes on.. Hopefully next year it doesnt hinge on decisons..
I think we can agree on that..?
Since this has predictably turned into a 'team X got a chariot ride against my team' thread rather than a thread on individual decisions, I'm gonna have to bring up the last quarter of the Port versus Essendon game last year. The single most blatantly biased quarter of football that I've ever witnessed at any level. A 34 point Port Adelaide lead was reeled in within about 8 minutes due to an umpiring performance so biased that even Essendon supporters on Bigfooty were saying that we were robbed, let alone neutrals. Nearly got us the spoon.
Lol, you can't see the tackle pushing Darling's fist into his own face?
Sorry, meant to say 2011. Forgot that 2011 isn't 'last year' anymore.
And yes, I know we were somewhat to blame, but if there was ever a time where the umpires can be blamed for a loss, it was that match. I very, very rarely play that card, but when even Essendon supporters are saying that we were robbed, then they obviously had an influence.
Yes, and I've already acknowledged that we weren't blameless so I'm not sure what your point is. Unless you're trying to say that umpires have never influenced the outcome of the match, in which case your point is idiotic.
Yep. The call was technically correct, but it is a bad rule IMO.Was Schofield taking a bounce at the time?
On a similar note, I remember Ben Hudson got a 50m against him for putting his arms up and saying "What?!" against Essendon (?) in 2011. Last year's prelim against Hawthorn had too many to list.When the umpire paid 50m against Adam Goodes because he pointed at him.
I still laugh about it..seriously, he pointed at the umpire. Classic
That is one glass jaw......
You do realize that something can be an influencing factor without being the sole cause, right? Sure, no amount of umpiring could've saved Port in the 2007 Grand Final, for example, but the umpiring can most certainly be an influencing factor in close games and you're incredibly naive if you think otherwise. Especially when it's not just one isolated decision but it's a whole quarter or a whole game full of them.
That is one slow motion replay
Can it alter the score? Sure. But not the result.