04-08-2018, 08:47 AM
(04-08-2018, 08:10 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Brother Elwood, we have been deadset raped by the umpiring this season: watched the tape vs the filth and our blokes are getting frustrated, and I can see why. Some peanut jumps two seconds early and Jones gets done for tunnelling, yet our blokes get taken out under the ball at every contest..... Side bottom gets tackled, throws it away with impunity, we get held for one microsecond and we get done... Surely our luck has to turn in this area, it can't be this bad all season, surely?
Its the same in most sports Prof...bottom teams get nothing from the umps unless its the obvious free and opposing star players get looked after ie Sidebottom....he drops the ball and its seen as knocked out of his hands, Polson does same and its holding the ball/incorrect disposal...
Jones seems to highlight his errors by looking ungainly, its easy to pay frees against him for that reason....other players are more subtle...Ben Brown gets a lot of frees his way from what I have seen and that worries me the way Jones is playing and I think he needs to reign in his attacking nature and be a bit more circumspect how he goes about defending.
The frees will even themselves out but as you and I know well its when and where you get them.....when we got all those 50m penalties vs Richmond for encroaching the mark I said to myself this wont last and we will pay for it next game or the one after....