07-20-2019, 10:18 AM
(07-20-2019, 08:52 AM)JonDorotich link Wrote:Umpiring was atrocious today. I’ve been keeping a close eye on umpire no.26 across a few games and he simply will not award a kick to Carlton unless somebody is decapitated. It’s happened repeatedly and needs to be raised with the AFL.
Such a fascinating and unique aspect of our game. In the third q there were 4 consecutive decisions which were plain wrong. 2 went against us and 2 were incorrectly awarded to the Suns. The sequence started when one of their players was caught in a brilliant tackle and dropped the ball yet the closest umpire called play on. The ball travelled to their end of the ground where a less obvious case of “incorrect disposal” was awarded against us in their goalsquare. From the 4 decisions they scored 2 goals and the momentum of the game had shifted.
Yet the guy I was with was a neutral supporter who was bemused by the anger and vitriol directed at the umpires. He seriously thought there was nothing untoward and, if anything, the Blues were getting the rub of the green!
He left early in the last so I didn’t get his take on the way Murph was held without the ball. I suspect he would have just laughed and told me I was biased and blind.
Maybe it’s impossible to be neutral if you’re NOT a Carlton supporter? Maybe he hates Carlton as much as umpire no. 26?
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