07-03-2020, 06:27 AM
(07-03-2020, 03:59 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Yep blaming the umps is an easy out for lack of effort, when you play and attack the ball properly most times the umpiring looks after itself. The scoreboard flattered us and the umpiring had nothing to do with the result.
Except that virtually the first play of the game was McGOvern copping 2 hands in the back, in the square - nothing. Then 2 of StKIlda's first 3 goals from dubious frees and/or 50s. Then, late in the 3rd, as we were pushing to get back into it, a couple of tide-turning frees that killed all our momentum.
Whether they were correct or not - the decisions (or lack of) made a huge difference in the game