(08-01-2020, 10:41 AM)madbluboy date Wrote:If the umps were favouring Clarko they wouldn't have paid the first 8 frees to us would they? We have been shafted a few games this year but yesterday was not one of them.Clarkson specifically bleated about holding the ball decisions inside the stoppages, and as a side line threw some rocks at Papley about milking frees, that was clearly adjudicated differently last night than it has been for weeks. Excluding the last few minutes when they went back the other way.
I actually defended Clarkson earlier in the week because the media verballed him over Papley.
Why would you come on here defending Clarkson bagging umpires anyway, do you like Clarkson, Dimma, Scott, et.al always bleating about the umpires?
I was actually glad to hear Teague say when asked about eh umpires that "He doesn't get too far into that!" Leave it to the official channels.
btw., I don't think the emphasis just change in our game, it appears to have changed in implementation across the board. Really, it's moved back to what it was more like in seasons past, and benefited coaches who stubbornly refuse to change their plan, and disadvantaged coaches who setup for the new 2nd Rnd interpretation.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"