04-30-2022, 11:33 PM
(04-30-2022, 08:43 PM)Lods link Wrote:I kept asking myself whether it wasn't a subconscious thing because she was female.
I think that's part of it.
She's clearly identifiable.
The best thing an umpire can do is not be noticed.
The fact she continually gets herself noticed to begin with is a mark against her.
There are a few umpires that have burned themselves into my brain through consistent poor decisions, she and Razor are the obvious ones, but there have been a few over the journey, not sure if they are still umpiring and if the numbers are the same, but Leigh Fisher gave 14-1 free kicks against us vs St. Kilda one game....he used to play for the saints.
#'s 15 and 23 also have their names/numbers on the naughty list for previous incompetence.
I posted a clip of a free kick from a ruck contest from a few rounds ago (not our game) that was doing the rounds on social media. A free kick was given at a centre bounce for blocking (against a ruck) and no matter how many times i watched it, there was not even the slightest glimpse of what the umpire saw. The free kick went against the ruck who won the tap and no rhyme or reason as to why. That umpire was Eleni