(04-09-2024, 12:13 AM)crashlander link Wrote:Jackson usually does his best work around the ground, but Tom nullified that totally. It was Tom who took the important marks, not Jackson.
However, Tom's ruckwork probably wasn't as good as Jackson's on the day. Freo seemed to have 'worked out' our midfield structure and limited it.
Tom can be happy with his day's work, but not the way our midfield functioned.
I posted this in RR’s “Apparent improvement by umpires” thread but it’s relevant here too;
“A quick analysis of the centre bounces from our game.
The ball was bounced 20 times and was thrown up once for a 666 warning. 17 bounces were perfect, two deviated slightly from the vertical (De Koning got both hitouts) and one was recalled when McKay and Jackson couldn't get near it. De Koning won 12 hitouts and got one clean possession, Jackson won three hitouts and McKay won two. There were no free kicks for ruck infringements and I didn't see anything that warranted a free kick. Not a bad day's work by the umpires ... and Tom.”
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball