AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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I am now sure that I don't know the rules around holding the ball etc anymore and it is making the game less interesting as there doesn't seem to be consistently applied rules (along with the odd return of others such as kicking in danger, not returning the ball directly to the umpire, insufficient attempt etc).  The other one that gets on my goat is incorrect disposal.  So many throws.

The outcry over decisions that are replayed several times, slowed down, viewed from 800 angles is way over the the top with over analysis and unfair to umpires that have 4 angles and a couple of them are a fair distance away.

[member=181]dodge[/member] Agreed, it's not the umpires fault, it is the AFLs.

100% agree about the throws, they've allowed the media use of slow-motion replays to bully the umpires into excusing questionable disposal. The old ways under one umpire use to require unambiguous correct disposal, the hand holding the ball had to be still, if it wasn't it was penalised, it was the only way a single umpire could officiate and it was in many ways better. Now without doubt the ball gets thrown away with the mere scrape of a knuckle, it's a disgrace.