04-17-2016, 04:07 AM
(04-16-2016, 01:06 PM)LoveNavy link Wrote:Certainly didn't help our (at times) good endeavor. Was 24 to 5 at one point >We were basically crucified by the umpires. After the game I heard Terry Wallet pontificating, explaining that free kicks need not be the same for both sides. His explanation would be fine had they umpires not paid so many 50:50 frees against and then not paid some of the most obvious frees in history to us. Yes, they were getting to the ball first and probably deserved more frees, but that does not mean that we do not have backs that are pushed, heads that have been interfered with, arms that have been chopped, marks that have been taken or holding the balls that should be rewarded. We were not rewarded for our work, and a few of those frees that were given (like the one against Rowe) should earn all 3 umpires several weeks in deepest, darkest Qld or Tassie.
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