Umpiring rants ~ receive our scorn

[HAL]

[noddy,]

what!!!! if this was april 1, i would have sworn this was a joke. are they trying to take away everything that's great about our game ? paying out on the white maggots is part of the very fabric of the game. what crap..

[~Madness~]

short lil bastards. All of them. Had their play lunch stolen as kids...

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

The term 'white maggot' is a little out dated and probably irrelevant these days.
We need some new ones to keep up with the times. Perhaps 'red RAT' or 'yellow snotrag' or something along those lines.
I'm sure one of you colorfully minded people can come up with something better

[qldpie02]

a - they never wear white anymore...so no one can get into trouble cos they wear green or yellow...
b - this doesnt stop the crowd from abusing the umpire by name...which if theyve been umpiring forever happens *cough*Mclaren*cough*
c - players still argue/abuse the umpire at every stoppage. surely its worst to get abuse by a 6^5 , 90+ kg male standing a metre away, then a 6ft male, or a female or a small child whose more than likely more than 15 metres away....whats the difference between abusing a player and abusing the umpire?
d - umpires are more likely not to want to continue because they have NO IDEA on how to INTERPRET the new rules...i dont blame them...if they make a technical call in the first half they hav to keep it up bcos other wise its inconsistent.
e - its the Gabba, hardly anyone yells abuse up here to the umpires cos they dont understand the rules at all.. and the Gabba staff are going insane especially during the cricket...they tried to stop the wave...that didnt work because everyone was doing it...PEOPLE POWER!
f - if everyone who yells abuse was kicked out then there would be no supporters = lows gate money = bad for the AFL = theyll have to relax the rule....
doubt it will happen...

[Zakal]

Well its not actually a term i use all that often...but after this ridiculously draconian measure, i think ill be making up a T-shirt....all white with the word "Maggot" printed across it and start going to some Gabba games.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

You wanna look like an umpire Zakal?

[punkologist]

i actually let the c word slip in the first quarter on wednesday to describe the maggots, im not proud of it and sorry to anyone who was near me. Essenscum always brings out the best in me

[Zakal]

[bazdaddy]

Just typifies society more or less. How much more politically correct can we get. And how $£$%^%%$ soft are these people, they'll be up for a fight if anyone wants to kick me out for abusing an umpire, if this year is anything to go by, I would of seen a total of 5 minutes of footy.

WHITE &^*%$^&% MAGGOTS!!.

[WKB]

Brilliant move, let's take everything away from the football. In fact why even let the crowd in, that would solve all these problems.

Best line I heard on Anzac Day to the men in yellow that day - "You're still f*cking white maggots to me, you've just been p*ssed on"

[Pa Marmo]

We can use the term "non colour specific maggots"

[Hiss]

I do recall Umpire Bill and his mate Robinson walking the boundary line before a big game in the 70's and 80's in shorts so far up their backsides, it was a wonder they could walk at all. But in fairness, we would give them stick and they would often stop to say hello. Well not to me that often after I sprayed beer over one of their kind at a VP park match in 73. I used to try and speak to them after a home and away game, but couldn't out run the police horses who got to them first, and often would near run us down like it was Battle of the Light Brigade being reinacted. Idiots.

Banning the term 'white maggots' and the like is akin to expecting a VP crowd to drink mineral water all day. Not lilkely. Today's umpire is the worst, weakest excuse for a human i have ever seen. And they hate Collingwood more than any other club.

I will not stop calling them White Maggot. From now on I will just put the f.. word in front of it.

[joffa corfe]

Shocking pics just in...

This pic shows the Gabba Gestapo city bound after reports of two supporters on way to game chatting in a city cafe when was over heard to say ' hope the white maggots give us a fair go today!

[joffa corfe]

Chief of Gabba Gestapo was looking pretty relaxed at the Gabba and wondered what all the fuss was about when asked about the new Gabba ruling of banning the calling of umpires as white maggots