Did a bad Umpiring decision start the rot?

mudlark · Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Location: Maroochydore Qld

With about 4 mins to go b4 3 qtr time, we clawed our way back to a goal down. the ball came forward and a free kick to Didak, obvious to all bar the umpire, 20 meters out, to level the scores was NOT paid. Scum scored immediately from this play, and twice more before the siren. Instead of scores level it was 4 down.Any thoughts ??

MissMagpie_20 · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:31 pm

Yep that was VERY frustrating but no way can our atrocious performance be blamed on umpires this week ,essendon were too good.

CQ · ambitious that Joined: 25 Jul 2000 Location: melb

dont make excuses for them! umpires fault? hahaha as if!

what about the one b4 that where cupido got tackled high and got a free paid *against* him for holding the ball?? and we got the free and got a goal from it?
tell me bout THAT one!

dimo · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Location: Melbourne

Poor skills cost us, simple as that. you just have to look at the way the Bombers feed the ball into there forward like. Right down the middle.

mudlark · Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Location: Maroochydore Qld

Point taken CQ ,don't agree about Cupido, he was caught first,and dropped it hot. My point is we were in it up to our necks and were totally flogged by a very committed side after that.Scores level at 3/4 time would have been interesting.

Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 2:19 pm

CQ · ambitious that Joined: 25 Jul 2000 Location: melb

yes i agree alf, i thought the game was going quite well, for about the first 10 minutes, then after that we never looked like winning.

their attitudes are wrong, they prolly think theyre gonna cruise into the finals just bcos the miraculousy proved everyone wrong last year and did so.

what happened to the 1%ers? seem to have disappeared, didnt chase the man down, didnt tackle, watched them go past, didnt man up, essendon had free players everywhere, slow off the mark, hearts weren't in it, couldn't be bothered, etc etc.

AnthonyC · Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria

Crikey, one minute I'm disagreeing with Alf, the next I couldn't agree more. Quite right after the first 2 goals we didn't look like taking control let alone actually winning. The umps did a reasonably good job I thought, what's wrong with me?!

zoia · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:13 pm

i never expect help from the umps in any match, just imgine if shennan was umpire we would have lost by 20goals so we should really complain about the umps

HAL · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:18 pm

Would you ever consider doing it?

Miss_Lisey_Molloy · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 6:30 pm

I'll probably get clipped on the ears for this from u fine, lovely people but i actually thought the umpires were good yesterday. They actually let the players play football and i didnt have to scream at them like i normally do. Sure there was a few bad decisions but i thought it was way better yesterday then ive seen in a while. my mum agrees with me on that one.

Im not an umpires biggest fan, im telling you, so for me to say this, it makes it a big deal lolz! Very Happy

We didnt play as fantastically this week, as we normally do, and that was coz of us, not coz of umpires!

Love always, Alyssa xoxo
15 in 20 days!!

molloymagic · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 9:16 pm

Exactly Lisey!!!!!

We can't point the finger at the umpires for this loss.

CQ · ambitious that Joined: 25 Jul 2000 Location: melb

yes, i think a few ppl need to get over the whole 'umpires are conspiring against us' mentality. im really sick and tired of hearing about it.

oh and at one stage the frees were 11-4 in our favour so if ur gonna say anything about the umps u would have to say that they were conspiring against essendon!