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[silent lurker]

Guess who we've got umpiring us this week.

[Wardy]

please tell me its not that legendary idiot GOLDSTINK????

[jixygirl]

If it's Goldspink, I'll scream I don't know whether it's just me, but I find that most followers of any AFL team seem to despise him.

[Cheer Cheer]

SHHHHHHHHH - don't tell Robbie!!

[The Boot]

Originally posted by jixygirl
If it's Goldspink, I'll scream I don't know whether it's just me, but I find that most followers of any AFL team seem to despise him.

Start screaming.

[Bleed Red Blood]

So who are they?

edit : bigfooty provides

WESTERN BULLDOGS VS SYDNEY
#3- Stephen McBurney, #13- Stefan Grun, #32- Darren Goldspink

Goldspink

[Wardy]

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bron]

Our boys will just have to rise above it.

[Go Swannies]

Test 1 - win again (accomplished against Hawks)
Test 2 - win clearly, even when dodgy umpiring may go against us. This weekend could be our chance. Yes we have lost games to dodgy umpiring. But if we play well enough it shouldn't be important. We used to be the least penalised team but that has changed as we become scrappier. Let's see if this week is the renaissance?

[Schneidergirl]

Lucky Goldspink wasn't umpiring us last week, no doubt Spider would have been awarded a free kick in those dying seconds, even if he did take it over the line.

We just need to show them that we don't need lucky free kicks to win games for us. (This is excluding our win over the Roos- THANK YOU CRESSA!)

[Dpw]

Here we go again, lets get the excuses going before the game starts. Honestly you guys!

[Wardy]

geez lighten up dpw - heaven forbid we voice an opinion and I think I will have a fair bit of back up when I say that Goldspinks umpiring generally does STINK! its all good light hearted fun!!!

[Dpw]

Originally posted by Wardy
geez lighten up dpw - heaven forbid we voice an opinion

But Iam not?

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Dpw
But Iam not?

Your own opinion sure. But try not to misrepresent other people's views. I tried to suggest that it was time that the Swans got over close finishes that meant a dodgy umpiring decision became vital (as it wouldn't be if we were 30 points up). Then the next person suggested that the umpire could have called that Spider had taken the mark - and that would have cost us the game. And somehow that's coming up with excuses in advance for the Doggies game?

I would have thought "lighten up" wasn't excessive.

Oh, and Darren Goldspink's umpiring is never completely balanced throughout a game. And I've never seen the balance falls the Swans' way. So I agree his umpiring does stink.

[Wardy]

there we are then - Goldspink stinks - but we live in hope that maybe one day he WILL GET IT RIGHT (oh and its to our benefit of course!)

have a great weekend one and all - scream loud and proud at the "g" tomorrow night!