No mention of the poor umpiring...

[Dave]

The thing that annoys me is that we all know in advance that this sort of @@@@ is going to happen with the likes of Goldspink but NOTHING ever happens to address it.

[Matt79]

Originally posted by Dave
The thing that annoys me is that we all know in advance that this sort of @@@@ is going to happen with the likes of Goldspink but NOTHING ever happens to address it.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!

This is what I posted in another thread...

The thing that frustrates me more then anything, a goal umpire makes ONE MISTAKE and they get sent to the reserves, but the field umpires make multiple (especially Goldspink) mistakes but I can virtually guarantee that he will be running around again next week runing some senior AFL game. Odds on we will have Goldspink again within a fortnight.

[Glenn]

Originally posted by Dave
The thing that annoys me is that we all know in advance that this sort of @@@@ is going to happen with the likes of Goldspink but NOTHING ever happens to address it.

Very true, but even for the "standards" of Goldstink the game against Port was a shocker

I know it is to much to ask that Sydney never sees him again this season, but I can dream

[prenda]

what about that appaling boundry umpires mistake,he must of had his money on port.what a dissmal decision.good to see the sydney faithfull given there all.

i love this club

[Glenn]

Think the boundary ump needs a visit to OPSM asap, if he was unsighted or some distance away prehaps a case there (and hopefully the field umpires over rule if it is wrong) hmmm back to the SFL for the boundary ump

[Thunder Shaker]

I was chatting to my supervisor at work today, who barracks for the Hawks, and he tells me that there's Hawk supporters who base their decision on attending the game on whether Goldspink is umpiring.

Hawthorn have had a similar experience with Goldspink's last-quarter umpiring against Essendon as we did last year. In the 2001 preliminary final, Hawthorn were making a comeback against Essendon in the last quarter and Goldspink's umpiring made the difference to the result.

2001 Preliminary Final
Essendon 11.10 (76)
Hawthorn 9.13 (67)
Essendon won by 9 points

Round 6, 2004
Essendon 16.12 (108)
Sydney 15.8 (98)
Essendon won by 10 points

[Matt79]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker


Round 6, 2004
Essendon 16.12 (108)
Sydney 15.8 (98)
Essendon won by 10 points

In that Essendon game last year, wasn't it some umpire .... Sean Ryan (Somebody Ryan) who cost us the game with that free kick against Craig Bolton in the last quarter??

[Mike_B]

Originally posted by Matt79
In that Essendon game last year, wasn't it some umpire .... Sean Ryan (Somebody Ryan) who cost us the game with that free kick against Craig Bolton in the last quarter??

Was actually Simon Meredith

[Thunder Shaker]

Ah, so it wasn't Goldspink that cost us the game that day. However, the similarity is striking.

[giant]

Good to see the joker that stuffed up the decision vs Freo is spending some time as an "emergency" - now we know at least what is the lowest benchmarks for umpires in the AFL.

[swansrock4eva]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Ah, so it wasn't Goldspink that cost us the game that day. However, the similarity is striking.

But didn't he give Barry the free that won us the Brisbane match this year? That's gotta be one up on Goldspink.

[Mel_C]

Goldstink will never get dropped. I went to the Geelong v St Kilda game last week and his umpiring was disgraceful....BUT....he was awarded the best umpire for the game. Go figure!!

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Re: Re: Re: No mention of the poor umpiring...

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker

The tables are here:
http://afl.com.au/cp2/c2/webi/article/183729ap.pdf

Does that mean a light smack on the back of the head is as serious as raking a guy's eyes?


And as for Goldspink, I feel it must be said that there is absolutely no proof to the rumour that his attitude to Sydney was tainted when as a young lad he was taken to Albert Park Lake by his parents and he had his dick bitten off by an irate Swan he was supposed to be feeding.

[giant]

Re: Re: Re: Re: No mention of the poor umpiring...

Originally posted by Ruckman
Does that mean a light smack on the back of the head is as serious as raking a guy's eyes?


And as for Goldspink, I feel it must be said that there is absolutely no proof to the rumour that his attitude to Sydney was tainted when as a young lad he was taken to Albert Park Lake by his parents and he had his dick bitten off by an irate Swan he was supposed to be feeding.

LOL! Marvlous...."The Silence of the Swans"