My prediction is that the Swans frees for : frees against ratio will be closer to 1.0 than usual but that Swans will win most of their frees from ruck infringements on the wing and in contested marking situations where the mark would have been paid anyway. This is the standard umpiring "even up" when the ledger is lop-sided at half time but I think it will be a quarter by quarter review tonight. I predict this now so I can whine about it later and hopefully some of the RWO umpiring apologists can actually pay attention to what unfolds.
Umpiring prediction for tonight
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Frees inside forward 50
Swans 1 Cats 100000000000000000Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.
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Lots of complaining!Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."Comment
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My prediction:
The umpires will surprise us all tonight by being invisible, letting play run its course, paying the frees that are there for both sides and not making any major blunders. We will finish slightly behind on the free kick tonight as usual (something like 16-14). That would be because of our ferocious attack on the ball, not any inherent bias from the umpires."Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi finalComment
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LOL, I know ...Originally posted by Sanecow
Dreamin'"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi finalComment
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The Cats are bringing a local ump with them, as well as the stinker. Cow's prediction is unfortunately spot on, in addition to young Bevo being free kicked by the AFL's golden ump at his every tackle on SOG (either one) close to the cats goal.Bevo bandwagon driverComment
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The free kick count was 16 Swans, 17 Geelong,and the umpires were quite decent tonight. My prediction was closest, what do I win?Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
My prediction:
The umpires will surprise us all tonight by being invisible, letting play run its course, paying the frees that are there for both sides and not making any major blunders. We will finish slightly behind on the free kick tonight as usual (something like 16-14). That would be because of our ferocious attack on the ball, not any inherent bias from the umpires."Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi finalComment

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