Umpires v Hawks

[NMWBloods]

The 50m that J Bolton received and kicked a goal was a joke.

[THERBS]

The umpires will always be maggots. They get it wrong too many times as was shown again on Saturday night. I can't blame Hawks fans for being irate.

Then again, we won! And did it in dominant fashion! It was sad to see Malceski go off the field with a hammy problem. He's a future Brownlow contender.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
The 50m that J Bolton received and kicked a goal was a joke.

I can recall two 50's from the other night. One was right in front of us when Goodes went to kick the ball, slipped and the Hawks player came over the mark. Instant 50m penalty. Goodes didn't run off the line, was about to run straight ahead to kick the ball, when he slipped, the umpire didn't call play on so it was 50.

The other may have been the Bolton one, I just remember it was a Swans player and it was at the far end of the ground to the Ponsford stand. The Hawks guy wasn't in the marking contest, ran in late then threw the Swans player to the ground, again, it is an instant 50m penalty.

[NMWBloods]

That was the Bolton one. It's tough to say he wasn't in the marking contest when he grabbed Bolton a split second after Bolton marked it.

[goswannie14]

I was there with a mate who is not a Swans supporter, he reckoned the Hawks guy wasn't in the contest. I tended to agree, but thought that if he had only grabbed Bolts it would have been okay, but to throw him to the ground was just stupid.

[NMWBloods]

Possibly, but given what else they let go it seemed a bit harsh.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Possibly, but given what else they let go it seemed a bit harsh.

Do you mean things like Crawford sitting on top of Tadhg and laying punches into him?

[NMWBloods]

Firstly, I was talking about 50m penalties.

And secondly, a free was paid for that.