Umpiring in general

[Danzar]

Fair call......

But We also played like Narwee under 21's 3rds for the first and second quarters.... Considering the margin, I still think THAT would have made more difference to the end result...

I'm talking about the drivers behind the poor play.

[iigrover]

Perhaps it is just my one-eyed point of view, however, IMO we are viewed differently by umpires.

Nah mate, you may be one eyed, there is logic behind your view.

There's nothing better than statistics to prove a point:

Sydney Swans Team Rankings
Frees against per game: 1
Team to opponent frees for per game difference: 16
Source: Pro-stats

"I don't think there's any rule that you can't pay 29 free kicks against a team, but I certainly don't consider us an undisciplined side.

"I think we are a very disciplined side and it is a wide discrepancy."

Sydney Swans Team Rankings
Least opponent disposals per game: 1
Least opponent kicks per game: 1
Least opponent marks per game: 1
Least opponent Handballs per game: 1
Least opponent goals per game: 3
Least opponent behinds per game: 1
Hitouts per game: 1
Source: Pro-stats


Q.E.D.

[TheMase]

A good illustration of umpiring gone mad was when McVeigh marked inside 50 on an angle, squared up the ball to a free man almost in front of goal, and the umpire pulled him back because he was two inches off his line if he was taking a shot for goal.

This sounds like the umpiring calling time-off. The umpire will blow his whistle to stop the clock when he runs in to line the man up on the mark. If he does so the player cannot play on as the clock has stopped and hence the ball will be returned to the kicker.

I dare say that is what happened.

[TheHood]

One other team that cops it from the Umps unfairly I think is Carlton. I am not a bluebagger sympathiser but the Umps really hate them. They never get the 50/50s.

It's not the reason they lose but it doesn't help a delicately pathetic team like Carlton.

[Matt79]

One other team that cops it from the Umps unfairly I think is Carlton. I am not a bluebagger sympathiser but the Umps really hate them. They never get the 50/50s.

It's not the reason they lose but it doesn't help a delicately pathetic team like Carlton.

If Carlton are dealt poorly by the umpires that we really are up the proverbial, considering the free kick count against Carlton a few weeks back when we played them was 14 27 against us!