Rd 3 vs Western Bulldogs @ Marvel - Match Thread

[stevoswan]

The convenient inconsistencies in the umpiring interpretations are infuriating. A sane person would think we had seen the most blatantly biased umpiring ever in the 2016 GF.....but I think we are witnessing worse tonight. If we win, it will be the sweetest of sweet victories.....but still infuriating. We just shouldn't have to put up with this crap.

[Nico]

Libba was done, that should have been a shot at goal. @@@@ you Gil, @@@@ you umpires, a @@@@ing disgrace

Yep it missed his foot by a metre.

[liz]

I can't fathom what the umpire even thought that free against Gulden for his tackle might be. And spot the difference between the Warner tackle on Dunkley (freekick Dogs) and the JUH tackle on Mills (play on).

[Bexl]

To be fair they’ve comprehensively outplayed us. It’s only their goal kicking that’s kept us in it

Well I firmly believe if free kick count was 24 -8 to us we would look like we were comfortably the better team

[Adelaide Swan]

I'm starting to hate footy again....the umpiring is reaching vomitus levels. 24 to 8 now....and most of them just aren't there!

It's ridiculous. I'm convinced its the only way the Bullflogs win games because they have the yellow ponces with the whistle on their payroll.

Starting to prefer watching state league footy these days.

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[Thunder Shaker]

Just WHAT do we have to do to earn a free kick for holding the ball? Bulldogs get a free after the ball is held for less than two seconds and then disposed of properly, yet we make tackle after tackle and it's a ball-up. Yeah, like a few soft love taps on the ball with a fist is a legitimate attempt at disposal.

[Nico]

Put Campbell in the guts. Mix it up a bit.

[stevoswan]

For every free we get, Fairypups get 3+.

[Faunac8]

One of our worst tackling efforts for a long time tonight 2 to 1 against we have been out pressured so far and it shows.
Our younger players are struggling tonight and we need a lift from James Ollie and Dylan in particular in the last quarter. Will require a real mindset uplift to get up now but anything is possible. I think Sam is almost certain to be running around in the VFL next week.

[liz]

Well I firmly believe if free kick count was 24 -8 to us we would look like we were comfortably the better team

To be fair, most of the frees have been OK. We haven't had enough of the ball to win 24 free kicks. But there have been a handful of dubious inconsistencies in the way the rules have been applied. And a couple of complete bafflements.

[troyjones2525]

We should not play Ladhams in the reserves now as we can't afford him to get injured. Give him a string training session so he's right for next week!

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[AB Swannie]

Younger players are going to have their ups and downs and unfortunately a few of our future starts are having some downs together on the same day. Fumbly, missing kicks, missing tackles. Rowbottom, Warner, Gulden all below their normal average.

[Faunac8]

Here comes the free kick level up.

[stevoswan]

Go boys.....refuse to lose!

[Meg]

To be fair, most of the frees have been OK. We haven't had enough of the ball to win 24 free kicks. But there have been a handful of dubious inconsistencies in the way the rules have been applied. And a couple of complete bafflements.

Yep, we are playing badly, Dogs are playing well except for kicking for goal which has kept us in the match. Pointless to go on and on about the free kicks.