Rd 3 vs Western Bulldogs @ Marvel - Match Thread

[longmile]

We deserved to lose but man what a @@@@ game. And what horrible umpiring. Should never be 45 free kicks in a game. Sick of the dogs and their favoritism

[stevoswan]

The boys had to be ‘hung over’ from the euphoria from last Friday night .

So the umps thought 'we'd better lay the boots in, they've had enough fun'.

[barry]

Footscray are +30 for free kicks after 3 games.
Cheating scum.

[crackedactor 01]

The boys had to be ‘hung over’ from the euphoria from last Friday night .

Maybe thats a valid point. The amount of time they fumbled the ball, the bounce of the ball constantly went against them and the Umpiring was against them. Its like the Footy Gods saying you will pay for last week's celebration.

[Adelaide Swan]

To get close when the umpires cheated, well that's impressive....You can complain about the players all day, but I don't think it's fair to do so. When the umpiring is so obviously bad, you can't tell what the psychological effect, on the players, particularly young players is. I don't think you can objectively judge players when they are so obviously being subjected to bad one way umpiring- seriously 25-8 free kicks at 3 quarter time? No team is that bad, no team is that good-

31-14 free kick count is a disgrace. Wonder what excuse Michael Jennings is going to come up with for his pack of cheating yellow maggots.

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[neilfws]

Pointless in that it won't change anything yes but seriously, you can't be happy with what your witnessing? And believe if the count was more correct and even, that we wouldn't be ahead instead of looking at a defeat?

I guess it's going to be another season of failing to convince anyone here that the free kick count simply isn't that important in the grand scheme of things, or that there is no reason to expect a count close to even in any one game!

Multiple chances late in the game 2 goals down to come through for a famous win - none of them executed well. Repeatedly bombing it high to tall defenders, not going to work.

Dogs, much as I dislike them, did more of the things that they needed to do, when they needed to do it.

Pretty miserable game to watch after the joy of last week. I'll be forgetting it as quickly as possible and moving on.

[KTigers]

31-14 free kick count. I think it was 21-8 in the 2016 GF, when we got a belated apology from the AFL, because the umpiring wasn't up to standard. Will we get an apology after that @@@@ing travesty?

The combined free kick count was 18-3 in the second & third quarters. An entire half of footy and one team only gives away
3 free kicks. Quite an achievement. Really enjoyed hearing the Footscray Cheer Squad in the commentary room too.

[bloodbrother]

anyone who says the umpiring didn't make the difference is kidding themselves ,really disgusting , all i ever want to see is a fair go for our boys and if they aren't good enough then so be it .... but this league is a joke , i feel for the players

[Faunac8]

Any apologists for the free kick count tonight need to understand the impact that inconsistency has on the way players approach the game .
They start to second guess what interpretation will be applied and subconsciously pull back ever so slightly on contested possessions the tackles become just a touch less vigorous and attempted spoils are less aggressive.

Yes we were outplayed and probably didn’t deserve to win but to suggest the free kick count was irrelevant and had no impact on the game is usually the domain of escapism and justification from opposition supporters.

[Mark26]

31-14 free kick count is a disgrace. Wonder what excuse Michael Jennings is going to come up with for his pack of cheating yellow maggots.

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The narrative won't change. Nothing to see here.

[Ludwig]

We were well beaten on the night and deserved to lose. We comprehensively lost the contested ball and they were really sharp with their disposal, while we kept turning the ball over. I think the rest between games differential was the killer and expected us to lose this game. We have a few things to clean up and get back to the kind of winning football we know we can play.

[stellation]

Poor performance aside, I don't think it's too great a tantrum to say the universe is in agreement that the Bulldogs suck.

[Daisi]

Any apologists for the free kick count tonight need to understand the impact that inconsistency has on the way players approach the game .
They start to second guess what interpretation will be applied and subconsciously pull back ever so slightly on contested possessions the tackles become just a touch less vigorous and attempted spoils are less aggressive.

Yes we were outplayed and probably didn’t deserve to win but to suggest the free kick count was irrelevant and had no impact on the game is usually the domain of escapism and justification from opposition supporters.

This is exactly what I was trying to say- but you say it much better- thank you

[Roadrunner]

Of course it was Bont. Hate the Dogs.

Let’s face it- we were pretty flat tonight. Whether it was the 6 day breaks or the euphoria from last week, the dogs were the better side tonight. They should have pit us away in the first half, where we were diabolical. As it was, we got to within under a goal with a minute left tonight but in all fairness guys, we didn’t deserve to win. Sure, the umps were their usual selves and gave the doggies an armchair ride with some awful decisions. But we didn’t play well- our field kicking was astray for most of the game, we fumbled a lot and only a few came to play.

Bad luck with big Tom getting hurt. Fantastic game from the Lizard- he was a standout. Our defenders tried hard but were under the pump constantly. Hard to find a player who won on the night.

Hopefully back to our true form next week!

[waswan]

Umpiring was bad
Skills were disgraceful
Lack of pressure was p8ss weak