Blatant cheating by umpires - “having a ‘mare” this century

[mrjez]

@tinhillterror

It’s been a blight on the game for a decade, maybe more.

They’ll ping a few players in the next week, and then ignore it.

Been saying for years that if they won’t crack down on it, our players need to join in. Merrett’s now an expert on it, so it’s time for the media to step in.

[Clone_Hirdy]

@tinhillterror

They’ll ping a few players in the next week, and then ignore it.

That is literally every rule.

[brem06]

Given that the “man on the mark” was outside 5 and not actually manning the mark (which should be on the boundary line for an out on the full kick - which I presume this was) - it had to have been pure guesswork from the central umpire that Duursma did not kick over the “mark”.

[Jetster]

@mrjez

Been saying for years that if they won’t crack down on it, our players need to join in. Merrett’s now an expert on it, so it’s time for the media to step in.

Funny isn’t it? I streamed Sen yesterday and Dwayne’s world was on, and the first thing I hear is that moron himself, Dwayne say a throw from Merrett may have cost the eagles the game. Farkin morons the lot of em.

[whereswalla]

Slobbo had it as one of his dislikes in the tackle. I mean he’s waited till an Essendon player throws the ball to decide that it’s worthy of a dislike!!! Treloar, Daicos, Cripps, Neale have thrown more balls than most but never made it onto the back pages…they must be livid with the media!!!

[theDJR]

@brem06

Given that the “man on the mark” was outside 5 and not actually manning the mark (which should be on the boundary line for an out on the full kick)

I think he was on the mark, set 9m up from the goal line.

[tinhillterror]

@mrjez

Been saying for years that if they won’t crack down on it, our players need to join in

Now if they could just start

• dropping the ball, to advantage (amazing how it’s always to advantage)
• manhandling the opposition forwards before the ball is kicked, is in flight, during AND after a marking contest.
• jumping into the ruckman, landing, then contesting the ruck.

[Lifetime_ban]

It was actually a mark, as was the WC one.

[warbo23]

This was allowed wasn’t it? It was an absolute brain fade there as clearly it is play on and therefore out of bounds.

[warbo23]

@whereswalla

Slobbo had it as one of his dislikes in the tackle. I mean he’s waited till an Essendon player throws the ball to decide that it’s worthy of a dislike!!! Treloar, Daicos, Cripps, Neale have thrown more balls than most but never made it onto the back pages…they must be livid with the media!!!

The Quaynor one against North was disgraceful - every team is throwing and the umps let it go to say Merrett cost the game is a joke just usual hyperbole. I am sick of seeing throws going unpaid.

[scotty21]

I still don’t entirely blame the umpires for the curtent state of this ■■■■.

Imagine getting to work every day and having your bosses say ‘oh were doing this differently today’

[b00bytrap]

Fair point @scotty21.
However, they would be doing themselves, and the supporters, a huge favour if they didn’t take so much delight in over officiating the changes.

[tinhillterror]

@warbo23

This was allowed wasn’t it?

Yes it was.

Which might have lead to them being reminded of how it technically should play out.

I just think that the umpires are judged on the decisions they get wrong, more so than the ones they miss. It’s easier to say there was ‘no prior op, blindsided etc’ than to get one wrong in the heat of the moment.

[ivan]

@tinhillterror

@mrjez

Been saying for years that if they won’t crack down on it, our players need to join in

Now if they could just start

• dropping the ball, to advantage (amazing how it’s always to advantage)
• manhandling the opposition forwards before the ball is kicked, is in flight, during AND after a marking contest.
• jumping into the ruckman, landing, then contesting the ruck.

As if the umps would let us get away with breaking rules like that…

[Heppelltitis]

@mrjez

@ivan

Dursmah getting pinged for playing on outside the boundary, ignored later when wc did it. Lead to a wc goal iirc

I don’t get this one. How many times does a forward have a set shot on the fence, and they play on to take the snap?

If you have been granted a free kick, and are standing outside the boundary line, you are allowed to play on (whilst being outside the boundary line) so long as your direct line of movement is straight back in to play.

As such I think Duursma should have been fine for this, but you can’t veer off your line and he moved about 3 degrees to his right, so I guess that is what the ump was calling.

[Heppelltitis]

@mrjez

@stander2

My understanding is if play on is called outside the boundary and the kick is also taken outside the boundary, it’s a throw in

Does that mean Duursma could run 15m along the outside of the boundary then duck inside the line to kick?

No. As above.

Edit. Having read the past 100 or so posts since yours, literally not a single poster on this board besides DJR actually understands this rule.

Please all read his posts on the rule. Or just ignore cos we won’t see it again for another 15 years.

[mrjez]

Thanks, people posted the rules in here yesterday, all good now.

[davethedon]

@Heppelltitis

so long as your direct line of movement is straight back in to play.

The book says one direction - which could be at an angle to the boundary. You just can’t change direction during that entry to the field.

[Red_Territory]

The only person blinder than those umps…which was the only reason West Coke was kept in the game is the halfwit Dwayne Russel

[Heppelltitis]

@davethedon

@Heppelltitis

so long as your direct line of movement is straight back in to play.

The book says one direction - which could be at an angle to the boundary. You just can’t change direction during that entry to the field.

Yes. Is that not the exact definition of straight?