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

Collingwood dropped mark but maggots paid the mark in Q4. Commentators in a rare moment of honesty: “Lucky the umpires didn’t see he dropped that”.

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I’m staggered this thread is getting any activity. No influence on the result.

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Andrew Dillon is a McLaughlin clone.

Come on: you don’t think all the decisions listed above could have even given them a combined advantage of even just a single point???

Despite the dramatic thread title, this seems like a place to simply highlight errors or inconsistencies in matches. Is there a better thread to use?

I was happy that we got a few in our F50 for a change.
Usually when they even them out we get em in the D50 and usually feel ripped off.

That Hobbs one was disgraceful. I watched the replay last night and was again shocked that it was HTB.

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How do you know? If one free wasn’t paid, we may have won by a point.

The most frustrating one, for me, was the no decision against Mihocek for blocking McKay from contesting with Hoskin-Elliott who marked and goaled.

If McKay turns his back on the ball and ties up Mihocek it’s a free every time, but there’s a different set of rules for defenders and forwards.

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That one was very obvious but not so much a different rule for defenders and forwards but some times the maggots turn a blind eye to the Filth. At least it wasn’t a repeat of past ANZAC days where they threw the rule book away for them.

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EFA

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The footy-tracking trial continues, including in Essendon’s VFLW match this week (photos below from AFLWVFLWPhotos on Instagram)

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Apparently West Coke Eagles cannot throw the ball, drop the ball, or duck.

Let’s hope they reintroduce the HTB rule next week.

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Couldn’t believe they actually gave us a couple of frees in front of goal

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I was annoyed with this one in particular.

1:38 to go in the 2nd, McGovern is on the ground, he kicks his leg out and kicks Guelfi in the foot, and Guelfi has to handball to Jones superman-style. Should have been a free kick to Guelfi for tripping.

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Reportable from what I could see.

But even after the replay the local commentary team were suggesting it might have been a free TO McGovern for in the back.

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There was something up yesterday. Some brown paper bag dealing… they didn’t try to hide it.

:small_red_triangle:CONFIRMED

The mark not payed to Wright was my low light, when did not paying the mark to the man in front become a thing. Not even talked about on the commentary.

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