North Adelaide v Norwood Post Game Discussion

[The Sleeping Giant]

The HTB interpretation was the worst ive seen at SANFL level, guys getting away with being tackled and pinned legitimately and next minute getting pinged with 4 guys sitting on top of them

Can't argue with that. Was very random.........for both sides.

[JK]

Is the free kick count meant to be equal?

Nope, and when you're as undisciplined, kicking poorly for goal and making as many mistakes as we made, it's a cop out to blame the umps .. The game was there to be won and we didn't deliver, simple as that

Stop playing the good sport JK. You are ruining it for the rest of us.

Lol sorry mate .. I have concerns about how the umpires are directed (in the 1st quarter the whistle blew and a North bloke I was chatting with and I both said "yeah right let's see which way this will go" neither of us had a clue what it was for) .. But I dislike even more people taking the soft option of blaming a result on umpires .. Never going to improve as a club of we do that.

[smac]

Is the free kick count meant to be equal?

Not necessarily but all people want is consistancy, nothing is worse than when an ump pays a free and 2 minutes later puts the whistle away for an identical situation.
I stood amongst North supporters today and they were going nuts at the umps all day.
Today just seemed like a lucky dip with even the players sometimes bewildered by the decisions.
The HTB interpretation was the worst ive seen at SANFL level, guys getting away with being tackled and pinned legitimately and next minute getting pinged with 4 guys sitting on top of them

Consistency is fine to ask for (pretty rare to get), but asking for even free kick counts always makes me laugh.

[locky801]

Yes missed shots by Stewart and Johnston could have proved costly for North

[Jim05]

Losing to 21 opposition players I can almost stomach, but losing to 24 hurts.

I'm disappointed too.
While there were some dubious frees - some the other way too - the real problem, from what I saw on the box, was soft tackling, indirectness, too many handballs, and poor kicking.
I had to check I wasn't in a time warp and watching 2008.

We have been like that for 30 years, dont know we are called the Legs because we never use the effin things

[locky801]

Is the free kick count meant to be equal?

Nope, and when you're as undisciplined, kicking poorly for goal and making as many mistakes as we made, it's a cop out to blame the umps .. The game was there to be won and we didn't deliver, simple as that

Stop playing the good sport JK. You are ruining it for the rest of us.

Lol sorry mate .. I have concerns about how the umpires are directed (in the 1st quarter the whistle blew and a North bloke I was chatting with and I both said "yeah right let's see which way this will go" neither of us had a clue what it was for) .. But I dislike even more people taking the soft option of blaming a result on umpires .. Never going to improve as a club of we do that.

[Jim05]

Yes missed shots by Stewart and Johnston could have proved costly for North

Juice Newton 2.4 and 2 that didnt make the distance from 35-40m, simply unacceptable

[ChickCock]

Yep, Beutiful Cock's won, and should of won by alot more like most people say !

A lot better team on the day !

was always gonna happen

Next thing again, there will be excuses like always

Maybee we are a half a decent team

[Ian]

Bloody Awesome!!

That's 8 good quarters of footy in a row from the Cocks, I can't remember the last time that happened, Norwood weren't that bad, North were just good as well today.

As far as the umps, I thought there were shockers both ways, Norwood were gifted a couple of goals at the Southern end, I was too far away to comment on the Northern end but it sounds like it may have been pretty even. I don't think the result was altered because of poor umpiring.

[Wedgie]

Thank you Buddha!

[Dying Swan]

Losing to 21 opposition players I can almost stomach, but losing to 24 hurts.

Well that's what the Roosters play against every week, and even today, there were frees plucked out that gifted Norwood goals, but both teams would have cause to complain about decisions. 60 frees in a game is way too many, and many of those were incorrectly interpreted, and a lot more were not paid. Too many wrong ones picked out and other crucial ones missed, because the umpires are constantly out of position or umpire from too far away or GUESS which was the case in several decisions today.

[Mr66]

Blame my mate Santo Caruso for the loss.
He's been going to Adelaide 3 or 4 times a year for the last decade and
has only seen Norwood win 4 or 5 times in that period.
Another jinx.

[dedja]

Surely the end is nigh for D-Rod?

[Interceptor]

Disappointing, but sounds like we were pretty ordinary overall (bad kicking is bad football and all that).
Well done to North (I reckon they broke Norwood's unbeaten run in '97 as well).
Truth is it's still a better start to the year than most Norwood supporters were expecting after an ordinary trial game period.
Seems like things were getting stale and a loss was inevitable at some stage against a determined opponent.
Still plenty for Bassett to work on.

[fish]

Norwood suffering from a May-Premiers hangover!

[Jim05]

Surely the end is nigh for D-Rod?

Thought he was one of our best, probably had the most clearances for the day and one of the few Norwood players who laid tackles. Not his best day but at least he had a crack unlike plenty of others

[Jim05]

Norwood suffering from a May-Premiers hangover!

Bays next week should be a good cure

[dedja]

Surely the end is nigh for D-Rod?

Thought he was one of our best, probably had the most clearances for the day and one of the few Norwood players who laid tackles. Not his best day but at least he had a crack unlike plenty of others

fair enough but I thought he looked slow and kept getting caught with the ball ...

[Rooster_cracker]

Bloody fantastic game and great win today. good pressure footy from the roosters. to knock of the unbeaten legs.

[mal]

Another 3 for jimmy. How short will his odds be come magarey medal night

Jace Bode what a clown. Cost the legs

Agree Jase Bode has to learn that even though the ump made a bewildering decision that he shouldnt carry on

Batsanis was caught holding the ball twice just prior
Both times he possessed the ball and was tackled almost instantaneously
I cursed at the time, but accept its that stoopid modern day holding the ball ruling the SANFL wants the umps to interpret

That Thiele could receive a handball from the NA champ, turn around take a few steps and get caught, get tackled to the ground by Bode, and not pinged, had me jumping out of my lounge chair today
This was just after the Batsanis decisions

No wonder Bode went ape

Most Football supporters want consistency from the umps

The rest is history, NA went forward and Steward nailed the goal that won it for NA
Those 3 decisions, ruined the contest in my opinion
I would prefer that players to win games of footy, not the umps

PS
If anyone wants to backlash my post
Yes I know Im a NW barracker
But what I see is what I see