Dogwatcher wrote:Magellan wrote:Half time and (a) the Panthers up by 16 points, and (b) lead the free kicks 22 to 10.
32 frees in a half of footy. Sounds like they've got the umpires from last week's game at the Parade. If so, may God have mercy on the players and spectators footballing souls.
Maybe the same umps who we had against South the first time we played them this year - 60 free kicks that day. Ridiculous.
Unless players are snotting one another left, right and centre, there no way there's that many frees in a properly umpired game. Watching last week's North v Norwood game (where 66 frees were paid for the day) it seemed like the umps had to (a) meet a free kick quota or (b) were under instructions to pay every possible infringement irrespective of its scale.
It frustrates the players, and it makes for a sh!t spectacle. SANFL footy is in enough trouble on a number of fronts off-field without on-field issues adding to it.