umpire apologises

[bayman]

during the glenelg v south reserves game on saturday a glenelg player got a very very soft free kick (in the back) & after the umpire blew his whistle & was running in to mark the mark he said (quite clearly) "i'm sorry i know its soft but we're instructed to pay them even with the slightest of contact"

so that tells me the umpires dont like the rules anymore than we do, i think it should just be play on unless free kicks are blantant & obvious, not soft

[scott]

Heard an AFL guy (may have been Hayden Hennedy?) say something similar a few months back.

Not trying to make a sweeping statement, but there's a fair case to suggest most umpires aren't happy with the new hands in the back interpretation.

[Jimmy]

hahaha, thats pretty funny, the fans dont like it, the players dont like it, EVEN THE UMPS DONT LIKE IT???

so who the ******* hell likes it???

the stiffs in the corp boxes? FFS, what a bunch of morons!!!!!!

[pipers]

hahaha, thats pretty funny, the fans dont like it, the players dont like it, EVEN THE UMPS DONT LIKE IT???

so who the ******* hell likes it???

the stiffs in the corp boxes? FFS, what a bunch of morons!!!!!!

Gieschen and the rules committee like it. It keeps them in jobs. Gives them something to change next season.

I hate them. They are fu**ing up the game.

If you can't coach a team, you sure as eggs shouldn't be let loose coaching the umpires...
Oh, and Demetriou is a **** and all...

[giffo]

No-one likes this interpretation and hopefully next year it will revert back to being a free kick for a "push" in the back, not merely placing your hands there or worse still, just trying to hold your ground and then having your opponent take a dive.