Round 14 - Eagles v North Adelaide - POST MATCH DISCUSSION

[dedja]

... And the punch thrown at an Eagles supporter at the same time missed by a country mile.

That's because they're lovers, not fighters ...

[The Sleeping Giant]

Debatable whether it was even holding the ball in the afl.

Oh well. Done and dusted.

[Ian]

Exactly why boundary umpires should be given powers to pay obvious free kicks.

I've been saying that for years, get rid of 1 (or possibly 2) field umpires, have 4 on the boudary that can make decisions, it would avoid a lot of these blind sided poor decisions

[Booney]

Exactly why boundary umpires should be given powers to pay obvious free kicks.

I've been saying that for years, get rid of 1 (or possibly 2) field umpires, have 4 on the boudary that can make decisions, it would avoid a lot of these blind sided poor decisions

Huh? When the ball is on the wing (on either side of the ground) the two boundary umpires on the other side would be 70-100m away from the ball (so you still have 3 umpires watching the play) and the two on the side the ball is on are limited to how they position themselves to the contest as their main role is to monitor the boundary line.(So only one umpire can move around the contest 360°. Same as it is now.....without any extra confusion.

Boundary umpires awarding free kicks in play? No thanks.

[RustyCage]

Extra umpires being able to award free kicks would just result in more inconsistency in decisions.

[woodublieve12]

Exactly why boundary umpires should be given powers to pay obvious free kicks.

I've been saying that for years, get rid of 1 (or possibly 2) field umpires, have 4 on the boudary that can make decisions, it would avoid a lot of these blind sided poor decisions

Huh? When the ball is on the wing (on either side of the ground) the two boundary umpires on the other side would be 70-100m away from the ball (so you still have 3 umpires watching the play) and the two on the side the ball is on are limited to how they position themselves to the contest as their main role is to monitor the boundary line.(So only one umpire can move around the contest 360°. Same as it is now.....without any extra confusion.

Boundary umpires awarding free kicks in play? No thanks.

agreed.... would be a disgrace.

[wristwatcher]

Exactly why boundary umpires should be given powers to pay obvious free kicks.

I've been saying that for years, get rid of 1 (or possibly 2) field umpires, have 4 on the boudary that can make decisions, it would avoid a lot of these blind sided poor decisions

Wow, that is one of thoise out of the box opinions where i wonder how much you have thought that through

Surely a boundary umpire is a less qualified decision maker than a trained field umpire. I could go on and on about problems with your statement but i will just go with HELL NO!!!

[Dutchy]

Every other major sport allows their boundary officials to make decisions, why not footy?

Im only talking about the obvious ones. Much of peoples frustrations with umpiring comes because the crowd quite often can have a better view of a high tackle or a throw than the umpire who might be on the wrong side of the contest. Our game is 360 degrees so why not have umpires cover all the angles?

[tipper]

Exactly why boundary umpires should be given powers to pay obvious free kicks.

I've been saying that for years, get rid of 1 (or possibly 2) field umpires, have 4 on the boudary that can make decisions, it would avoid a lot of these blind sided poor decisions

Wow, that is one of thoise out of the box opinions where i wonder how much you have thought that through

Surely a boundary umpire is a less qualified decision maker than a trained field umpire. I could go on and on about problems with your statement but i will just go with HELL NO!!!

any reason that boundary umpires cant receive the same training? could solve that issue quite easily i would have thought.

[JK]

Exactly why boundary umpires should be given powers to pay obvious free kicks.

I've been saying that for years, get rid of 1 (or possibly 2) field umpires, have 4 on the boudary that can make decisions, it would avoid a lot of these blind sided poor decisions

Wow, that is one of thoise out of the box opinions where i wonder how much you have thought that through

Surely a boundary umpire is a less qualified decision maker than a trained field umpire. I could go on and on about problems with your statement but i will just go with HELL NO!!!

any reason that boundary umpires cant receive the same training? could solve that issue quite easily i would have thought.

Or train field umpires to throw a ball back into play

[Wedgie]

As one of the few people on here that has seen less field umpires with more boundary umpires and power to the boundary umpires to be consulted or pay very obvious frees I can safely say it was by far the best umpired game of football I've seen in at least 20 years.

[on the rails]

I thought it very poor form how the North supporters with obvious anger management issues had a go at the Eagles players as they were handing footballs to the kids at the fence at the end of the game.
Surely, the issue wasn't with the players. The language used was a disgrace given it was the kids time. And the punch thrown at an Eagles supporter at the same time missed by a country mile.

Don't disagree with that and that was over the top and not called for. I had a crack at at a couple of those responsible to shut it.

Didn't see any punches get thrown though around where we were?

[Wedgie]

Someone probably dropped a donut in the Eagles cheer squad, not that I've ever seen a donut at Woodville.
I've seen violence at Woodvillle before on a Sunday, Fathers day in the early 2000s. They should ban Sunday games.

[The Apostle]

Good decision from the umpire. You can't see if he legitimately handballed or not but if he did then he deserved to get pinged as anyone who gets tackled and then handballs to no one should be penalised for holding the ball.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

The Sleeping Giant & myself while leasuring in Melbourne came up with the idea at the Port game that if the umpire calls a review on a goal umpires decision & is wrong, then the main umpire has to go behind the goals & the goal umpire goes into the middle. Brilliant.

[BBQ]

Poetic justice ..We loose but move up a spot!

[The Sleeping Giant]

The Sleeping Giant & myself while leasuring in Melbourne came up with the idea at the Port game that if the umpire calls a review on a goal umpires decision & is wrong, then the main umpire has to go behind the goals & the goal umpire goes into the middle. Brilliant.

They should put us in charge Sheik. Your betting margin idea was a good one too.

[Punk Rooster]

I thought it very poor form how the North supporters with obvious anger management issues had a go at the Eagles players as they were handing footballs to the kids at the fence at the end of the game.
Surely, the issue wasn't with the players. The language used was a disgrace given it was the kids time. And the punch thrown at an Eagles supporter at the same time missed by a country mile.

Don't disagree with that and that was over the top and not called for. I had a crack at at a couple of those responsible to shut it.

Didn't see any punches get thrown though around where we were?

wasn't on the rails "off the rails" post-loss??

[Punk Rooster]

... And the punch thrown at an Eagles supporter at the same time missed by a country mile.

That's because they're lovers, not fighters ...

or because the North suporter couldn't get close enough to land one, due to the eagle supporters girth?

[sahboz]

Good decision from the umpire. You can't see if he legitimately handballed or not but if he did then he deserved to get pinged as anyone who gets tackled and then handballs to no one should be penalised for holding the ball.

Where in the rules does it state that you have to handball to any-one?
You have to dispose of the ball legitimately and if the umpire is unsure/unsighted then surely its play on or ball up.