2018 AFL Grand Final

[Booney]

Did someone bring up bad umpiring in Grand Finals? Asking for a friend.

[PatowalongaPirate]

Did someone bring up bad umpiring in Grand Finals? Asking for a friend.

Are you talking about the push on Sampi back in 2005?

[Jimmy_041]

Hasnt been mentioned much but making the new Perth Stadium the same dimensions as the MCG could only have helped WCE on GF day. When Freo finally become good enough it would only help them too.

Not sure I agree with that LK
The visual on GF Day showed the MCG to be shorter and fatter by around 10 - 20m each way

[The Bedge]

Hasnt been mentioned much but making the new Perth Stadium the same dimensions as the MCG could only have helped WCE on GF day. When Freo finally become good enough it would only help them too.

Not sure I agree with that LK
The visual on GF Day showed the MCG to be shorter and fatter by around 10 - 20m each way

I thought when they made it they said they made a point to build it to the same size as the MCG?

*edit* found this:

Ground - length - width

UTAS Stadium - 175m - 145m
TIO Stadium - 175m - 135m
GMHBA Stadium - 170m - 116m
TIO Traeger Park - 168m - 132m
Adelaide Oval - 167m - 123m
Cazaly’s Stadium - 165m - 135m
Optus Stadium - 165m - 130m
Spotless Stadium - 164m - 128m
UNSW Canberra Oval - 162.5m - 138m
MCG - 161m - 138m
Jiangwan Stadium - 160m - 136m
Etihad Stadium - 160m - 129m
Mars Stadium - 160m - 129m
Blundstone Arena - 160m - 124m
Metricon Stadium - 158m - 134m
Gabba - 156m - 138m
SCG - 155m - 136m

[Lightning McQueen]

Pretty boring, that was a highlight of the good old days of VFL and SANFL, the unique ovals, now there carbon copies of each other just about.

[Booney]

MCG - 161m - 138m
Jiangwan Stadium - 160m - 136m

Now they'll all be wanting to play us in Shanghai!

[mots02]

MCG - 161m - 138m
Jiangwan Stadium - 160m - 136m

Now they'll all be wanting to play us in Shanghai!

yeh nah

[The Bedge]

MCG - 161m - 138m
Jiangwan Stadium - 160m - 136m

Now they'll all be wanting to play us in Shanghai!

Pretty deceptive the ground sizes, I always thought Jiangwan appeared smaller and more narrow, and the MCG always looks so round on TV

[Senor Moto Gadili]

I agree with him, why are finals umpires differently? Well, it's because the umpires don't want to **** it up and be known as a **** up for the rest of their careers/lives, but why don't they umpire like that all year round?

This.. surely every fan would rather see umpiring like in finals and let the game just go every week instead of the free kick free for all we currently get.

Absolutely agree with this. Throughout the year we have had to put up with stupid 50m penalties because players had encroached the protected zone. Come the Grand Final, the umpires didn't pay any .... and they were never going to, even though there were many instances where it could have been paid. So, let's simply make the umpiring in the GF the standard for the rest of the year.

[tigerpie]

I agree with him, why are finals umpires differently? Well, it's because the umpires don't want to **** it up and be known as a **** up for the rest of their careers/lives, but why don't they umpire like that all year round?

This.. surely every fan would rather see umpiring like in finals and let the game just go every week instead of the free kick free for all we currently get.

Id rather see them umpire like they do all year.
I just knew pressure would get to a forward umpire at some point, it just happened to be against us.

Matthews was right it would've been paid all year.
Pressure gets to the umps just like the players and a mistake from them was bound to happen.
I actually thought Sheed played on, similar to Grundy's.

Anyway we lost and apart from 4000 or so nuffies we've taken the loss pretty well.

[therisingblues]

Hasnt been mentioned much but making the new Perth Stadium the same dimensions as the MCG could only have helped WCE on GF day. When Freo finally become good enough it would only help them too.

Not sure I agree with that LK
The visual on GF Day showed the MCG to be shorter and fatter by around 10 - 20m each way

I thought when they made it they said they made a point to build it to the same size as the MCG?

*edit* found this:

Ground - length - width

UTAS Stadium - 175m - 145m
TIO Stadium - 175m - 135m
GMHBA Stadium - 170m - 116m
TIO Traeger Park - 168m - 132m
Adelaide Oval - 167m - 123m
Cazaly’s Stadium - 165m - 135m
Optus Stadium - 165m - 130m
Spotless Stadium - 164m - 128m
UNSW Canberra Oval - 162.5m - 138m
MCG - 161m - 138m
Jiangwan Stadium - 160m - 136m
Etihad Stadium - 160m - 129m
Mars Stadium - 160m - 129m
Blundstone Arena - 160m - 124m
Metricon Stadium - 158m - 134m
Gabba - 156m - 138m
SCG - 155m - 136m

Thanks for the info Bedge.
Whoever names these grounds... couldn't they at least give SOME indication of where the oval is in the name? I have no idea where UTAS or TIO or GMHBA is.

[daysofourlives]

I agree with him, why are finals umpires differently? Well, it's because the umpires don't want to **** it up and be known as a **** up for the rest of their careers/lives, but why don't they umpire like that all year round?

This.. surely every fan would rather see umpiring like in finals and let the game just go every week instead of the free kick free for all we currently get.

Absolutely agree with this. Throughout the year we have had to put up with stupid 50m penalties because players had encroached the protected zone. Come the Grand Final, the umpires didn't pay any .... and they were never going to, even though there were many instances where it could have been paid. So, let's simply make the umpiring in the GF the standard for the rest of the year.

Dont look ytoo hard for the reason why umpiring is better in finals,
Its because the better umpires officiate in them

[Booney]

Leaked Mark Le Cras video.

[Jimmy_041]

Hasnt been mentioned much but making the new Perth Stadium the same dimensions as the MCG could only have helped WCE on GF day. When Freo finally become good enough it would only help them too.

Not sure I agree with that LK
The visual on GF Day showed the MCG to be shorter and fatter by around 10 - 20m each way

I thought when they made it they said they made a point to build it to the same size as the MCG?

*edit* found this:

Ground - length - width

UTAS Stadium - 175m - 145m
TIO Stadium - 175m - 135m
GMHBA Stadium - 170m - 116m
TIO Traeger Park - 168m - 132m
Adelaide Oval - 167m - 123m
Cazaly’s Stadium - 165m - 135m
Optus Stadium - 165m - 130m
Spotless Stadium - 164m - 128m
UNSW Canberra Oval - 162.5m - 138m
MCG - 161m - 138m
Jiangwan Stadium - 160m - 136m
Etihad Stadium - 160m - 129m
Mars Stadium - 160m - 129m
Blundstone Arena - 160m - 124m
Metricon Stadium - 158m - 134m
Gabba - 156m - 138m
SCG - 155m - 136m

-4m & +8m - I was correct but out a bit with the numbers
Then, again, I was maggoted by the end of the day

[Lightning McQueen]

Pretty deceptive the ground sizes, I always thought Jiangwan appeared smaller and more narrow, and the MCG always looks so round on TV

Still can't read too much into it, the width is taken for the widest points, I think the arc of the pockets make a fair difference, to reach just outside 50 on a ground with deep pockets is a lot more travel from full back than it is with one with no pockets, if you catch my drift.

[Lightning McQueen]

Leaked Mark Le Cras video.

I seen it on FB but didn't open it, funny then hey?

[amber_fluid]

Leaked Mark Le Cras video.

I seen it on FB but didn't open it, funny then hey?

Nope.
Although given he didn’t get a kick it makes him look slightly stupid.

[Lightning McQueen]

Nope.
Although given he didn’t get a kick it makes him look slightly stupid.

Was he maggoted?

[amber_fluid]

Nope.
Although given he didn’t get a kick it makes him look slightly stupid.

Was he maggoted?

He didn’t appear to be drunk.
Being WCE player though he could of been on anything

[bertiebeatle]

Pretty deceptive the ground sizes, I always thought Jiangwan appeared smaller and more narrow, and the MCG always looks so round on TV

Still can't read too much into it, the width is taken for the widest points, I think the arc of the pockets make a fair difference, to reach just outside 50 on a ground with deep pockets is a lot more travel from full back than it is with one with no pockets, if you catch my drift.

It is deceptively wider at the ground as well. The wing on the coaches box side was wider than what it seemed. It did feel quite long though from where I sat there