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Have to disagree about a high standard of umpiring.
West Coast only received 13 free kicks for the game. Collingwood received 17 free kicks.
My view is that WC were particularly harshly done by in the second quarter.
In no particular order, here are some decisions that weren’t paid to WC during the game:
– Howe dragging the ball in right in front of WC goal. Any other game this is paid 9/10 times.
– Ryan being yanked backwards by the jumper in a marking contest on the wing. Maybe Langdon. No free.
– Shuey being tackled around the neck and face on the wing by Cox right in front of an umpire. Shuey in no way ducked. No free – a howler.
– Darling having his arm pulled out of it’s socket in the forward trying to mark the ball with his left arm.
– Sidebottom galloping over the WC goal line to rush a behind. If that wasn’t why deliberate rule was brought in I’ll go he.
– Last quarter Cripps has a mark at CHB, Collingwood player runs right through the protected area, so close
Cripps could have touched him. Nothing.
– Just before half time Kennedy lays a brilliant tackle on the boundary at half fwd, Collingwood player has clear prior, nothing.
That is seven calls against WC that were probably incorrect.
A close grand final does not a classic make
Firstly, the Maynard non call is debatable and certainly not clear cut. There is a good argument there was nothing in it.
West Coast only received 13 free kicks for the game. Collingwood received 17 free kicks.
My view is that WC were particularly harshly done by in the second quarter.
In no particular order, here are some decisions that weren’t paid to WC during the game:
– Howe dragging the ball in right in front of WC goal. Any other game this is paid 9/10 times.
– Ryan being yanked backwards by the jumper in a marking contest on the wing. Maybe Langdon. No free.
– Shuey being tackled around the neck and face on the wing by Cox right in front of an umpire. Shuey in no way ducked. No free – a howler.
– Darling having his arm pulled out of it’s socket in the forward trying to mark the ball with his left arm.
– Sidebottom galloping over the WC goal line to rush a behind. If that wasn’t why deliberate rule was brought in I’ll go he.
– Last quarter Cripps has a mark at CHB, Collingwood player runs right through the protected area, so close
Cripps could have touched him. Nothing.
– Just before half time Kennedy lays a brilliant tackle on the boundary at half fwd, Collingwood player has clear prior, nothing.
That is seven calls against WC that were probably incorrect.
Leigh Matthews blasts the fourth-quarter umpiring of the Grand Final
This comment about the umpires favouring the Eagles today is rubbish. Yes, Cripps probably should have been pinged for holding the ball in the first few minutes. But apart from that, several 50/50 call of soft decisions went in Melbourne’s favour. Couple of iffy 50 metre penalties against the Eagles, Lewis diving after a Rioli tackle 40 out from Eagles goal and getting a free, Ryan almost taking a speccy at half forward, but juggled the ball and fell on top of it and was pinged for dragging it in (that was a howler), Jetta pinged for a marginal, debatable late contact on Neal-Bullen which led to a down field goal, Lewis punched the ball into the crowd after it went out on the full – should have been a 50 metre penalty, Kennedy shoved in the back twice after marking the ball, no 50, could easily have been paid, very soft free paid to Spargo for high contact at Melbourne half back. There is one umpire (that I won’t name), particularly in the first half was looking to keep Melbourne in the game, and rather than watch the contest and objectively umpire, he was itching to pay anything soft against the Eagles. I mean, 4.8 to 0.3 in the first quarter and 10.9 to 0.6 at half time, it just about defies logic that the frees were pretty even.
West Coast join Collingwood in 2018 AFL Grand Final
You miss my point. I was replying to a post that insisted the Eagles beat nobody when they beat the Pies last night cos “the Pies have a rubbish forward line”. Regardless of their draw, the stats show the Pies are the fourth best attacking side in the comp.
Five talking points from West Coast vs Collingwood
Agree with what you say about Gina, except that she definitely doesn’t fund Labor. Two of Labor’s key policy platforms are to increase wages and crack down on cheap imported labour.
Five talking points from West Coast vs Collingwood
I disagree with your view that the umpires favoured West Coast.
Firstly, the Maynard non-call is debatable and certainly not clear cut. There is a good argument there was nothing in it.
West Coast only received 13 free kicks for the game. Collingwood received 17 free kicks.
My view is that WC were particularly harshly done by in the second quarter.
In no particular order, here are some decisions that weren’t paid to WC during the game:
– Howe dragging the ball in right in front of WC goal. Any other game this is paid 9/10 times.
– Ryan being yanked backwards by the jumper in a marking contest on the wing. Maybe Langdon. No free.
– Shuey being tackled around the neck and face on the wing by Cox right in front of an umpire. Shuey in no way ducked. No free – a howler.
– Darling having his arm pulled out of it’s socket in the forward trying to mark the ball with his left arm.
– Sidebottom galloping over the WC goal line to rush a behind. If that wasn’t why deliberate rule was brought in I’ll go he.
– Last quarter Cripps has a mark at CHB, Collingwood player runs right through the protected area, so close Cripps could have touched him. Nothing.
– Just before half time Kennedy lays a brilliant tackle on the boundary at half fwd, Collingwood player has clear prior, nothing.
That is seven calls against WC that were probably incorrect.
West Coast crowned 2018 AFL premiers in all-time classic grand final