If see another non existent FW50 free to Richmond....

[Linton Street Saint]

I am going to spew up and turn off.

[saintfox]

Happens every week and just happened again banister the ex Carlton player

[Linton Street Saint]

Am I watching the same game... are the umpires turning a blind eye to every Richmond player. Tell me I am being absurd.

[Sainterman]

Been an awful display all up. We are awful, umpires are even worse.

Can you imagine if they were consistent and Roo got those frees too?

Makes and already frustrating game to watch that much worse.

[StPeter]

Umpire 25 (blond hair) carves us up every time.

In a Richmond game 2 years ago he paid 9 frees to Richmond in their forward 50 to nil to us in possibly the most biased umpiring display I have ever seen. Again earlier this year he paid 5 against us in forward 50 to none the other way. His bias should be investigated. He should never get another StKilda game!

[jonesy]

It's no suprise, it happens most weeks, has been for three years now. Anyone suggesting otherwise doesn't watch Stkilda games, or is plugger66

[Linton Street Saint]

Just slap the ball out of a players hands after a mark, all good. A please explain needs to be sent to the AFL

[ROLS-LEE]

Agree then Roo bumps an opposition player b4 he lands and it's a 50 against.

[Griggsy]

Roo would be leading the Coleman if he got decent treatment.

[ShanghaiSaint]

the umpires are ruining the game for me.... at times i swear they're instructed to keep us out.

[Devilhead]

Frees

Saints - 17
Tigers - 12

[ShanghaiSaint]

it's the time place and meaning on the game at the time that pisses me off Devil.

[borderbarry]

Cotchin got most of their frees then. Untouchable.

[Junction Oval]

Yep. The umpiring today seemed one-sided. Lot's of blatant frees to us were not paid. Rooey gets shoved around every week without any frees. Today, he kept getting pushed under the ball

[WinnersOnly]

Umpires are only human THEY like everyone else expect us to lose and umpire accordingly!

[WinnersOnly]

Umpires are only human THEY like everyone else expect us to lose and umpire accordingly!

[WellardSaint]

Yep. The umpiring today seemed one-sided. Lot's of blatant frees to us were not paid. Rooey gets shoved around every week without any frees. Today, he kept getting pushed under the ball

If that filth Gorilla Cloke ever got manhandled like that, what would eddie do?

Now, coaches are instructing defenders to tunnel Roo.
Because every team watches hours and hours of video of their next opponents.
They know what the morons at the MRP said about Shuey's "spoil".
"Spoil? "
"Not unreasonable"

MRP has opened Pandora's Box.

[bigred]

Stop whining about umpires.

It is loser talk.

[WellardSaint]

Stop whining about umpires.

It is loser talk.

Clubs have a right to book a meeting with the umps people for a discussion.

[Milne]

Stop whining about umpires.

It is loser talk.

Usually I don't whine about umpires, but geez it would ridiculous yesterday.

The amount of blatant throws they got away with was infuriating.

[kosifantutti]

Still trying to work out how a guy is lying on his back after being tackled by Simpkin, throws the ball in the general direction of his foot and isn't pinged 10m out from our goal.

[dragit]

Also where Milera was driven into the back, everyone on the field stopped as it was a clear push in the back... Only it wasn't called, took a few seconds for players to realise it was play on, funny really.

[plugger66]

Still trying to work out how a guy is lying on his back after being tackled by Simpkin, throws the ball in the general direction of his foot and isn't pinged 10m out from our goal.

Sounds like a mistake.

[8856brother]

Still trying to work out how a guy is lying on his back after being tackled by Simpkin, throws the ball in the general direction of his foot and isn't pinged 10m out from our goal.

Sounds like a mistake.

It was, and there were plenty. Mainly favoring the Tiges. The f50 frees to Cotchin and the dud Vickery in particular were as soft as you can get. The non in the back to Tezza was actually unexplainable. As bad a non decision as I have ever seen. Riewoldt is getting pushed off the ball illegally too often. Week after week.
Has anyone else noticed how often we give away the first free kick of nearly every game, generally in the middle at a stopage which then gets booted forward resulting in the first goal of the game.

[plugger66]

Still trying to work out how a guy is lying on his back after being tackled by Simpkin, throws the ball in the general direction of his foot and isn't pinged 10m out from our goal.

Sounds like a mistake.

It was, and there were plenty. Mainly favoring the Tiges. The f50 frees to Cotchin and the dud Vickery in particular were as soft as you can get. The non in the back to Tezza was actually unexplainable. As bad a non decision as I have ever seen. Riewoldt is getting pushed off the ball illegally too often. Week after week.
Has anyone else noticed how often we give away the first free kick of nearly every game, generally in the middle at a stopage which then gets booted forward resulting in the first goal of the game.

Havent seen a kick in this game but for the about the 9th week in a row some have claimed we got a bad deal. Surely we just cant be that unlucky. I have a mate who follows, Sydney, ormong and the Australian crickeet team. he has yet to see a game where they were on the right end of the umpires. I occassionly have the misfortune to stand next to him at Ormond and by the end of the game he would have the frees as 70 to us and none to them.