malbi wrote:
bluedog wrote:
GreatEx wrote:
bluedog wrote:
CK95 wrote:
Shit that free against Haynes on the boundary in Q1 still has me buggered. Changed the momentum too.
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Possibly one of the worst umpiring decisions in the history of sport.
Was that a last disposal free? I've forgotten it. So many shockers to choose from.
Insufficient intent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah yes. The one where he grabbed the ball in mid-air while crossing the boundary line at the same time.
The last touch rule is a joke. We lost about four of them due to an innocuous touch before it went over.
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Ah yes, that's the one where I asked if anyone knew they'd changed the rule during the week. According to a dubious source (the Channel 7 commentary team), the umpire had paid a last disposal free, and the rule had changed because they'd seen how players were launching themselves at the ball just to get a fingertip to a team mate's kick, and decided that was no longer grounds for a throw in, that the touch had to be a concerted effort to keep the ball in play. Having explainer the decision, the C7 team all agreed it was a shit one because Haynes had nowhere else to go and could hardly be expected to hurl himself at the ball, risking a heavy collision with the fence, just to tap the ball to the nearby Crows.
I was OK with the last disposal rule as a way of dealing with the bizarre mind reading umps were expected to exercise, but using ARC and counting accidental brushes off the outside of the shin as a disposal is just rancid stuff. That "clever" goal Adelaide got via ARC by handballing against Florent about 3mm below the kneecap is going to become a common tactic all the way down the wing as players realise the opportunity presented by this over zealous new interpretation. Surely when they set aside the usual Gather Round Thursday bias, the AFL will review this game and think this isn't what we were aiming for. It's a disaster in the making.
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