Footy Smart wrote:1980 Tassie Medalist wrote:Footy Smart wrote:I pose this question and in no way would it have changed the results, but what was your perspective of the standard of umpiring in the game???? IMO opinion very inconsistant and does anyone have the official free kick count????
FS
This won't surprise you, I thought the umpiring was very consistant yesterday players in front positin got rewarded with a free kick if it was there and if players had prior opportunity and where tackled (allbeit briefly e.g Panozzo in teh2nd qtr) they got pinged.
When Sturt got first to the footy late in teh 2nd qtr they got free kicks and in the third qtr when they had the footy i.e were first they got the run of the umpiring. Fair enough they were first to the footy.
I wont say they were perfect I mean in the third qtr after Sturt got their two goals we brought the ball into our fifty to a leading Kirkby he was being held as he led (you could see his jumper stretch most obvious free of the day I thought and play on was the call...)
So all in all like last week when Centrals got the run of the umpiring (justifiably) it was the team first to the footy that got rewarded.
Good umpiring IMO particularly from Williams.
Yes i agree Glenelg were first to the ball and got rewarded for that but there were numerous occasions were sturt was held up on the mark and high contact no paid. which up the other end was.... i think it was just different umpires and different interpretations.
One last thing before i do some workI as i said was in the Bradman stand and was watching the sturt cheer squad below me and about 10 mins into the last qtr roughly 10 big blokes in glenelg gear formed right next to the cheer squad. They were yelling profanities and personal abuse at the cheer squad regarding mothers, daughters and the like. very poor form by that mob and well done to the cheer squad for just packing up there flags.
The SCS has copped a lot of negative shit in recent times and your comments are good to hear.