It was a deplorable display by the umpires todays, particulaly number 27 Michael Avon. It all started in the first quarter when Shaw got pinged for holding the ball after absolutely NO prior opportunity.
The big issue too is not the number of free kicks it is also where you get them. Freo got at least 4 goals that I can recall as a result of free kicks, I don't think we got any.
The bloody umps also no doubt try to even the count late in a game in junk time. At the 8 minute mark of the last quarter we were down by about 26 points. I said to my mate next to me to wait until the 20 minute mark and if the margin is the same we will start getting cheap free kicks to even things up. It started at 19:54 in the last quarter!
In short, the umpiring was DISCRACEFUL!
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