Originally Posted by
chalbilto
Whilst at the heat of the moment we may feel this way, I don't believe that they are deliberate cheats, but subconsciously they are influenced by the crowds, home town venues particularly in Melbourne when it comes to close decisions and also second guessing incidents. There also seems to be a bias towards Victorian teams when they are playing interstate teams in Melbourne, but I don't think that it is deliberate. Yes they are human and do deserve to be respected as human beings, but some of their performances and howlers can be queried and not be totally respected.
As a supporter I just would like consistency with the decisions made and would like to see the frees that aren't paid, be paid. It's the blatant ones that they don't pay which is really annoying. In saying this, I do believe that the umpiring in the 2016 grand final was disgusting and those umpires should have been stood down for 4 games at the beginning of the 2017 season proper.
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