Don’t be too hard, it’s just one game where he lost the plot. The first free when he threw Jones was a bit soft, the 2nd was simply stupid.
The umps also get carried away a bit and think the crowd is cheering them.
He was actually going okay in the ruck, Finlayson wasn’t even competing half the tine - but there needed to be more pressure from the rest of them as the GWS reject was able to gain a few clearances & we managed to make him look good. One particularly poor effort early in Q3 from Ollie saw F dance around for another clearance.
There was another time during that period of play when Finlayson should’ve been pinged for blocking - but Ladhams was done for “Pushing”. He’s allowed to try to get to the ball - wrong decision.
Then there’s Dixon who actually pushes Ladhams with 2 hands squarely in the back. Clear free kick. Not paid.
Things were not going his way, everyone else was doing stupid stuff (Rampe, Lloyd, Papley et Al)- frustration crept in and he lost his $&@? - it happens. At least he was showing some passion.
I don’t mind seeing him spend some time in the 2s, but let’s cut the guy some slack. He’s gonna be okay.
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