Grand final umpires

[shaun..]

Umpire Stevic
Found this rather interesting..

[ernie koala]

What have we here again...It's a hijacking.

[Doctor J.]

I'm fretting about the chosen umpires. But you can't say they cost Port the game - poor kicking did that. If they'd kicked straight in the first quarter they would have won.

I agree with the bad kicking, and a score of 6-6 instead of 3-9 at qtr time and its game over!!

Having said that, blow the whistle for a ball up with a bit over 2 mins on the clock instead of awarding a free kick for holding the ball, and its a contest deep in Ports 50 instead of Hawthorn having possession and being able to wind down the clock.

Two incorrect disposal free kicks that Stevic absolutely guessed, because he was on the wrong side of the play also went against Port at crucial times in the last qtr. Yes they didn't result in Hawthorn goals, but certainly relieved the pressure that Hawthorn were under.

He is an absolute cheat. I'd rather razor Ray.

[Doctor J.]

I read on their Big Footy board that apparently the umpires are our 'bench'.... gee they're a ****** deluded mob!

Amazing.

They really are a deluded mob. The problem with them is they think every contest should be a Hawthorn free kick. When it doesn't happen they scream whinge and moan like stuck pigs. Thats why they think the umpires are against them. I have met Hawthorn supporters who will argue that they were hard done by in the 2012 grand final, and it was the umpires that got us home.

As I said amazing.

[DLBIA14]

Darren Goldspink was once the whipping boy here,wasn't he?

In 2005 , he did not officiate in our 4-point loss v West Coast - which , ironically , was blamed (by some) on poor umpiring.

Goldy - or as I prefer to call him , Lucky (as in , lucky for us)- was there in the other three games,which we won.

Umpires Schmumpires.

Don't forget good ole Scotty Mclaren!

I don't buy into the notion that umpires deliberately favour teams, but Stevic so often sees free kicks from the Hawks POV. 50/50s for them are paid and the ones against them aren't to the same extent and it's those that really kill you.

[Matt79]

Stevic nearly destroyed us in 2012...he's back to finish the job.

[Go Swannies]

I'm fretting about the chosen umpires. But you can't say they cost Port the game - poor kicking did that. If they'd kicked straight in the first quarter they would have won.

[mcs]

Tell that to Adelaide & Port Adelaide.


All I ask for is a fair contest. You just don't get that with Stevic when Hawthorn is your opponent.

I'm not saying he hasn't got form - far from that. But we are a good enough team that if we play at our best for enough of the game, we will win. The umps can only do so much in the end - even if one of them is 23rd man for the opposition.

[stevoswan]

We are totally screwed.

Stevic got Whoreforlorn into the GF in 2012, by totally screwing Adelaide. Was single handedly accountable for the 21-12 free kick count against us in the grand final. Got them over the line in this years Prelim by giving every 50/50 free kick in favour of Hawthorn, and that last holding the ball against Port in the Prelim final he may as well have waved his Hawthorn membership ticket instead of blowing the whistle.

He is a certified paid up member of the HFC and we are seriously in trouble with him "umpiring" because the bloke is a cheat.

Bet there is no complaints on the Big Footy or other Hawthorn Boards about Stevics appointment.

I read on their Big Footy board that apparently the umpires are our 'bench'.... gee they're a ****** deluded mob!

[Doctor J.]

We were good enough to overcome it in 2012, and if we are good enough on saturday, it won't matter what Stevic does, we will win again. I do agree that he is a pretty ordinary umpire however!

Tell that to Adelaide & Port Adelaide.


All I ask for is a fair contest. You just don't get that with Stevic when Hawthorn is your opponent.

[Swansinger]

Darren Goldspink was once the whipping boy here,wasn't he?

In 2005 , he did not officiate in our 4-point loss v West Coast - which , ironically , was blamed (by some) on poor umpiring.

Goldy - or as I prefer to call him , Lucky (as in , lucky for us)- was there in the other three games,which we won.

Umpires Schmumpires.

[mcs]

We are totally screwed.

Stevic got Whoreforlorn into the GF in 2012, by totally screwing Adelaide. Was single handedly accountable for the 21-12 free kick count against us in the grand final. Got them over the line in this years Prelim by giving every 50/50 free kick in favour of Hawthorn, and that last holding the ball against Port in the Prelim final he may as well have waved his Hawthorn membership ticket instead of blowing the whistle.

He is a certified paid up member of the HFC and we are seriously in trouble with him "umpiring" because the bloke is a cheat.

Bet there is no complaints on the Big Footy or other Hawthorn Boards about Stevics appointment.

We were good enough to overcome it in 2012, and if we are good enough on saturday, it won't matter what Stevic does, we will win again.

I do agree that he is a pretty ordinary umpire however!

[Doctor J.]

We are totally screwed.

Stevic got Whoreforlorn into the GF in 2012, by totally screwing Adelaide. Was single handedly accountable for the 21-12 free kick count against us in the grand final. Got them over the line in this years Prelim by giving every 50/50 free kick in favour of Hawthorn, and that last holding the ball against Port in the Prelim final he may as well have waved his Hawthorn membership ticket instead of blowing the whistle.

He is a certified paid up member of the HFC and we are seriously in trouble with him "umpiring" because the bloke is a cheat.

Bet there is no complaints on the Big Footy or other Hawthorn Boards about Stevics appointment.

[ugg]

no chelsea?

Emergency.

Here's the full list:

Field Umpires
Matt Stevic
AFL Debut: 2004.
251 AFL Games, 20 Finals.
All Australian: 2012.
2012 Grand Final

Mathew Nicholls
AFL Debut: 2003.
229 AFL Games, 13 Finals.
2013 Grand Final

Simon Meredith
AFL Debut: 2004.
235 AFL Games, 17 Finals.
2012 and 2013 Grand Finals

Emergency: Troy Pannell
AFL Debut: 2005.
150 AFL Games, Five Finals.
No Grand Finals

Boundary Umpires
Nathan Doig
187 AFL Games, 14 Finals.
2011 and 2013 Grand Finals

Matthew Tomkins
69 AFL Games, Six Finals.
First Grand Final

Ian Burrows
198 AFL Games, 22 Finals.
2008, 2010, 2010 Replay and 2012 Grand Finals

Mark Thomson
301 AFL Games, 24 Finals.
2009, 2010, 2010 Replay and 2011 Grand Finals

Emergency Boundary Umpire: Christopher Gordon
140 AFL Games, 12 Finals.
2011 Grand Final

Goal Umpires:
Luke Walker
198 AFL Games, 29 Finals.
Five AFL Grand Finals: 2010, 2010 replay, 2011, 2012 and 2013

Chris Appleton
185 AFL matches. 15 Finals.
Grand Final Debut

Emergency Goal Umpire: Chelsea Roffey
166 AFL Games, 14 Finals.
2012 Grand Final

[moy_71]

no chelsea?