The Umpiring Delusion - RWO Bombers Match Report

[liz]

Run out of plasticine models of Sheedy, umpires or Swans players to stick needles in? Struggling to maintain the rage before facing your work colleagues tomorrow?

Well if you need firing up again but can't face actually watching a replay, try reading Ugg's RWO match report and see if that does the trick.

http://redandwhiteonline.com/content...d=1003_0_2_0_C

Pictures courtesy of Norris Lurker.

[ScottH]

The umpires sucked, but not as bad as our general play.

Have you ever noticed how the bombers seem to play in bursts at the beginning of most qtrs. My BIL pointed that out a few years back while watching the bombers play at the 'G. Must be a Sheedy trait.

[giant]

Must say I'm surprised at the response to the field umpiring. I didn't think it was any worse that I've seen in other games this year (& appreciably better than say the Saints game) & I didn't think it had any impact on the game as such.

Which of course is not to say it didn't suck.

[goswannie14]

Good read, but I can't understand why Monty wasn't listed in the best players. IMO BOG.

[giant]

Good read, but I can't understand why Monty wasn't listed in the best players. IMO BOG.

His 2 OOBOTFs which could have won us the game might be a good start.

[goswannie14]

His 2 OOBOTFs which could have won us the game might be a good start.

He did more than any other player on the night, he had more of the ball and did more with it. Yes if he had kicked 3 goals instead of 1 point we would have won, but is that good enough reason to exclude him considering the performance of the other players on the night. He was clearly better than 18 others out there at least.

[ugg]

I didn't include him because I thought many of his kicks were pretty ineffective. Plus, those 2 shots on goal were absolutely woeful.

[goswannie14]

I didn't include him because I thought many of his kicks were pretty ineffective. Plus, those 2 shots on goal were absolutely woeful.

I can understand that, but I'm not changing my TLM votes.

[undy]

Must say I'm surprised at the response to the field umpiring. I didn't think it was any worse that I've seen in other games this year (& appreciably better than say the Saints game) & I didn't think it had any impact on the game as such.

Which of course is not to say it didn't suck.

I think that the Swans were woeful, Essendon were as bad (whilst playing closer to their potential), but the umps had the worst game and the effect of their mistakes was unevenly distributed between the two teams.

You would have to be a fanatical one-eyed fan of the yellow team to claim that the net effect of their mistakes was less than a one-point leg-up to Essendon, so the impact on the game was that the result was wrong.