Yes, I also think he's the best. Though I'm not sure if he umpired any of our games this season? Probably a quirk of the hubs, but conversely, I think that we had Stevic four or five times.Originally Posted by barry
Yes, I also think he's the best. Though I'm not sure if he umpired any of our games this season? Probably a quirk of the hubs, but conversely, I think that we had Stevic four or five times.
For me it is easier to pick the teams I want to fail:
- Dogs - no explanation needed
- Tigers - riding on the Dogs throwing coat tails and Dimma is a d#@%
- Geelong - Selwood ducking, Ablett sniping, Taylor playing dirty and never getting called for it and all whilst having a seeming larger salary cap than most
Hopefully the Saints thump the Dogs and Jones ploughs through Liberatore
edit: I just read through that, man, I am getting grumpy in my old age
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there were so few free kicks in that game, and the game was played very differently to what it is today with almost every contest a “clear free kick”.
It’s easy to say with a freeze frame at such a critical point of the game but in real time and in context of the game, play on.
In other news I saw something I’ve never seen before in the port cats game. Midway through the 4th qtr, game on the line and Selwood ducks (autocorrect kindly suggested sucks instead of ducks) into a tackle. Then it happened. No whistle. Not sure if that is why Ray is in trouble?
I may have to edit/retract this later as I threw it together quickly, but I think these are the umpire counts for Swans games this year.
I also think Chamberlain is a good umpire. I don't mind hearing what umpires have to say, explaining their calls and keeping players focused on the game is surely a good thing. Unfortunately that personality type makes him an easy target on social media.
Here's an article on him from a few years ago.
Name n Andre Gianfagna 6 Brett Rosebury 5 Leigh Haussen 3 Matt Stevic 3 Nathan Williamson 3 Shaun Ryan 3 Brendan Hosking 2 Cameron Dore 2 Chris Donlon 2 David Harris 2 Jacob Mollison 2 Jamie Broadbent 2 Nick Foot 2 Paul Rebeschini 2 Andrew Heffernan 1 Brent Wallace 1 Craig Fleer 1 Curtis Deboy 1 Daniel Johanson 1 Dean Margetts 1 Eleni Glouftsis 1 Hayden Gavine 1 Justin Power 1 Leigh Fisher 1 Mathew Nicholls 1 Nick Brown 1 Rob OGorman 1 Simon Meredith 1
Agree he is a good umpire. Annoys me that he thinks he is on a par with the players. Umpires should be seen and not heard so much as Ray.
So, I was right that Ray didn't umpire any of our games, but I overestimated with Stevic. Maybe it's because three of the games that I went to had Stevic umpiring, so I assumed that he did one or two more?
With Ray, when he umpires, I always feel confident that the game is going to be umpired well: both due due to his own competence, and as a senior umpire, the probable positive effect that he has on his less senior colleagues.
May have a negative impact on some because of his domineering nature.
There were 2 negatives last night. He couldn't bounce the ball and he needed a tape measure to correctly measure 15 metres.
The Tigers are killing the lions in clearances. They need to fix this if they want to win.
Neale has 0 disposals!
Please win Lions.
First quarter of Lions v Tigers was intense. Looks like being an excellent game. Martin having a big influence. I'd be tempted to put Robinson on him, just to see what happens.
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You'd think that would rectify itself. Strangely, the Lions are dominating the hitouts.
Dusty is a remarkable player
Excellent effort by the Lions, to grind their way to a couple of goals lead. That snap at high speed, from deep in the pocket, while being tackled, was an amazing goal by Cameron. Andrews is having a big influence at the other end.
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