#9 was Matt Stevic and he was clearly the worst of it.
2 howlers:
(1):
Fevola giving away in the back on Boyd I think, where he locked in a pack in our forward line in the last(?) where he leant on the pack and his knee touching Boyd - no impact at all, and the umpire paid in the pack for kneeing him (Note: no umpire saw Eagleton's fair dinkum knee on Joey Anderson when he laiud a goal-saving tackle in the 3rd - sniper - didn't hurt him, but that's not the issue);
(2):
Fev slipped high with an errant hand tackling Hargraves, giving away free kick - no dramas - free kick, accepted. Hargraves then handballed back to another player, forget who, who Fev tackles to the ground. Umpire pays 50m penalty, as he said, you heard the whistle, yada yada yada. Hargarves chose to play on in my opinion, Fev just laid the tackle. At worst, Fev tackled the player to avoid the umpire paying advantage. This cannot be construed as time wasting, though it certainly would have served tha t purpose, had it been adjudicated correctly. Umpires, as with barry Hall, are so Fevola-conscious they are jumping on everything they can construe as a penalty against him.
Yet, when he plays 'normally, he is having his hands & shoulders chopped incessantly, is being held in marking contests and getting the big Krispy Kreme.

That is all not mention the succession of free kicks that the umpires attempted to ignore on Marc Murphy in the last quarter.

Thank Christ we destroyed the Rubbish Bulldogs, or I would have been livid. I feel better now, I have vented.

Only 'concern' is that the Priority Pick looks to have dissolved.
Now we hope that Richmond take Kreuzer at 1, leaving Cotchin to Carlton at #2.
Please.

He got at least two in-the-back frees yesterday simply from falling to the ground when tackled and bringing the opposition player down on top of him.

Ponkster its not staging when he is going for the ball and positions himself so beautifully over the ball that the opposition has not other option than to push him in the back.

Lappin has it down to an art and when he doesn't get pushed in the back, he does get pinged for holding the ball!

You must have been pretty ropable a few times yesterday then.

Not a truer word has been uttered today.

Was there even a holding the ball decision payed yesterday?

I don't remember one. It was surreal watching players lie on top of the ball and expecting to hear a whistle that never came when it's what I've been conditioned to in recent years.

the murph "wheelbarrow" incident as I have dubbed it is really bothering me.
The goal he kicked doesn't compensate the treatment he had and the long minute it took until the flowering ump paid the free. The incident happened right in front of me and I don't know who was more traumatized murph or the crowd behind him.

I loathe this guy, but Sam Newman is right - they are ruining the game.

I don't remember one. It was surreal watching players lie on top of the ball and expecting to hear a whistle that never came when it's what I've been conditioned to in recent years.

Agreed. That would be ideal. But we know that in practice this sort of stuff happens. You have to deal with the reality.

I listened to MMM at the game, and IIRC Kouta wasn't paid a mark in the goalmouth and then ran away from goal and was tackled and didn't dispose of the ball correctly. We grabbed the loose ball and kicked a goal. Dunstall was asked about whether Kouta should have been pinged. He said it was one of those 50/50s, and the umpire probably gave us the benefit of the doubt because he didn't pay the mark. To the comment that this isn't how decisions to be made and that the rules had to be applied independently of previous incidents, Dunstall said he accepted that but it is the way that umpires think and always has been. I reckon he's spot on.

So Fev can tilt at windmills and complain that things aren't ideal, or he can get on with business and do the best thing by the club and himself.

No. 2 was the worst...I would argue it wasn't a free as the WB player ducked and Fev's hand slipped up. Also Fev "let go" immediately when the hand slipped up rather than tearing his head off. In most games with most players...50/50. That's how bad Fev's going with the umps. The sunsequent 50m....flowering disgrace...no justification...Club should send a please explain.

Fev will be reported before the season is out. He is starting at CHF opften and if the opposition get the ball he's is running straight through toi either block or lay a tackle. As soon as one "connects" (assuming it's not a 'perfect' teckle) he'll be reported....for no other reason than he'll crush a midfielder when he gets him....and it will be Fev that does it.

(Note: no umpire saw Eagleton's fair dinkum knee on Joey Anderson when he laiud a goal-saving tackle in the 3rd - sniper - didn't hurt him, but that's not the issue);