billc3 wrote:
barrel47 wrote:
#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.
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.
shows how biased some of you guys are
Umpire called a free for too high - the ball spilled to another WB player who then got tackled. The 50m was there.
I agree the knee in the back was soft contact - however it is something that needs to be paid everytime. The potential for injury (and severity from such injuries) from such contact is fairly high so the AFL would want a strict interpretation of that rule
also
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(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);
we actually got away with that one - the tackle was applied incorrectly and at no stage did anderson have his hands above eagletons waist. It started around midthigh and ended around his ankles - it should have been called a trip.
Overall there were some missed frees to both teams - it happens every week. Fev gave away 3 frees - 2 of which were 50m penalties. All 3 of them were there, and in all 3 cases could have been avoided (the one discussed above - hard to avoid contact, but the subsequent 50m should definitely have been avoided)
Also for those who think I'm purely antifev - the first time I watched it, I thought Fev had a horrible game - second viewing I thought he was servicable. What didnt change, was that the opinion on the 3 frees he gave away and not chasing/bitching a few times.