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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Voting 2024 AFL Rd 11 Carlton vs Gold Coast
Last post by Gointocarlton -5 Cripps
4 Acres
3 Walsh
2 Williams
1 TDK
Mac Andrew pushed Charlie under the footy a few times no free kick. Front on contact in a marking contest against us yes, for us....I felt yesterday that the umps (ie the AFL) were definitely trying to get GC over the line. I'm not normally an umpire basher or conspiracy theorist but the umps were utterly appalling and blatantly one sided yesterday. I have never heard a crowd boo them like that, people in the crowd near me were incensed to al level I have never seen. As for Harwick, he should just should STFU unless he is coming out in support of how appalling the umps were towards us.
Look the gc are afl sponsored but I was actually upset at the late square up. I also thought at the time the way they umpire us might be best for the comp if they umpire everyone that way and that means no tiggy touchwood frees against us too, because I found myself thinking we've given away a few that weren't there and they've only missed a couple they should have paid unless you pay them against us.
Where's arnie with the stats of how we go with one ruck vs how we go with 2.
I'd like to see us doing better at this level but it's a bit difficult given the unbalanced nature of our list. Hard for kids to develop when the side is getting flogged by 10 goals each week. Kind of like the seniors five years ago.Our VFL listed players are very average...eg you would think a player like Tom Philips would excel at this level but he has been ordinary.
Umpiring - I don't want to go there, but the numbers don't lie: we had 3 frees in three quarters of the game. That is just ridiculous.The delta at half time (4-11 I think) surprised TBH. What shocked me though (and I watched the game from level 2 behind the goals) was them dropping the ball so often in a tackle and the ump calling play on. We couldn't buy a free for that yesterday.
TDK tackles and takes marks and restricts opposition from winning quality clearances. He is Kreuzer on steroids except very durable. You can't play talents like that in other positions other than their preferred and most dynamic,
The problem has never been AI, and the problem has never been technology, the problem is always and will always be human.