‘There were others … it wasn’t result shaping’ …. Show the others. Off the top of my head there was a htb against Ridley in which he was tackled as soon as he caught the ball which resulted in a goal to Stengle. Same thing happened to Stringer. A clearing kick out of Geelong’s d50 that wasn’t called insufficient intent despite it being paid all night … yes the bombers didn’t do enough to get back in the game, but it was the umpires that let the air out of it.
The umpiring in the whole 3rd was a shocker. I've seen Blues and Pies supporters on the AFL social pages saying how bad the umpiring was against Essendon. Damo is just playing devils advocate for the sake of it. Maybe he was told to say it, who knows. Regardless, they need to call it out instead of playing it down. I stated before I think Essendon did try and fight back but their efforts fell on deaf umps, those non HTB calls just squashed whatever remaining effort they had. Essendon also need to work on their forward connection and capitlise on their forward 50 entries, if they did, it would've created a buffer for stuff uncontrolled like the crap umpiring. A few missed opportunities there.
Even my cats supporter mate texted me to say how bad umps were in 3rd, and that umps handed them 3 goals. It was more than just the 3 goals but yeah umps were shyt and should be called out not protected buy the likes of barrett. Ruined what was a good contested game
Wright's "mark" in front of goal in the 2nd was a gift, never had control, and Langford caught dead htb in the 3rd and called play on off the top of the head The umpiring was shocking in the 3rd but it's really not as one sided as you think if you take your bombers glasses off - from a neutral
@@calnar im not saying bad decisions weren't made on both sides, and cats might have just run over dons anyway. But 3 goal swing due to umps ruins a close game and umps get a free pass?
@calnar ps when I'm not going for dons I go for the cats. One game usually in a year I need to choose. I'm always happy for whoever wins, cats usually doing good so dont mind dons winning, and if cats are looking like contenders i dont mind if they win. But this year both teams needed a win lol
The 3rd quarter umpiring was disgusting. It shifted momentum and took the wind out of the game for the bombers. No wonder they packed up and left mentally.
They have to be better than that. Geelong had some rough decisions last week against the Blues, at times when they (the Cats) were threatening but Carlton were the better side and won comfortably, but no one mentioned that Geelong got the rough end of the umpiring so often, it was all 'how good are Carlton'. Same case last night with Geelong,..they were a far better side than Essendon on the night in spite of getting a couple of decisions or non-decisions in their favour but all of a sudden it's poor old Essendon.
@@hardtobeat84 Ten goals (Geelong ) to two goals (Essendon) after half time and Geelong had ten more scoring shots for the game. Exactly. Had the game been decided by a couple of goals I could understand why Essendon supporters would be p***ed off. All the same, a radical change in umpiring is necessary. I'll start with 50 metre penalties. Get rid of this fiddly-piddly, wishy-washy, half a centimetre over the mark, a nano-second too late garbage. 50 metre penalties should only be for obvious time wasting actions. Kicks towards the boundary line, the opposition must chase after the ball,..if they slow down to allow it to go over in anticipation of a free kick then no free kick to them. It's a shocker of a year for umpiring but with a few tweaks it can get better.
@@terrythekittieful the free kicks that were/weren't given resulted in goals. As David King stated the other day, the game is highly driven by momentum and the umpires took that away from Essendon in that 3rd qtr.
@@TomasUjhelyi 2 goals? You're braindead mate - the Ridley one was there (stupid new interpretation) but there was the Draper one right in front, and the 2 other HTBs in our forward line. That's 2 12 point swings at least which is more than the margin was at 3QT
I want to know what script they were handed at half time? The first half was great footy. But Damo clearly thinks that being gifted goals and not being given opportunity to have shots on goal, clearly have no impact on moment.
Bombers were well in that game for at least 2.5 quarters and probably had the best of it between both teams. End of 3rd quarter the shocking decisions started and set shots we should have had on goal weren't given and often pinged down the other end for a 12 pt turn around
@@Leeviii2024Essendon cop it a lot too, just rubbish calls out of no where changing games. Carlton game, Gc game, Geelong game… 3 losses where the game changed totally due to repeat umpire failures
@@Leeviii2024 Not to this level - not sustained for almost 15 minutes. We got gimped last week too when the game was in the balance umps were keeping the Eagles in it, paid 4 free kicks to us in 3 quarters of play. Obviously for the metrics the cheapies come out when the game is dead to even the numbers up
“It wasn’t result shaping” - completely ignores the fact that all the highlighted decisions all took place in the third quarter where Geelong took control. Prior to that it was close but Essendon were actually well on top and the Cats lucky to be in touch.
I'm not a supporter for either team but after that free kick for the rushed point..I turned off the game..holding the ball has become a joke..wait for the other guy to get the ball and tackle.. your free..need to look after the guy attacking the ball..
Damo has no idea.. And to say those free kicks wont affect the outcome is silly. 24 points were scored over poor umpiring. In a game thats played in the wet and is such an armwrestle in the first half will absolutely squash momentum. A good team like Collingwood can comeback from these types of scenarios, Essendon almost did but their efforts (those 2 HTB frees soon after) were just not rewarded and they just lost composure under frustration. Brad admitted the 45 point deficit was due to switching to an offensive play to claw back in but exposed their defence. The play was changed literally due to the 24 point onslaught from poor umpiring in the third. Its directly affected the way Essendon played the 4th.
Outplayed and within the rules. 2 HTB that have been paid or not throughout the season. The front on contact was there but 45 points. deal with it. We have over the last 2 months and we didn't sook.
I don't see the point or the merit in showing a graphic of a team's wins against teams that were in the bottom 8 of the ladder. Where on the ladder was the winning team for those games? The AFL schedules games at the start of the year. It's not like they have a crystal ball that can help them predict which teams each team will play and where those teams will be on the ladder at any given time of the year.
I would like for the umpires to be held accountable for their mistakes in the same way players are held accountable for theirs - fines and/or suspensions. I would also like the umpires to be told what the AFL rules are so that they don't go out on the field and just make sh*t up as they have been doing for the past 15 or so years! And teach them how to bounce a bloody ball!!! Seriously, how much time is wasted with all these call backs because the wa*ker in day glo isn't happy with the bounce? And why are there so many umpires on the field? Is it so that there are more eyes on the ball? How's that been working out? Have the 'powers that be' not heard the expression "too many cooks spoil the broth"? AFL is becoming a popularity contest for the umpires and the players and teams are just falling by the wayside! The viewer is more intent on picking fault with the umpires than with their own team, which is putting more focus on the idiots that shouldn't be focussed on!
Yeah bombers are always up top of the differential. Geelong consistently doen the bottom..they got a couple (2) favourable calls. The rest was fair. Not to mention the dons getting the run of green for the whole first half. 😊 ah well.
Not a supporter of either team and I still turned the TV off. Umpires are destroying watching games and are determining the outcome. This week Essendon got the raw deal. Who will it be next week.
The Draper/Tuohy incident. I saw the umpires throwing their arms around and falling down recreating the scene after the game, just like Draper did against Adelaide a month or so ago. What goes around comes around.
What Damo doesn’t understand it does effect the result because it kills all momentum, also heard on SEN on Friday lunch time think Dwayne russel said it best not all umpires are on the same level as each other so here’s the point get them all in the a room explain the rules and show them what’s right and what’s not so they are all on the same page instead of having umpires with different interpretations it’s pretty simple but we allow this week in week out and it’s getting worse
Hahahahahaha just when you think Damo has been fair with the way he has delivered himself lately, you can see that egg dripping on the face now, he’s always in bed with the AFL it’s so clear 😂😆
Laura kane be like "the umpire was confused so he did nothing wrong, god I'm so good at my job" The cats 4 goals in the 3rd all resulted from bad calls which is wild, the dons were robbed of a goal from again a bad call. They went into the 4th 5 goals down instead of being up. It changes the game massively, completely changes how teams play and their confidence. I think we actually downplay how big of an affect bad calls make, it completely kills players confidence knowing even if they do the right thing they wont be rewarded. Or if they do nothing wrong they get penalised. They need a complete rework of their umpiring after this year, it is horrific and Laura Kane has no clue what shes doing
Bombers fan here - we lost that game because of the way the team played. 2 goals in the second half is NOT good enough under any scheme. BUT the umpiring was atrocious. There were no excuses for many of the calls lat night and it's crazy to think that after efforts have been made to provide clarity; last night the umpires seemed more confused than every.
Yeah Geelong were definitely better across all 4 quarters and deserved the win. But that umpiring was atrocious. MAYBE if those terrible calls weren’t made and Geelong weren’t gifted a 3-4goal lead, MAYBE Essendon could have hung in their and it would have been a bit closer as their Moral wouldn’t have been nuked in the 3rd quarter. But those are all maybes. Terrible umpiring aside, Geelong did deserve the win.
What’s with use showing current ladder positions at the time 4 of them not currently in the 8 were in the 8 when Essendon beat them they were the reason they’re no longer in it!
The rushed behind rule is the worst rule in the game. No-one really know what it is, and the penalty is too harsh - basically a gimme goal. If the intent is to not allow the defense to get a kick-out, allow the rushed behind and then have a ball up in the goal square. That seems a lot fairer.
There were Cats fans on their own pages saying how blatantly horrendous the umpiring was for Essendon. It did almost looked 'fixed' in the 3rd, that'show bad it was. Obviously it wasn't but that level of fuckery has to be addressed.
As long as Umpires have the bullcrap backing of Laura Kane they will forever be untouchable. Commentators have a responsibility and they shouldn't be gagged or reprimanded or be scared to lose their job if they DEMAND umpire accountability. Teams will be winning premierships or losing them on the back of an umpire. It's become a pathetic joke.
If you think those decisions don't change games then you have never played the game, I know from playing 15 years of footy that umpiring decisions have a big effect on players. IT gets mentally exhausting to have obvious decisions continually go against you, it's called human nature.
Umpires aren’t accountable, they should be, however time the AFL looked at some betting sheets. Too many games decided on very dubious frees and bad non paying of frees this year. Some of these games decided by less than a goal, looks good but sooner or later someone is going to spill the beans. Too many umpires on the field for this many bad decisions, some are turning a blind eye deliberately, if not then they should be sacked. Who is this Laura Kane?
Kane is a feminist DEI appointment who is determined to put her woke politics into the AFL. She needs to be sacked! Footy supporters need to start a campaign for her removal and a former male player to be appointed in her position. Dillon is also useless … 🤡😵💀
The exact same deliberate call was made against Richmond in the opening round in a critical moment, changing the momentum of the game aswell. I remember the media saying they weren’t sure either way but if that’s the precedent they’re setting then so be it. I’ve also seen this call made I think 2 other times this year. We may not like it but at least they’re being somewhat consistent with it. And at the end of the day… it is a deliberate tactic.
Umpires need to start getting fines and suspensions made public for pathetic performances like this. If only the AFL had a CEO/Boss who knew what they were doing!
In the first half the umpires were inconspicious as they should be but in the 3rd quarter they decided they wanted to stick their stupid heads in the game & it was one of the worst umpiring efforts I've seen in my 56 years
Geelong supporter here who DIDNT watch the game. From those examples, all of them were free kicks except the deliberate which I think was a fair call because Menzie clearly didn't want to keep that ball in. I feel for any Essendon supporter as those calls were pretty pathetic.
Turn it up. The Draper free was 100% there, but the rest were 50/50 calls. Supporters of every club could find their own examples of those not being paid every week.
"Wasn't results shaping" my a**. That third quarter showed the umpiring fraternity is incompetently inconsistent. It's true that Essendon dropped their bundle after the momentum shifted following the string of woeful decisions in the third quarter. But it absolutely had an impact on the momentum of the game and the way the result played out. I can't wait for the AFL's explanation tomorrow. It'll something along the lines of: "Looking at the trajectory of the moon and the sun, physics are responsible for what happens on a football field, therefore the decisions were correct. Don't thank the AFL. Thank the moon's gravitational pull."
These kind of calls happen every game. Why is is suddenly getting so much media scrutiny? I agree it shouldn't happen and it is frustrating but why now?
Why not show all the times Sydney blatantly threw the ball, or every time it was holding the ball? But once again, they only get mad if it's against a Vic team.
Depends on what your definition of 9 metres is I clocked that as deliberate instantly, and I'm a Dons man Having watched through all of the calls in this video. If these are people's main points of contention, I think the game is doing just fine 😊
I agree it was deliberate but he had no where else to go.The two Geelong players had him covered.Consequently, the rule provides a "get out of gaol free card" and deliberate was permitted under the circumstances.The umpires call should have been "rushed behind".
I think everyone's definition of 9 meters is the same. He did deliberately take that ball over the goal line, well picked up on your behalf 😂 That fact is though, that is never a free kick.
@@richardbehan8118 the problem is, 9 metres isn't physically defined on the field. It's always going to be a rough estimate Anyhow, he had the option to kick the ball infield up towards the wing, he chose to concede over the goal line having looked over his shoulder to see both Cats players hanging off him. That's a free kick every day of the week. On to the next round
Yeh. Teams like Melbourne and Fremantle have lost to WC. Sydney to Richmond. Adelaide beat Carlton in Melbourne. Essendon best WB and GWS that have better more mature lists. They drew with last year's premiers. So yeh, that list says the competition is pretty tight. 🙄
I cannot see how it was an arm chop to Draper.. Toohey's arm didn't even touch draper until the contest with the ball in vicinity was finished. I probably would have howled if it was the other way around, but looking at it now.. good contest
@@carletonclements4931 personally I don't mind the rule. The 2008 GF was definitely why they felt they had to bring it in. And today if you look at how far the man on the mark has to stand back for the kick out, and the player kicking out can just run out of the goal square without kicking it to themselves first, rushing behinds would be every second score. We should go back to 90's rules and allow the game to evolve authentically rather than the AFL forcing so much change. Honestly I don't know why I bother watching anymore. It's like the book 1984, it's my 5 minutes of hate.
Literally a rule that allowed u to do that if someone is within a certain distance. There was one with GWS earlier this year, forgot what game and it wasn’t paid
@@justinkassis8273 except that rule doesn't apply if you had "prior" - menzie made a fake baulk and then ran over the line. The option to not rush doesn't have to be a good one it just has to have been possible
It is the umpiring and it is THE JOKE OF A DRAW.. AND FIVE DAY BREAKS WHICH ARE RUINING THE GAME.. IN FACT the game is just about stuffed.... Well done AFL which cares all about money. Essendon took their foot of the peddle after half time and why because they have a big game against Collingwood next week... one week teams look great and the next their soft... put simply AFL football is not like what it use to be... it has become money driven to the MAX...
" Essendon took their foot of the peddle after half time and why because they have a big game against Collingwood next week..." Is the weather nice in your reality?
@@markmcdonald9260 That makes your comment even less clear. What the hell are you talking about? The Bombers didn't take their feet off the peddle because they have a big game next week, they were in a big game at that moment. They went into their shells because the umps were robbing them and then leaked goals in the 4th trying to catch up. Your conspiracy theory makes no sense.
Geelong have been getting absolutely screwed by the umpires for nearly 2 months now so to have a few 50/50 calls go our way last night was long overdue. I thought the front on contact and deliberate over the line were fair enough, but some of those incorrect disposal calls were poor. The umpiring sucks every week and is a literal lottery, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
Damien Barrett! You have no credibility whatsoever. An AFL puppet peddling AFL dribble. Grow a spine and start calling out inept umpiring which clearly shapes outcomes.
You can always rely on Damien Barrett to have the worst possible take on any issue.
Yep, he should stick to trades, off field incidents etc
Gee whiz if Kane is siding with the Bombers you know something has gone loopy
Consistency is key😂
Yeah he is a peanut
With the worst words
‘There were others … it wasn’t result shaping’ …. Show the others. Off the top of my head there was a htb against Ridley in which he was tackled as soon as he caught the ball which resulted in a goal to Stengle. Same thing happened to Stringer. A clearing kick out of Geelong’s d50 that wasn’t called insufficient intent despite it being paid all night … yes the bombers didn’t do enough to get back in the game, but it was the umpires that let the air out of it.
The umpiring in the whole 3rd was a shocker. I've seen Blues and Pies supporters on the AFL social pages saying how bad the umpiring was against Essendon. Damo is just playing devils advocate for the sake of it. Maybe he was told to say it, who knows. Regardless, they need to call it out instead of playing it down. I stated before I think Essendon did try and fight back but their efforts fell on deaf umps, those non HTB calls just squashed whatever remaining effort they had. Essendon also need to work on their forward connection and capitlise on their forward 50 entries, if they did, it would've created a buffer for stuff uncontrolled like the crap umpiring. A few missed opportunities there.
Even my cats supporter mate texted me to say how bad umps were in 3rd, and that umps handed them 3 goals. It was more than just the 3 goals but yeah umps were shyt and should be called out not protected buy the likes of barrett. Ruined what was a good contested game
Wright's "mark" in front of goal in the 2nd was a gift, never had control, and Langford caught dead htb in the 3rd and called play on off the top of the head
The umpiring was shocking in the 3rd but it's really not as one sided as you think if you take your bombers glasses off - from a neutral
@@calnar im not saying bad decisions weren't made on both sides, and cats might have just run over dons anyway. But 3 goal swing due to umps ruins a close game and umps get a free pass?
@calnar ps when I'm not going for dons I go for the cats. One game usually in a year I need to choose. I'm always happy for whoever wins, cats usually doing good so dont mind dons winning, and if cats are looking like contenders i dont mind if they win. But this year both teams needed a win lol
The 3rd quarter umpiring was disgusting. It shifted momentum and took the wind out of the game for the bombers. No wonder they packed up and left mentally.
Absolute loser mentality
Buck broken by umps
They have to be better than that. Geelong had some rough decisions last week against the Blues, at times when they (the Cats) were threatening but Carlton were the better side and won comfortably, but no one mentioned that Geelong got the rough end of the umpiring so often, it was all 'how good are Carlton'. Same case last night with Geelong,..they were a far better side than Essendon on the night in spite of getting a couple of decisions or non-decisions in their favour but all of a sudden it's poor old Essendon.
Lost by 45. A few decisions didnt change the game
@@hardtobeat84 Ten goals (Geelong ) to two goals (Essendon) after half time and Geelong had ten more scoring shots for the game. Exactly. Had the game been decided by a couple of goals I could understand why Essendon supporters would be p***ed off. All the same, a radical change in umpiring is necessary. I'll start with 50 metre penalties. Get rid of this fiddly-piddly, wishy-washy, half a centimetre over the mark, a nano-second too late garbage. 50 metre penalties should only be for obvious time wasting actions. Kicks towards the boundary line, the opposition must chase after the ball,..if they slow down to allow it to go over in anticipation of a free kick then no free kick to them. It's a shocker of a year for umpiring but with a few tweaks it can get better.
@@terrythekittieful the free kicks that were/weren't given resulted in goals.
As David King stated the other day, the game is highly driven by momentum and the umpires took that away from Essendon in that 3rd qtr.
Of course the non football player in Damien would say that’s deliberate
I've never seen the umpire's have such a massive impact on the outcome of the game. Truly shocking.
“Massive”
Yeah 2 goals is huge LMAO bummers still got exposed
@@TomasUjhelyi 2 goals? You're braindead mate - the Ridley one was there (stupid new interpretation) but there was the Draper one right in front, and the 2 other HTBs in our forward line. That's 2 12 point swings at least which is more than the margin was at 3QT
Do you not remember the Anzac Day controversy?
Do you not remember the Anzac Day controversy?
Freo and Carlton was the worst. 2 goals given to Carlton in the last few minutes of the game is worse then 2 bad calls in the third quarter.
The AFL shill Damo obviously going to say that was deliberate 🤣
But what baffles me is that they all do it deliberately because you can
I want to know what script they were handed at half time? The first half was great footy. But Damo clearly thinks that being gifted goals and not being given opportunity to have shots on goal, clearly have no impact on moment.
Bombers were well in that game for at least 2.5 quarters and probably had the best of it between both teams. End of 3rd quarter the shocking decisions started and set shots we should have had on goal weren't given and often pinged down the other end for a 12 pt turn around
Worst umpiring I've seen in a long time especially in the third quarter, Essendon lost their composure after that.
As NMFC we cop this sort of umpiring each week, decisions can change momentum. Umpires are employed to do their job
@@Leeviii2024Essendon cop it a lot too, just rubbish calls out of no where changing games. Carlton game, Gc game, Geelong game… 3 losses where the game changed totally due to repeat umpire failures
@@Littleyeti7what about the adelaide game
@@Leeviii2024 Not to this level - not sustained for almost 15 minutes. We got gimped last week too when the game was in the balance umps were keeping the Eagles in it, paid 4 free kicks to us in 3 quarters of play. Obviously for the metrics the cheapies come out when the game is dead to even the numbers up
@@user-dj2xn Adelaide have played a lot of games, you’d need to be more specific lol.
“It wasn’t result shaping” - completely ignores the fact that all the highlighted decisions all took place in the third quarter where Geelong took control. Prior to that it was close but Essendon were actually well on top and the Cats lucky to be in touch.
4:02 “he’s [Draper] is a good set shot at goal”. From an Essendon fan Damo that might be one of your worst all time calls 😅
3rd quarter is one for the archives. Worst umpiring in the history of footy.
I'm not a supporter for either team but after that free kick for the rushed point..I turned off the game..holding the ball has become a joke..wait for the other guy to get the ball and tackle.. your free..need to look after the guy attacking the ball..
Damo has no idea.. And to say those free kicks wont affect the outcome is silly. 24 points were scored over poor umpiring. In a game thats played in the wet and is such an armwrestle in the first half will absolutely squash momentum. A good team like Collingwood can comeback from these types of scenarios, Essendon almost did but their efforts (those 2 HTB frees soon after) were just not rewarded and they just lost composure under frustration. Brad admitted the 45 point deficit was due to switching to an offensive play to claw back in but exposed their defence. The play was changed literally due to the 24 point onslaught from poor umpiring in the third. Its directly affected the way Essendon played the 4th.
This is why Barrett should stick to reporting the news, not give his expert analysis on the game of footy!
Outplayed and within the rules. 2 HTB that have been paid or not throughout the season. The front on contact was there but 45 points. deal with it. We have over the last 2 months and we didn't sook.
I don't see the point or the merit in showing a graphic of a team's wins against teams that were in the bottom 8 of the ladder.
Where on the ladder was the winning team for those games?
The AFL schedules games at the start of the year. It's not like they have a crystal ball that can help them predict which teams each team will play and where those teams will be on the ladder at any given time of the year.
I would like for the umpires to be held accountable for their mistakes in the same way players are held accountable for theirs - fines and/or suspensions.
I would also like the umpires to be told what the AFL rules are so that they don't go out on the field and just make sh*t up as they have been doing for the past 15 or so years! And teach them how to bounce a bloody ball!!! Seriously, how much time is wasted with all these call backs because the wa*ker in day glo isn't happy with the bounce?
And why are there so many umpires on the field? Is it so that there are more eyes on the ball? How's that been working out? Have the 'powers that be' not heard the expression "too many cooks spoil the broth"? AFL is becoming a popularity contest for the umpires and the players and teams are just falling by the wayside! The viewer is more intent on picking fault with the umpires than with their own team, which is putting more focus on the idiots that shouldn't be focussed on!
AFL journalists are in bed with the afl just like political journalists are in bed with politicians, they know where there bread is buttered
As a bombers supporter I feel like the umpiring was so one sided and in the end have Geelong the win on a platter worst umpires game in some time 😡😡
Yeah bombers are always up top of the differential. Geelong consistently doen the bottom..they got a couple (2) favourable calls. The rest was fair. Not to mention the dons getting the run of green for the whole first half.
😊 ah well.
Did you see the free kick count all went the cheats way 18/15. Oh what about crows vs cheats game where dopey Draper acted like a whale
Not a supporter of either team and I still turned the TV off. Umpires are destroying watching games and are determining the outcome. This week Essendon got the raw deal. Who will it be next week.
@@kateharper2442tell me you don't know anything about footy without telling me you don't know anything about footy.
@@chriscoyne4827cheats?
barrett shouldn’t be aloud to comment on anything essendon
Everything he said was right ess robbed ..hate both sides 😅
3 goals
The Draper/Tuohy incident.
I saw the umpires throwing their arms around and falling down recreating the scene after the game, just like Draper did against Adelaide a month or so ago.
What goes around comes around.
Shitty umpiring is shitty, no matter when it happens.
The difference is that the free that should have been paid to Draper against Geelong was actually a free kick.
What Damo doesn’t understand it does effect the result because it kills all momentum, also heard on SEN on Friday lunch time think Dwayne russel said it best not all umpires are on the same level as each other so here’s the point get them all in the a room explain the rules and show them what’s right and what’s not so they are all on the same page instead of having umpires with different interpretations it’s pretty simple but we allow this week in week out and it’s getting worse
What’s the point in watching the game if there’s long periods of utterly farcical umpiring. Pathetic.
That's why I only watch my team no more it's rubbish game last 2 years
Hahahahahaha just when you think Damo has been fair with the way he has delivered himself lately, you can see that egg dripping on the face now, he’s always in bed with the AFL it’s so clear 😂😆
Laura kane be like "the umpire was confused so he did nothing wrong, god I'm so good at my job" The cats 4 goals in the 3rd all resulted from bad calls which is wild, the dons were robbed of a goal from again a bad call. They went into the 4th 5 goals down instead of being up. It changes the game massively, completely changes how teams play and their confidence. I think we actually downplay how big of an affect bad calls make, it completely kills players confidence knowing even if they do the right thing they wont be rewarded. Or if they do nothing wrong they get penalised. They need a complete rework of their umpiring after this year, it is horrific and Laura Kane has no clue what shes doing
nah
it's not hard to explain the umpires gave them a 5 goal swing so the essendon players threw in the towel because the game is rigged
Bombers fan here - we lost that game because of the way the team played. 2 goals in the second half is NOT good enough under any scheme.
BUT the umpiring was atrocious. There were no excuses for many of the calls lat night and it's crazy to think that after efforts have been made to provide clarity; last night the umpires seemed more confused than every.
For real - and the umpiring certainly took the confidence out of the players
Yeah Geelong were definitely better across all 4 quarters and deserved the win.
But that umpiring was atrocious. MAYBE if those terrible calls weren’t made and Geelong weren’t gifted a 3-4goal lead, MAYBE Essendon could have hung in their and it would have been a bit closer as their Moral wouldn’t have been nuked in the 3rd quarter.
But those are all maybes.
Terrible umpiring aside, Geelong did deserve the win.
What’s with use showing current ladder positions at the time 4 of them not currently in the 8 were in the 8 when Essendon beat them they were the reason they’re no longer in it!
The rushed behind rule is the worst rule in the game. No-one really know what it is, and the penalty is too harsh - basically a gimme goal. If the intent is to not allow the defense to get a kick-out, allow the rushed behind and then have a ball up in the goal square. That seems a lot fairer.
There were Cats fans on their own pages saying how blatantly horrendous the umpiring was for Essendon.
It did almost looked 'fixed' in the 3rd, that'show bad it was. Obviously it wasn't but that level of fuckery has to be addressed.
If I was a player I'd be so stoked to do a 5-min zoom interview and walk away with prizes worth >$1000
Clearly a match fixed game
As long as Umpires have the bullcrap backing of Laura Kane they will forever be untouchable. Commentators have a responsibility and they shouldn't be gagged or reprimanded or be scared to lose their job if they DEMAND umpire accountability. Teams will be winning premierships or losing them on the back of an umpire. It's become a pathetic joke.
Become?
If you think those decisions don't change games then you have never played the game, I know from playing 15 years of footy that umpiring decisions have a big effect on players. IT gets mentally exhausting to have obvious decisions continually go against you, it's called human nature.
Afl journalists, i use that term very loosely are to scared to criticise the afl or umpires
Umpires aren’t accountable, they should be, however time the AFL looked at some betting sheets. Too many games decided on very dubious frees and bad non paying of frees this year. Some of these games decided by less than a goal, looks good but sooner or later someone is going to spill the beans. Too many umpires on the field for this many bad decisions, some are turning a blind eye deliberately, if not then they should be sacked. Who is this Laura Kane?
Kane is a feminist DEI appointment who is determined to put her woke politics into the AFL. She needs to be sacked! Footy supporters need to start a campaign for her removal and a former male player to be appointed in her position. Dillon is also useless … 🤡😵💀
The exact same deliberate call was made against Richmond in the opening round in a critical moment, changing the momentum of the game aswell. I remember the media saying they weren’t sure either way but if that’s the precedent they’re setting then so be it. I’ve also seen this call made I think 2 other times this year. We may not like it but at least they’re being somewhat consistent with it. And at the end of the day… it is a deliberate tactic.
Consistent? Port did against the Saints yesterday and nothing was called.
Umps are dogshit.
Umpires need to start getting fines and suspensions made public for pathetic performances like this. If only the AFL had a CEO/Boss who knew what they were doing!
In the first half the umpires were inconspicious as they should be but in the 3rd quarter they decided they wanted to stick their stupid heads in the game & it was one of the worst umpiring efforts I've seen in my 56 years
Geelong supporter here who DIDNT watch the game.
From those examples, all of them were free kicks except the deliberate which I think was a fair call because Menzie clearly didn't want to keep that ball in.
I feel for any Essendon supporter as those calls were pretty pathetic.
The rush behind rule states he can rush it in that instance.
Turn it up.
The Draper free was 100% there, but the rest were 50/50 calls.
Supporters of every club could find their own examples of those not being paid every week.
The rest were definitely not 50/50. I don't know what game you were watching. Though by your comment I can only assume you didn't watch it.
"Wasn't results shaping" my a**. That third quarter showed the umpiring fraternity is incompetently inconsistent. It's true that Essendon dropped their bundle after the momentum shifted following the string of woeful decisions in the third quarter. But it absolutely had an impact on the momentum of the game and the way the result played out.
I can't wait for the AFL's explanation tomorrow. It'll something along the lines of: "Looking at the trajectory of the moon and the sun, physics are responsible for what happens on a football field, therefore the decisions were correct. Don't thank the AFL. Thank the moon's gravitational pull."
Rushing behinds should be outlawed
A game over 100 years old and nobody knows the rules. Only in Australia.
These kind of calls happen every game. Why is is suddenly getting so much media scrutiny? I agree it shouldn't happen and it is frustrating but why now?
Because 5 or 6 horrible decisions were made in as many minutes that resulted in goals.
Why not show all the times Sydney blatantly threw the ball, or every time it was holding the ball? But once again, they only get mad if it's against a Vic team.
Broad got pinged for that in opening round, the rush behind
Depends on what your definition of 9 metres is
I clocked that as deliberate instantly, and I'm a Dons man
Having watched through all of the calls in this video. If these are people's main points of contention, I think the game is doing just fine 😊
I agree it was deliberate but he had no where else to go.The two Geelong players had him covered.Consequently, the rule provides a "get out of gaol free card" and deliberate was permitted under the circumstances.The umpires call should have been "rushed behind".
I think everyone's definition of 9 meters is the same.
He did deliberately take that ball over the goal line, well picked up on your behalf 😂
That fact is though, that is never a free kick.
@@richardbehan8118 the problem is, 9 metres isn't physically defined on the field. It's always going to be a rough estimate
Anyhow, he had the option to kick the ball infield up towards the wing, he chose to concede over the goal line having looked over his shoulder to see both Cats players hanging off him. That's a free kick every day of the week. On to the next round
@@danwillreview and he had every right to rush the behind. Stop being stupid on purpose.
Why are they letting Nathan Brown talk football it's an embarrassment to the game 😅
That list of teams that Essendon has beaten this year says it all.
Yeh. Teams like Melbourne and Fremantle have lost to WC. Sydney to Richmond. Adelaide beat Carlton in Melbourne. Essendon best WB and GWS that have better more mature lists. They drew with last year's premiers. So yeh, that list says the competition is pretty tight. 🙄
Woke afl and umpires have destroyed the game we knew
Excuses it's plain to see the bombers aren't just good enough a lack of quality players their forwards aren't good enough lack quality
Jayden Daniel’s?? 😂
browny surely isn’t going to be a host in the coming years how does he keep doing this?
After them getting away with playing Rugby league the week before with the umpires blessing, they shouldn’t be whinging about anything.
One throw by Merritt the week before not seen by umpire is hardly rugby league.
I cannot see how it was an arm chop to Draper.. Toohey's arm didn't even touch draper until the contest with the ball in vicinity was finished. I probably would have howled if it was the other way around, but looking at it now.. good contest
Arm chop or front on contact, either way free kick to Draper
Sack DEI Laura Kane … 🤡😵💀
Essendon couldn't beat a packet of chips
Damian Barrett is right. That was deliberate. Duh.
Lol it was deliberately rushed, but obviously not a free kick
@@richardbehan8118, you're acting as if my point was "hmmm, what do the A.F.L. say?" rather than "is this a stupid rule?"
@@carletonclements4931 I didn't read it as either of those.
You don't like the rule?
@@richardbehan8118, I don't like half of the rules. My profile picture (T.N.G.) stands for That Negative Guy. :p
@@carletonclements4931 personally I don't mind the rule. The 2008 GF was definitely why they felt they had to bring it in. And today if you look at how far the man on the mark has to stand back for the kick out, and the player kicking out can just run out of the goal square without kicking it to themselves first, rushing behinds would be every second score.
We should go back to 90's rules and allow the game to evolve authentically rather than the AFL forcing so much change.
Honestly I don't know why I bother watching anymore.
It's like the book 1984, it's my 5 minutes of hate.
The deliberate was the correct call foe mine but the rest were clearly wrong.
Literally a rule that allowed u to do that if someone is within a certain distance. There was one with GWS earlier this year, forgot what game and it wasn’t paid
Wrong...2 Geelong players putting Menzie under pressure inside the goal square, both players were less than 9 meters away, wrong call by the umpire.
@@justinkassis8273 except that rule doesn't apply if you had "prior" - menzie made a fake baulk and then ran over the line. The option to not rush doesn't have to be a good one it just has to have been possible
Geelong players telling umps the rules 😅😅😅😅😅
It is the umpiring and it is THE JOKE OF A DRAW.. AND FIVE DAY BREAKS WHICH ARE RUINING THE GAME.. IN FACT the game is just about stuffed.... Well done AFL which cares all about money. Essendon took their foot of the peddle after half time and why because they have a big game against Collingwood next week... one week teams look great and the next their soft... put simply AFL football is not like what it use to be... it has become money driven to the MAX...
" Essendon took their foot of the peddle after half time and why because they have a big game against Collingwood next week..."
Is the weather nice in your reality?
Sorry Meant NOT singlarly Dons out.
@@markmcdonald9260 That makes your comment even less clear. What the hell are you talking about? The Bombers didn't take their feet off the peddle because they have a big game next week, they were in a big game at that moment. They went into their shells because the umps were robbing them and then leaked goals in the 4th trying to catch up. Your conspiracy theory makes no sense.
Geelong have been getting absolutely screwed by the umpires for nearly 2 months now so to have a few 50/50 calls go our way last night was long overdue. I thought the front on contact and deliberate over the line were fair enough, but some of those incorrect disposal calls were poor. The umpiring sucks every week and is a literal lottery, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
Not 50/50 calls blatantly wrong by the umps in the third (at least 6 calls in 10 minutes) killed the momentum for the Dons and the game.
@@peterscrace3530100%. As an Essendon supporter who was at the game, I tuned out after those free kicks/non free kicks
Umpiring was fine
So good to have a show without TJ. All he does is complain about trivial bs
It'll teach Draper for being a mouth. They are certainly paying him back for it
Damien Barrett! You have no credibility whatsoever. An AFL puppet peddling AFL dribble. Grow a spine and start calling out inept umpiring which clearly shapes outcomes.
some one call the WAAAAAAMULANCE. how many free kicks has the bomber got this year ? +32 ???? f off
Clearly you didn't watch the game flog, get some glasses.
Essendon still haven’t beat a single good side this season.
I thought the umpiring was Great ! Essendon lost ! Happy days are here again !
Where’s my little Essendon bunny
@stevelozevski8151
Surly he’s here to whine about the cheating umpires😂😂
Well I don't barrack for the bombers but that umpiring especially in the 3rd quarter was deplorable.
@@magpie7154most games all year have been, but that’s been happening since 1896
Dons haven’t beaten a single good side this season 😂
@@Comatosedpeanut Except GWS when they were in form.
@@Snappernosethe game hasn't seen such bad umpiring decisions in a 10 minute stretch since I've been watching footy.