JLT Community Series Week 2: Gold Coast v Essendon Sunday 26th Feb

[elephants]

Not even a real match and the umps already screwing us, business as usual I guess. Screwed out of at least two wins last season from it and it'll surely continue if today is any indicator

Pre season is no excuse for totally rigged matches

Mate please



Also I dont think you truly believe the match is rigged, you're a fool if you do!

Also also, it'd be a soft 50 if it was given.

Also also also, its preseason. If Woosha really wanted to win he wouldn't have had Jobe, Goddard on the pine with two minutes remaining.

It's not about winning and losing, it's about what's right. As an umpire myself it ticks me off to see such incompetency in other umpires, especially at this level. This on top of the three weeks of extremely bias umpiring that got the dogs to the premiership when fair umpiring would have them as semi finallists.

Okay I understand that a lot more (with you being an umpire and all) I can see how that is frustrating. Fair call

But idk about the whole saying something is rigged our fixed as a serious thing. Like at the end of the day, nobody generally flowers up their job on purpose, and further to this, umpiring is a pretty tough gig (with the whole running 15kms plus being able to view a situation and make an objective call).

But I definitely see what you're getting at now

[Ringo]

Just seen Nicholls and Razor were 2 of the umps so enough said.

[Jukes]

Just seen Nicholls and Razor were 2 of the umps so enough said.

Chamberlain is a good umpire (usually), but yeah Nicholls is a complete joker who has screwed us many times in the past so no surprise (the most of any ump by a mile)

Okay I understand that a lot more (with you being an umpire and all) I can see how that is frustrating. Fair call

But idk about the whole saying something is rigged our fixed as a serious thing. Like at the end of the day, nobody generally flowers up their job on purpose, and further to this, umpiring is a pretty tough gig (with the whole running 15kms plus being able to view a situation and make an objective call).

But I definitely see what you're getting at now

It wasn't a rigged game obviously that was an overstatement, but it was extremely incompetent and possibly more Nicholls anti-dons bias.

Umpiring is pretty easy though tbh, just have to be confident with your decisions, know the rules, and be good at communicating with your other umpires.