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UNKA2 wrote: Personally this whole booing thing is now become a larger issue as the season has progessed. I wonder nowadays if the boo meter is tuned up on the tv to make, the game or telecast more "interesting". Ohhh and on this the AFL wants? fans etc to respect the maggots, BUT are quite happy to show the angriest and abusive fans when the camera scans after a decision, surely this only promotes an anti ump feeling, amongst the most impressionable of young kids etc

Unka2 what was your view on Friday night when you heard an umpire talking to the channel 7 commentators during the game?

jardine wrote:

yolo swaggins wrote: I guess this thread should make a comeback since, once again, Jobe got booed.
But let me guess, WCE supporters are still the worst...

very true.

victorians have selective hearing

creating situations to suit themselves. very lame.

Correct jardine and having spent the last 5 days in Melbourne the complete lack of all round footy knowledge (anything outside of Melbourne) of a lot of Victorians is astounding or maybe it is just them being completely ignorant!

Beasley Hutton wrote: Correct jardine and having spent the last 5 days in Melbourne the complete lack of all round footy knowledge (anything outside of Melbourne) of a lot of Victorians is astounding or maybe it is just them being completely ignorant!

i think every state has biased media. but we should expect complete impartial opinions at the top (ie. channel 7 & foxtel) . with Jobe Watson being booed by 50,000 on sunday, not a single word was said. where was luke darcy? it is just WA bashing and gutless. sometimes i wish north would relocate elsewhere just to not be part of this rubbish.

swan42 wrote:

UNKA2 wrote: Personally this whole booing thing is now become a larger issue as the season has progessed. I wonder nowadays if the boo meter is tuned up on the tv to make, the game or telecast more "interesting". Ohhh and on this the AFL wants? fans etc to respect the maggots, BUT are quite happy to show the angriest and abusive fans when the camera scans after a decision, surely this only promotes an anti ump feeling, amongst the most impressionable of young kids etc

Unka2 what was your view on Friday night when you heard an umpire talking to the channel 7 commentators during the game?

Bl00dy disgrace s42. They have enough trouble getting deisions right, dont lumber them with another distraction. Also its a SPORT not a bl00dy realoty show.

UNKA2 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

UNKA2 wrote: Personally this whole booing thing is now become a larger issue as the season has progessed. I wonder nowadays if the boo meter is tuned up on the tv to make, the game or telecast more "interesting". Ohhh and on this the AFL wants? fans etc to respect the maggots, BUT are quite happy to show the angriest and abusive fans when the camera scans after a decision, surely this only promotes an anti ump feeling, amongst the most impressionable of young kids etc

Unka2 what was your view on Friday night when you heard an umpire talking to the channel 7 commentators during the game?

Bl00dy disgrace s42. They have enough trouble getting deisions right, dont lumber them with another distraction. Also its a SPORT not a bl00dy realoty show.

UNKA2 we agree on something at last. I couldn't press the buttons on my remote to change it fast enough when I heard the conversation. Beyond a joke.

UNKA2 wrote: Personally this whole booing thing is now become a larger issue as the season has progessed. I wonder nowadays if the boo meter is tuned up on the tv to make, the game or telecast more "interesting". Ohhh and on this the AFL wants? fans etc to respect the maggots, BUT are quite happy to show the angriest and abusive fans when the camera scans after a decision, surely this only promotes an anti ump feeling, amongst the most impressionable of young kids etc

You could be right about the boo meter Unka, watching the Eagles Bulldogs game 2 weeks back, everytime the Eagles had a shot at goal the booing was sensational considering the stadium was only half full.
It certainly tickled my fancy as I completely agree with booing.

Overall the Eagles were unlucky to be the first team to play the Watson led Bombers after his interview.

shwaborn (or anyone else for that matter), do you think the things that were said about WCE supporters would have been said if it was the Hawks or Cats etc booing him for the first time?

swan42 wrote:

UNKA2 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

UNKA2 wrote: Personally this whole booing thing is now become a larger issue as the season has progessed. I wonder nowadays if the boo meter is tuned up on the tv to make, the game or telecast more "interesting". Ohhh and on this the AFL wants? fans etc to respect the maggots, BUT are quite happy to show the angriest and abusive fans when the camera scans after a decision, surely this only promotes an anti ump feeling, amongst the most impressionable of young kids etc

Unka2 what was your view on Friday night when you heard an umpire talking to the channel 7 commentators during the game?

Bl00dy disgrace s42. They have enough trouble getting deisions right, dont lumber them with another distraction. Also its a SPORT not a bl00dy realoty show.

UNKA2 we agree on something at last. I couldn't press the buttons on my remote to change it fast enough when I heard the conversation. Beyond a joke.

Watched the foxtel cup last night, and was impressed by the umpiring, becuase the wafl/sanfl dont have a gazillion stupid new rules, it was a far easier to understand interprtation of the rules.

UNKA2 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

UNKA2 wrote: Personally this whole booing thing is now become a larger issue as the season has progessed. I wonder nowadays if the boo meter is tuned up on the tv to make, the game or telecast more "interesting". Ohhh and on this the AFL wants? fans etc to respect the maggots, BUT are quite happy to show the angriest and abusive fans when the camera scans after a decision, surely this only promotes an anti ump feeling, amongst the most impressionable of young kids etc

Unka2 what was your view on Friday night when you heard an umpire talking to the channel 7 commentators during the game?

Bl00dy disgrace s42. They have enough trouble getting deisions right, dont lumber them with another distraction. Also its a SPORT not a bl00dy realoty show.

Narrow minded view, they did not over do it, the one I saw he explained the free kick/incident which they it the box could not fathom, along with about 1/2 the viewing audience of games who have no idea of the laws.

Watched the foxtel cup last night, and was impressed by the umpiring, becuase the wafl/sanfl dont have a gazillion stupid new rules, it was a far easier to understand interprtation of the rules.

What gazillion new rules that other leagues don't use.

In two posts on this topic any creditability you had with me has gone up in a puff of smoke.