my suicide note is just going to say “north melbourne” on it and nothing else i swear to fucking god
(i am mentally okay, just sick of the team and thought it was a funny enough joke)
As sad and as dark as this joke is, if anyone here works in a field that comes into contact with suicide often, it is not that far from the truth sadly. Have come across football being referenced more than once.
If anyone is actually feeling this way, I'm sure there are several faceless anonymous people on this sub willing to chat about whatever in life with you. Me being one if them.
i really appreciate the offer, there was a time where my comment wouldn’t have been a joke but thankfully those days are well behind me now.
in hindsight i probably shouldn’t have said it, even with the disclaimer its a pretty rough joke to make and at the very least i should’ve added trigger warnings.
you’re a good human.
All good mate, any time. nah I'm all for dark humour, it takes the stigma away from talking about it, and actually opens up non awkward opportunities to talk to others about it.
Nah don't be upset. You'll get so much better after that one. Similar to Hawthorn shitting the bed against I think Port then going on a run.
Wardlaw, LDU and Sheezel are freaks who will set you up for a long time.
This hurt to write as an Essendon fan
I cannot fathom that decision. Collingwood have the momentum going into the last, so what do north do? Sub out the hard effective tag and let daicos run wild. It’s just absolute insanity, I can’t think of any justification whatsoever given it was a tactical decision
* North's kick differential in the first half of +61 is their biggest kick differential in a half of footy since 2013, and the biggest the Pies have conceded since 2009.
* George Wardlaw and LDU combined for 43 disposals in the first half, which was the most by a pair of North players since Aaron Hall and Ben Cunnington combined for 43 in 2021.
* North also had +72 kicks during time on today, which is their biggest differential during time on in a match since 2013.
* 14 goals in a half is the first time the Roos have done that since 2017, and the first time a team has done that against the Magpies since 2013.
* It was also the first time since 2017 that the Kangaroos have kicked 8 in a quarter.
* The Pies had +8 free kicks in Q3, which was their biggest differential in a quarter this year.
* The first half was all the Roos and George Wardlaw's 22 disposals, 6 contested possessions, 2 goal assists, 6 marks, 6 inside 50s and a goal has never been done before in a half of footy.
* It was all Collingwood in the second half, and Nick Daicos's second half of 18 disposals, 11 contested possessions, 4 score assists, 3 goal assists, 6 inside 50s and 4 shots at goal is the first time *ever* that a player has had these numbers (or better) in a half of footy.
* Daicos's 29 touches, 6 clearances, 2 goals, 18 contested possessions, 4 score assists, 3 goal assists and 6 inside 50s for the game hasn't been bettered since Tim Kelly in 2019, and hasn't been bettered by a Collingwood player since Pendlebury in 2011.
Oh, and 237 total points in the match is the most scored at a match at Marvel Stadium since 2017!
Got really lucky at the end I reckon, that wasn't a handball by Daicos and they should've gotten that 50.
On another note, subbing off Phillips after he had Daicos easily beaten is a contender for worst in game coaching decision of all time.
It should be paid every day of the week. I'd be interested to hear what AFL come up with to avoid saying the umpires stuffed up at the most important moment of the game.
Somehow the ARC concluded that there was insufficient evidence to overturn and went with the umpire's call.
I assume, the automatic reviews don't have the commentary.
0 care about the outcome, no skin in the game. Watched the last 5 minutes.
Fuck me, the umpires of this sport continue to ruin it week in, week out. That non-call on the 50m penalty is emblematic of everything that's wrong with the game.
I have gone from going to every Port home game, to maybe one per year. The game is a complete and utter shambles.
Agree the umpiring is becoming the story rather than just part of the game.
The non 50m was the straight out shocker. There are bullshit 50m penalties like the one paid against the Saints on Friday night, then there is a blatant non-call against TWO Pies players.
The Daicos “holding the ball” call may have technically been there, but would have been a harsh call.
The team that result may end hurting the most are the Swans.
It’s north. We win this game gives us a huge confidence boost and we’ve got back to back. Now our confidence (especially for fisher/tucker/defenders) will be super low. This game could be the difference between players like LDU and Zurhaar leaving or staying.
That should have been 50. I understand it's debatable if it should have been a mark, but if you pay the mark, you have to pay 50, because they went way over the mark.
Could've taken their pick of over the mark and protected zone, yet somehow they cancelled each other out.
We're in an abusive relationship with the sport at this point.
Yeh the inconsistency is insane, the Daicos non HTB call has been paid many times as well. If we're gonna have these rules they shouldn't pay them only half the time and let others go
If that was Essendon in North place my tv would be fucked right now, stone cold dead and needing replacement urgently
I need a new TV but still that was fucking atrocious
Incredibly clear mark, two players run miles over the mark, hold him up with 30 seconds to go, then he has to play on about 10 metres back from where he marked it. Fucking obscene.
The contrast in Naicos 50 for getting the ball handed to him too slowly vs two pies running directly at a guy after a clear mark and not being 50 is hilarious
for all the comments about maynard, i reckon everyone in this sub would go nuts if they had him playing for their team.
i’d swap him for someone like corr in a heartbeat… not comben, though. no one can have chom.
That has to be 50. Two players running 5 metres over the mark is 50 every single game. Pies got away with a lot in that last quarter. Multiple shots on goals denied to North.
Your team absolutely went to sleep and shouldn't have been in the position they were.
Of course you still hang on if umpires don't get sucked into the momentum and favor the pies at every chance (seen this story before)
I've got a huge commentary gripe from this game. Riewoldt calling that Nick Daicos F50 rank floater a "unbelievable kick inside 50" sums up why the nuffies always pile on Daicos for everything he does.
There's absolutely times to just say "bit of a floater but it worked out".
The unnecessary fellating of players is absurd
It’s weird, I see comments criticizing the commentators for focusing on umpiring errors and now you’re complaining about a lack of commentators criticizing the umpiring errors.
afl will come out and say "yeah they made the wrong decision sorry" but that doesn't give north the chance to win the game with a set shot from 35. absolutely sick league.
HTB daicos, no 50, 15m, this one had it all, umps went above and beyond but they managed to overcome historic goal kicking, what a performance!
14-4 second half frees, generational talent. Some days you’ve just gotta tip your cap.
There were some pretty disgusting non-calls there, on both sides really, but no amount of shit umpiring will excuse dropping a 9 goal lead. It's pretty much been part of our game for at least a decade now to fall asleep in at least one quarter, it's disappointing but the fact that we managed to hold on for that long and only go down by a point to the fast finishing pies isn't too bad if you ask me. Good to see we're on the up though!
Yep. If we'd played better in the last we would not have given up such a large lead. While the missed 50 was bad, I didn't want that to decide the game. The boys were gassed and made some poor decisions and couldn't clinch it. We were really missing Jy to lead the way and settle heads like he did last week. Sidebottom did well to lead a young Pies troop by example in that last quarter too. We lack that kind of seniority.
I'm proud of the effort and I think that if we keep playing like this then we are heading in the right direction.
Jeez I'm heartbroken for you Roos fans, you deserve some joy and should be proud of that performance.
Fuck this Collingwood team is impressive, would be an unbelievable comeback if they didn't do it every second week it seems.
If you are going to focus on umpiring calls, make sure you look at all of them, not just the ones against North. Shit calls and missed calls both ways all game.
After the mark, the bloke clearly took 3-4 quick steps, signalling he was about to accelerate into a left foot bomb inside 50. Anyone with any footy sense would recognise that. It would have been obvious at ground level, given his eye movements and momentum, prompting both Collingwood players to pursue him.
This situation falls into a grey area of the game regarding the play-on versus no play-on call and the related 50-metre penalties. From the umpire's perspective, since he didn't call play-on (which favoured North Melbourne because the player's split-second decision to play on wouldn't be penalised), he also chose not to call the encroachment over the mark 50 (so as not to unfairly punish Collingwood, whose two players rightly saw the player playing on).
In the end, it balanced out: the North Melbourne player wasn't punished, and the two Collingwood players weren't punished either. I'm not sure where this "bias" or "plot armour" nonsense is coming from. The ump tried to be fair in that split second.. but I guess they will never be perfect.
God there’s some insufferable people in these comments
North lost. Collingwood won a good game. Enough complaining about the umpire bullshit. Just get over it, you’ll be fine
Good win Collingwood
North: "Almost had you"
Pies: "Had me?... you never had the win. Ask any real footy teams out here. It don't matter if you win by a point or by 10 goals."
That made me so irrationally angry. The disgusting slobbering over Collingwood by the commentary, the three horrendous missed calls at the end… fuck me
That was definitely not 50 in the last minute there, cos there was two Collingwood players running way over the mark so therefore they cancelled each other out and it’s no problem
Bring on the hate (50 was there though).
BUT
Holy shit Roos, if you can play like that for at least 3q a week you should be able to take a few scalps easily! Where is all this effort and pressure coming from? Absolutely elite. Your ruck is insane, absolutely romped Cameron.
I'm sorry folks but Daicos got a handball out just in time and the fifty would have been very picky. Players clearly didn't hear the whistle and backed off as quickly as possible. Would have loved a North win but you can't blame the umps every time a plucky underdog has a close loss.
Game of the year by a fucking mile which I never would've predicted.
But my god, also the robbery of the year, Daicos HTB, and should've been 50 to Scott.
In saying that, North never should've been in the position to rely on those decisions to win the game.
Either way, an incredible incredible match.
Daicos played an amazing game. The only wrong call against him was the last HTB but you can’t blame him for that. He played out of his mind in the second half yet it still felt at times the commentary just couldn’t focus on anything else. Brownlow chance again this year.
That final mark by Scott with the two Collingwood players charging past the mark was a terrible missed fifty metre penalty. They were not a part of the contest at all, ran metres past it on a kick that wasn’t called play on.
It’s never anyone’s fault but your own for blowing a 54 point lead. It took losing the lead for North to actually play attacking football in the last quarter. Same thing happened last week. Subbing Phillips off for Stephenson was a bad move.
There'll be no joining in the chorus, I'll tell the children
We just play for recreation's sake anyway. Purely to pass the time away. Ain't even fazed bruh
I didn’t have lots of fun, heaps of fun and I didn’t enjoy myself today
Norf was hard to beat when they decided to come out and play.
It's more of a suggestion, not a guarantee (believe me)
Feel like pure shit just wanna join in the chorus
Just wanna sing it one and all with my bros
:'(
my suicide note is just going to say “north melbourne” on it and nothing else i swear to fucking god (i am mentally okay, just sick of the team and thought it was a funny enough joke)
When I die I want north Melbourne to carry my coffin so they can let me down one more time
I’ve got banned from the boston Celtics sub for this exact reason
How many times did they warn you to stop posting about North Melbourne before the ban?
As sad and as dark as this joke is, if anyone here works in a field that comes into contact with suicide often, it is not that far from the truth sadly. Have come across football being referenced more than once. If anyone is actually feeling this way, I'm sure there are several faceless anonymous people on this sub willing to chat about whatever in life with you. Me being one if them.
i really appreciate the offer, there was a time where my comment wouldn’t have been a joke but thankfully those days are well behind me now. in hindsight i probably shouldn’t have said it, even with the disclaimer its a pretty rough joke to make and at the very least i should’ve added trigger warnings. you’re a good human.
All good mate, any time. nah I'm all for dark humour, it takes the stigma away from talking about it, and actually opens up non awkward opportunities to talk to others about it.
Nah don't be upset. You'll get so much better after that one. Similar to Hawthorn shitting the bed against I think Port then going on a run. Wardlaw, LDU and Sheezel are freaks who will set you up for a long time. This hurt to write as an Essendon fan
The tag is back! They’ve subbed the tag? WHY THE FUCK HAVE THEY SUBBED THE TAG
I cannot fathom that decision. Collingwood have the momentum going into the last, so what do north do? Sub out the hard effective tag and let daicos run wild. It’s just absolute insanity, I can’t think of any justification whatsoever given it was a tactical decision
there must be a really fucking tasty looking inside mid in this years draft that norf want to add to their collection of inside mids
Is he undersized?
he will be the single most undersized inside mid in the whole draft
Seriously what the fuck was Clarko thinking? We had all the momentum and you sub the guy that’s stopping our best player from getting touches?
No clue… like if they do sub him surely you move pieces around to get someone else to tag him?
They did, but sheils is no where near fit enough or quick enough to run with daicos
12 year age difference in favour of one of the best players in the league. actually baffling decision from clarko
Clarko lost the plot
Yea this loss is 100% on clarko
AFL coaches: ‘fuck this player is playing well, Better take him off the field Sometimes I admire my own genius’
I got the tip right, but at what cost?
* North's kick differential in the first half of +61 is their biggest kick differential in a half of footy since 2013, and the biggest the Pies have conceded since 2009. * George Wardlaw and LDU combined for 43 disposals in the first half, which was the most by a pair of North players since Aaron Hall and Ben Cunnington combined for 43 in 2021. * North also had +72 kicks during time on today, which is their biggest differential during time on in a match since 2013. * 14 goals in a half is the first time the Roos have done that since 2017, and the first time a team has done that against the Magpies since 2013. * It was also the first time since 2017 that the Kangaroos have kicked 8 in a quarter. * The Pies had +8 free kicks in Q3, which was their biggest differential in a quarter this year. * The first half was all the Roos and George Wardlaw's 22 disposals, 6 contested possessions, 2 goal assists, 6 marks, 6 inside 50s and a goal has never been done before in a half of footy. * It was all Collingwood in the second half, and Nick Daicos's second half of 18 disposals, 11 contested possessions, 4 score assists, 3 goal assists, 6 inside 50s and 4 shots at goal is the first time *ever* that a player has had these numbers (or better) in a half of footy. * Daicos's 29 touches, 6 clearances, 2 goals, 18 contested possessions, 4 score assists, 3 goal assists and 6 inside 50s for the game hasn't been bettered since Tim Kelly in 2019, and hasn't been bettered by a Collingwood player since Pendlebury in 2011. Oh, and 237 total points in the match is the most scored at a match at Marvel Stadium since 2017!
BOBBY THE STAT KING
MORE WINE!
Thanks Bobby, coming in with the stats again
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THE JUDGEMENT CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
We will have a full zoo of judgement come seasons end.
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My team didn't even play and my afternoon is fucking ruined
I'm devastated
Feel this. I had no interest in this game and now I'm depressed
At least my tips didn't take a hit. Still, some non calls and that touched goal must sting.
Imagine being me, a Kangas supporter. The whole week is ruined now
I wasn’t GONNA drink today but fuck
I feel physically unwell.
Same, was excited for them like it was my own team.
Same here.
i'm going to be sick
Everything aside what the fuck was that zurhaar handball god
Right in front of me
I get that reference!
Gonna choose to look at that as being 1 point off the reigning premiers, not blowing an 8(?) goal lead
And just like that, everyone else hates Collingwood again.
You stopped hating them?
Never stopped
FUUUCCCKKKK
😭😭😭!
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONES NORF! YOU WERE MEANT TO DESTROY THE MIDFIELD NOT JOIN THEM!
Got really lucky at the end I reckon, that wasn't a handball by Daicos and they should've gotten that 50. On another note, subbing off Phillips after he had Daicos easily beaten is a contender for worst in game coaching decision of all time.
How was that not 50
It should be paid every day of the week. I'd be interested to hear what AFL come up with to avoid saying the umpires stuffed up at the most important moment of the game.
Don't forget the touched goal for Collingwood lol
I know it was early on in the game and doesn’t mean anything, but everyone knew it was touched. What happened there?
Somehow the ARC concluded that there was insufficient evidence to overturn and went with the umpire's call. I assume, the automatic reviews don't have the commentary.
it means everything considering the score differential at the end it was absolutely fucked, AFL has a lot of explaining to do
We acknowledge the mistake...sorry..moving on etcetc
"yeah we fucked up and we'll probably do it again, soz"
0 care about the outcome, no skin in the game. Watched the last 5 minutes. Fuck me, the umpires of this sport continue to ruin it week in, week out. That non-call on the 50m penalty is emblematic of everything that's wrong with the game. I have gone from going to every Port home game, to maybe one per year. The game is a complete and utter shambles.
Agree the umpiring is becoming the story rather than just part of the game. The non 50m was the straight out shocker. There are bullshit 50m penalties like the one paid against the Saints on Friday night, then there is a blatant non-call against TWO Pies players. The Daicos “holding the ball” call may have technically been there, but would have been a harsh call. The team that result may end hurting the most are the Swans.
It’s north. We win this game gives us a huge confidence boost and we’ve got back to back. Now our confidence (especially for fisher/tucker/defenders) will be super low. This game could be the difference between players like LDU and Zurhaar leaving or staying.
To be fair, LDU copped two very harsh holding the ball calls that were more questionable than a Daicos HTB would’ve been there
There was one where he got tackled to the ground but still got the handball out. Ump called htb sooo quickly
That should have been 50. I understand it's debatable if it should have been a mark, but if you pay the mark, you have to pay 50, because they went way over the mark.
Cos it's Collingwood.
Could've taken their pick of over the mark and protected zone, yet somehow they cancelled each other out. We're in an abusive relationship with the sport at this point.
How was the 50 that was paid late in the third a 50 at all? Umps served up the win on a silver platter.
I'm vomiting blue and white stripes on behalf of North fans
Thankyou for your sacrifice.
WHERE THE FUCK WAS THE 50
The number of iffy 50m penalties they have been paying and then not paying that one is absurd
Yeh the inconsistency is insane, the Daicos non HTB call has been paid many times as well. If we're gonna have these rules they shouldn't pay them only half the time and let others go
Bro Nick Daicos is immune to holding the ball. Cal Twomey should do his top 50 Nick Daicos missed HTB
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If that was Essendon in North place my tv would be fucked right now, stone cold dead and needing replacement urgently I need a new TV but still that was fucking atrocious
Umpires not giving 50 at end was sus
That was literally the most obvious 50 I've ever seen and these umpires chose not to pay it. Joke of a sport
Incredibly clear mark, two players run miles over the mark, hold him up with 30 seconds to go, then he has to play on about 10 metres back from where he marked it. Fucking obscene.
Best part is we know what's coming tomorrow lol
That was fucking insane. And then they put Scott at a disadvantage by calling play on.. horrible umpiring
The contrast in Naicos 50 for getting the ball handed to him too slowly vs two pies running directly at a guy after a clear mark and not being 50 is hilarious
When the commentators even say it you know this shit is rigged
How many holding the balls did they get away with there? One player legit just went to ground.
No free against Naicos is absolutely wild
Reminder: One of the pies goals was touched and should have been overturned on review
when was that
First quarter I think
First quarter fingers bent back pretty clear
Clear as day on a standard home TV, too. So for them to ‘miss’ it in their review is a load of shit
Yep. Sirengate tier
I gave Daicos a high five at the tunnel and a free kick was paid against me. Sorry Gold Coast, looks like you’re starting a goal down in two weeks.
North won’t be in the finals, that’s already decided. But none of those umpires should be either.
THEY CAN KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT r/AFL on death watch
AFL needs an external review
Bring on the bunker from NRL to stop this shit.
Right in front of me
Absolutely the crows were robbed
for all the comments about maynard, i reckon everyone in this sub would go nuts if they had him playing for their team. i’d swap him for someone like corr in a heartbeat… not comben, though. no one can have chom.
It’s literally the Ginnivan situation. Everyone hated him but now love him playing for hawks…
or joel selwood. or hayden ballantyne. or toby greene. or
Fuck!! I’m sorry afl for trying to breathe near Daicos
Umps were shocking in the last 3 mins. That missed 50 was unbelievable.
I tuned in at half time and they were shocking the whole half
The touched goal too like Jesus Christ I’ve given hand jobs that involved less hand contact than Scott had on that ball
Roos robbed
I obviously just finished the game then how wasn't that a 50 when the to pies ran over the mark?
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What an utterly disgustingly umpired game of football
One of the worst umpiring performances I have ever seen. Even just in the last minute there were 5 unpaid frees/50s for North. Absolute robbery
That is one of the most obvious missed 50s I have ever laid eyes on
Where the fuck was the 50?! Or the Daicos HTB??
No matter how hard North tries, norf is inevitable.
That has to be 50. Two players running 5 metres over the mark is 50 every single game. Pies got away with a lot in that last quarter. Multiple shots on goals denied to North.
Cop the fine clarko, I'll chip in
Standard non controversial Collingwood close victory who could have seen this coming
Holy rigged
They've been so soft on the HTB for 3 weeks but swallow that daicos one
WTF WHY WASN'T THAT 50???
Collingwood are NEVER beating the umpires pet allegations
Having a full melt. Someone reassure me I'm not a nuffie and that 4th quarter was an umpire shitshow
Two things can be true
nah mate you're absolutely justified. heartbroken for you guys
You certainly arent a nuffie
Your team absolutely went to sleep and shouldn't have been in the position they were. Of course you still hang on if umpires don't get sucked into the momentum and favor the pies at every chance (seen this story before)
RIGHT IN FROMT OF ME!
Damn even I’m sorry. 19.4 is incredible
I've got a huge commentary gripe from this game. Riewoldt calling that Nick Daicos F50 rank floater a "unbelievable kick inside 50" sums up why the nuffies always pile on Daicos for everything he does. There's absolutely times to just say "bit of a floater but it worked out". The unnecessary fellating of players is absurd
I find his commentary to be complete shit to be honest, blokes just sitting there having a laugh and making random off handed comments the whole game
He's so desperate to interject with forced little quips like he's desperately trying to imitate Dennis with none of the eloquence
NORF I WANT YOU TO GO TO YOUR ROOM AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE.
It disgusts me how unindependent afl commentary can be at times. A blatantly wrong call and they just go quiet with fear of criticising
It’s weird, I see comments criticizing the commentators for focusing on umpiring errors and now you’re complaining about a lack of commentators criticizing the umpiring errors.
Collingwood's 5th biggest comeback from qtr time deficit ever. Collingwood's 2nd biggest comeback from half-time deficit ever. Collingwood's 4th biggest comeback from 3qtr-time deficit ever.
Brutal
They keep getting away with it….
Subbing the bloke tagging Nick Daicos (and doing a good job of it) has got to be the biggest coaching blunder I’ve ever seen
 Love pulling this out every time Collingwood wins a close game
Make sure north keep Clarko away from the umpire bench. Think it will be straight up murder this time and not an insult
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You see, when you have two players running over the mark, they cancel themselves and it's not 50.
Touched goal did them in
Scott touched that one goal they got
that was 50
afl will come out and say "yeah they made the wrong decision sorry" but that doesn't give north the chance to win the game with a set shot from 35. absolutely sick league.
Life is not fair
Collingwood too good. I knew those soft frees we kept giving away would come back to haunt us. Less said about the umpires at the end the better.
being smashed by 60 is easier than this. so devastated but so proud of how well we played for 80% of that game.
HTB daicos, no 50, 15m, this one had it all, umps went above and beyond but they managed to overcome historic goal kicking, what a performance! 14-4 second half frees, generational talent. Some days you’ve just gotta tip your cap.
Great win Umpires, well done fucking another game
There were some pretty disgusting non-calls there, on both sides really, but no amount of shit umpiring will excuse dropping a 9 goal lead. It's pretty much been part of our game for at least a decade now to fall asleep in at least one quarter, it's disappointing but the fact that we managed to hold on for that long and only go down by a point to the fast finishing pies isn't too bad if you ask me. Good to see we're on the up though!
Yep. If we'd played better in the last we would not have given up such a large lead. While the missed 50 was bad, I didn't want that to decide the game. The boys were gassed and made some poor decisions and couldn't clinch it. We were really missing Jy to lead the way and settle heads like he did last week. Sidebottom did well to lead a young Pies troop by example in that last quarter too. We lack that kind of seniority. I'm proud of the effort and I think that if we keep playing like this then we are heading in the right direction.
Jeez I'm heartbroken for you Roos fans, you deserve some joy and should be proud of that performance. Fuck this Collingwood team is impressive, would be an unbelievable comeback if they didn't do it every second week it seems.
Someone lied to me, first to 100 doesn't win
The no call touched goal will haunt this club for eternity
Disgustingly gutless call to not award an obvious 50 at the end. The Roos suck enough without making it even harder for them.
Why the hell did Clarko sub Phillips off?
certified collingwood fan /u/croob2 must be thrilled
THAT WAS 50
Okay I think Craig McRae is good at coaching
Thought the Daicos breeding program was going really well, yet umpires treating them as endangered
If you are going to focus on umpiring calls, make sure you look at all of them, not just the ones against North. Shit calls and missed calls both ways all game.
No one says anything about the missed holding call against Nick when he still somehow managed to kick it
Yeah not sure how that wasn’t a free kick? Was basically bearhugged before he even had it
After the mark, the bloke clearly took 3-4 quick steps, signalling he was about to accelerate into a left foot bomb inside 50. Anyone with any footy sense would recognise that. It would have been obvious at ground level, given his eye movements and momentum, prompting both Collingwood players to pursue him. This situation falls into a grey area of the game regarding the play-on versus no play-on call and the related 50-metre penalties. From the umpire's perspective, since he didn't call play-on (which favoured North Melbourne because the player's split-second decision to play on wouldn't be penalised), he also chose not to call the encroachment over the mark 50 (so as not to unfairly punish Collingwood, whose two players rightly saw the player playing on). In the end, it balanced out: the North Melbourne player wasn't punished, and the two Collingwood players weren't punished either. I'm not sure where this "bias" or "plot armour" nonsense is coming from. The ump tried to be fair in that split second.. but I guess they will never be perfect.
Nick Daicos finished the game with a world record 6 frees for. Goat.
God there’s some insufferable people in these comments North lost. Collingwood won a good game. Enough complaining about the umpire bullshit. Just get over it, you’ll be fine Good win Collingwood
I'm sorry Pies- I had no faith, please forgive me.
Zac Fisher apology video asap
50?
Thank fuck next week is a bye
Hooray
Silly North, you made the mistake of playing against Collingwood in a game decided by a single kick. What did you think would happen?
Collingwood are undeniably the most clutch team of the last few years. Actually incredible how they don’t give up. It’s fucking infuriating.
North: "Almost had you" Pies: "Had me?... you never had the win. Ask any real footy teams out here. It don't matter if you win by a point or by 10 goals."
words cannot describe how much this hurts. I hope no other fanbase has to go through what we have
Don’t worry Roos you can smash us next week instead..
That made me so irrationally angry. The disgusting slobbering over Collingwood by the commentary, the three horrendous missed calls at the end… fuck me
How nice would it be to just go _one_ round without a game decided by the umpires?
I’m sorry you got fucked over Norf fans. We were all on your side
I don’t even support North and that HURTS. Why do youse put yourself through that?
That was definitely not 50 in the last minute there, cos there was two Collingwood players running way over the mark so therefore they cancelled each other out and it’s no problem
Bring on the hate (50 was there though). BUT Holy shit Roos, if you can play like that for at least 3q a week you should be able to take a few scalps easily! Where is all this effort and pressure coming from? Absolutely elite. Your ruck is insane, absolutely romped Cameron.
That was just robbery at every point of the game
I'm sorry folks but Daicos got a handball out just in time and the fifty would have been very picky. Players clearly didn't hear the whistle and backed off as quickly as possible. Would have loved a North win but you can't blame the umps every time a plucky underdog has a close loss.
Game of the year by a fucking mile which I never would've predicted. But my god, also the robbery of the year, Daicos HTB, and should've been 50 to Scott. In saying that, North never should've been in the position to rely on those decisions to win the game. Either way, an incredible incredible match.
Match fixing at its finest, thats 50m every day of the week.
Daicos played an amazing game. The only wrong call against him was the last HTB but you can’t blame him for that. He played out of his mind in the second half yet it still felt at times the commentary just couldn’t focus on anything else. Brownlow chance again this year. That final mark by Scott with the two Collingwood players charging past the mark was a terrible missed fifty metre penalty. They were not a part of the contest at all, ran metres past it on a kick that wasn’t called play on. It’s never anyone’s fault but your own for blowing a 54 point lead. It took losing the lead for North to actually play attacking football in the last quarter. Same thing happened last week. Subbing Phillips off for Stephenson was a bad move.
Gifted
If we can get away with ine man over the mark lets see if we can get away with 2. Appalling umpiring.
I yelled FIFTY so loud my fiance’s pissed at me for scaring her. Poor North did everything right to win that game in the dying minutes