I've just witnessed my last ever game of VFL Football. If ever a game of football was decided by poor or even biased umpiring, it was todays game Box Hill V Port Melbourne. The umpiring was so blatantly one sided towards the home team, it stood out like the proverbial dogs balls. Box Hill have every right to demand an investigation, and they should even take legal action for obvious CHEATING. If anyone has any doubt about my accusations, then play back todays game. It's not only the free kick count that hurt, but more so the free kicks which weren't awarded to Box Hill. The free kick tally ( including the ones which weren't paid ) was more like 45 to 15 in favour of Port Melbourne. I've had enough of cheating. No more. I'm not about to waste my hard earned money on crap.
Sour grapes me thinks!
I thought the umpiring was biased towards Box Hill. How many goals did Box Hill get from 50m penalties? Enjoy the off season mate.
My God. 50 metre penalties. And how many goals from free kicks for Port? And free kick count. Near 30 for Port and 13 for Box Hill. Slight discrepency. Can't wait till next week when Port get hammered by the umpires. They watch the replays, realise that their poor biased umpiring was blatantly obvious, so the next week they try to redeem themselves by looking after the OTHER team, in this case it will be the Bullants. Sorry Port, you will be wrongly ( rightly so ) done by next week. Paybacks are a Bitch.
Best game of VFL I've seen in ages. Umpires played no part in the result, Box Hill lacked a little discipline.
I've seen some shocking posts on this website over the years but nothing as bad as this. How you can say the result was affected by the umpiring is a joke. Not once on radio nor tv did any neutral supporter of football comment on the standard of the umpiring. It had nothing to do with the end result. The Box Hill players certainly won't be in the rooms blaming the umpires, nor should you!
It sounds like sore losers syndrome to me!!!!! It was one of the great VFL finals of all time. I don't think the umpires were the difference in the game.
Well UncleBilly I'm glad you where able to set up your account today. Box Hill lost, get over it. Did you go to the game today? Free kicks 30 to Port and 13 to Box Hill? That says to me the Box Hill where dirty and played the man. Sour grapes mate.
With a first post at 4.39, I'd be pretty comfortable he watched it on the TV.
Moron!
Anyone got a box of tissues for poor widdle wuncle Bwilly -What a sad sack post.
Watched the game as a pretty nuetral supporter (going for Port all the same).
Fantastic game of footy one of the best of the year in any level I have watched.
Great stuff by both teams - Port are gunna have to do it hard from here ....
Looks like a setup for a Roosters v Preston GF - May be a good match up but as boring as doggy do doos from my perspective.
I'm certainly not blaming the umpires! We'd work so hard for ten minutes, then let Port get easy goals, work hard, easy goals, and the last 2 forward entries were atrocious, wide to Yze with 3 Port players, and then a direct turnover! I was filthy with those last couple of efforts. There may have been a free here or there, but Port had just a little too much class for us.
On reflection however, some hours after the match, am very proud of the boys, they really never gave in, and kept working back into the game when i thought they were gone. Pederson tried his guts out, Markovic was instrumental in the last term, we kept manafacturing goals somehow. Iles off hurt us, and would've loved a fit Stevie Kenna out there today! Vastly improved season, all the kids had a go, and nearly got us to a prelim, against Preston! Would've been a big chance!