Eddie McGuire's passionate plea to the league after Crows goal debacle - Footy Classified | Footy on

Eddie McGuire and the Footy Classified panel discuss the AFL's need to appoint a new head of footy before finals after yet another controversy this season.
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[@richardwhittington9155]

A pommie soccer fan asked me Why dont they change the rules so if it goes between the posts its a goal, regardless of whether it touched the post. Similar to rugby and soccer. Fair question I thought.

[@arnolddavies6734]

That’s a good idea. It would do away with all this ridiculous touched or not touched crap.

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

Dude it's Afl lololololol. Forget the other footy codes .

[@sslaughter1382]

That makes sense and has no cost $$

[@paulweston285]

Because then you could rush a goal

[@jamiekelly6851]

Nah, would ruin kicking skill even more so. Don't need to dumb it down cause goal umpires aren't good at their jobs.

[@102jayday]

This year the umpiring has been at a all time low. It’s so frustrating with frees paid and not paid that are not even a rule.

[@BNR_248]

You're right, umpiring has been very terrible this year, super inconsistent. We can't blame the individual umpire though, it's just the lack of direction from the AFL, having no head of football results in things like rule and perception changes 10-20times a season. Imagine being an umpire and having to learn and adopt a rule thats been changed for the 5th time. Can't form a consistent & habitual process if the AFL keeps changing rules.

[@102jayday]

@@BNR_248 Yeah got to feel for them they get abused. Some calls they doing I feel it’s a direction by afl. The let’s focus on deliberate out of bounds rule this week is stupid to say let’s focus on one rule, you pay all for what they’re

[@sprucemoose8476]

Head of umpiring need to be sacked after finals. Elect a new head of umpiring and tell them they have 1 season to fix it or they are out. We have to many people earning to much money in our game making mistake after mistake. It’s a joke.

[@DW-rs1pr]

disagree. Richmond era was the worst. Its pretty good

[@goodquestion1105]

The AFL influences games for their own interest$. Explains the idiotic umpiring and ridiculous tribunal decisions.

[@chrisbarraza7700]

A lot of mistakes are made in a year, but I'm glad this one is getting the attention the league needed to now do something

[@LP004]

This season has been good while being a complete disaster at the same time, which all boiled over last week when we had arguably one of the worst decisions of all time, there is so much gone wrong that needs fixing as soon as possible, it’s been an absolute disgrace.

[@mickspecial]

Looking forward to Gill being gone!! Things will improve...

[@bossleonie7658]

Sydney have made finals simply because north can’t count and a goal umpire mistake.

[@ungabunga88]

typical Sydney the beneficiary, big business at play? 🤔🤔💵

[@dinandnozi2943]

Get over it mate. Relax😢

[@trinity1181]

Roos were idiots, the crows unlucky. Would have been more than enough time for the Swans to win this game

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

Afl love child Syd ducks. It's compulsory to get the Syd lame swans into the finals.

[@dinandnozi2943]

@@paulkyriakopoulos3444 please let me know if you runout of tissues🫣

[@piickaxe]

The captains of each team should be able to go to the umpire and ask for a review

[@danf6513]

awkward if the captain's at full back or something. maybe just any player on the team. but yeah, this is the most obvious bandaid solution to this farce.

[@RARDingo]

Why not have a DRS (Decision Review System) like in Cricket? Where the players can ask for a review if they honestly believe a call is wrong. It would all but eliminate the need for a dissent rule & save us the heartache of these mistaken calls going unchallenged.

[@paulweston285]

Because everytime a free is awarded players would want reviews

[@RARDingo]

@@paulweston285 That's why they have a limited amount in cricket.

[@paulweston285]

@@RARDingoThen whats the point when the limits will all be used in the first 10 minutes

[@StuTheDon17]

The only problem with that is the players could use a referral as a way to get a minutes rest, which is valuable in the last few minutes of a close game.

[@RARDingo]

@@paulweston285 That's what they said when it was introduced in cricket too, but it hasn't turned out that way. When you know it's a limited resource the players use it sparingly & usually get a nod from the captain before proceeding.

[@DV-zv4ox]

Never thought I'd be sat here 100% backing something Eddie said, and bugger me he said it well. The officiating and review systems in this code of football need serious attention.

[@mattmaloney9426]

Pies fan here, Adelaide should take the afl to court orat least get a large out of court settlement. I'm sicken by that blunder.

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

Lololololol 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 thanks for the chuckles dude lololololol.

[@badabing7044]

No one asked

[@SOC675]

@@badabing7044I did

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

hang on a minute.. didn't the pies beat the crows by a mistake earlier in the year? 🤣🤣🤣 clown.

[@kickasskookie2535]

@@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv And he didn't say that was okay you muppet.

[@barbaramacmillian1658]

What makes it worse is that the man that got four weeks for hitting someone in the stomach is the same person as got a depressed facture of the cheek bone to see the guy get away with nothing shows the afl wants the swans in and doesn’t like the crows

[@stevesalkas9128]

Afl own swans look at all things happen this goal climbing posts running on field when shouldn't v north oh yeah I'm sure that helped gillgans stkilda

[@julespools7112]

What a jumble. Absolute nonsense!@@stevesalkas9128

[@goodquestion1105]

The AFL so desperately want views from rugby dominated states they'll influence results any way they can... South Australia needs a rugby team!

[@petermcgrath5215]

Furthermore when I watched the video the crows stopped play assuming they had made a goal where the Swans started playing immediately afterwards there was clearly indecision it was obvious it was a goal hence AFL management needs to step in if they are to have any power

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

no.. the umpire goal called a point immediately so as per requirement swans players did what you're supposed to do which is kick in to re start.

[@petermcgrath5215]

​@@QuynhNguyen-zw8uvyes you are right the Swans did what they're supposed to.. continue play.. My point is the crows visibly stopped assuming it was a goal... That fact alone means AFL management should have stepped in.... Was upper management asleep? The Swans continued correct ... The crows stopped and were dumbfounded.

[@muzza11011]

Calling it now, jimmy new head of football. Head down the entirety of Eddie’s opening monologue

[@ralphgartner9685]

The health of any organisation can be determined by how much time individuals spend on each of the two jobs they are doing. The two jobs are the one on the position description and the the other one is looking good and covering your ass. Symptoms of this are lack of leadership from all people, avoidance of decision making, things. Going around and around in circles. It would appear that many at the AFL are putting most of their time and energy into job #2

[@seriousmonkey5654]

Very serious stuff!

[@MozartificeR]

The most simple solution for the sling. Is to view chest to chest as perfect technique. The further you get from chest to chest, you get further into a slinging action. And of course your duty of care multiplies the further you get from chest to chest. I think this would clear up the vast majority of the fog concerning interpretation.

[@vulturedoingstuff]

You can't chest tackle someone running away from you bud, what are you on about? Trippa

[@wolftone57]

How can you have a sling action in a collision? It was a collision not a bump. Two players collided. McAdam just happened to be shorter and h is a head connected with McCartin's shoulder as he ran past, trying to turn away from McAdam as it happens

[@Bradcheney]

The crows one the afl should bring in the rule similar to the NBA everything in the final two minutes whoever reviews the decisions should review all scores without being asked and relay any changes to decisions to umpires in during stops in play

[@thetwogardens6048]

I like the idea of a captains challenge to an umpiring Decision ! 3 for each captain in a game ???????????

[@johnsampson7482]

I think that microphones on the goal posts setup similar to snicko in the cricket would be good so if there is a challenge if a ball hit the post they could bring up the post microphone also ball tracking lets the video decided if the ball has deviate from its line also i think it about time afl made it compulsory that umpires public declare which afl team they support so all games are guaranteed umpired neutrally

[@AzzaTwirre]

The goal umpire needs real time assistance via earpiece from upstairs umpires, one watching every angle at all times. The same wouldn't be bad for all the umpires at ground level. Soon enough it'll be AI in their earpiece.

[@alexk7467]

Absolutely agree, that way every score can be reviewed and confirmed. With the recent change to the holding the ball rule, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have all umpiring decisions reviewed too. That way any umpiring decisions can be corrected, especially in close games which have less than a minute to go.

[@jasonlydeamore9099]

They sack the goal umpire for an honest mistake human error, now why aren't the field umpires sacked and whom ever running the afl etc?. Seems to me hierarchy as always dnt accept blame n fault and instead easier to sack goal umpire for an honest mistake which could of easily been over ruled if field umpire or hierarchy at the game over rule the goal umpire as see alot through out the years. I'm a port supporter n I feel for the crows and for that goal umpire

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

Did the really sack him dude. Do you know his name . I bet he will be umpiring again soon. Dude tell afl to reveal his name.lololololol

[@madeleinebray5205]

Seven news published his name, all for ratings, no doubt. The poor guy has been completely devastated. I'm a crows fan, but this guys life is more important than a game. He made a huge mistake, but unlike us, when we make miatakes, his mistake was extremely public. Leave him alone. Fix the system.

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

@@madeleinebray5205 not good enough excuse dude . Name him it's important. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@TheRammMan]

@@madeleinebray5205😂😂

[@wolftone57]

Eddie hates Swans. Everything a Swans player does is wrong in his eyes. He hates us because of the Academies. Tommy only changed direction to follow the trajectory of the ball. He accidentally hit McAdam. I feel sorry for McAdam that he got injured but this was a footy move to follow the ball not a deliberate bump. In fact McAdam actually runs into Tommy as he changes direction. Tommy does not change direction toward McAdam, quite the opposite he changed direction toward the ball, away from McAdam. That is clearly visible in all the footage. Eddie is blinded by his Swans hatred

[@AusTerranX]

The onus is on the player that is going to bump to NOT hit the player in the head. What the AFL said at the start of the year. But, we have different rules for different players/clubs in this league.

[@wolftone57]

@@AusTerranX The rule states that a player must initiate contact and that contact must be either; reckless or deliberate. McCartin's contact is neither because he does not bump. He just changes direction but so does McAdam and they converge. If was accidental contact and the Week and the Tribunal saw it for what it was. If McCartin had pulled out of that contest he would never get another game of football for anyone. He is running to make a genuine contest for the ball and in fact he gets the ball. At no time does he veer toward McAdam. In fact he veers away as the ball veered that way but McAdam's momentum takes him into McCartin as much as McCartin's momentum takes him to McAdam. You are obviously a disaffected Crows supporter. We get the worst of the deal most weeks. Most frees against and 4th least for in the AFL. That throw free against Gulden was an effing joke. He handballed that. The umpire was not in a position to see so should never have called it. But then again it was a hometown free wasn't it

[@chachi9945]

Everybody who isn’t a supporter hates the Swans.

[@wolftone57]

@@chachi9945 Is that So? Crows supporter are you? If you are here is a true story. I loathe the Crows. Not the players, not the coaches, not supporters (although they are annoying enough) but the club. When I worked in Adelaide in community work, I tried to get the Crows to send some players out to see a dying young man. They said no. He was a big Crows fan. They said no because hd was dying of AIDS related illness. As the Promotions department said to me there is not a phot opportunity and the club did not want to be associated with that type of person. That made me angry. But I respect the players, coach, our own Matty Nicks. So much for the Crows being a club of the people. Total rubbish.

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

stop talking facts and logic.. it doesn't make sense.. 😂 .. it was a genuine contest of 2 guys going for the ball. Tom had no malice in the contact and like you said he did his best at least redirect his movement to lessen the impact.

[@frewhausen607]

If there are eight Executive General Managers under the CEO, I don't think it unreasonable to have a small department of ex - coach, player and umpire. I'd also give them a spokesperson delivering the 2-3 weekly press conferences so they can just answer technical questions after the initial brief. If you go with just ex-coaches then you have a really reduced pool of people who don't want to talk to or like footy media (likely current problem), hence spread the media commitments.

[@SpringHills47]

Just change the rule re hitting the post. Just make it if it goes through the goal regardless if it hits any part of the post its a goal....simple.

[@captainpoppleton]

Or we get competent goal umpires. Viewers can't tell from TV, but when the ball hits the padding or the woodwork it makes a decent sound. Even the ball bending someone's pinky back makes a sound. The goal umpire heard nothing AND saw nothing but disallowed the goal anyway. While I'm ranting, I really hate when the goal umpire STRADDLES the goal line. It's sheer theatrical wankery and sometimes the ball hits the umpire's foot.

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

Why not make hitting the inner posts worth 3 points instead of 1 point? After all, you've missed the target but it's a lot harder to hit the post from several metres away than what it is to miss it altogether. This rule once got trialled during the now defunct pre-season competition.

[@gt0703]

@@darrenmiles-morland8038 cause the aim is to make it easier to umpire

[@alexk7467]

​@@darrenmiles-morland8038I agree with you. It would possibly make it harder for opposition players trying to get the ball through the goals too, so they maintain possession to kick the ball back into play. The 9 point goal should make a comeback too, if a goal is kicked outside 50 metres.

[@Nomad111.]

There simply has to be a Review umpire off the ground reviewing the camera footage of all close calls.. This umpire needs to have coms directly with the umpires on ground and he must be able to over rule decisions and bring the ball and the time back even if it is 20 or 30 seconds of play from the back line. Get it right lads. Its to easy. Modern technology is allowing for Off ground umpires. They have a better constant view. The rules of our game if they could only be upheld are the best damned rules of any game I've ever seen.

[@AzzaTwirre]

This is the way. Future umpires will be consulting avatars for off field umpires both human and AI

[@robertcrooks8143]

why not just make if the ball hits the post and goes threw the goal post it is still a goal

[@stevelozevski8151]

Because it's not a good idea

[@robertcrooks8143]

they do it in nrl and it works@@stevelozevski8151

[@moocher9935]

Sydney untouchable at the tribunal

[@westbeach8097]

What about the two touched behinds in the Swans games if that video footage of Acres touching the ball. I will bet one was possibly not touched seriously. There will always be issues if you look hard enough.

[@bigbillyz]

Just award Adelaide 3 points as well

[@cmadelaide56]

Gee the AFL was so much better for that period of time when Eddie wasn’t everywhere. He should at least start with the disclaimer ‘I f@cking hate Sydney, but even so…’

[@WhateverWhenever888]

So you believe Sydney should have the finals and the win when they didn’t? Get real moron

[@PeachTristan]

100% agree an AFL Head of Football is needed ASAP. Is Gill McLachlan a complete control freak? Why wasn't this sorted out months ago?

[@macetaylor409]

Get Lloydie up there 👍💪

[@petermcgrath5215]

Since no further goals were made this can give them cause to create a precedent If AFL management has guts

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

there was 70 secs left on the clock

[@seashoree1]

"Happened earlier in the year, happened to an Adelaide Crows players, got 4 and hit him I the chest" That player is not out with a fractured face

[@victorgaspar-fernandes4281]

And goal of the year honora

[@maxmilligan9531]

Llordo would be an excellent head of football

[@samysull333]

i think the mccartin thing was the exact same situation as mansell on aish and duncan on fox. yet we’ve had 3 completely different scenarios. one got pinged then got off, one got pinged and didn’t get off (richmond player obviously lmao) and duncan didn’t even get cited. games a fuckin shambles. brendan gale i personally believe is one of the only men who can recover it from when brad scott and steve hocking started putting it into the dirt.

[@lukedrewett52]

The AFL, TRIBUNAL, AND UMPIRES are a bag of spuds.

[@babylemonade2868]

The game should be given to Adelaide but they aren’t going to make the finals even with the win

[@gregmayo6987]

Didnt the AfL tell us that they review every goal, if that's the case this mistake shouldn't happen

[@digimont]

They only review when it is called a goal. They have some time before the ball is bounced back in the centre. This was a point, they'd have to stop play to review. They could have, they didn't.

[@braydenm543]

The issue is no other sport has the decision in 1 person to trigger an investigation for a game defying decision, NBA all refs can make the call, soccer has the ref and VAR

[@petermcgrath5215]

AFL management is too scared to create a precedent .. they could overturn the decision since no further goals were made.. everybody across all the media has clearly stated that this is a mistake... now it's up to AFL management to take the course of creating a precedent for fairness and truth.... Again since no further goals were made and this is a match decider they should overturn the decision

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

Everyone conveniently forgets there was still 70 secs left in the game. They might've had a case if it was the final kick of the game and the siren rung but it didn't.

[@nathanking2716]

@@QuynhNguyen-zw8uvIn that case, add up what the percentage chance of which team was more likely to win the game at that point, or play a rematch. About a 1/15 chance of Swans winning that from there, it’s not a favourable argument. Obviously anything can happen in a game footy but one minute left isn’t a reason to justify what happens results-wise

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

​@@nathanking2716 - Bombers vs Swans is a good enough example that anything can happen if you wanted to discuss 'probability' .. It's not different to saying if Norths are 18th and Pies are 1st does that guarantee Pies will win?

[@davidsneddon8508]

Andrew woods the only tackle he has done is his morning bathroom tasks

[@hzduss1977]

Umpiring as a whole this year has been very poor....so hard to watch games without noticing umps either missing obvious frees or paying frees that just arent there.

[@laurens4561]

So much being made of one error effecting one team in one year but multiple teams miss out on finals every year because of the draw. Surely this is multiple times the seriousness of this one error.

[@SquidCentauri]

Good luck getting anyone in Melbourne to talk about that though.

[@anthonyd4771]

Yep, weird. They've been average all season

[@damolang2849]

​@@SquidCentaurinone of the Vic teams would agree with an even fixture, because the only way to have an even fixture would be to have every team play each other twice, with every team having a home game against each opponent. Vic teams won't give up the luxury of only having to travel interstate max of 4 or 5 times in the home and away season, despite the fact that all the non Vic clubs have to travel at least 10 times. It's a huge inequality. And because of the disproportionate amount of Vic teams compared to every other state, even if the system was adjusted to every team playing a home game against every opponent, Vic teams would STILL only have to travel interstate 8 times compared to interstate teams having to travel 16 times. It's an issue that can't be resolved when it comes to the equality of the games unless all games have to be played in neutral states, meaning no home games and a massive loss of revenue because people who support their local teams and go to home games aren't gonna travel interstate every week. Otherwise, it would come down to moving Vic teams interstate permanently to create an equal amount of teams in each state, which again, is something that won't ever happen.

[@TheRammMan]

I refuse to go to another game in its current form. Ridiculous rules introduced such as ruckman having to nominate, 6/6, interchange cap and dissent. The game is f*cked!

[@mpk33]

Eddie's newest sook.

[@goat6651]

The crows got shafted the whole year

[@Watsupyoutube]

I've been saying it for years and I've even sent emails to the AFL. Get the camera technology the NFLhas. You can see if a fingernail touches the ball. Super slo Mo that looks awesome. It's there, why don't we use it.

[@danielc6991]

How about just get rid of the goal umpire altogether. Put the score up on big board. Tennis is doing away with lines umpires.

[@paulweston285]

The AFL cant even organize surnames on the back of jumpers in line with every other professional sport in the world let alone get scoring decisions right

[@kyosho7054]

Simple fix to score reviews. Ball crosses goal line, it's a goal. Ball crosses point line, it's a point. Everything that happens before is irrelevant

[@runnynose8341]

Patrick cripps won a Brownlow on a BS tribunal decision, costing L Neale

[@darcyricho5451]

Eddie so sooky swans are in the finals. Get it up you Ed

[@ryanwilkins5979]

Change the rule to the posts don't matter. Touches and goes through goal = goal, touches and goes through point posts = point, touches and comes back into play = play on. This would get rid of umpires having to guess, did it skim post or not and then dont need EDGE system, which is useless anyway because players jump into posts all the time. Also, change out of bounds/insufficient attempt to same as SANFL rule. If it comes off a boot and not touched before going over the boundary line, free kick to opposition. Again, a simple rule that everyone understands and wont be upset with an umpire that deems insufficient one time and not the next. The more rules where there is less umpires trying to interpret intent or if something MAY have glanced the post the better. Lastly, invest in High Frame Rate/High Def cameras around the goal. Never seen a blurry soccer ball or NFL footy when they go to frame by frame video reviews. There will always be mistakes, especially with holding the ball calls and such, but we could make the game a bit easier and then less ppl feel robbed of a win every week.

[@bennygarvey]

How about fair Draws as well. Teams playing actual home games and Home Finals. Not Home state bullcrap. Scraping the Collingwood supporter access to ticket in the city end stand. Getting Brownlow voting better. Allow port to wear prison bar top. And you can keep going.

[@lukeslayer]

Freo had the points turned around against the Saints when there was a mistake that completely ruined a game so why not the same? I'm no Adelaide supporter but an apology and an umpire unfairly dismissed over something that happens almost every game is complete BS. If the 8 wasn't on the line, the ump would have been left alone and he should have been, it was a mistake but thats why we have technology in place to rectify them. The AFL did the ump dirty and said "I'm sowwy" and then wiped its hands clean. Absolute JOKE of a sporting organisation they NEVER take accountability for their own short comings. They remind me of every other corporate entity, either ignore the issues altogether or handball it down to the lowest employee to cop it. If every goal ump who cost a team a game was dismissed you'd have none left and that goes for the abbhorent umpiring on the ground that costs teams games each and every week.

[@treebeard1774]

Difference with this game is that it wasn't over. If it was a kick after the siren, I'm sure they would overturn, but who knows what would have happened in the last 40seconds from a centre bounce. Only thing stopping them

[@marcusberankis8960]

Logically, every single decision throughout the year (correct or incorrect) impacts upon the final results at the end of the H&A season and finals. To look solely at the last decision or one of the last decisions and say that it was an injustice/ give it greater meaning makes absolutely no sense. Every umpiring/ fixture/ suspension decision culminates to the final result, just looking at the last one and crying out injustice is kinda stupid. Media bate.

[@emailitzs641]

Umpire prolly paid off, game is congested low scoring and boring 90”a football Wes the peak IMO make people play in positions have an exciting free flowing game. Have enforcer for any closer decisions with TmO or as others here suggested disregard middle being point if it goes through

[@tb7667]

I don't feel sorry for any team that gets 2 games against West Coast + an extra home game and are still on a knife edge to make finals.

[@heartlandstudio6278]

We played seven games against the top four. Champion data says we have had the 2nd hardest draw of 2023 including playing in four regional centres in 8 weeks.

[@Marvnation]

As a bulldogs supporter, I am glad we didn't play west coast twice this year.

[@jkandte]

you mean the Eagles who just beat Western Bulldogs..... ummm give me a spell

[@tb7667]

@@heartlandstudio6278 So not only do you get 2 games against West Coast + an extra home game. You also got to play 4 'away' games not at the other teams home ground?

[@nickplayzgamesmore7944]

​@tb7667 two against Collingwood, two against Brisbane and two against Port, yet you talking about westcoast? And our losses to any top 4 team was 1, 2, 4, 6 points. 😶

[@TheWheelofLife100]

Cheer cheer the red and the white, everybody now, follow the game…….

[@peterjames174]

why isn't the game given to the crows, why can't the results be changed when it was a mistake and everyone agrees it was a mistake.

[@barrysimpson2955]

You can't give the game when there's time left.

[@cmadelaide56]

There was still 70 seconds to go. If it was after the siren they probably would have.

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

the problem is Eddie, there have been so many rule changes over the years, and the speed of the game increases, that it has affected the quality of the umpiring, I would surmise that there is a direct correlation when it comes to that problem. The quality of the umpiring has been getting worse over the last 5 or so years, this year is simply bringing it to a head. For a sporting code that is professional, we cannot afford to see the quality of umpiring be at that level, it is really unacceptable, people can say "muh human error" until they are blue in the face, it doesn't change the fact that these so-called "human errors" are happing far too often in this game. wouldn't it be better to slow the game down a little, have fewer major rule changes, and then follow that up by making a move to improve the quality of the umpiring?

[@npg68]

You are 100% right. Holding the ball needs to be simplified. If a player takes possession of the ball, is tackled and he drops the ball - it's holding the ball, no ifs or buts, none of this "It was knocked out of his hands" bs - it's incorrect disposal and holding the ball.

[@dukdown]

Eddie's actually lost it, sad to see. He should be asking for someone to be appointed head of AFL technology, not head of AFL football. What does that even mean ?

[@dentonyoung4314]

"There's nothing they can do?" Nonsense. They can award the game to Adelaide and adjust the table accordingly. Problem solved.

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

if that's the case they should also overturn the mistake where they gave the game to the pies. thoughts?

[@dinandnozi2943]

To all the commenters that are still sulky, get over it. At least you’ll save some money for not going to the game😂. Have a nice cup of coffee and wipe your tears away.

[@whiteman2371]

Do feel for them but win some more games. Don't leave the margin so close. They will be a great side next year. Move on from this

[@JohnHenrySMH]

So it's ok for Collingwood to win all their games on tight margins, but Adelaide are required to win by a fat margin before they're allowed to play finals? A win is a win, be it 1 point or 100, and Adelaide were denied 2 this year by umpiring decisions that the ALF has publicly apologized for. Also most of their close margins came against the top 4 teams, Collingwood twice, Brisbane and Melbourne all within a goal. And three of those were away games. With a 'normal' level of luck they would have nabbed one or two of those games, plus the win against Sydney, and be sitting comfortably in sixth spot right now, and possibly playing for a home final.

[@whiteman2371]

Not a fat margin. Just win more games. Don't leave it down to the last round or two to make finals. I'm a big fan of Adelaide, just stating my opinion.@@JohnHenrySMH

[@nathanking2716]

You wouldn’t be saying that if it happened to your team, and it very well could have. Just thank the crows for being sacrificed. Imagine if we took your advice though in all seriousness - “just win some more games, it’s normal for a clear goal to be ruled out by the umpires and nothing to be done about it. The issue is crows not winning enough games, I don’t see any other issue besides that. The system works fine”. It’s not about crows playing the victim with taking the hard road to get to the finals, it’s solely an issue that stopped the sport altogether which was extremely avoidable

[@kotchstevens2321]

Good on teams that get into the top 8, but the top 4 or 5 is where it's at, I got no time for sides that hover from 6th to 10th. They don't deserve a flag.

[@TheWheelofLife100]

Yeah, especially Adelaide crows

[@nathanking2716]

Well unless there’s more clear goals disallowed or poor officiated finals games involving the top five unfairly deciding the outcome, how can you say a 5th to 8th place team wouldn’t deserve it? Seriously moronic take haha

[@kotchstevens2321]

@@nathanking2716 your point? Aussie rules is a very interpretable sport & 5 umpire decisions every game could win or lose U the game. U have 22 weeks to avoid coming 7th to 12th. Not one game or 1 decision. Umpire's r not A I otherwise we would be watching virtual robots.. the players r actual human beings , so r the umpires.

[@SCUFFEDAUSSIE]

UP THE BLOODS!!

[@shoahkahn2692]

Technology, overall, makes sport _worse,_ not better. The human fallibility factor is a part of what makes sports dramatic and entertaining -- supplanting that with robotic logic that is oftentimes still incorrect, diminish sports.

[@slingblade8963]

If you're involved in the decision to ban players or make game changing decisions, why wouldn't you throw a cheeky bet on? The Afl has been compromised for years and it's an absolute rubbish game to watch. Can't have it on the TV without making my blood boil.

[@maxshiraz3447]

Sydney get yet another favorable tribunal decision at finals time. It's been going on for a long time. Dunkley in 1996, Richards in 2013 and the outrageous decsion to let Barry Hall to play in the 2005 GF. Different rules for different clubs, it's always been the way

[@tb7667]

The League really dropped the ball in the 2016 Grand Final.

[@MartinDiStasio]

Lol

[@kazwilson425]

You need better solicitors mate. We've got some of the best.

[@MartinDiStasio]

2016 gf handed to the dogs

[@cmadelaide56]

They were able to prove that he both slowed down and changed direction as the ball moved. That’s not a favourable decision, it’s just a correct one in this case.

[@stevesalkas9128]

Tell tassie not to worry about joining afl there will not be afl in 5 years way things going

[@alisterbacon3157]

Early in the sydney Adelaide game there was a frot on hit where the Adelaide player ran past the ball and front on hit the sydney player but no call, just one of many that happens all the time, not to mention all the acting for high tackles, all the whinging by these guys in the media are sheep picking and choosing with there opinions you are all a joke!

[@xtremeicegaming]

They all acting like Crows would make the finals, when in fact, they could still lose to West Coast and miss out (if they won against Sydney)

[@QuynhNguyen-zw8uv]

Hey Eddie.. didn't hear you cry out this much when your beloved Pies won by a mistake...

[@Philsta007]

Sydney seem to get a better deal from the AFL than even the Victorian teams... gifted a game against North Melbourne earlier in the season, gifted the game against Adelaide, McCartin gets off at the tribunal - how does EVERYTHING go their way?

[@cmadelaide56]

Oh for goodness’s sake - you think the AFL told North to screw up their interchanges? You think the AFL told the goal umpire to screw up the behind? Sydney AFLW missed out on their first win last year solely for a goal umpire error the AFL fessed up to the next day. Adelaide beat Melbourne by 1 pt after an umpiring error the AFL admitted the next day. Every team gets affected by the mistakes - you just are so one eyed you have a very selective memory.

[@dinandnozi2943]

@@ozmaniac101 and @philsta007 please stop crying🙄. You too have a better things to do. Move on and watch Netball😂😂😂

[@runnynose8341]

doesn't matter what rule you have, the pies and melbourne will do the opposite and get away with it. I've been watching this game for 50 years, out on the full, foot on the line, except for track or oliver, or any pies player, stand the mark, except for track oliver or any pies player, Disent LMAO, Pies players yell argue point with every umpire , Throwing the ball, Petraka, Oliver, never have a sore hand, because they never handball it, track has 80% throws to 20% handballs, and hes a fav for a Brownlow, what a joke. It's almost like the AFL wants Melbourne teams to win, It's almost like Melbourne teams get the right decisions at the right times, at the right part of the game, Maybe that's why they still call the other teams, INTERSTATE teams, without realizing that they are INTERSTATE to us, food for thought. Protected Zone, Push in the back, Frontal contact in the square, Unfair bouces, Play on when supposed to be bought back, 3 metres over the mark for some teams, Blocking is OK for some teams, If Toby Greene did half of what other players do, he would get 9 weeks, every week, Mason coxs, Knees to the kidneys, not watching the ball, Play on. Charlie Kurnow wouldn't have 2 goals this year without free kicks, and he will win the Coleman lol, Tom Hawkins just pushes anyone and everyone in the back, Alir Alir, would not have 1 intercept mark, without his 2 hands in the back of the opposition, I think the umpiring is a disgrace, and if they want to be paid so much money, they need to be professional, and if the EF up, get fined , and go to the tribunal, just like the players have to.

[@andrewwilliams2405]

This was just a swans bashing session disguised as a football department story. The swans made the finals because they won their last 6 games in a row, that's a fact, Eddie needs to accept it. Comments about the swans receiving favourable treatment are laughable, its GWS the AFL wants to see winning, certainly not the swans.

[@adamperre4852]

Million dollar business and still cant get it right the way AFL is going they are gonna have no spectators left and i dont blame them how can u trust umpires if they give close games away its just not right

[@seamusb9012]

Seems strange people want to focus on this one human error and not the way the draw determines who makes finals.

[@carolinehaf21]

The point is, this makes the game look amateur. We HAVE the technology to review such decisions and we didn't use it. It shouldn't be up to the single umpire to ask for the review... there are many ways to auto implement the video replay in such close decisions: -it should either be automatic in the last 2 mins of games so they're not decided by human error (like NFL) - let coaches use a challenge to request video reviews like NBA if they disagree with umpires - just automatically video review close calls like that while play continues and then alter the score and bring ball back to the middle if it was the goal (like NBA does with all 3 pointers to check if foot is behind the line)

[@PapaBrianthescoop]

Eddie is a blessing and visionary. I respect him and kudos to him for his efforts to improve the game.

[@travellerandwriter]

to the AFL leadership, get your act togther or you will lose the fans, there are many great sports out there who have nothing like the amout of BS that this sport has......show some leadership, grow up！

[@wilson2455]

Ego's, ego's ego's..

[@wolfy_conservative911]

Matchfixing at its finest

[@joshuatoms1544]

Eddy hates the swans so much

[@craigmortimer5932]

Now the Crows know the feeling of it. Josh Jenkins years ago kicked "goal" which he admitted hit the post and it did and was still called a goal. So build a bridge and get over it. You win some you lose some. Get better and win more rather than a last minute goal umpire mistake.

[@stevesalkas9128]

Jordan degoey 5 weeks but swans players get off

[@cmadelaide56]

There’s no comparison with DeGoey - he targeted the opponent and hit him with everything. And that’s the one you want to use to plead unfair?! The Swans were able to prove with data that he both slowed down and changed direction as the ball moved. The MRO hasn’t got much right this year, but that one they did.

[@latenightlogic]

Sigh… no they need to overturn the result of the game. That’s all.

[@Dan-rk8bh]

You can’t when there was 70 seconds remaining

[@user-yh8xi4kw7e]

The technology is basic and so is the goal umpire get rid of the both of them, the games been gone since that Sicily 3 game suspension.

[@adstaxman7877]

Whether it's tribunal decisions, goal adjudications, interchange infringements, umpiring calls, whatever it is, the decisions always seem to go in afl pet's favour (& we all know who that is)

[@dinandnozi2943]

Another sad loser🙄

[@joeisthego]

Stop it.

[@jimpikoulis6726]

Look the game needs knockouts.

[@59771006]

1:06 Hey it’s Eddie “Racist” McGuire

[@pcorf]

How to destroy a team ......

[@warrenfry814]

the biggest problem here is that sydney swans is the love child of the AFL. Pretty plain and simple as that. heard that john longmire and a few sydney players are still laughing about it. no suprises there.

[@xpacnwo2000]

remember during covid Eddie had this wonderful idea to turn the cbd into a green zone for vaccinated people only, could you imagine the disaster that would have caused. Eddie needs to spend more time wife his wife and let the young bucks handle this, he has a goitre the size and Texas and a sahara dry wife to worry about.

[@maxshiraz3447]

Plenty of opposition teams were on the wrong end of appalling umpiring in Adelaide over the years, so now Adelaide knows how it feels

[@chasindigo]

Lol, Adelaide has suffered for years from bias umpire calls outside of SA, now they are getting them in their own backyard. Funny thing is, the field umpires for the last twenty years have come from Victoria.

[@frankhenderson7709]

😂

[@lukezito2628]

True josh Jenkins goal for us port guys This was unfair for crows though but they’ve been looked after throughout the years

[@Ben.216]

Spot on !

[@frankhenderson7709]

@@lukezito2628 what utter rubbish

[@bkozican]

The only people that think footy is in good health, are those in the bubble. Hop out the bubble and take a real look....The game has never been worse

[@surfrescue3232]

If the lair hadn't been doing Jesus poses to the crowd while the Swans moved the ball up the other end of the ground with seconds left, the crows may still have had a chance. Take note Jake Stringer and idiots poking their tongues out doing devils horns for no reason.

[@mitochondriac5946]

True. No player of any sport should ever celebrate a score. The crowd hates that. No worries mate.

[@surfrescue3232]

Look what happened dill.@@mitochondriac5946

[@nathanking2716]

Very right. He should have considered the fact that the umpire could potentially be a moron about to make the most controversial decision the AFL has seen in recent years. Footy fans like yourself are so narrow-minded and dumb. Just no ability to think outside the box. Always trying to find a reason to criticise. Real pathetic and nuffy like haha. Kane Cornes type stuff.

[@gordonwells1626]

Footy is in decline because of the AFL’s over reach and micro management of a great game. They have become football unfortunately. The decline has been exacerbated by the AFL’s politicisation of the game in their demands of clubs, players and fans to subscribe to and follow the AFL’s lead in promoting woke agendas. The umpires are another issue but are also having a very negative impact on the reputation of the AFL. Most supporters are pretty easy to please….just give a decent competition with predictable rules, decent umpiring decisions and no politics.

[@elizabethjunedempster4949]

AFL has kicked the crows in the guts again,first no goal then a Sydney player gets off his 2 week ban and Mcadam has a broken cheekbone .. this is a Mickey Mouse sport, 66,000 crows supporters are fuming,,