If the Eagles had kicked straight, it would have been very embarassing for Adelaide indeed!

I agree that if the eagles had kicked stright then it would have been embarrassing for the crows.

But that last umpiring decision was woeful. He barely touched around the neck and after wat West coast were getting away with it was very very soft.

Now im not a corws supporter either but i like to see fair game not umpires winning the game for a team!!!

Is this going to happen next week in the biggest game of the year?

wow yeah bballer, we can sure didilly win it!!! with cousins on the side and judd anythings possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

who cares

New Title for this thread:

'The Umpires win a disgrace'

Martin Ellis, Shaun Ryan and Darren Goldspink cost the crows a total of 4 goals - thats 24 points - they lost by 10.

Ellis, Ryan and Goldspink had a bigger effect on the game than Judd, Cousins and Kerr in my book.

West coast don't deserve to be there next week and therefore i hope the swans aren't as unlucky with the umps as the crows were and are at least given the OPPURTUNITY to beat the Eagles.

IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE.

if you dont care..why bother posting..?

The Crows players dropped off the pace after half-time and the Eagles' mid-field killed us. I don't think the game was decided by the umpires at all (and I had tipped the Crows and favour them over other teams).

grow up RuMoR MuNgEr and it's it rumoUr for the record

isaac u obviously know a lot more about basketball than footy, the umps destroyed us, i can point out 4 times that pathetic umpiring decisions costed us goals.

While that last call was questionable, I don't think we can blame the umpires. West Coast just ran over us in the second half.

Bassett had a shocker, Rutten was non-existent, both were beaten on the day, and we only had one ruckman for half the game. On top of that, their midfield clearly beat ours in the second half, so I don't think it's fair to say that the umpiring cost the Crows the game.

I'm an eagles supporter and i have to say i agree with xztitak there, i was embarrassed by the umpiring, i dont know about being better than judd cousins and kerr but the umpiring probably did win us the game. GO THE EAGLES!

24, Rutten kept quentin Lynch to 1 goal, at least he was a lot better than Glass down the other end.

And thank u eagles4flag - its good to see u can admit it but my names xztatik not xztitak

the umpiring decision that stood out most to me was the goal that was "touched" on the line for the Eagles. That could have cost them the game....it clearly went through the line by half a metre or so.

The umpiring was questionable for both sides but i actually thought it favoured the home side with at least 3 frees infront of goal that weerent paid for the rest of the game.

However i dont think it decided the game and as always when there is a close loss, people blame the umps. I just think that West coast were a bit too good and have too much depth for the injured crows. This is 2 years in a row they have been one of the dominant teams and again they fail to deliver at the business end of the season. I do think west coast are the real deal however and there run and carry with the ball is very hard to stop. Looking at their list i believe there is only 2 players over the age of 30 in chick and banfield, which is a worrying thought for other sides with the likes of kerr and judd only young 20s.

I think it was a great game and shouldnt be soured by people whinging about the umpires!

QUOTE: the umpiring decision that stood out most to me was the goal that was "touched" on the line for the Eagles.

Bloody oath! that was the worst upiring ever lol


the last free kick to wc in the centre at the end was pretty soft tho, i must admit that, but hey you win some you loose some... there were calls on plenty of occasions that were crappy.

but with umpires sometimes you win & sometimes you loose thats way the cookie crumbles!

go west coast!

Cant blame the umpires. Im a crows fan and WC had 10 more scoring shots. They were clearly the better team on teh day and the crows missed roo and hentschel up forward. Ian Perrie was useless which he has been in every finals game ever. Umpiring was disgraceful but Adelaide didn't deserve to win anyway. Go WC in the gf...down with the swans.

I see something suspect with 97428 and 97432...

did the old "deliberatley spell the name wrong and then correct it so noone suspects it" trick... oldest trick in the book.

Pity you forgot to change your name back lol.

Same IP Isaac?

Didn't see the game so can't comment otherwise.

The only umpiring error that really had an effect on the game was the pathetic centre bounce attempt in the fourth quarter when the Eagles were down by 1 point. Instead of bouncing the ball straight up (or something close to it), it was bounced at right angles directly to Ben Cousins, who gave a quick pass to Lynch for the go ahead goal. West Coast was surging at that point, but up until then, everything had been contested. It spurred West Coast greatly.

That bounce should have been recalled, just as the dud boundary throw in was two weeks ago. Not recalling it was a mistake that should cost that umpire greatly, as it definitely cost the Crows.

A suggestion for a new rule for AFL umpires: if you can't bounce the ball straight, then you lose the right to blow your whistle at all in AFL games.

All that said, West Coast deserved to win. They have beaten the Crows in three straight this year. Adelaide was fucked by luck, particularly with Biglands going down yesterday, but that isn't the Eagles fault.

Yeah ITA, definately agree with you there...

damn ITA u got me - i almost had u how could i forget to change my name.

seriously though, that 'touched on the line' decision was definately wrong and cost wce a goal(forgot about that one) so now the umps only costed the crows 3 goals.

Ian Perrie WAS shit and can now consider himself trade bait along with mcgregor.

Another thing i'd like to point out was that the goal that started the eagles 3rd qtr run was from a pathetic free kick and then a pathetic 50m penalty - without that goal they might never have put together that goal spree.

Sucked in crows, you choked worse than Port did, have a nice mad monday!!!!

It's always the referees fault.

I only replyed "who cares " because this is a basketball site or am I wrong here too? oh well I cant always be right Im not from sturt

On behalf of an Adelaide non-Crows supporter I'd like to thank the West Coast Eagles players and fans for not putting me through Crows madness this next week.
My life will be much more pleasant without the raving and ranting around the city streets.
Thankyou, and
eat a d$#@ Crows!!!

hahaha tou che

Damn those refs choking the cows..
how could they get away with that?

to all port fans out there we didnt choke, at least we MADE the prelim, u guys bombed out in the semis every year, oh and if u wana talk about this year just look at the facts - crows finished 3rd (would've been 1st if it wasn't for the umps) and port finished 12th, or was it 13th. My point is just that port suck and will finish even lower next year, while the crows will come in either top or 2nd once again. I hope u guys draft well or your in for a tough 4 years power fans aaaaaaahahahahahahaha... excellent.

xztatik - "would've been 1st if it wasn't for the umps"

You have to be joking. The Crows just lost the plot in the 3rd quarter and blew it themselves. Edwards was in a panic everytime he had the ball in the 2nd half.
Cousins, Judd and Cox just controled it all and the eagles would have won by 30 if they had kicked straighter. You can shove that Umps fault rubbish where it belongs. They Choked!

3 prelim losses in 5 years???
choke choke choke.

xztatik, the Crows have blown their chance this year. Their midfield was lucky to hold up fairly injury free over the last two years, until the end of this season. Goodwin, the Roo and Mcleod are past their prime, and Scott Thompson is not a quality midfielder. He goes missing in big games and gives away stupid frees. Who else do you have? Mattner can tackle, but is the worst decision maker ever. There is no one else.

Who do you have up forward? Perrie, Welsh? Hentschell was looking good, but it will be 2 years before he gets back to form, if ever.

The backline is solid, but you have to kick goals to win games.

nice post thedoctor you're pretty spot on there

Funny you guys go and rub in the back to back but it doesn't even compare to brisbanes three peat. Dust of those videos of those back to back games because thats all you will have. Haha 3 prelim finals 3 failures. Worse than Port. haha. Go the Eagles!