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Title: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: art on July 19, 2009, 11:20:42 AM: I really wonder what umpiring has become. I have watched the first two dismissals today and really is that the best that is available.

A no ball that should have not been missed by a loving father umpiring his son and a catch that was given out that was a disgrace.
Now the writers of Tom Smith's should stop their rubbish of increasing the size of each new issue and just say it's all a crock of rubbish just go with how you feel on the day. I am seriously contemplating stopping all my training and just turning up to make the same rubbish decisions as the 'best' in the world make.

After 1355 games of never reporting anyone except for chucking I think I'll start taking the easier route and book a few folks, then someone might now look at my umpiring instead of just tossing by 9's + out of 10 captains reports into the bin. Then again why would I bother ever taking on a major contract, my expense account for Krug a year is more then they get paid. Absolutely pitiful. Then again it just might be something else.
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: raymond on July 19, 2009, 05:32:14 PM: yawn
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: Zulu on July 19, 2009, 07:32:52 PM: Zzzz ...
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Post by: Master-Basterd on July 19, 2009, 08:00:52 PM: Quote from: raymond on July 19, 2009, 05:32:14 PM
yawn
Quote from: Zulu on July 19, 2009, 07:32:52 PM
Zzzz ...

Don't be rude lads.
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: Richie on July 19, 2009, 08:10:43 PM: Art's obviously got some serious feelings about the umpires, if he wants to vent them, let him do so! I do agree with you as well Art, they have been shocking with the no-balls and their consistancy with the two catches was appaulling.
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Post by: mdl_1979 on July 19, 2009, 08:34:04 PM: There should have been a no ball given for Katich's dismissal, but I had no problem with the Hughes one. Doctrove reckons he saw it, and on the replays it looked a clean catch to me, so fair enough.
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: art on July 19, 2009, 10:43:51 PM: raymond and Zulu have replied in a way that was anticipated. If umpiring decisions go in your favour well that's okay with many folks, they only belly ache when it goes against them. Add Hussey to the other two above and you had three of the first four dismissals with major problems. On the Hughes catch the least that should have been done was to take it upstairs.

With Hussey's dismissal you might remember some time ago that I wrote about the noise problems dry bats were giving umpires when they hit the pitch close to the ball. Very difficult to pick so you level of intensity must increase to ensure you get it right. And I also remember being told by a few folks here that I was wrong (or words to that effect) in what I was saying because the chances of it happening were slim. Well folks it happened in a very important game at a very important time.

I am struggling with believing these are all umpiring 'errors'. There are too many at important times in recent matches.
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: ianbuchanan on July 19, 2009, 11:00:10 PM: art, you forgot to mention your fellow aussie brad haddin getting caught behind off the glove early on in his innings...... :D
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: art on July 19, 2009, 11:31:02 PM: Just add to the list of errors, either way does not matter to me, just bad umpiring. But the part the amuses me is the carry on by Saturday players about getting what they call a 'gunning'. Sheesh if the best in the world are of this standard what chance have we common journeymen got.
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Post by: Sam to the C on July 20, 2009, 09:00:30 AM: that didnt hit haddins glove it was his sweat band fool
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Post by: bucko2007 on July 20, 2009, 09:39:09 AM: Yeah I agree that the Hughes catch did not carry. I think those that don't have a problem with it are probably English because I will admit too I wanted so desperately for those fingers to get under the ball, and the more you look at it the more you try to see what you want to see, but the fact is that ball must have touched the ground... I don't really blame Strauss for claiming it, its hard to know what happened especially when it was that close, it must have felt like a catch, but that is why the referral system is there. If that had been referred, it would have been given not out. So quite simply the wrong decision was made, no arguments
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Post by: WALSHY on July 20, 2009, 10:11:12 AM: I am a better umpire than these clowns.
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Post by: Sam to the C on July 20, 2009, 10:49:24 AM: i dotn agree that strauss didnt know, you cant not know i have caught the cherry like that before and i definitley knew it touched the ground
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: WALSHY on July 20, 2009, 10:51:41 AM: Yes but their cheats!
Title: Re: It's Become a Standing Joke.
Post by: art on July 20, 2009, 11:05:05 AM: Hold hard folks. There are times when people are not sure what exactly happened in the heat of the moment. That is why we now have a referral system at top level. Simply the umpires made an error. Again I will say that something is going here that is very strange.
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Post by: stubbzy on July 20, 2009, 11:54:24 AM: in all fairness, on husseys dismissal, in real time it loooked out. he has played at a wide one, it made a noise when passing the bat and gone on to first slip. it just looked out