Round 20 – Brisbane v Carlton: Words Fail
In the immortal words of the late Captain Blood Jack Dyer , facing the microphone after a particularly egregious umpiring decision: I won’t say anything, because I might say something.
BRISBANE LIONS 3.2 8.7 15.9 20.11 (131)
CARLTON 6.3 6.7 9.10 9.13 (67)
GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Freeman 3, Christensen 3, McGuane 2, Hanley 2, Mayes 2, Zorko 2, West, Rockliff, Robinson, Redden, Cutler, Adcock
Carlton: Walker 4, Buckley, Kreuzer, Docherty, Boekhorst, Murphy
BEST
Brisbane Lions: Robinson, Zorko, Martin, Rockliff, Rich, Redden, Freeman
LEAST WORST
Carlton: Cripps, Carrazzo, Murphy, Kreuzer, Walker
INJURIES
Brisbane Lions: Nil
Carlton: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Brisbane Lions: Billy Evans replaced Trent West at three-quarter time
Carlton: Nick Holman replaced Clem Smith in the third quarter
Reports: Nil
Umpires: Foot, Ryan, Hay, Armstrong
Official crowd: 17,744 at the Gabba
Votes: i. Brisbane Team Effort 6 (3 + 2 + 1)
ii. 22. Adcock, 21. Andrews, 20. Christensen, 19. Cutler, 18. Dawson, 17. Evans, 16. Freeman, 15. Hanley, 14. Martin, 13. Mayes, 12. McGuane, 11. McStay, 10. Merrett, 9. O’Brien, 8. Paparone, 7. Redden, 6. Rich, 5. Robinson 4. Rockliff, 3. Taylor, 2. West, 1. Zorko.
G’day Peter,
Did you use the quote to move on from Mick Malthouse who speaks up about issues? Or change the culture?
But in my opinion, your beloved Blues could have won two more games last year against Geelong. Umpires’ poor decisions in these games are controversial.
Or do you want to do proper work to improve rather than blaming umpires?
It must be very tough for Bluebaggers.
All the best.
Yoshi