The ball was touched TWICE in controversial call! | AFL 360 | Fox Footy

Gerard and Robbo break down the ending of the Carlton Fremantle clash including the controversial call, a new review system, and the dissent penalty.

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[kalebarancelovic]

Adelaide Oval. The home of questionable umpiring decisions.

[TheVanguard]

Where's dissent been for every other game, it's been missing until the last 20 secs, disgraceful

[AWOL_ODST]

Will be interested to see Robo’s take on things when this happens to a VFL team. Somehow I don’t think “let’s just move on” will be his words then…

[nevvanclarke]

It's also been revealed in audio that the umpire didn't hear anything. He says to Alex Pierce, I didn't hear anything so umpire Whetton made it So he admitted on the field that he didn't hear anything. He didn't hear what was said he's paid the Centre kick because he's heard a swear word but the swear word he didn't know it was directed at him. He didn't even hear what was said so you've never got umpires just making stuff up.... It is the worst decision in the history of the game that I've seen. The ball was touched twice, actually three times you got four umpires out there that could not see that and then you've got an empire making up a dissent call that he didn't hear. why do I come to the conclusion that this game was rigged? Why do I suddenly come to that conclusion?

[alexedwards]

Absolute rubbish that umpires can influence the game by "gifting" a goal to a particular team. The dissent occurs during the pause in play and the ball was on its way back to the centre, did not infringe on Carlton at all so why should they benefit? Just send the bloke a fine during the week for abusing the ump and ball it up.
The other I'd like to see gone is the umps choosing when a team gets paid advantage after a free kick. What a joke that they can pay "no advantage" to a team and call the ball back or on the flip side, pay it when it's not there...

[SCAGMONKY]

This is not dissent it is a complete overreach and a continuation of the umpires hijacking the game and the AFL promoting the whole thing what happened to a good game being when you don't notice the umpire they have now become an overreach and are out of control

[joshmc]

Freo a bit stiff. I wonder how the Victorian commentators would have adjudicated the umps performance if it had gone the other way and gifted Freo the win?

[finnkelly]

Slobbo needs to be at his AA meeting get him off the air it’s embarrassing.

[kossend]

When Adelaide missed out on finals last season Gerard was taking aim at the AFL, labelling it an insult, and said they needed to sort it out. He even invoked the NHL system of reviewing everything in the last 2 minutes to make sure that "what truly happened would have been there."

[DavidEllery-pdow]

how the maggots can make themselves the centre of attention is beyond me, why he AFL say the umpires missed the touch ball but the dissent was correct, ever consider if they got the 1st call right, the dissent would not have come into play? maybe 5 umpires are required now. Great composure Longmuire, you have much more tolerance than many other coaches.

[FreddieD-on]

And according to Gerard the game is at its best that is ever been! PLEASE!!! Stop insulting people's intelligence. If you want to talk about bums on seats we can agree but everything else it's a bloody joke.

[theflyingdropbear]

basically proves why either a captain's review, or a player review is needed, where umpires have gotten it wrong so badly, that has potentially altered the outcome of a game, for a professional league, it is nowhere near good enough, we have seen it with the Sydney/Adelaide game last year, the two Adelaide/Collingwood games last season where a players call would have provided the only correct call, a goal for Adelaide, a free to Collingwood in the first game, and the free kick to Adelaide in the second game at the MCG. and how many more have there been that were probably more egregious than those three examples.

the dissent penalty rule is complete nonsense, and should be abolished, as it really isn't worth the ink it was written with.

[MrRickstuff]

Your a clown Robbo, it would not have happened if they played touch ball

[Reactiverse]

There’s probably 50 other touched balls over the weekend that were called a mark too lmfao

[SteveggStevegg]

Freo just have use this as incentive and go harder.

[CDogBeast]

hats off to the editor putting in the ending of Spiderman across the spider verse sound track in this. 10/10

[WilhelmKurtToVaira]

Conspiracy to favour Carlton.??!! Maybe.. Happened last year when inconclusive footage of a touched ball to beat melbourne..

[gregmayoaussie]

Umpires having a shocking year, how many Out of bounds but called play on so far this year? The third game ruined.
by the umpires so far this season

[williamporter]

Rubbish that vision was available within a couple of minutes.

[JY]

yes jackson screwed up with his hitout so you ask where freo can improve from their mistakes but where are the umps going to improve from this? are they working on a solution so the same issue doesnt happen again