Just heard the press conference, Ross says that the fans need to get over the free kick count (approx. 7 minute mark).
Bollocks to that. He's out of line cause the count was disproportionate to every other game umpired this weekend (and last weekend too).
He's out of line cause the captain was spitting chips about 5 times to the umps every time I seen it on TV, not whinging, but could be clearly saying that the decision was wrong. 211 even said more than two words to the umps after a ruck infringement today.
He's out of line cause he said that the GWS coach shouldn't approach the umpires when it's not going well and referred to the bulldogs game a year or so back when we got spanked. He should have had the guts to say that we got the rub of the green that day against the Giants, and given our poor history with equitable refereeing, that he understood the frustration.
Finally, as a fan, I can't get over it, I've had a gutful. I can't change it, no matter how much I bitch about it. Only himself and the club have the ability to correct the equability of game day adjudication towards the dockers. This responsibility is not only for himself, but it is his responsibility to demand equal, just and ultimate performance from the players, and he should also hold the opposition, and importantly, the referees that oversee that a fair game is played to that standard.
This is the price of fame and fortune that justifies his position and the substantial monetary reward he gets for doing so.
Furthermore, when you get spanked by the depleted arch rival team, show some fricken enthusiasm to how you're going to fix the same problem that has been occurring all year, or at least for the last 10+ rounds of the season.
I'm sure I'm going to get some heat from you fellow die-hards about top of the ladder etc etc, but I've spewed more inspiring stuff than the garbage he rolled out today.
Lyon needs to get his act together, otherwise, he'll be like Malthouse with an outdated game plan that the game has moved on from. Here is some fundamentals:
i. Develop a plan B, plan A has holes in it.
ii. Call out crappy umpiring,
iii. support your players, and
iv. never, ever, tell the fans to get over it, jerk-ass!!
That's my whinge and frustration vented.
Cheers.