Third quarter saw four different occasions where: the ball had to go back over the mark instead of play on; the ball had to be kicked in by Ibbotson rather than hand passed off; the mark was still being set, go back; Johnson having to retrieve a different ball for a kick in. The worst one was where Barlow played on thinking rightfully it was a free to us, then everyone streaming forward the ball was kicked with ease and space into Melbourne's 50.
Simply rubbish umpiring deliberately designed to stop Freo from flooding back or moving the ball quickly forward. All in the third quarter as well. The umps tried, they seriously did, but Melbourne were just too crap.