{"id":30868,"date":"2016-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/umpy-rage-peaks-during-winter-says-afl-footy-manager\/"},"modified":"2016-07-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T00:00:00","slug":"umpy-rage-peaks-during-winter-says-afl-footy-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/umpy-rage-peaks-during-winter-says-afl-footy-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpy rage peaks during winter, says AFL footy manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>AFL Footy Operations Manager Mark Evans has defended the performance of AFL umpires, saying the standard is about the same as last year and that umpire frustration tends to peak during the winter months.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWe measure error rate and the error rate looks to be quite similar to last year,\u201d Evans told FIVEAA\u2019s Rowey and Bicks on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first half of this year, I don\u2019t think we had too many concerns for the game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tend to notice umpiring and the game particularly as we head deep into winter where it\u2019s a little bit harder, the ground is dewy, the ball is slippery, there ends up being more stoppages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite a difficult time of year. We usually find a way to bounce back from that as we head towards finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/273288402&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Evans said umpires are directed to never pay a free kick based on a guess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe say don\u2019t guess,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re trapped on the far side of a stoppage and there\u2019s people in front of you, we absolutely say you can\u2019t guess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there are sometimes where play happens quickly and an umpire might think that he saw something and therefore pays it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rule of thumb usually is if you\u2019re going to make an error as an umpire there seems to be more sympathy if you miss something, but not so much sympathy if you actually get it wrong and make a wrong decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite difficult to umpire. There\u2019s usually a lot going on off the ball, and the way the game\u2019s compressed these days doesn\u2019t make it easier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving said that, we put it on our guys to try and deliver what we think is a good performance. They don\u2019t always get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR RIGHT NOW<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/mick-malthouse-faces-off-with-stephen-rowe-live-on-air\"><strong>MICK MALTHOUSE SETTLES SOME OLD SCORES LIVE ON AIR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/police-minister-defends-broken-promise\"><strong>UNION ATTACKS BROKEN POLICE PROMISE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFL Footy Operations Manager Mark Evans has defended the performance of AFL umpires, saying the standard is about the same as last year and that umpire frustration tends to peak during the winter months. \u201cWe measure error rate and the error rate looks to be quite similar to last year,\u201d Evans told FIVEAA\u2019s Rowey and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiveaa-sports-show","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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