The noisy minority

It seems like there may be only two people who aren’t enjoying the way the game is being umpired. Well, two with a public forum anyway.

Kevin Bartlett and Patrick Smith seem fixated on the game being umpired to the exact letter of the law, splitting hairs on the placement of commas and counting the angels dancing on every full stop.

For the rest of us, the game is flowing and the annoying 50-50 free kicks that annoyed almost everybody have been consigned to the dustbin. Obvious free kicks are being awarded (when they’re seen) and the game is a better spectacle for it.

Congratulations Wayne Campbell and Hayden Kennedy, and good riddance Jeff Gieschen.