Andrew Dillon speaks up... Is the AFL umpiring 'as good as ever'? 🤔 | AFL 360 | Fox Footy 

AFL Administration is currently a train wreck !!!! Laura Kane has shown herself to be totally incompetent and Dillon is struggling with his appointment, particularly with Laura Kane being unable to do her role.

It is a joke how the AFL places so much emphasis on internal appointments while there is such a strong pool of ex players to pick from. How Brendan Gale was ignored over Dillon was an absolute joke and similarly with Laura Kane ahead of Jimmy Bartel. I guess the most important factor is having the right mates and going to the right school in old Melbourne town.

“As good as ever”😂 wow what a total bunch of amateurs the AFL are.

That’s because the umps aren’t to blame, but the umpiring is a massive problem. The rule makers are to blame but they keep deflecting, as Dillon is doing here. Less lawyer influence required.

Laura Kane is looking at a future in politics the way she speaks. It’s not what this games needs or wants

The AFL would have anyone believe that they advertised internationally for a CEO and the best they could do was Dillon, ( in his office, next to McLachlan ) ? Seriously ?

They keep on changing the blasted rules and different interpretations of those rules. They used to have one umpire

Robbo talking genuine sense? Dillon is not going to last long if he thinks it’s as good as it’s ever been.

Kane and Dillon should make focus on their next movie of dumb and dumber

I love footy played it for twenty years back in the day the rules were simple and easy to understand. These days the players, spectators and even some umpires have no idea what’s going on and it’s literally destroying the game momentum killers and leaving fans frustrated most weeks. Sort it out AFL your taken the soul out of footy keep going and the fans will stop watching from stupid decisions that make no sense and stop changing the rules !!.

Continuous Rules for the exemption. This is what happens when you employ ppl more suited for the local council than the AFL.

Dillon just had his Joe Biden moment!

Richard Goyder gave us Alan Joyce and Andrew Dillon

It is no coincidence that the AFL has become an absolute shambles since Laura Kane was promoted to her position

The AFL: "Our game is hard to umpire... So every offseason we always make sure that we change 20 rules just slightly to keep it hard"

The umpires stopped Essendon in their tracks on Saturday, it was terrible.

Andrew Dillon moving into Slobbo, Caro, Morris and Mclure areas - dribbler.

The AFL know they can say and do what they want because people will never abandon their clubs or football. Record numbers demonstrate that despite the worst year of umpiring in living memory. Easiest job in the world right now being an executive of the AFL. The sport can’t be damaged. Notting is more apparent about this than the fact the AFL can now be a divisive political and social activist organisation and yet still record numbers.

The biggest issue with umpires is consistency, they have none.

Called this 10years ago, the game has numbered days left. It might be 10years, it might be 20 but best believe the game is dying quickly

Players have no confidence in the umpires and what decisions will be made. It does t matter what rules are in place. In defence players and brutally scared. Not if the opposition, but if what the umpire will or will not pay. The umpires and they're decisions are horrifically inconsistent. If the AFL is happy with the state of umpiring and the rules, then they'd be perfectly fine with decisions being made, just like what we saw with Geelong vs Essendon. The AFL would be happy with that quality 🤔🤔🤔

4:58 I've watched Union for 20+ years and I completely disagree with Gerard here. The difference is that rugby made a decision that their allegiance was entirely to the correct decision and they'd build what they could to get to that. It's easier to do in rugby with it's stop/start nature, but in the extreme examples, a play carries on for a few minutes and then gets called back for a foul earlier on. It might be a little frustrating, but at least the right decision gets made more often than not.

Dillon didn’t actually say that the umpiring was good. He said it was “as good” as it’s been. If it’s only ever been a 3 out of 10, he is saying it is still 3 out of 10. He is pretty much saying it hasn’t got worse, which a lot of people would still debate

Only 2 "Umpiring Flashpoints" from the Geelong v Essendon game? No, there were a half dozen, and not just benefiting the Geelong but both sides. Saturday nights game was appalling and it honestly felt that the umpires were simply flipping a coin to determine whether or not free kicks were paid.

Why is Rankine running 20m+ without bouncing an umpiring flash point? He was penalised.

this is the 1st time we can all agree with robbo, well done mate you got there

I agree it's a tough game to officiate as it's a 360 degrees game but you can't mess up the basics... That is what's happening at the moment... But for these clowns to come out & say the umpiring is the best it's ever been at this time is laughable & hence why many a supporter are leaving the game in droves due to this mess...

If you compare AFL with the NRL, you can see culturally that the AFL, its coaches, players and media are very protective of the umpires. This is a good thing I guess, but it means that if there are genuine concerns about umpiring quality, it needs to be treated seriously because of the cultural filter it needs to get through in order to be discussed in the first place. There have been multiple games this year decided by umpire mistakes. North lost to Collingwood because of a howler of an umpiring error, and that poor club has barely won a game for 3 years. There are too many rules brought in to protect umpires’ feelings. The ruling for concussion is a massive overreach which is to buffer against future litigation, not to protect players.

Afl admin is so garbage that it has me agreeing w Robbo each week

Did Laura Kane actually say there were 2 decisions that could’ve been paid ? 😂

Dimma gets fined and Brad gets an apology from the AFL...

Dillon is on borrowed time if he continues to have these foot in mouth moments!!

They keep saying 'us' the people at home don't understand it. We absolutely do, when you have grown up watching this game you have a deep understanding and intricate knowledge of how the game is played and how it should be umpired. This year has been THE worst year for umpiring EVER. even after finding out this year there is a fifth umpire not on the ground, I have never believed more that the umpires are on the books.

Years ago teams complained about uneven free kicks counts so they got the umpires to balance it out so they stopped paying soft fees kicks to one side and pay soft to the other side to even it out and that's where it went wrong . all free kicks should be paid regardless of the result. And not only paid to the privileged team.

It's hard to umpire because of the clowns in head office.

But how did Essendon get 6 bad decisions in a row FFS!

The Essendon player ran it straight through the goals, he turned around twice and obviously had no pressure and still chose to run it through. If scores were level with only a minute or 2 left, he would have ran across the face of goal and kicked it down the line to 50m line. His full intention was to grab that ball and straight over the line. In my opinion it was deliberate and not under pressure.

What was wrong with the good old fashioned rules in the first place. Go look at games from 20 years ago . 30 years ago ? everything was fine then ?

Good god Andrew, you have 4 field umpires. They are impacting the outcome of the games because of bad decisions. You must live in a dream world.

I think the umpiring is still good. But note the following. There used to be 6 matches per weekend and one umpire per match. The best six umpires would umpire... then for many years it was 2 per game so the best 12 umpires. Now there are 9 matches per round and 4 umpires per match. We have the best 36 umpires each week. So its not difficult to compare the best 6 umpires compared with the best 36 umpires. There will be a difference in experience for sure. But visibility is now better.

Of that list of games that were affected by poor umpiring decisions, 9 of the 12 cost me in my tipping comp.... Not happy.

Fans need to boycott. What’s the point in following a sport where the results of the matches are predetermined

Perhaps we need a Kerry Packer to bypass the AFL and create another league

Thanks for reuioning our game Laura Kane and Andrew Dillion the game is absolutely shot and the rest involved. Bring on the summer of cricket. LEAVE OUR BLOODY GAME ALONE YOU DO GOODERS.

While CONSTANTLY changing the rules is certainly a factor, the fact is that they can't tell 5 metres from 15.

Ive been a massive fan for over 60 years. I do not understand or relate to today's game.

Day grand final a.m annalogue yesterday twilight or night grand final f.m digital tomorrow move forward 😂😂❤😂😂😂❤😂❤❤

He feels it that good he needs a bodyguard.

I think afl need the dr video same to the cricket for Dr video.

Umpiring has been well off the standard but how are they meant to be consistent when there’s changes to rules every year and changes to interpretations week to week? The fact interpretations are changing says it all. The league is a joke

No wonder Gil took so long to hand over the baton to these guys and girls - so many platitudes instead of honesty no excuses for the worst decisions over last round you have to own them in order to get the fans trust. Yet again propelling females into football positions is a bad joke, collectively female journos, presenters, callers and administrators are way off the mark one exception is Sarah Jones exceptional talent because she knows its not about her We can all accept honest mistakes but these ones highlighted were absolutely glaring errors

I'm going to be honest I'm pretty sick of hearing about umpiring every week

Like when a coach is on the chopping block for players underperforming.. the CEO should be for the game and umpiring. Fans are not happy.

No one now knows the rules anymore

There will always be mistakes and no man's land umpire decisions that leave spectators and commentators perplexed or embarrassed. That's no excuse for increasing their frequency and severity.

The umpiring is far better than it has been. The community will never be content with decisions made, mainly because they don't know the rules. The scrutiny on umpires is constantly increasing, they are also constantly improving. I can guarantee that if you had the same TV coverage 20 years ago, the umpiring was far worse. Let me know if you have any questions about certain free kicks or rules

When Geelong have a home game at the MCG the umpires always favour them I find

Diversity hires... Just hire the best person for the job.

So Essendon sooks Brad Scott, Matthew Lloyd and Robbo aren't happy 🙄

Interpretation has become the keyword. Why do interpretations vary so much? Because the rules have been rewritten so loosely that there is no choice but to use interpretation & guesswork. Before 2000 the rules had not changed a huge amount. We brought in interchange, diamond, then square, then 50 metre lines. The basic holding rules, dropping & throwing the ball did not change. a push in the back was a push in the back. We had not prior opportunity. We had no nomination of rucks. The rules were so clearly written that a 5yo could understand them. Now you need a bloody Rhode's Scholarship to interpret them & you will come up with an interpretation that another person would not. Change all the rules back. Make a push in the back a pushin the back; This is the original rule; If a player uses his hands in a pushing motion to the back of an opponent he will be penalised & a free kick awarded to the player who is pushed. Simple really.

Afl admin has turned into political PR. All the authenticity is gone

AFL sucks...I much prefer watching 2nds. Just a shame you don't get to see the stars but at least its actual footy

I think this is actually a true statement, AFL umpiring is as good as its ever been, which is awful. Don't buy the AFL propoganda that this is a hard game to umpire - it isn't. The umpires are not competent and they want to gloss over that issue.

The umpires should not be wearing an ear piece.

Surely Andrew “the dill” Dillon and the AFL would have learned. Laura Kane embarrassing tried to feed the supporters her ridiculous version of events. Now this “Dill” has followed suit, doubled down and flat out insults all supporters intelligence. He can now go into hiding with Kane. If this is the best the AFL can conjure they are doomed.

The umpiring has never been as professional as it has been. In saying that we hear the feedback and will be working thru the off season to improve understanding and communication around new interpretations Thats all you had to say andrew. How can a bloke who works a minimum wage job come up with a better response than the bloke who runs the afl

Fans should boycott

I love the game but I actually think we focused too much on the umpiring decisions. If you look at most games of football and not decided by the umpires yes there are some inconsistencies but I think that has come from the fact that the rules keep changing which comes from the media wanting a perfect looking game. I think we have to stop trying to create this perfect aesthetic look to the game and we have to just let the games player even low scoring games can be exciting. I don't think we have to have this high scoring free-flowing game every single game that we watch it would get boring if every game was the same and I just feel that there's this push to make every single AFL game 20 goals to each team coming down to the last minute. There is almost this mantra to create this and I think it's ridiculous. If we keep bashing umpires then Kids won't want to be umpires and then the standard will go down which I think has happened anyway. Maybe we aren't getting the quality through that we used to get because people don't want to be umpires any more. We can bash the umpires we all they like but at the end of the day they have to go out there and do a job. Yes they make mistakes but they don't make as many mistakes as players make, I'm not saying the AFL is right I just think there's too much focus on it

Does he watch footy at all😢

Stop changing the rules and make umpiring a full time professional career

Andrew Dillon is out of his depth. Insecure, weak leadership….. own the problem and fix it.

Too much off season interference in the rules by guess Who? "AFL headquarters ". These are the consequences of these types of actions. Regardless of the current issues.

There are too many rules where the umpire has to judge a players intent. We are expecting umpires to be bloody mind-readers FFS.

Can't we go back to basics please

Although it’s minimal, there’s some chance the AFL might listen if it wasn’t Robbo the drunkard screaming. Cheers Robbo have a pot or two 🍻

Whats he talking about.The umpiring is the worst i have ever seen, they all seem to have different ideas of the rules, And 4 umpires are 2 to many AFL you are ruining the game,and some of the rules they have brought in are a joke

4 umpires is the problem, they simply don't have the depth.

Dillon & Kane - please! AFL is a complete & utter joke

When the umpires walk away from the game,because of the crap thy have to put up with. Then the AFL might get there head out of their arises.

Geez I wish they’d move these 2 jokers on…

150 year old game and still can’t get it right

Too many rules too many interpretations, the afl is to blame not umpiring

Lets all not talk about crows sydney game last year

WHOS PAYING UMPIRES SORT IT OUT CORUPT AFL .....PEOPLE HAVING ALL UP MULTIS ON SPORTSBETT WITH PLAYERS TO KICK ONE OR 2 GOALS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN PLAYERS ON BENCH THAT YOU ARE ON ....TO KICK GOALS AND THEY ON BENCH FOR HALF LAST QUARTER ......NOT HARD TO WORK OUT MATCH FIXING DOES EXIST IN AFL ......!!!!!

seriously think a boycott of the sport is worth considering in order to fix the umpiring. Fix the colossal mess of AFL umpiring or fans do not show up to games the next 4 weeks……..there are many other sports out there, that are run by actual professionals……happy to switch if this #@#$show is not fixed soon.

SPORTSBETT CORUPT ......THIS GAME COULDNT HAVE BEEN ANY MORE MATCH MIXED AS IVE EVER SEEN ABOUSOLTE DISCRACE ....WHO PAYINH WHO LOL ....SAME AS NTH MELBOURNE COLLINGWOOD GAME ....MATCH FIXED...100%

The games become a FAD. F---- andrew dillon if thats the best he has to offer.

Once again this round bad umpiring

With women there is never accountability….

The AFL wonders why punch ups happen after Saturday night game worst umpires in history

Give it a rest now. Umpires make hundreds of decisions a game and of course they get some wrong. Sometimes it’s costly, sometimes it isn’t. It’s happened in the past and it’s going to happen next week as well. They’re human. Coaches make mistakes by not tagging players they should tag, going conservative in the last quarter instead going for the win etc. Players make mistakes, missing goals , dropping marks etc etc. Commentators make mistakes every call they make - everyone is human - it’s the human element that makes it exciting. Media are just whipping up a frenzy because it’s good for ratings and sales.

Kane needs to be gone absolute rubbish

Umpire bashing has been part of the game forever They get most things right even though they are all one eyed rotten bludgers needing a bike to keep up Constant review of games by umpires just as players do is critical Umpires are a vital part of the game and the AFL job is to support and encourage them not join the umpire haters

This boy blunder is absolutely taking the mic out of Joe Public Aussie rules supporters.........large !! Back to 2 umps please Mister AFL who stay in their same half for the entire game and get their story straight before they run out ! It's much preferable to 4 blokes all looking at each other and second guessing what today's "interpretation" of THE RULES in AFL scripture is gonna be !! For crying out loud sort it out sharpish or find someone who can because you are not part of a solution with your hyperbole mate.

Andrew Dillon is on drugs.

The gender diversity pick for AFL General Manager of Football has not worked. Mixed messages on umpiring amongst other facets of the job show Laura Kane out of her depth. Get rid of her and appoint someone who understands the game more fundamentally. 😉🇦🇺👊

Delusional Dillon!

Made a massive mistake not getting Gale in the top job ! Dillion is hopeless

When it comes to who's going to make the final, Essendon has been ripped off in two games the Gold coast suns game And Geelong game,if Essendon Miss the finals by two games, that's because the umpire robbed Essendon

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