‘Umps trying to shape playing style’

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COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley has implored umpires to blow the whistle and stop trying to shape playing style.

Buckley said umpires had put the whistle away this season in a direct attempt to reduce stoppage numbers and curb stop-start football.

The Collingwood coach said the best way to clear the ugly packs that are frustrating fans was to call a ball-up.

"At the moment (there is) the willingness to try and let the play unfold in a scrimmage rather than blow the whistle and ball it up," Buckley said.

"It seems like we are wanting to reduce the stoppage numbers and let that sort of evolve.

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"When I'm watching that grates with me.

"If it's locked in there just blow it (whistle) and then throw it up and that will actually invariably (result in) a clearance and you can get your hands on it at the next opportunity and a clearance will spread us out."

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Buckley's comments came a day after his Melbourne counterpart Paul Roos scolded the umpiring department on similar grounds.

Roos said umpires were overlooking free kicks as part of what he described as a philosophical drive to create a more aesthetically-pleasing free-flowing game.

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Roos was angry only five free kicks were paid in Collingwood's dull Queens Birthday win over Melbourne.

But AFL umpires boss Wayne Campbell supported his men and declared they "performed well" in the game. He said five free kicks were missed, but another two were awarded incorrectly.

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Campbell did however concede a pre-round emphasis on holding the ball, which had been conveyed to clubs, had missed the mark.

In May new AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said he would speak to coaches to encourage more exciting footy. But Buckley said that meeting had not yet taken place.

The aesthetics of the game are under increased fire with North Melbourne great Sam Kekovich declaring fans were turning their backs on the ugly state of modern footy.

"You watch and that (Queen's Birthday) and wonder how long our product can stand up? How long spectators will continue to go to games," Kekovich said.

Carlton coach Mick Malthouse also took aim at umpiring standards after several contentious calls in the Blues' loss to Geelong on Friday night.

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Malthouse said he and coaching director Rob Wiley were set to meet AFL umpires coach Hayden Kennedy today to discuss concerns over decisions made in the Blues' past two losses to the Brisbane Lions and the Cats.

"I think it would be fair to say we all praise the difference between (paying) 'tiggy touchwood' (free kicks) to letting the game go, but we're now increasingly frustrated with the consistency on a week-to-week basis and umpire-to-umpire interpretation," Malthouse said.

North Melbourne coach Brad Scott said he would rather umpires "miss a couple" rather than "guess and get one wrong".

"I get really frustrated when the umpires guess," Scott said.

"Paying the obvious free kicks makes a lot of sense to me.

"I don't have a concern with the umpires. They make some mistakes for your and they make some mistakes against you. It all evens out in the end, you hope."

He admitted that he joked to AFL football operations manager Mark Evans recently that he would like to throw the ball to the umpires and have Drew Petrie tackle them to show how difficult it can be to make a legitimate attempt.

"When you have three big guys on top of you, with your arms pinned, other than trying to headbutt the ball, I am not sure how you can make a genuine attempt."


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