Sydney coach John Longmire has pleaded together with his gamers to maintain their feelings in verify after two have been penalised for lashing out on the umpires in final week’s loss to Melbourne.
Umpire dissent returned to the AFL agenda in spherical three when GWS veteran Stephen Coniglio questioned an on-field ruling within the dying minutes towards Carlton and was pinged.
The free kick allowed the Blues to seal a 10-point win with a shot from point-blank vary, reigniting debate as as to if the AFL polices umpire dissent too severely.
With one eye on the sport’s umpire scarcity at grassroots degree, the AFL introduced final April it might start cracking down on dissent and continues to take care of a harder stance than rival soccer codes.
On Sunday, Swans gamers Will Hayward and Chad Warner’s frustrations boiled over as Melbourne began quicker on the MCG, each giving free kicks away for dissent within the first quarter.
Hayward’s outburst marched the Demons upfield the place Lachie Hunter parlayed the 50-metre penalty right into a 15-point lead.
Hayward instructed Longmire he had been directing his frustrations at a rival participant and never the umpire.
The coach despatched a transparent message to his gamers this week.
“It’s too big a penalty, 50 metres is a big penalty so don’t do it,” he mentioned.
“After a decision has been made, you’ve got to get on with it.
“We’ll work on what we will management however as I mentioned to Will, do not say it to the participant. Just transfer on with it.”
While Longmire said the AFL’s stance was obvious 12 months on from its initial crackdown, he conceded dissent free kicks were costly if the umpire’s initial decision was open to debate.
“The AFL have already come out and made it very, very clear you could’t say something,” he mentioned.
“If it is proper, if a call’s proper, I perceive it. If it is on the borderline, it is a large penalty.”
The Swans host Port Adelaide at the SCG this Saturday and will be looking to overcome a poor recent record against the Power, who have won all of the sides’ last six meetings.
Only nine members of Sydney’s 44-man squad were on the books in 2016 when the Swans last beat Port Adelaide.
“We have not been constant for 4 quarters towards them. That’s our problem,” Longmire mentioned.
“You have these issues (slumps) towards totally different groups at totally different occasions.
“People throw up different things – you can’t do this and you can’t do that and you’ve got a record like this – I don’t really spend a lot of time in that space.
“You kind of take a look at the issues you may management and concentrate on that.
“With this team, this group now, this week, that’s the most important thing.”
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