a lot of the umpires dont seem very well drilled in terms of following a 'protocol'

they seem to base a fair few of their 'announcements' and calls on instinct rather than standard procedure

Posted By: lmc on January 28th 2010 at 10:28:55

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Aussie Open smacks of being a bit amaturish at times, organisational wise I mean (Other Sports) - lmc, Jan 28, 10:26:05
- Eh? (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jan 28, 10:36:45
  - They haven't, yet, shot those pricks chanting "Let's Go Andy Let's Go *clap* *clap*" (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Jan 28, 10:47:33
  - They do piss themselves though. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Garry Brooke, Jan 28, 10:37:29
    - haha yeah (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jan 28, 10:41:41
      - Do they? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Fierce Panda, Jan 28, 10:42:22
        
        ... (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jan 28, 10:56:09
        
        er what. the. fuck. (Other Sports) - Charles21, Jan 28, 11:07:41
        
        that would haveof been covered here with a risk assesment! (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Jan 28, 11:00:29
- in what way? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Charles21, Jan 28, 10:27:05
  - It's in f***ing Australia for starters (n/m) (Other Sports) - CB41, Jan 28, 10:30:04
  - a lot of the umpires dont seem very well drilled in terms of following a 'protocol' (Other Sports) - lmc, Jan 28, 10:28:55
    - these umpires do the whole circuit you mug (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jan 28, 10:35:14
      - well why are they 'behaving' differently at the AO to wimbledon then? (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jan 28, 10:36:33
        
        they're shocking all year round tbh (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jan 28, 10:37:38
        
        And probably even worse at Wimbledon as they have to have the token British ones (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jan 28, 10:40:59
        
        i dont watch enough tennis to know, only the grand slams, but the standard this year has (Other Sports) - lmc, Jan 28, 10:40:07
        
        the line judges have been terrible (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jan 28, 10:40:37
        
        no doubt (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jan 28, 10:44:18
    - plus the interruption for fireworks the other day annoyed me, just seemed amateur (n/m) (Other Sports) - lmc, Jan 28, 10:29:44

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