Who'd be an umpire?

Not me, tho it would be kinda fun to gun a few subis and watch em sook.

wonder what Embee's take is on the Benson and Bucknor umpiring standards given his ump'ing experience

horace wrote:wonder what Embee's take is on the Benson and Bucknor umpiring standards given his ump'ing experience

h - hasn't everyone that's played the game done a bit of umpiring? That's what I find puzzling about this forum - would have thought that most members have had some experience standing in the middle & therefore are far better understanding about how fecking difficult it is.

yeah I have done a little...but embee has done a bit more...agree it is difficult

horace wrote:yeah I have done a little...but embee has done a bit more...agree it is difficult

Someone mentioned yesterday that Taufel goes to the nets, stands over the stumps and practices his skills. Admirable.

I would quite happily be an umpire. Especialy in the knowledge that every decision you make is going to fire up some idiot. Even if you get them all right, someone will still complain, so stuff'em.

suspect that bucknor may need to stand in an optomeratists and then visit the audiologist next door

"Especialy in the knowledge that every decision you make is going to fire up some idiot. Even if you get them all right, someone will still complain"

I know you were having some fun Zat but isn't there some truth in this sample.

They should rotate the umpires,so that they do half a day in the field each.
I think a lot of people will lose interest in cricket if they bring too much technology into it.
I know I will.

noelene wrote:They should rotate the umpires

But what happens if they are facing the wrong way when something happens? That's just crazy.

rotate them on a vertical axis

lardbucket wrote:rotate them on a vertical axis

Ah, an ideas man!

So what speed? 33rpm?

How about 33rpm for Tests and 45rpm for ODIs?

It's an umpiring revolution.

lardbucket wrote:rotate them on a vertical axis

I don't get it. They're still going to be facing the wrong way at some point.

... a coronal axis, then, smartie.

Perhaps you could make the sight screen a mirror, so that when they are facing the wrong way...

You'd have to have a giant concave sight screen ...

Aye, and you could also use it to burn the Barmy Army a bit more during the session breaks.

The Mexican wave would be confusing.

lardbucket wrote:rotate them on a vertical axis

I know what some Indian fans and past players would like to rotate Bucknor on.

a hot horizontal axis

No in fact a vertical axis would be fine.

A long time ago I was batting in a final, we were chasing a target & the pressure was on. I nudged one to mid wicket & took off. The throw came into the bowler standing over the stumps (remember when bowlers did that) & the ump's finger went up.

After the game all those involved are having a beer - I'm locked in conversation with the miscreant ump debating the matter of my dismissal - that chat ended abruptly when the ump said "well you're the dumb kunt that decided there was a run in it" followed immediately by the thunder of my mates laughing. He was right & my mates where spot on with their attitude.