Is Rudi the worst of a bad bunch?

Whingia isn't happy after yet another poor decision and a subsequent fine for dissent due to another Rudi howler. As if depriving Sangakkara a double ton among other poor calls wasn't bad enough, this time he gave a guy out when the bowler didn't even appeal. Ironically enough it was only Sanga behind the stumps who did.

Umpiring standards are on the wane and Bucknor's up there with the most incompetent but could Rudi be the flagbearer?

Rudi has become shocking. He's lost all confidence in his own judgmenent and should retire/be sacked.

Either of you two ever umpired a game of cricket?

Yes I have. Rudi's mistakes have been pretty blatent, not small one's. When an umpire starts to raise his finger but stops when the batsman shows his bat(Ala Jayasuriya in Hobart), you know it's time for him to pack it in.

...ever umpired a game of cricket?

whenever I go to sleep, I have one finger that stays up.

does it count ?

Red wrote:Umpiring standards are on the wane and Bucknor's up there with the most incompetent but could Rudi be the flagbearer?

While Brian Jerling and Mark Benson live and breathe I myself would put Rudi in the slightly higher, barely competent/pretty s**t category.

Misen I always rated that Darryl Hair bloke. Whatever happened to him?

Red wrote:Whingia isn't happy after yet another poor decision and a subsequent fine for dissent due to another Rudi howler. As if depriving Sangakkara a double ton among other poor calls wasn't bad enough, this time he gave a guy out when the bowler didn't even appeal. Ironically enough it was only Sanga behind the stumps who did.

Umpiring standards are on the wane and Bucknor's up there with the most incompetent but could Rudi be the flagbearer?

Yet another anti SA dig.

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Whingia isn't happy after yet another poor decision and a subsequent fine for dissent due to another Rudi howler. As if depriving Sangakkara a double ton among other poor calls wasn't bad enough, this time he gave a guy out when the bowler didn't even appeal. Ironically enough it was only Sanga behind the stumps who did.

Umpiring standards are on the wane and Bucknor's up there with the most incompetent but could Rudi be the flagbearer?

Yet another anti SA dig.

Yes Taipan of the persecution complex.

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Whingia isn't happy after yet another poor decision and a subsequent fine for dissent due to another Rudi howler. As if depriving Sangakkara a double ton among other poor calls wasn't bad enough, this time he gave a guy out when the bowler didn't even appeal. Ironically enough it was only Sanga behind the stumps who did.

Umpiring standards are on the wane and Bucknor's up there with the most incompetent but could Rudi be the flagbearer?

Yet another anti SA dig.

Yes Taipan of the persecution complex.

And the other 20 posters who have remarked on your obsession?

At least with Bucknor, you could point to his age and poor sight as possible excuses for his poor umpiring latterly. Take nowt away from him though - he was excellent upto about 3 years ago ... however hard done by the Indians might feel.

Not so Rudi. His errors are both fundemental and often - as if he likes raising his left index finger just so he can admire it momentarily!!

Bring Hair back and the overall standards rise by 50 percent.

Taipan if Rudi was an Aussie I would have labelled the same criticism at him. He was better a couple of years ago when he was reputed to be reluctant to give anything out because at least he erred on the side of caution. Now he and Bucknor appear to be just guessing. Time for both to be pensioned out.

Red wrote:Taipan if Rudi was an Aussie I would have labelled the same criticism at him. He was better a couple of years ago when he was reputed to be reluctant to give anything out because at least he erred on the side of caution. Now he and Bucknor appear to be just guessing. Time for both to be pensioned out.

The point is you never criticise anyone but saffies.

Going to come clean and tell us all what your problem is?

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Taipan if Rudi was an Aussie I would have labelled the same criticism at him. He was better a couple of years ago when he was reputed to be reluctant to give anything out because at least he erred on the side of caution. Now he and Bucknor appear to be just guessing. Time for both to be pensioned out.

The point is you never criticise anyone but saffies.

Going to come clean and tell us all what your problem is?

Is Bucknor a Saffa?

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Taipan if Rudi was an Aussie I would have labelled the same criticism at him. He was better a couple of years ago when he was reputed to be reluctant to give anything out because at least he erred on the side of caution. Now he and Bucknor appear to be just guessing. Time for both to be pensioned out.

The point is you never criticise anyone but saffies.

Going to come clean and tell us all what your problem is?

Is Bucknor a Saffa?

Not going to tell us.

Some saffie guy p!ss on your battery

He was dumped by Minki.

Maybe my standards are lower, but 1-2 dodgy calls a game isn't really such a big deal is it? Umpires deal with probably 100+ appeals in a test match, and maybe 30-odd in an ODI, if they are only making one dodgy call and giving the benefit of a few close ones, what more can we ask for?

tac wrote:Maybe my standards are lower, but 1-2 dodgy calls a game isn't really such a big deal is it? Umpires deal with probably 100+ appeals in a test match, and maybe 30-odd in an ODI, if they are only making one dodgy call and giving the benefit of a few close ones, what more can we ask for?

Unless the umpire is a Saffie and your name is red, it's okay.

If only that happened in the real world tacky!

With the majority of professional cricketers screaming like demented tools when given out on margin calls; the inistance of employing techno for the merest millimetric decision and the games administrators (ICC) avoiding supporting their employees (umpires) when it really matters, it becomes easier to understand just WHY Umpires have howlers more often than not.

Would you want that pressure?
Trust me, it's bad enough standing in a lowly league game here, copping all the crap .... imagine ... out in the middle with millions viewing and the merest error causing burning effigies and damage to national pride ... must be hellish to cope with.

[quote="taipan"]

tac wrote:Maybe my standards are lower, but 1-2 dodgy calls a game isn't really such a big deal is it? Umpires deal with probably 100+ appeals in a test match, and maybe 30-odd in an ODI, if they are only making one dodgy call and giving the benefit of a few close ones, what more can we ask for?

Unless the umpire is a Saffie and your name is red, it's okay.[/quote]

To quote JKL from yesterday ...

Jesus H Christ
Wassup taips, over sensitive bad hair day?
FFS

I think people can wear marginal decisions being wrong but the likes of Rudi and Bucknor are getting ones blatantly wrong. Or to put it another way giving things out which are obviously not out and the reverse. That's when one has a serious issue with an umpire and people lose confidence in him/them.

Merlin wrote:
Jesus H Christ
Wassup taips, over sensitive bad hair day?
FFS

If you haven't noticed merlin, Red is incredibly anti-SA. Whilst I don't mind that, it would be nice if she admitted as much.

[quote="Merlin"]

taipan wrote:

tac wrote:Maybe my standards are lower, but 1-2 dodgy calls a game isn't really such a big deal is it? Umpires deal with probably 100+ appeals in a test match, and maybe 30-odd in an ODI, if they are only making one dodgy call and giving the benefit of a few close ones, what more can we ask for?

Unless the umpire is a Saffie and your name is red, it's okay.[/quote]

To quote JKL from yesterday ...

Jesus H Christ
Wassup taips, over sensitive bad hair day?
FFS

Merlin in bandwagon shock.

Note to Dello: Are Red and Henry the same person?

taipan wrote:
Merlin in bandwagon shock.

Note to Dello: Are Red and Henry the same person?

Note to taipan: No, don't be silly.

Batfink Begins wrote:

Merlin wrote:
Jesus H Christ
Wassup taips, over sensitive bad hair day?
FFS

If you haven't noticed merlin, Red is incredibly anti-SA. Whilst I don't mind that, it would be nice if she admitted as much.

I know Fink ... and I agree ... red can be fish bait (I thought she was a saffie too??)

But for taips harp on and on and on and on ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
He made his point in his first two posts. Finis.

PS Rudi is, however, becoming a liability !