The Blicavs non-free kick,what was your opinion?
“I haven’t had a good look at that,Tom. I will reserve my opinion on that one until I have had a good look at it. I got caught up in the emotion right towards the end.
It is a hard game to umpire,the prior opportunity one tonight,that is a split-second call for Pies. And one of the hardest ones to judge. Zach Tuohy had one in the boundary line where he was tackled instantaneously and the ball fell out and it was holding the ball. Anyway,I have said too much.
What I would like you to take away is that I am a big subscriber to the idea that the game is very hard to umpire.”
Isaac Smith kicks him at when in his second game for the club,you must be pretty pleased to have him.
“He and Shaun Higgins have been great additions. We have got some quality cattle on the sideline at the moment,so it’s important for us that the guys that are out there stand up. And they have really helped us.
“Every time we have brought new players in,it takes a while to build cohesion with the teammates.
“But they are smart players so they picked it up pretty quickly. And looking forward to getting them altogether.
Why did you put Mark O’Connor on Lachie Neale and give him the job for the game?
“Probably,because we hold Lachie Neale in such a regard,that would be the main reason. We thought for a while that mark has the capabilities of playing those roles for us.
“A week where we had a little bit of a thin midfield group,especially the inside,with Menegola going out,Dangerfield going out and Duncan not being available in one or two others as well and one or two others as well.
“I thought Mark was good and Charlie Constable as well.“
You are fired up at quarter time and had a discussion with the Lions players,can you elaborate on what led to that and what you said?
“I was walking onto the ground and Lachie Neale just said to me something,I couldn’t understand exactly what he said,but something about Gary Rohan. And I said I’m happy to have the conversation with you if you like,I have seen the vision,and I am comfortable with it.
“I suspect he didn’t hear all of that. That is all that was said. I think a few of the Brisbane players - they were not paying me compliments but I didn’t say anything after that.”
What was your opinion of the Gary Rohan and Neale incident?
I think Neale strikes Gary on the chest and then Gary struck him on the chest.
So Neale started it?
He did,the vision is clear,I am not certainly not saying he did the wrong thing,that’s footy,but I have had a pretty good look at what Gary did and I’m comfortable with it.