Geelong coach Chris Scott labelled Thursday night's umpiring at the MCG "strange" as his club conceded 24 free kicks, but were awarded seven.
The Cats defeated Collingwood by 25 points, but didn't experience the rub of the green from the AFL's whistleblowers.
Tom Atkins and Shaun Mannagh combined for eight free kicks against.
The difference of 17 between the two clubs was the biggest of the year, topping Round 10's West Coast clash against GWS (26-10) and last week's Fremantle and Eagles contest (27-13).
“I wouldn't focus too much on the 24 part, but the seven part is very strange,” Scott told reporters.
“We've had a few games like that this year. If it's 7-12 it's a ‘put the whistle away' kind of night, but there's a few things that I would describe as strange at the moment.
“I think we've been here before, haven't we? It's not the forum to be discussing these things, but that's not to say it shouldn't be discussed.”
“All the people in Geelong shirts here are really nervous at the moment; they're starting to get sweaty palms because they don't know what I'm going to say.
“But I will bring up one issue that is confusing for everyone: when you have an umpire 12 metres away with a perfect view, and he gets overruled, that's strange.”
Scott said he didn't plan on taking the matter further but admitted there was confusion around how the game is adjudicated.
“I tend not to (take it up the chain). I'm even more explicit than I've always been on these issues internally. Our role is to understand the rules as well as we possibly can,” he said.
“I actually get offended when our players look at the umpire as if they don't understand what the decision was, especially if the player is wrong, which happens a bit.
“But I get it in the moment, you're kind of hoping that that was a deliberate rushed behind when clearly it wasn't.
“The confusing parts arise when you think you understand the rules really well, explain it in great detail to the players and then you don't see it play out that way.
“That's the part that we need to straighten out, that's really our only role. I think at some point it's good for the people in charge at the AFL to consult broadly, especially the people that understand the game really well, which tend to be the coaches.
“We'll get consulted at some point, give our input, I'd imagine that part of that input would be that you just hope that the people that are in charge of that are spending enough time on it.”
