The AFL's Peter Schwab has admitted the umpires erred in awarding the Bulldogs' Tom Boyd a free kick in front of goal last Friday night in one of a number of concessions on Tuesday to Sydney coach John Longmire.

In a conversation Longmire described as "an overdue chat which would have been useful in the pre-season", Schwab also undertook to meet the disenchanted coach and his football lieutenant Tom Harley in Sydney before Friday night's Collingwood game.

While Longmire chastised the umpires' boss in their first phone call last Saturday after the round-two clash for not making the effort to meet him in Sydney before round one, both parties agreed the talks on Tuesday had ultimately proved productive.

Schwab was candid regarding the areas in which umpires could improve around the holding the ball and prior opportunity decisions but also attempted to explain to the Sydney coach why his players were giving away too many free kicks.