Andrew Johns protest over Pole sinbin

I know this probably won’t go down well, but sometimes I feel sorry for the refs as well. They are given an ever changing blueprint week after week from Anusley or some other knob telling them what to do about this, what to do about that, you must crackdown on this, make sure you don’t let this happen blah blah.

I know there is always those refs who support the crackdowns and relish in punishing teams every week, but I’m pretty sure some of them are just as confused as the players and supporters are, when they’re trying to control a game the way they’ve been told to or even ordered to by those above, or perhaps in some cases the betting agencies 😏

What pisses me off most is how quickly and easily the officiating will change back to being a good standard come Origin time. Three almost pointless games a year are officiated well, while the whole comp has to suffer under the insane rulings, incompetence and inconsistencies in just about every game each week for 26 rounds!
 
I wonder what would happen if the NRL brought in Yellow and Red Cards? I'd like to see less players going off the pitch for moments that really shouldn't change a game. Particularly against the run of play.

Think about it, a bad tackle would get a yellow, on report. Player stays on, knows to keep his arms down. Coach can also interchange that player off. Lower number of games being changed with players off the pitch. Player goes high again he's sent off for the rest of the match.

Dirty, grub, careless shots just get sent off all together.
 
Flippedy said:
I know this probably won’t go down well, but sometimes I feel sorry for the refs as well. They are given an ever changing blueprint week after week from Anusley or some other knob telling them what to do about this, what to do about that, you must crackdown on this, make sure you don’t let this happen blah blah.

I know there is always those refs who support the crackdowns and relish in punishing teams every week, but I’m pretty sure some of them are just as confused as the players and supporters are, when they’re trying to control a game the way they’ve been told to or even ordered to by those above, or perhaps in some cases the betting agencies 😏

What pisses me off most is how quickly and easily the officiating will change back to being a good standard come Origin time. Three almost pointless games a year are officiated well, while the whole comp has to suffer under the insane rulings, incompetence and inconsistencies in just about every game each week for 26 rounds!
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Agreed,

They've made the game faster, which makes it both harder to ref and harder to tackle.

The Bunker was introduced to get faster and consistent decisions in Try scoring situations. It's been a success, but its problematic having the Bunker make decisions that it wasn't designed to.
 
TIGERS said:
I wonder what would happen if the NRL brought in Yellow and Red Cards? I'd like to see less players going off the pitch for moments that really shouldn't change a game. Particularly against the run of play.

Think about it, a bad tackle would get a yellow, on report. Player stays on, knows to keep his arms down. Coach can also interchange that player off. Lower number of games being changed with players off the pitch. Player goes high again he's sent off for the rest of the match.

Dirty, grub, careless shots just get sent off all together.
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Good thinking
 
BAGNF05 said:
Joey cops plenty of crap and he’s not a saint but it was refreshing to see someone speak about the sport with such care, can’t let the woke brigade ruin our sport along with everything else they get outraged about.
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Joey is the man
I don't watch any channel 9 these days with fox and kayo, but him and filter are a breath of fresh air.
 
mtd#2 said:
Joey is the man
I don't watch any channel 9 these days with fox and kayo, but him and filter are a breath of fresh air.
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I love listening to blokes in their 50’s reminiscing about how pissed they used to get. Joey still talks about his nights out….
They are clowns. Good players, but dumb.
As an example, a few years back Joey was jumping up and down, ranting and raving, worse than he is now about the refs, and screaming that we must protect halves at all costs. According to him they were constantly being taken out late and off the ball, whether passing or kicking.
Imagine my surprise to hear him putting shit on halves on the weekend saying they are soft as they don’t even get hit anymore….
 
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liltiger said:
Something must have happened, for Abdo to come out and say there was no crackdown, then blame the players for the past two weeks of garbage. Saying some teams have been penalised lees some more. If what he is saying is true then how can he explain the discrepancy of the last two weeks when prior to that we had the same players playing. The players told the bunker for the past two weeks go back as far as you want during play to see if someone needs to be sin binned. Who ever is in charge of the ref's and bunker needs to be fired, they're both beyond crap atm. The ref's less so as they're on the pitch dealing with the players, but the bunker, just get rid of the stupid thing. As far as abdo goes that guy reminds me of a snake oil salesman, iv hot no doubt he's been brought in to just get the game more appealing for advertisers to cash in on the next t.v deal. All he has done is sanitise it to the point that to make advertisers happy the game is losing its soul. It's a contact sport at speed with big bodies in collisions, things happen.
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I think the reason he said “we are all in this together/ the players need to be accountable as well” is rhetoric and speech around litigation .
It’s the same as any company . They’re all worried about HSE until they look at the financial impact. My guess is major sponsors and channel 9 have told Abdo to fix it , and he has .
But he can’t come right out and say “ , yes it was a blitz , we spoke to some HSE guys and they’ve said we had to do it “ he has to deflect onto the players and whoever , and speak in riddles .
There would 💯 be in the nrl a section or group who are dedicated to reducing not only the litigation possible, but also counting the collisions and head injuries . But because they’re probably conventional HR people they don’t realise the really bad head injuries are like the defender getting kneed in the head by Tuponuia . Not Hazleton getting a slight rub of the face from a shoulder that’s bounced up off a ball .
I think there’s a whole lot of assumption going on and implied knowledge in the nrl IMO. There’s probably that section in consultation with some doctor who’s adamant this is the way to move forward . Because really optimally these people ,if they were really asked would say “ shut down the nrl” .
And because of this their opinions are going to be biased towards hypochondria. The issue is the elephant in the room is the NFL would basically get opinions of doctors like the guy in Any given Sunday , ehich was proven by those investigations , so now everything is swayed the other way .
It’s a mess and will continue to be , until everyone is intellectually honest , and removes thier biases and agendas .
 
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BAGNF05 said:
This country used to celebrate larrikins and it was a much better place too.
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There is a difference between larrikins telling funny stories of mad adventures they got in and people whose only stories involved them being off their face.
Karl Stefanovic is another one. Constantly talks about what a party animal he is at 50.
 
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