My brother mentioned to me 3years ago how the commentators started throwing about the term "Grand-stand finish" on a regular basis.
He saw it as an indication that the the out-come of a game was being manufactured, to make the "product" more exciting and better than ever...
So I paid attention to it and heard it so often that I stopped thinking he was a nut-job.
I believe the refs are under instruction, not to see a particular team win, but to manufacture a certain spectacle. We all know about balancing the ledger regarding penalties/repeat sets to make the stats look like it was an even contest. Although with this game it's like they didn't care.
They've tried their damndest at every opportunity to drag us down, but under-estimate the pride of two foundation clubs.
Think about all the recent talk of chopping a team and... HELLO... Wests Tigers kept popping up in conversation.
The Doggies cop a rough time... guess what, they're our neighbours.
Makes sense, they want us out.
But we have such a large area of recruitment, strong membership numbers and the financial backing that it's been harder than they thought....And sucked in to them!
Suck eggs NRL!
Even with our finals drought they can't break the Wests Tigers resolve.
We're gonna keep at it with our shoulders back, chest out and heads held high.
The tides of fortune will change to favour us, I truly believe this, and we can do oursleves a big favour by bringing the type of intensity and aggression plus adding some polish, to what we showed on Sat to every game, no matter who we play or where.