Mitchells worse than BJ

[gallagher]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

It seems a hard ask for plenty in the NRL. Some get away with it though. That's the really galling part.

 

[fibrodreaming]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

 

[gallagher]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Mitchell escapes a fine for the Garner swinging arm. This is unacceptable.

 

[hobbo1]

Mitchell escapes a fine for the Garner swinging arm. This is unacceptable.

It’s a joke
Garner had Mitchell beat until the flog coat hangered him

 

[jirskyr]

Some very very one-eyed comments in here, after 24+ hours to calm down.

Honestly I appreciate everyone's passion but blaming the refs is a cop-out, Tigers weren't good enough. That's the reason Madge doesn't go bananas at press conferences because (a) it gets you nowhere and (b) it's a terrible example to set, that the refs are to blame, not the players.

No the players are to blame; if we brought the Raiders or Penrith performances to the Rabbits game we are a very good chance of winning. But unf we brought something more like the Titans performance, and we were down on key troops who help in difficult situations, like Twal with rock-solid defence and BJ with his early-tackle carrier and threat out wide.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.

Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

 

[gallagher]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.


Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

The refs are bad, I'm not so sure about bias. The thing is a good team may get a lucky call and then turn that into points so it gets highlighted. A poor team will do nothing will a lucky call so it gets forgotten.

South's got the calls on Friday but we are totally crap. Don't give the team an 'out' it was the same old stuff.

 

[Tcat]

Some very very one-eyed comments in here, after 24+ hours to calm down.

Honestly I appreciate everyone's passion but blaming the refs is a cop-out, Tigers weren't good enough. That's the reason Madge doesn't go bananas at press conferences because (a) it gets you nowhere and (b) it's a terrible example to set, that the refs are to blame, not the players.

No the players are to blame; if we brought the Raiders or Penrith performances to the Rabbits game we are a very good chance of winning. But unf we brought something more like the Titans performance, and we were down on key troops who help in difficult situations, like Twal with rock-solid defence and BJ with his early-tackle carrier and threat out wide.

I'm not in any way saying that we deserved the win, we were very average and played with alot of injured players out. However, it does rub salt into the wounds when there's some average decisions that go against our side. It's sport I guess, but we are allowed to be slightly pissed.

 

[Russell]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.


Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

The refs are bad, I'm not so sure about bias. The thing is a good team may get a lucky call and then turn that into points so it gets highlighted. A poor team will do nothing will a lucky call so it gets forgotten.

South's got the calls on Friday but we are totally crap. Don't give the team an 'out' it was the same old stuff.

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.


Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

The refs are bad, I'm not so sure about bias. The thing is a good team may get a lucky call and then turn that into points so it gets highlighted. A poor team will do nothing will a lucky call so it gets forgotten.

South's got the calls on Friday but we are totally crap. Don't give the team an 'out' it was the same old stuff.

Yep - no out for the team. We made errors, we missed a few tackles etc. etc.

However you should not gloss over the fact that there were two reasons we lost the game.

1. Referee / Box Bias.

2. Mbye.

 

[jirskyr]

People keep confusing referee bias with simple referee mistakes, or even perhaps more accurately, referee interpretations you don't agree with.

E.g. I see nothing wrong with the Su'A tackle on Doueihi. Tonnes of fans dislike it. Video ref looked at it and thought what I thought. I'm not clear how that is bias.

Like we said last week, I always try to imagine how I'd feel in reverse, if it was a Tigers defender making that tackle.

 

[Needaname]

Honest question here. It’s not a question of ‘match fixing’ as such but is there a case of influence from the betting markets and public opinion that affects the ability for the refs to objectively referee a game.
Granted all the penalties we were called for were penalties as were the 6 agains. (Eiso’s not square was unfairly judged in my opinion as even though Josh Reynolds got in his way in the ruck he made every attempt to get back in line before he moved out and chased Damien Cook from marker.)
However. There was obvious high tackles not being called. Even the in the contentious captains challenge hit on Doueihi, Doueihi was hit across the chops late in the tackle by Sele but we never saw a replay that confirmed it.
So I ask, does the market influence the bounce of the ball, as I can imagine as most people outlay money on the ‘certainties’ at low odds the chance of upsetting a lot of people, sponsors, stakeholders of the big clubs just seems like something the referees want to be at risk of.
‘Dont’

 

[TrueTiger]

I will say one thing and you guys can make up your own minds ...BJ hit Edwards half hearted,he could of hit him a lot harder if he wanted,Edwards takes a dive gets up and continues the game as if nothing happened....4 weeks BJ....

Latrine king hits JR from behind and JR is left bleeding and getting told to shut up by the ref while the pisstrough gets 2 weeks...

COWARD PUNCH and should be dealt as such....

 

[TheDaBoss]

We r not the only ones

Every other single fan online is also hating how protected LM is

My thought on it is, that they r trying to not induce anything to harsh to avoid throwing themselves into hot water because of the whole BLM movement happening around the world atm....

Just My take on it....

 

[gallagher]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.


Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

The refs are bad, I'm not so sure about bias. The thing is a good team may get a lucky call and then turn that into points so it gets highlighted. A poor team will do nothing will a lucky call so it gets forgotten.

South's got the calls on Friday but we are totally crap. Don't give the team an 'out' it was the same old stuff.

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.


Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

The refs are bad, I'm not so sure about bias. The thing is a good team may get a lucky call and then turn that into points so it gets highlighted. A poor team will do nothing will a lucky call so it gets forgotten.

South's got the calls on Friday but we are totally crap. Don't give the team an 'out' it was the same old stuff.

Yep - no out for the team. We made errors, we missed a few tackles etc. etc.

However you should not gloss over the fact that there were two reasons we lost the game.

1. Referee / Box Bias.

2. Mbye.

Was a horrible game to watch.

 

[jadtiger]

We r not the only ones

Every other single fan online is also hating how protected LM is

My thought on it is, that they r trying to not induce anything to harsh to avoid throwing themselves into hot water because of the whole BLM movement happening around the world atm....

Just My take on it....

If that was the case why did BJ get 4 weeks?

 

[Tiger_Steve]

I don’t think cheating occurs (though I do believe Brisbane get favoured consistently) but could you ever imagine Tigers getting away with the garbage Smith got away with last night? No way! I think refs subconsciously favour the team they think should win. I’m sure there’s also bias in a way the ref thinks about a certain team or player.

But if we stopped making dumb attacking and defensive errors none of this would be an issue

 

[clontarfkid]

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.


Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

The refs are bad, I'm not so sure about bias. The thing is a good team may get a lucky call and then turn that into points so it gets highlighted. A poor team will do nothing will a lucky call so it gets forgotten.

South's got the calls on Friday but we are totally crap. Don't give the team an 'out' it was the same old stuff.

All of this makes me so angry. Because of Latrell's pin up boy profile and perceived 'vulnerable emotional state' which has led to the League's fear of racism accusations, all semblance of fairness and consistency is waived. I know this is dangerous territory, but the situation really does stink of something above the normal run of the game. Good point about Koroisau's accidental head shot v Reynolds accidental kick. Both victims of the hits went for HIAs yet only one perpetrator gets a suspension. Then there's the actual officiating of the game. Clearly, Cummins was out to cane the Tigers at every opportunity. He did and we were pinned in our half for the first 60 minutes of the game. What the NRL don't realise is that most supporters, not just the Tigers fans, actually don't like seeing obvious unfairness. It turns them off the game because the majority of Aussies believe in seeing people get a fair go. At the moment, half the teams in the League are not getting a fair go.

I think it is far worse that some clubs get a "leg up" each week from the officials both on and off the field Souff,Donkeys,Melboring Pamfers and Slimey worms mainly.The legacy of Turdberg still has to be removed

wasn't Cummins the one that pinned us against the sharks last year for playing the ball when they hadn't called held? For the first time on modern nrl history

Yep..

game turned on that decision

Maybe Nofo could learn to just play the ball after he's tackled and play it properly. It seems to be a
hard ask for him.

MCK's and Nofoaluma's mistakes at the play the ball cost us two tries and the game.

Absolutely. Those sort of mistakes cost us most weeks.

This is the reason I am reluctant to complain about the referees. We are our own worst enemy. Whenever we lose, some supporters suggest that we were dudded by the refs. That excuse is starting to wear a bit thin with me.

I hate it, it's just excusing the club for not being able to assemble a quality squad for almost a decade.


Seriously, neither of you guys could see the blatant favouritism displayed by the refs towards our opposition over the past two matches? They do high shots on us, spend the majority of the game inside the 10 metres, infringe in the ruck - diddly squat penalties or 6 again sets to us. We do the same? Penalty or 6 again every single time, sometimes a penalty when we don’t even do anything!

I’m not excusing the fact that our recruitment hasn’t been great and we don’t have the talent in our team to play better and overcome dodgy ref decisions. I know that bad decisions are always part of the game, but what has occurred with the officiating of matches over the past 2 weeks is bordering on criminal, it could be classed as match fixing because of the direct influence these bozos with the whistle are having on who wins and who doesn’t.

Sharks & Canberra yesterday, Manly last week and Warriors practically every week like us are losing matches because of ref bias. Not to mention the ongoing inconsistencies of the judiciary rulings depending on which club the player is from.

I’m sorry guys, but it’s clearly there for all to see and it stinks!

The refs are bad, I'm not so sure about bias. The thing is a good team may get a lucky call and then turn that into points so it gets highlighted. A poor team will do nothing will a lucky call so it gets forgotten.

South's got the calls on Friday but we are totally crap. Don't give the team an 'out' it was the same old stuff.

Yep - no out for the team. We made errors, we missed a few tackles etc. etc.

However you should not gloss over the fact that there were two reasons we lost the game.

1. Referee / Box Bias.

2. Mbye.

Was a horrible game to watch.

Terrible.
Im starting to think we shld play Benji regardless and go down fighting with a bit of entertainment thrown in than an 80 minute arm wrestle...

 

[pawsandclaws1]

You play a more attacking style of football I believe the referees are more likely to rule in your favour. Something we need to examine with recruitment especially fast backs.