One ref

[gallagher]

They can wind back the usage of the video ref too while their at it.

The problem with moving back to 1 ref is the clubs and coaches will just pull it apart .....one part of the game will suffer ..whether it is the ruck , more wrestling , 10 metres

Just remember the era you remember fondly didn't have 16 coaches trying to pull every part of the rules apart to find a loophole and administrators of the game without balls to do anything about it

Coaches have always pushed the limites since Ive been watching. See the dogs ingoal bombing in the 85 gf, manly rorting the blood bin particularly with paul Shaw, the Wok had players fake injury late in games to waste time. The current ones arnt doing anything new but are allowed to get away with it.

The game is so much faster now ...the refs can't deal with it

If you dramatically cut the interchange perhaps one ref ...but not with the current rules

That would have to be part of it, giving some power back to the touchies aswell.

 

[happy_tiger]

They can wind back the usage of the video ref too while their at it.

The problem with moving back to 1 ref is the clubs and coaches will just pull it apart .....one part of the game will suffer ..whether it is the ruck , more wrestling , 10 metres

Just remember the era you remember fondly didn't have 16 coaches trying to pull every part of the rules apart to find a loophole and administrators of the game without balls to do anything about it

Coaches have always pushed the limites since Ive been watching. See the dogs ingoal bombing in the 85 gf, manly rorting the blood bin particularly with paul Shaw, the Wok had players fake injury late in games to waste time. The current ones arnt doing anything new but are allowed to get away with it.

The game is so much faster now ...the refs can't deal with it

If you dramatically cut the interchange perhaps one ref ...but not with the current rules

That would have to be part of it, giving some power back to the touchies aswell.

I still want the ref to blow the pea out of the whistle until clubs learn to listen

 

[gallagher]

They can wind back the usage of the video ref too while their at it.

The problem with moving back to 1 ref is the clubs and coaches will just pull it apart .....one part of the game will suffer ..whether it is the ruck , more wrestling , 10 metres

Just remember the era you remember fondly didn't have 16 coaches trying to pull every part of the rules apart to find a loophole and administrators of the game without balls to do anything about it

Coaches have always pushed the limites since Ive been watching. See the dogs ingoal bombing in the 85 gf, manly rorting the blood bin particularly with paul Shaw, the Wok had players fake injury late in games to waste time. The current ones arnt doing anything new but are allowed to get away with it.

The game is so much faster now ...the refs can't deal with it

If you dramatically cut the interchange perhaps one ref ...but not with the current rules

That would have to be part of it, giving some power back to the touchies aswell.

I still want the ref to blow the pea out of the whistle until clubs learn to listen

So do I, short term pain but they folded to the media. Onya Todd.

 

[happy_tiger]

They can wind back the usage of the video ref too while their at it.

The problem with moving back to 1 ref is the clubs and coaches will just pull it apart .....one part of the game will suffer ..whether it is the ruck , more wrestling , 10 metres

Just remember the era you remember fondly didn't have 16 coaches trying to pull every part of the rules apart to find a loophole and administrators of the game without balls to do anything about it

Coaches have always pushed the limites since Ive been watching. See the dogs ingoal bombing in the 85 gf, manly rorting the blood bin particularly with paul Shaw, the Wok had players fake injury late in games to waste time. The current ones arnt doing anything new but are allowed to get away with it.

The game is so much faster now ...the refs can't deal with it

If you dramatically cut the interchange perhaps one ref ...but not with the current rules

That would have to be part of it, giving some power back to the touchies aswell.

I still want the ref to blow the pea out of the whistle until clubs learn to listen

So do I, short term pain but they folded to the media. Onya Todd.

And here I was thinking you make about as much sense as usual as Elon Musk's baby's new name

 

[Tiger_Steve]

They can wind back the usage of the video ref too while their at it.

The problem with moving back to 1 ref is the clubs and coaches will just pull it apart .....one part of the game will suffer ..whether it is the ruck , more wrestling , 10 metres

Just remember the era you remember fondly didn't have 16 coaches trying to pull every part of the rules apart to find a loophole and administrators of the game without balls to do anything about it

Coaches have always pushed the limites since Ive been watching. See the dogs ingoal bombing in the 85 gf, manly rorting the blood bin particularly with paul Shaw, the Wok had players fake injury late in games to waste time. The current ones arnt doing anything new but are allowed to get away with it.

The game is so much faster now ...the refs can't deal with it

If you dramatically cut the interchange perhaps one ref ...but not with the current rules

That would have to be part of it, giving some power back to the touchies aswell.

I still want the ref to blow the pea out of the whistle until clubs learn to listen

So do I, short term pain but they folded to the media. Onya Todd.

Who’s Todd?

 

[happy_tiger]

They can wind back the usage of the video ref too while their at it.

The problem with moving back to 1 ref is the clubs and coaches will just pull it apart .....one part of the game will suffer ..whether it is the ruck , more wrestling , 10 metres

Just remember the era you remember fondly didn't have 16 coaches trying to pull every part of the rules apart to find a loophole and administrators of the game without balls to do anything about it

Coaches have always pushed the limites since Ive been watching. See the dogs ingoal bombing in the 85 gf, manly rorting the blood bin particularly with paul Shaw, the Wok had players fake injury late in games to waste time. The current ones arnt doing anything new but are allowed to get away with it.

The game is so much faster now ...the refs can't deal with it

If you dramatically cut the interchange perhaps one ref ...but not with the current rules

That would have to be part of it, giving some power back to the touchies aswell.

I still want the ref to blow the pea out of the whistle until clubs learn to listen

So do I, short term pain but they folded to the media. Onya Todd.

Who’s Todd?

Payten of course ..whiteanter

 

[Go_You_Good_Things]

Don't know why we need those refs . . . all they do is make mistakes all the time.
The players, on the other hand, never make a mistake or bad decision. Week in, week out . . . 80 minutes of zero error play.
The game does not need officiating as long as we have these players playing the perfect, mistake-free game.

 

[JC99]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

 

[JC99]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

 

[jadtiger]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

 

[JC99]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

 

[gallagher]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

That where this sort of leadership will thrive. He won't listen to white noise by the media. And I don't think it as necessarily the majority of fans.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Won’t make a difference 1, 2 or 10 refs on the park we will still think they are terrible.

 

[happy_tiger]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

That where this sort of leadership will thrive. He won't listen to white noise by the media. And I don't think it as necessarily the majority of fans.

We will be so desperate to watch footy that 40 penalty games with 9 in the bin will sort them out

Simple ......3 of any type of penalty and someone goes to the bin after every penalty of the same reason

The six again rule they are talking about takes out the captains challenge ....

 

[JC99]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

That where this sort of leadership will thrive. He won't listen to white noise by the media. And I don't think it as necessarily the majority of fans.

Won’t listen to the media? He helped sack a CEO and is on the cusp of signing a reduced broadcast deal because channel 9 pushed for it

 

[JC99]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

That where this sort of leadership will thrive. He won't listen to white noise by the media. And I don't think it as necessarily the majority of fans.

We will be so desperate to watch footy that 40 penalty games with 9 in the bin will sort them out

Simple ......3 of any type of penalty and someone goes to the bin after every penalty of the same reason

The six again rule they are talking about takes out the captains challenge ....

Sin bin needs to be used more. If they have one ref it HAS to be used, it’s the only way to stop wrestling in the ruck. The players showed they’re willing to give away 50 penalties for it so there’s no other option in my eyes.

 

[innsaneink]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

That where this sort of leadership will thrive. He won't listen to white noise by the media. And I don't think it as necessarily the majority of fans.

We will be so desperate to watch footy that 40 penalty games with 9 in the bin will sort them out

Simple ......3 of any type of penalty and someone goes to the bin after every penalty of the same reason

The six again rule they are talking about takes out the captains challenge ....

Its about taking control back.
Good teams with good d didn't give a crap.
But reduce their numbers... Good idea.
Ref's and the NRL let it get out of hand trying to polish a TV product... They can get control back... Harsh and consistent and bugger the whingers

 

[happy_tiger]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

That where this sort of leadership will thrive. He won't listen to white noise by the media. And I don't think it as necessarily the majority of fans.

We will be so desperate to watch footy that 40 penalty games with 9 in the bin will sort them out

Simple ......3 of any type of penalty and someone goes to the bin after every penalty of the same reason

The six again rule they are talking about takes out the captains challenge ....

Its about taking control back.
Good teams with good d didn't give a crap.
But reduce their numbers... Good idea.
Ref's and the NRL let it get out of hand trying to plush a TV product... They can get control back... Harsh and consistent and bugger the whingers

Don't get me wrong , we don't want the game to turn into touch footy but the game can speed up a fair bit ...and we need to bring back natural fatigue ..drop the interchange numbers

It isn't that hard ..when you see how many fans all in agreeance it makes you wonder why the NRL isn't shoving this down 16 clubs throats

 

[gallagher]

So this project Apollo team only talked about reducing refs for less than an hour, didn’t talk to coaches, didn’t talk to the refs, didn’t ask anyone else about it. Seems crazy to make such a massive decision like this without properly talking it through.

Refs will be protesting it so hopefully it doesn’t happen. PVL can’t just change the game however he feels like without consulting anyone. One ref = Melbourne and roosters grand final

It's just another example of the NRL under V'Landys and his "ready-fire-aim" style of leadership. Announcements made before proper consultation and negotiation, more or less to bully others into a position that suits the NRL.

Really?? And we're meant to applaud and praise that type of leadership? Nah. I'm calling it for what it is; blinkered, stubborn, selfish, win-at-all-costs, autocratic, alienating and divisive leadership by V'Landys.

No wonder Greenberg seemed genuinely relieved and happy to be away from this nut case of a man.

That style has its positives and negatives. It’s been fantastic for getting the footy back and he’s done a good job with that so far. With stuff like this, rule changes etc it’s pretty crazy. Does what he wants without consulting others.

Only way one ref works is if they actually penalise teams for wrestling constantly, but last time they did that there was 100 penalties a game, the players never learned and the fans complained.

Actually it was mainly Slothfield through news ltd who complained and the cynic in me believes that he complained because Gallen and the sharks sucked under the policing

The media were the main complainers but the fans followed as they always do. That’s why they changed it back - before they did teams like roosters and storm struggled

That where this sort of leadership will thrive. He won't listen to white noise by the media. And I don't think it as necessarily the majority of fans.

Won’t listen to the media? He helped sack a CEO and is on the cusp of signing a reduced broadcast deal because channel 9 pushed for it

Both of those things are an opinion not fact mate. I think there was a reason the clubs, fans, media and the chairman wanted Greenberg gone. He didn't act on the media's scrutiny.