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guywolf said:
Really curious what made them go back and look at Pole's tackle in the previous set.

I'm not one to blame our losses and poor performances on the refereeing, but it seriously felt like they were nitpicking for a reason to bin one of our players.
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It was a nothing shot too.. so poor
 
BirchgroveTigers said:
Seyfarth has been good for us this year. We all know he isn’t the long term answer at second row but is playing there due to poor squad management and holding his own. Need to upgrade his position no doubt but his defence is good enough that we can still win games with him in the starting line up.

Not his fault the club didn’t sign anyone to replace papilii or Bateman.
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Neither of whom I might add really had any impact here especially for the higher amount of money they were on and it should also be noted that they are not exactly killing it since they have moved on.

By all means sign better players but people should stop bemoaning the loss of players that were unhappy and didn't want to be here.

I know the club has recently resigned Seyfarth so surely Richo and Benji see something in him longer term even if it is only as lower grade depth or better impact with shorter minutes off the bench, I think he has improved and does a reasonable job for the most part on what I assume is a modest contract.

In the meantime he's having a pretty good dig until something better comes along and I trust Richo to get that done, we have a different situation now to what it was when the 2 nuffies and the disfunctional board were running the show.
 
guywolf said:
Really curious what made them go back and look at Pole's tackle in the previous set.

I'm not one to blame our losses and poor performances on the refereeing, but it seriously felt like they were nitpicking for a reason to bin one of our players.
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Maybe you should be more "paranoid "

You might find your answers
 
Oldman said:
Replacing Blocker & Sirro in the grand final also went down in history 😩
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Hard to understand that decision….benching two of the best forwards in the world when the job wasnt complete.
I was at that game as a 13 year old. I’ll never forget the devastation of leaving the stadium with Canberran fans running around screaming and jumping on everything as I’m doing whatever I can not to cry.
My uncle took me and he was in full protection mode, pushing them away and giving them a gobfull lol…..
 
guywolf said:
Really curious what made them go back and look at Pole's tackle in the previous set.

I'm not one to blame our losses and poor performances on the refereeing, but it seriously felt like they were nitpicking for a reason to bin one of our players.
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You would have to wonder how Pole was sin binned for that. Check out Talagi's shoulder charge in the Parramatta game and compare the two. What an absolute joke. Pole merely walked up to him to stop his forward movement.
 
Stevec said:
Bunker official Liam Kennedy same guy who dudded us last week and got rotated out for too many poor decisions
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SMH - This is tacked on to a story where Abdo is heavily quoted…Sources with knowledge of the situation not authorised to speak publicly confirmed the bunker over-stepped the mark on Sunday night when informing referee Grant Atkins that Wests Tigers forward Fonua Pole needed to go to the bin for a high shot on Tom Hazelton. The Tigers were reduced to 12 men late in the second half with the game in the balance. The match-review committee only deemed the tackle a grade-one careless high-tackle on Monday.

www.smh.com.au

‘I get the frustration’: NRL boss reacts to spike in sin bins

In the face of bunker “overreaction”, Abdo addresses the battle to balance punishment and protection.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au

When the same official duds you two weeks straight, are you within your rights to request he not officiate your games?
 
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BAGNF05 said:
SMH - This is tacked on to a story where Abdo is heavily quoted…Sources with knowledge of the situation not authorised to speak publicly confirmed the bunker over-stepped the mark on Sunday night when informing referee Grant Atkins that Wests Tigers forward Fonua Pole needed to go to the bin for a high shot on Tom Hazelton. The Tigers were reduced to 12 men late in the second half with the game in the balance. The match-review committee only deemed the tackle a grade-one careless high-tackle on Monday.

www.smh.com.au

‘I get the frustration’: NRL boss reacts to spike in sin bins

In the face of bunker “overreaction”, Abdo addresses the battle to balance punishment and protection.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au
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Officials definitely need to have a thorough review
Abdo clearly states in the article that “The sin bin is for serious acts of foul play and he thinks that there have been instances where it hasn’t met that threshold".

So during the Parra game,
Tuilagi shoulder charge - only on report
Moses swinging forearm on Laulilii only on report

Of course the fans are frustrated.
It's the obvious decisions that are wrong
 
The galvin pass / seyfarth loose carry with 1.5 minutes to go was terrible. Neither deserve 321 points for that - we should have finished 10+ nil at HT. Hope we sign a beasty back rower soon!
 
Jolls said:
Hi Team, just got back from doing the Darling River run over the Easter/ANZAC period. Got back in time to catch the game and like you all was impressed with our resolve. There is still much to work on but Benji has got us in the right frame. I'm not going to go into depth of what I took from the game as most of the key points have already been covered.

I do want to touch on the attacking side of the game though. We are still clunky but as many have already pointed out Sam F is starting to hit his straps and our edge plays are getting better; however, we seem to be too much ad lib and not enough structure.

I am going to go into depth on our attack in the deep dive but what I think we are expereincing is the evolution of our attacking structues. I have raised it on several occasions but for ad lib footy to be enabled it needs to be conducted within a structure. We are starting to see our edges understading when and where to run. It is easy to do this at training - but until you have game intensity that timing tends to be off. Sam F, and to a lesser extent our Baby Giraffe are starting to provide targets, in the right place and at the right time for our halves to hit.

In addtion Benji does not appear to be content with following what other teams are doing in attack. Which is a great thing as doing so means that we will forever be behind them in this regard. This is not for the feint hearted and we are going to make errors that may be costly at times; but, there is potential that once we have the mechanics right for us we will be playing a brand of football that the others teams will only come up against a few times a year whereas we will be facing the same type of attack, for the most part, week in week out. That is a distinct advantage.
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How's the Darling looking, Jolls? Decent flow?
 
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