What a confusing post.
@Tiger Watto said:
Last nights game was no different to game 2… The Referee influenced the final result and the paying public should be asking for thier money back, as this is not we pay $120.00 a ticket to watch.
I assume you thought, like anyone watching the game, Queensland deserved to win. Therefore, how has the referee influenced the result than what it otherwise should have been? Why would fans want their money back?
Alternatively, do you think NSW should have won and were dudded by the ref and NSW fans should get their money back?
qld played within the rules they were given, i dont think anyone is taking anything away from them… however the game isn't being adjudicated FAIRLY. the referees are there to control the game based on a set of rules, not decide which rules they are going to apply each week.
the referees are under instruction from their boss PRIOR to the match. this means that certain points of the game are highlighted to be penalised, or in qld's case last night, not penalised.
let me use the tigers as an example. when teams are ALLOWED to slow down the play the ball the tigers are no where near as good. when the interpretation changes and they allow quick play the balls with a open free flowing game the tigers are awesome...
the last 2 games we've lost, to no suprise, have been in games where the play the ball is really slow, and the refs have been ok with it... i have no problems if thats the rule ALL THE TIME, but it has to be the rule all year - not changing from week to week. a team like the tigers starts gaining momentum playing under 1 interpretation, then all of a sudden another is used for 2 games and it completely ruins our momentum - and it shouldn't. because the rules should be the same every week.
if game 3 was refereed the same way game 2 was, NSW probably would have won... the game would have been more open and free flowing... not waiting 20seconds for cameron smith to roll out of the play the ball or have 3 forwards lying all over the guy trying to get up. infringements that are penalties in every other game of the year.
@Gary Bakerloo said:
@Tiger Watto said:
This has entered into the premiership race (ala Tuqiri kneeing incident) and clearly last night again, **it was the whistle blowers who managed to keep NSW in the game at every possible moment.**
So explain how the referees kept NSW in the game when Queensland went from a 6-0 lead to a 24-0 lead? What about when Queensland went from a 24-10 lead to a 34-10 lead?