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[BAGNF05]

Constantly copping dodgy decisions when the team have well & truly been in the game, even leading at times is soul destroying especially when our players are copping ten in the bin for something, if done by a Cleary, Trbojovic or Tedesco would have only copped a penalty and maybe put on report at the most!
It's a lot harder to defend with only 12 or 11 players on the field while still getting hammered with questionable penalties.

Other years I would agree with Tucker but this year it’s been pretty unfair. Every single game I see other teams getting away with what we don’t. Hopefully just an anomaly and the rub of the green improves as our roster does.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Constantly copping dodgy decisions when the team have well & truly been in the game, even leading at times is soul destroying especially when our players are copping ten in the bin for something, if done by a Cleary, Trbojovic or Tedesco would have only copped a penalty and maybe put on report at the most!
It's a lot harder to defend with only 12 or 11 players on the field while still getting hammered with questionable penalties.

Constantly copping dodgy decisions when the team have well & truly been in the game, even leading at times is soul destroying especially when our players are copping ten in the bin for something, if done by a Cleary, Trbojovic or Tedesco would have only copped a penalty and maybe put on report at the most!
It's a lot harder to defend with only 12 or 11 players on the field while still getting hammered with questionable penalties.

Case in point, how many times has JWH smashed one of our players (or any opposition player really) as high if not higher & with brutal force YET he cops 10 in the bin AT MOST.
If he was wearing a Tigers jersey or more correctly if he wasn't wearing a Roosters/Storm/Penrith/Brisbane jersey he would have been sent off....right off.
You can't tell me the teams above cop it as bad from the refs/bunker/judiciary as teams well down the ladder. Wests Tigers have had quite a few high profile bad calls & copped the wrong side of the 50/50 calls more than any side this year & last.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Other years I would agree with Tucker but this year it’s been pretty unfair. Every single game I see other teams getting away with what we don’t. Hopefully just an anomaly and the rub of the green improves as our roster does.

Spot on!! When even the commentators (elite ex players & coaches themselves) are scratching their heads you know it's not just your natural bias at play.

 

[BAGNF05]

Case in point, how many times has JWH smashed one of our players (or any opposition player really) as high if not higher & with brutal force YET he cops 10 in the bin AT MOST.
If he was wearing a Tigers jersey or more correctly if he wasn't wearing a Roosters/Storm/Penrith/Brisbane jersey he would have been sent off....right off.
You can't tell me the teams above cop it as bad from the refs/bunker/judiciary as teams well down the ladder. Wests Tigers have had quite a few high profile bad calls & copped the wrong side of the 50/50 calls more than any side this year & last.

We’ve been bad for so long our games are just insignificant for the officials who police them, if we start playing in some bigger games they’ll be less inclined to influence the result.

 

[Suzie-Q]

We’ve been bad for so long our games are just insignificant for the officials who police them, if we start playing in some bigger games they’ll be less inclined to influence the result.

While I know that's true, it's not how it should be. And it does take away from the sport. I used to watch almost every game, definitely every Tigers game, and all the finals, but now, I really struggle to even watch our games and put the score on the live game threads.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

While I know that's true, it's not how it should be. And it does take away from the sport. I used to watch almost every game, definitely every Tigers game, and all the finals, but now, I really struggle to even watch our games and put the score on the live game threads.

It reminds me of the Roy Masters era when Western Suburbs players were getting sent off almost weekly & even copping humungous suspensions measured in months. It got a little better after he moved on & Manly bought half the team.
Yes they were a tough team, yes they went "the biff" at the slightest provocation (and at times to provoke) but they were getting penalised from pillar to post.....a lot of the time unjustifiably so.
Had there been a bunker back then, would things have been any different?
Probably not. Three VERY powerful men in the NSWRL back then
Ken Arthurson, John Quaile & "Bullfrog" Moore wanted them gone......Quaile & Moore wanted to carve up West's territory (Parra & Dogs chiefs) Arthurson (Manly supremo) wanted their players.

 

[Tucker]

Constantly copping dodgy decisions when the team have well & truly been in the game, even leading at times is soul destroying especially when our players are copping ten in the bin for something, if done by a Cleary, Trbojovic or Tedesco would have only copped a penalty and maybe put on report at the most!
It's a lot harder to defend with only 12 or 11 players on the field while still getting hammered with questionable penalties.

That’s just not true.
We went through the sinbins last week on here. The majority were justified with professional fouls, dangerous tackles and hip drops making up most of them.

 

[Tucker]

Case in point, how many times has JWH smashed one of our players (or any opposition player really) as high if not higher & with brutal force YET he cops 10 in the bin AT MOST.
If he was wearing a Tigers jersey or more correctly if he wasn't wearing a Roosters/Storm/Penrith/Brisbane jersey he would have been sent off....right off.
You can't tell me the teams above cop it as bad from the refs/bunker/judiciary as teams well down the ladder. Wests Tigers have had quite a few high profile bad calls & copped the wrong side of the 50/50 calls more than any side this year & last.

Roosters are the most penalised team on the field as well as off it at the judiciary.

 

[just old magpie]

It reminds me of the Roy Masters era when Western Suburbs players were getting sent off almost weekly & even copping humungous suspensions measured in months. It got a little better after he moved on & Manly bought half the team.
Yes they were a tough team, yes they went "the biff" at the slightest provocation (and at times to provoke) but they were getting penalised from pillar to post.....a lot of the time unjustifiably so.
Had there been a bunker back then, would things have been any different?
Probably not. Three VERY powerful men in the NSWRL back then
Ken Arthurson, John Quaile & "Bullfrog" Moore wanted them gone......Quaile & Moore wanted to carve up West's territory (Parra & Dogs chiefs) Arthurson (Manly supremo) wanted their players.

Had there been a bunker back then Wests would have finished with half a team especially at lidcombe.

 

[Tigerdazz2]

Had there been a bunker back then Wests would have finished with half a team especially at lidcombe.

🤣😂

 

[BZN]

The NRL is rigged. The refs are totally showing their bias. It's so bloody frustrating to watch.

The NRL is rigged. The refs are totally showing their bias. It's so bloody frustrating to watch.

G'day Lauren, or should I say good evening, Lauren?
I certainly agree with You 💯 that most 50/50 calls seem to go against WT's... butt rigged...🤔 I'm not sure about that.
But for someone like You that has the passion for and dedication to Our Tigers [along with millions of others at least] 😊 I to bloody hope things start to change in Our favour real soon.

 

[Lauren]

G'day Lauren, or should I say good evening, Lauren?
I certainly agree with You 💯 that most 50/50 calls seem to go against WT's... butt rigged...🤔 I'm not sure about that.
But for someone like You that has the passion for and dedication to Our Tigers [along with millions of others at least] 😊 I to bloody hope things start to change in Our favour real soon.

That was my rant about Olam being sent off; I'm over it now 😂