“that was a hard decision, Clarky”

[Hanscholo]

Cooper knocked the ball out m8, leave it alone and it wont happen.

 

[drake]

Cooper knocked the ball out m8, leave it alone and it wont happen.

3 out of 3 ABC commentators disagree with you.
Warren Ryan even said along the lines of "It's Clarky, so he'll probably call it a strip, even though it's not."

We just get sick and tired of being the first and last victims of very strange decisions.
One of my favorites was the pom:
"Ef 'e would 'ave passed it Ben, et would 'ave been an oobstooction."
"But he didn't pass it!!"
Penalty against the Dragons for intent to obstruct... maybe in an alternate universe.
Then there's Ryles getting suspended for obstruction.
Oh, and Clark hates our guts, players and supporters, and screws us over all the time.

I'd love to be able to collate data to show Clark's influence on our games during his reign of teror.

 

[The Preacher]

Cooper knocked the ball out m8, leave it alone and it wont happen.

Not when you watch it with your eyes open, he didn't.

I think YOU should leave it alone, you're blind already!!! M8.

 

[Ribs]

I actually agree that Cooper knocked the ball out, the problem is he didnt play at it, he never looked like that was his intention. To say that knocking the ball out in the process of making a tackle is a strip brings our game into some sort of fairy f*cking contest. Of course there is going to be contact with the ball at times, its up to the carrier to hold the thing. he was running in at full pace and made a hit, someone needs to tell me how he can magically strip that ball at that pace without looking. He's a genius!

 

[Slackboy72]

Same thing happened to Canberra against Brisbane at Lang park last year. Canberra player (Carney?) tackled Brisbane player, balled came loose, Canberra player scoops on ball races away to score. Video ref rules he deliberately played at it (he didn't) and ruled a knock on. Brisbane then scored. Turned the game. 12 point turn around. Brisbane win by 11 points. It's not just Clarke who is the problem it is the video ref being used to adjudicate on thigs using slow motion. As far as I am concerned get rid of the VR and give the on field ref a video console that he can use to check on groundings. It wouldn't be expensive and it wouldn't give him an out to say "not my decision".

Anyway it seems as though we are going to get two refs soon.

 

[Willow]

For those who missed it, we have an unknown ref next, plus the bucket holder isn't in the box this weekend:

Referee: Phil Haines
Touch Judges: Dan Eastwood, Russell Turner
Video Referee: Paul Simpkins

http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=16123

 

[Slippery Morris]

Great Simpkins. He dissallowed the Dragons the try against the Bulldogs for a knock-on or obstruction when the video replay clearly shows none of those things were done leading to the try. Then again, they are not playing Simpkins' beloved Bulldogs.