I remember getting Big League back in the early-mid 2000s and checking to see who you'd gotten that week. You'd groan if it was Tony Archer or Shayne Hayne. You'd be hoping for Harrigan or Mander, but even if you missed them you still had Sean Hampstead, Paul Simpkins or Steve Clark.
The current lot makes the above look like a group of f**king refereeing savants.
Good Point Timbo. However ask Dragons fans about Steve Clark... oh and Charles Manson...
But on topic..
Imagine a job where you get booed and bagged for doing your job by people who don't do or understand your job..
I reckon the current refs are under more scrutiny than ever before. Video Refs, replays, bunkers, rule changes every year, cunning coaches and players, and more so this year... COMMENTATORS AND JOURNOS...
And so I think with all that - they are overall doing the best job anyone can expect.
I was a big fan of the crackdown earlier this year. No not because Dragons were going alright - but the Refs were cleaning up the Ruck and the Ten Metres - not "Overlooking" it to "let the game flow".. The biggest bane of existence recently was "the wrestle" - it's hardly been mentioned at all - if at all - this year... Players are now playing the ball correctly... Sides were being kept back on side better.... I think that's a great result.
I'll blow up like anyone at a penalty against the dragons I think is bollocks... Ill also blow up at penalties we don't get which are just as bollocks.. But I've been doing that since Adam taught Jesus how to pass to the right... - it's just a Footy Fans' lot in life...
