'12 | Heritage R5 | Fri | Storm 34-22 Knights | AAMI

[Spot On]

Huh?

I can only think of two incorrect calls, both a matter of interpretation.

The first was the Storm player losing it and the ref telling him to go back and play it, the second is the penalty to the Knights when Snowden dropped the ball cold.

Nothing at all that justifies such a blowup.

Good to see you have taken my advice and rectified your ongoing problems with blaming refs for team loses. You are maturing nicely. Now you just need to watch some footy so you understand it a little better.

 

[BM1979]

You're....

I will cop that , Thanks for the tip

 

[The.X.Factor9]

Look I'm not saying the Knights were the better team(Melbourne are a class above), I just want consistency and less bullshit calls.

Is that too much to ask ?

 

[skeepe]

Oh please.... :crazy:

You're the king of blowing up for no reason, its obvious that you don't like the knights.

Did you even watch the game ?

Yep. You'd know I watched it if you read my post comprehensively and embarrassingly rebutting your factless and brainless tirade.

 

[The.X.Factor9]

Yep. You'd know I watched it if you read my post comprehensively and embarrassingly rebutting your factless and brainless tirade.

:lol:

So can you honestly say that you have no knights hate ?

Also, can you honestly say that the speed of the rucks were policed to a different pace by the refs ?

 

[skeepe]

:lol:

So can you honestly say that you have no knights hate ?

Also, can you honestly say that the speed of the rucks were policed to a different pace by the refs ?

I hate the Knights.

However, I also hate the Storm. So no bias in this one.

The speed of the rucks was similar. I thought Melbourne could have been pinged a few times for slowing it down, I thought the Knights could have as well.

I certainly didn't see anything at all that warranted such a foul-mouthed eruption.

I can pinpoint two glaring bad calls, one each way. Other than that, it was pretty well refereed in my opinion.

 

[Oldboy]

For what its worth I tuned out after Oscar Wild blew the penalty for mouthing off.

 

[LESStar58]

Wow.

I have all the time in the world for him but crikey Darius Boyd was awful. Smith and Cronk picked him apart!

 

[the dude]

Refs sucked.

 

[skeepe]

For what its worth I tuned out after Oscar Wild blew the penalty for mouthing off.

Who?

 

[Wato]

Melbourne look good this early but still have my doubts on their pack come finals time. On the knights we seem to be improving certain aspects of our game each week but have not got it all together yet but to be within 12 at full time is very respectable. I think come finals time Newcastle will be a very good side and as a fan that's all i'm concerned with is our end product being better then the teams in front of us.

 

[Billythekid]

Melbourne look good this early but still have my doubts on their pack come finals time. On the knights we seem to be improving certain aspects of our game each week but have not got it all together yet but to be within 12 at full time is very respectable. I think come finals time Newcastle will be a very good side and as a fan that's all i'm concerned with is our end product being better then the teams in front of us.

Our pack is average but it's a massive step up from last year. They're no world beaters but i think they're good enough that we will be in contention this year and won't just get blown off the park by other forward packs.

 

[Wato]

Our pack is average but it's a massive step up from last year. They're no world beaters but i think they're good enough that we will be in contention this year and won't just get blown off the park by other forward packs.

Yea I don't know if you can match it with Brisbane,Warriors or Manly in a finals game when there packs go up that gear thou.

 

[Jobdog]

Congrats Melbourne. Just too good for us really. We made far too many errors and were made to pay for just about every one of them.

Not too sure who's going to beat the Storm in the near future.

Was impressed with the Knights ability to keep on fighting until the end though. Would have been very easy to put the cue in the rack at 28-6 and be beaten by 40.

 

[Dani]

I really wish Slater would stop going in with his knees....

 

[TheFrog]

Some rather odd decisions in this game, most of them against the Knights.

I know Newcastle got the lion's share of the penalties but they could have got a few more as well.

Melbourne are a pretty good side, but it is still March. Nonetheless, I am expecting to see someone awarding them the premiership any minute now.

 

[stormbati]

Knights were hard-done by with a few calls but when you're dropping that much ball you really have no one to blame!
I thought Newcastle spread the ball well and gave Melbourne a few headaches but Chambers & Neilsen are such great defenders they shut them down with some great one-on-one tackles.

You wouldnt even know Darius Boyd was playing! The Knights attack was too flat at times too.

 

[Jubes]

Yep.

He knocked it back in relation to his body, but his body was facing the wrong way. Clear knock on.

No it wasn't, if he was wearing a green jersey you'd definitely change your tune, biased merkin.

Storm were the better team, no doubt...but they get a shitload of calls going their way.

 

[LESStar58]

Bellamy will be pissed off that we let in those 3 tries in the 2nd half. Slater's tackle on Uate to deny him was the difference. Brilliant hit! It could have been a 6 point margin instead of 12 and perhaps we may not have come away with the win. Might have been a different result if things hadn't gone our way!

 

[Misanthrope]

Deadset, the Knights would have beaten any other side in the NRL tonight. Melbourne are red hot and they got the bounce of the ball to boot. It'll be a tough ask for anybody to topple them while they're firing like they are.