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[Generalzod]

How weak is this competition..

 

[roboshark]

It's very very weak Zod.

Almost unwatchable

 

[Quigs]

what do you mean "almost'

 

[Cheese sandwich]

The tears will Bellamy's. He's off to the Sharks next year, yeah?

You bit at that

 

[R-15-3]

It’s the weakest comp iv ever seen but to be fair no reserve or Jr footy for nearly 2 years has f**ked it and the affects will last another season or 2.

 

[Chimp]

It's a farce , watch what happens the next time some pleb does it , but now they have an argument to fight such a charge .

So, I’m really happy with this decision - it’s completely the wrong decision based on the recent interpretations, and Cleary should be missing time, but I’m more than happy for this to be the way it’s applied moving forward.
I’ve long said, not having the ability to turn side on and brace for the impact like Cleary does is actually dangerous for the defender, particularly in situations like a drop out or kick off where you’ve got a prop steaming in at full speed - if the defender doesn’t dip the shoulder, and instead attempts to wrap his arms, he’s opening his face and head for contact, all it then takes is a slight mis-time, or some late footwork by the attacker and the defender is taking full force in the head and a concussion. A shoulder charge type tackle (not head high) is sometimes the safest tackle.

 

[glenmoresharkie]

Val Holmes. Dear oh dear.

 

[Ozzi_78]

The tears will Bellamy's. He's off to the Sharks next year, yeah?

See that’s just another thing you have wrong.

 

[Generalzod]

Geez Manly are just making out the numbers…

 

[R-15-3]

f**k parra are shit and manly looking unstoppable

 

[PJ]

So, I’m really happy with this decision - it’s completely the wrong decision based on the recent interpretations, and Cleary should be missing time, but I’m more than happy for this to be the way it’s applied moving forward.
I’ve long said, not having the ability to turn side on and brace for the impact like Cleary does is actually dangerous for the defender, particularly in situations like a drop out or kick off where you’ve got a prop steaming in at full speed - if the defender doesn’t dip the shoulder, and instead attempts to wrap his arms, he’s opening his face and head for contact, all it then takes is a slight mis-time, or some late footwork by the attacker and the defender is taking full force in the head and a concussion. A shoulder charge type tackle (not head high) is sometimes the safest tackle.

I agree with the sentiment, but do you really believe that is how it will now be applied or rather selective application depending on the player/team.

As an aside has there ever been a more smug pair than the Cleary's?

 

[Generalzod]

It's very very weak Zod.

Almost unwatchable

Seriously when we won the comp in 2016 the master of modern Rugby League Phill Gould said that we won a soft competition, I wonder what he feels about this year and last year.

 

[Craigshark]

How weak is this competition..

5th just beat 6th by 46 points 3 weeks from the finals.. Arthur surely can’t survive past this year

 

[Chimp]

I agree with the sentiment, but do you really believe that is how it will now be applied or rather selective application depending on the player/team.

As an aside has there ever been a more smug pair than the Cleary's?

Cannot stand the Cleary’s, would love to see someone snot the pair of em. And I’m sure if that tackle had been made by a Victor Radley, Jack Hetherington or Talakai etc, it would be a big ban coming.

I hope that’s the ruling moving forward, but I also have my doubts. And I’m pretty sure you can only use incidents that have been in front of the panel as a precedent. So if someone does get charged for a similar tackle in future, they’d not be able to use the Cleary incident as precedent anyway.

 

[Quigs]

It is really amazing (not) that so many club scoring records have been broken this season.

All these close scoring games have had me on the edge of 'me' seat.

I am pretty sure that the game has now outgrown moi.

 

[shadowboxer]

Seriously when we won the comp in 2016 the master of modern Rugby League Phill Gould said that we won a soft competition, I wonder what he feels about this year and last year.

And what would Phil say about his panthers if they don’t win the comp this year. I know a lot hate the storm, but aside from our win in 2016, I couldn’t have been more pleased to see the panthers getting owned in the GF last year.

 

[glenmoresharkie]

Cleary won’t get suspended because he doesn’t have prior offences like Hetherington or Radley do. That’s also why they won’t use it as precedent at a judicial hearing plus it wasn’t even that bad.

Also Penrith are nowhere near even close to the most unlikeable team in the Comp. say what you want about the Cleary’s but that club has built itself from the ground up and produced probably 90% of its own players that fill their squad. Coming from someone who grew up in the Penrith area my whole life, a lot of these kids like Luai, Leota, To’o, May, Crichton, grew up in a poverty-stricken area of an already well underclass Mount Druitt. These kids came from nothing and just love playing footy and went on to make it at the highest level for their boyhood club.

The Penrith junior area produces a good portion of the players we have in our game too. That to me is far more admirable than buying a comp like the roosters did or parramatta is trying to do. I am a Sharks supporter through and through but what Penrith does in terms of its junior development is nothing short of incredible. I hope the Sharks follow in a similar mould, but I know that our junior base isn’t quite as large. There’s nothing better than seeing a local kid from the Shire play for the Sharks in my opinion.

The thought of Melbourne winning another comp makes me sick. f**k that club.

 

[PJ]

It is really amazing (not) that so many club scoring records have been broken this season.

All these close scoring games have had me on the edge of 'me' seat.

I am pretty sure that the game has now outgrown moi.

Yeah, I cancelled Kayo and don't miss it.

Footy has become near unwatchable, so many plain bad first graders running around. constant changing of rules and the interpretation not to mention how the same rule applies differently depending on the player.

 

[PJ]

Cleary won’t get suspended because he doesn’t have prior offences like Hetherington or Radley do. That’s also why they won’t use it as precedent at a judicial hearing plus it wasn’t even that bad.

Also Penrith are nowhere near even close to the most unlikeable team in the Comp. say what you want about the Cleary’s but that club has built itself from the ground up and produced probably 90% of its own players that fill their squad. That to me is far more admirable than buying a comp like the roosters did or parramatta is trying to do.

The thought of Melbourne winning another comp makes me sick. f**k that club.

Cleary didn't even get charged.

That is a shoulder charge every day of the week under the rules.

 

[Generalzod]

The funny thing is there are clubs out there that can’t field a proper first grade team, and you got the NRL that wants to expand the game. Also leads me to the Storm their success has been entirely orchestrated by the NRL, 20 years of winning premierships where Are all the juniors, the Storm add no value to Rugby league they are parasites they raid players from Queensland and especially the NZ
, you didn’t see the NRL pumping money into the Titans where it’s a true Rugby league town with juniors…