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[hindy111]

Im dissapointed the ref ruined a grand stand finish but i end it be hard to deny the better team played -Parra where atrocious in the first half and played awfull-Was one of the worse kicking games i have ever seen to be honest.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yes I am f**king serious, did you not see that. I thought it was pretty clear.

Actually, when it first happened I thought the Eels were totally ripped off but once I saw the replay I thought Archer got it 100% correct.

Watch it again and keep an eye on Slaters arm holding the ball, you will see the Eels player knocks the ball out as he runs past.

The penalty was for a hold down, not for the strip so you are seriously wrong.

 

[mickdo]

Watch it again and keep an eye on Slaters arm holding the ball, you will see the Eels player knocks the ball out as he runs past.

You mean, like Hindmarsh had the ball knocked out of his hands by a knee in the first half... and it was ruled a knock on?

 

[bradeel]

You mean, like Hindmarsh had the ball knocked out of his hands by a knee in the first half... and it was ruled a knock on?

spot on. That is the bit that hurts. Not so much that a single call at a crucial time that could have helped us draw level in a Grand Final with 3 mins to go, went against us. Its the fact that the Storm did everything they could in the ruck to hold down our players, slow things down, and just generally attempt to stop an open game of football from being played and the refs largely ignored this. The Eels conversely were generally pretty bad at doing this. Maybe its because we turned up to play football rather than Wrestlemania, or maybe we just failed to read the leniency that the refs were offering, but I'm angry because they decided to clamp down on holding down in the ruck with 4 mins to go when we had all the momentum.

Basically the 50-50s went their way all game. They had the bounce of the ball and were too good a team for us to be able to overcome without that sort of luck on our side. That's a tribute to the Storm in some respects, but also a bit of a whinge on my part because its a game of inches and we got very few favours.

 

[beagle]

Archer has been quoted in today's paper that Slater "dropped the ball cold". He penalised Fui for holding on.

 

[hineyrulz]

Funny he finds a soft as penalty with 4 mins to go while he let the Storm do that all game.

 

[eyejay84]

He penalised Fui for holding on.

WHAT a F$&KIN JOKE!!!

 

[parra-matters]

You mean, like Hindmarsh had the ball knocked out of his hands by a knee in the first half... and it was ruled a knock on?

We had a roll on then too, it was in their half, we get the penalty and we have 6tackles inside their 20.

 

[Ray Martins Hair]

Melbourne well done and well derserved it. We killed ourselves in the first half and there is no doubt about it.

Just had a look at the replay and had a couple of looks at this incident. It obvoius Slater loses the ball. Anyone justifying the call because Slater (accidently) moved his arm and hit Kingston who was running past is very misinformed about Rugby League. The underlining theme of the game is ball security and in that circumstance Slater did not have it.

However the call was for holding him down. Which looking at it again is soft but I have seen it called before.The problem is the consistancy. I saw the same circumstances happen numerous times in the game and done by both teams without a penalty. Had all of those circumstances been called up I would have not had a problem with the call. The only difference in all of these instances too this one is the drop ball from the tackled player. This makes me think that had Slater not dropped the ball -it would have been play on.

I want to reitterate the point that this didn't lose us the game. It only prevented what small chance we had to come back.

 

[hellteam]

The call was not for holding him down. It was for interference in the ruck. I am watching it right now. The Parra player did run past and knock it out of Slater's arms from behind him with his knee/leg.

Didn't deserve a penalty but in my opinion.

EDIT: Actually yes it did, I just watched it about 10 times in a row and you cant just run past a player from offside and knock it out of his hands (accidently or not)

 

[scottyeel]

The call was not for holding him down. It was for interference in the ruck. I am watching it right now. The Parra player did run past and knock it out of Slater's arms from behind him with his knee/leg.

Didn't deserve a penalty but in my opinion.

EDIT: Actually yes it did, I just watched it about 10 times in a row and you cant just run past a player from offside and knock it out of his hands (accidently or not)

Mate, Archer came out today and said Slater dropped the ball cold and the penalty was for holding down.:?

 

[hellteam]

Well he must have changed his decision because that's not what it looked like he was signaling (and what the commentators were saying) on television.

 

[scottyeel]

Well he must have changed his decision because that's not what it looked like he was signaling (and what the commentators were saying) on television.

Oh ok, obviously I didn't have any commentary at the game and haven't watched a replay. That was posted somewhere I don't have a link.

 

[forward pass]

The similarities between this game and our 2001 Grand Final were scary!!

Held scoreless in the 1st half.
Near faultless 1st half performance by the opposition.
Different attitude in the second half
Start to stage fightback.
Concede a try almost straight after scoring to let opposition kick away.(wins game for opposition)
Stage another fightback.
Fall just short.

Amazing. :crazy:

 

[NorthShoreEel]

Nobody seems to be mentioning, when Mateo passed the ball backwards, hit a storm player, and went back into Mateo's arms? Should have been 6 to go. But nothing was said by the commentary team.....

Slater should have won an Oscar for that dropped ball, not the Clive Churchill medal. Cronk was their best - kicking was a major part of their win - the exact thing that Parra lacked.

 

[Parra Guru]

Another thing that we noticed at the game... early on Turner got tackled and archer yelled 'held 2' and then Turner got up and ran again and Archer allowed play on.

 

[mickdo]

Another thing that we noticed at the game... early on Turner got tackled and archer yelled 'held 2' and then Turner got up and ran again and Archer allowed play on.

Yeah, that was an absolute shocker. They scored off the back of that too. There's been a lot of talk about us being overawed by the occasion, but IMO the refs were as well...

 

[Belly in Brisvegas]

yep picked that up watching it again last night.

f**kn game changing.

 

[Timmah]

"Game changing" would be the try Inglis scored after Grothe's. You guys were in it up to your necks until you let that in... lost you the game. The Archer call was correct anyway.

 

[jk13]

thanks tim, how's ya gunt going?