Archer wins the grand final

[Willow]

You would have thoroughly enjoyed watching the replay and seeing Morris get the pass away just before he went into touch

Yeah, refs suck. They even had the audacity to report Conn after he took out our best front-rower before half time. With one man less on the bench, you still couldn't beat us. I suspect this is not the only fact that has escaped you.

watching him not push Perrett in the back

Oooh... push in the back.

also watching Perrett not get obstructed leading to him to tackling Morris late in the air

LOL! Yeah, the ref forced him to tackle Morris in mid air. This is too funny for words.

watching Dean Young not knock on into Aubusson before he scored

Fair try sunshine - take off the blinkers

watching Minichiello not get tackled before he dropped a pass

Mini knocked on? Was it anything like the Creagh 'knock on' when the ball was stripped after the tackle?

watching the Dragons catch forward passes but not be offside (in fact not be offside for the entire game or do any flops or ever hold players down in the tackle)

Haha! You just lost it there. You honestly think the Roosters never threw a dusty pass, were never off side or were never holding down?

watching Carney's pass to Leilua appear to be a mile forward,

Was this the pass that you dopes are insisting was only marginally forward and should have been let go?
It was forward.

watching St George not have a second dummy half when Fien scored

LOL! Last time I looked you lot were shot to bits with no marker standing square. Watch the tape.

and watching them not knock on the short kick off.

When was that? Was it like the Perrett knock-on that he got away with?

It would make you even happier in watching the game this way that the referee was seeing it exactly the same way that you were.

Yeah.... you're in pain.

 

[Dr.J]

Yeah, refs suck. They even had the audacity to report Conn after he took out our best front-rower before half time. With one man less on the bench, you still couldn't beat us. I suspect this is not the only fact that has escaped you. Oooh... push in the back. LOL! Yeah, the ref forced him to tackle Morris in mid air. This is too funny for words.Fair try sunshine - take off the blinkersMini knocked on? Was it anything like the Creagh 'knock on' when the ball was stripped after the tackle? Haha! You just lost it there. You honestly think the Roosters never threw a dusty pass, were never off side or were never holding down?Was this the pass that you dopes are insisting was only marginally forward and should have been let go?
It was forward.LOL! Last time I looked you lot were shot to bits with no marker standing square. Watch the tape.When was that? Was it like the Perrett knock-on that he got away with?

Yeah.... you're in pain.

Finch senior - I didn't realise that you were a member of this Forum! Give us a scoop, are you still planning to retire as referee's boss at the end of the year, or are you thinking of staying on to try to win back to back Premierships?

 

[Willow]

lol. In the face of a counter argument you don the tin foil hat.

So now Robert Finch is conspiring against you. Must be why his son played for the Roosters.

You guys in the hen-house are going to feel very embarrassed when you grow up.

 

[Dr.J]

So now Robert Finch is conspiring against you. Must be why his son played for the Roosters.

Slight correction for you Finchy:

So Robert Finch is conspiring against you. Must be since his son played for the Roosters.

 

[Willow]

Ah, the plot thickens. A tale of revenge.

Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautuful, Number 96 and Coronation Street... all the greats rolled into one.

For the more hip youngsters out there, think of Melrose Place, Home and Away, Neighbours and the Chook Pen.

 

[juanfarkall]

The complainants remind me of this

 

[Joker's Wild]

I didnt realise there were so many unhinged posters on this forum

DrJ, you cannot possibly believe what you have been posting. Noone is that deluded, surely?

 

[scruffy]

In time the 2010 GF will be known as the most incompetently refereed GF of all time, the better team definitely won, but the Roosters were given no chance of capitalising on their first half dominance. It is a shame that the title won by St George will be forever tarnished by two facts, the Storm players were not in the comp and the Roosters were completely screwed over by MAJOR decisions that directly influenced the final result. The half time score should have been 12-0 to Roosters, any far minded, rational Rugby League fan would agree with this. Morris in to touch has to be the worst mistake in an NRL GF.

 

[_Johnsy]

Dr J (i am guessing j stands for joke) makes no mention of the incorrect call for anastas try, i wonder why?

Just let it go mate, the rorters were comprehensivly outplayed. Take it on the chin.

 

[Dragon Jim]

In time the 2010 GF will be known as the most incompetently refereed GF of all time, the better team definitely won, but the Roosters were given no chance of capitalising on their first half dominance. It is a shame that the title won by St George will be forever tarnished by two facts, the Storm players were not in the comp and the Roosters were completely screwed over by MAJOR decisions that directly influenced the final result. The half time score should have been 12-0 to Roosters, any far minded, rational Rugby League fan would agree with this. Morris in to touch has to be the worst mistake in an NRL GF.

Why would Melbourne's systematic 5 year cheating tarnish the title won by the best team over 2 years?????

And who knows, the Morris try probably fired up the Roosters to come back with 2 tries (I use the term 'try' loosely for Anasta). Had Morris been called out, the arm wrestle continues... Alot of if's and but's.

The Roosters should have capitalised on their first half dominance in the FIRST HALF when for the last 20 minutes they illegally took out our best forward, were handed possession with some dubious calls against the Dragons (like when Creagh had the ball punched out of his hands after the Roosters player flopped on him late as well - funny how you never mentioned this one) and spent said 20 minutes camped in the Dragons half without capitalising.

And please dont group fair minded rational rugby league fans with your ramblings, they would be embarrassed by the suggestion.

 

[thommo4pm]

In time the 2010 GF will be known as the most incompetently refereed GF of all time, the better team definitely won, but the Roosters were given no chance of capitalising on their first half dominance. It is a shame that the title won by St George will be forever tarnished by two facts, the Storm players were not in the comp and the Roosters were completely screwed over by MAJOR decisions that directly influenced the final result. The half time score should have been 12-0 to Roosters, any far minded, rational Rugby League fan would agree with this. Morris in to touch has to be the worst mistake in an NRL GF.

The touch judge was blinded from the tackle being made, easily missed.
The Roosters first try was the worst call of the night, that was a deadset square up.

And there is no way the game will be remembered as you suggested.

I laugh how everyone likes to recall the things against the Roosters, but nobody wants to metion calls against us, cause it doesn't suit their argument.

 

[thommo4pm]

Why would Melbourne's systematic 5 year cheating tarnish the title won by the best team over 2 years?????

And who knows, the Morris try probably fired up the Roosters to come back with 2 tries (I use the term 'try' loosely for Anasta). Had Morris been called out, the arm wrestle continues... Alot of if's and but's.

The Roosters should have capitalised on their first half dominance in the FIRST HALF when for the last 20 minutes they illegally took out our best forward, were handed possession with some dubious calls against the Dragons (like when Creagh had the ball punched out of his hands after the Roosters player flopped on him late as well - funny how you never mentioned this one) and spent said 20 minutes camped in the Dragons half without capitalising.

And please dont group fair minded rational rugby league fans with your ramblings, they would be embarrassed by the suggestion.

Notice how nobody has mentioned Perrett stepping off the mark by about 3-4 metres either. The Dragons players were both back on the mark, and Perrett walked at least 3 metres in front of them. We'll let that slide.

 

[Willow]

It is a shame that the title won by St George will be forever tarnished by two facts, the Storm players were not in the comp and the Roosters were completely screwed over by MAJOR decisions that directly influenced the final result.

More of the sore loser rhetoric. It has been shown time and time again that bad decisions went both ways and Easts were beaten across the park.

Giving the refs any credit for the outcone is quite pathetic.

And the Storm again? lol

If the Storm didn't cheat, most of their top earning players would have been in other clubs, an even spread perhaps.

But they were caught trying to buy a premiership illegally, and they were disqualified. The way you go on, you'd think the only thing they did wrong was getting caught.

Bottom line is clear as day: you cheat, get caught, then you lose. Same in any competition.

 

[thommo4pm]

More of the sore loser rhetoric. It has been shown time and time again that bad decisions went both ways and Easts were beaten across the park.

Giving the refs any credit for the outcone is quite pathetic.

And the Storm again? lol

If the Storm didn't cheat, most of their top earning players would have been in other clubs, an even spread perhaps.

But they were caught trying to buy a premiership illegally, and they were disqualified. The way you go on, you'd think the only thing they did wrong was getting caught.

Bottom line is clear as day: you cheat, get caught, then you lose. Same in any competition.

The thing these people whinging about Morris in touch forget is, we scored 2 tackles later. The Roosters had the opportunity to stop us from scoring. It's not like we scored from that play, unlike the Roosters first try.

 

[Dragon Jim]

Notice how nobody has mentioned Perrett stepping off the mark by about 3-4 metres either. The Dragons players were both back on the mark, and Perrett walked at least 3 metres in front of them. We'll let that slide.

See that doesnt matter because it was a decision against the Dragons lol

I just wanna add, that if it were the Dragons that benefited from that joke of a scrum and snatched victory, this place would have gone into meltdown!! The conspiracy theories that would have ensued!!!

 

[Rodent]

Most times decisions went against the dragons, they were tough enough to suck it up and not concede points. Decisions against the Roosters invariably led to points because their defence was crapola.

 

[scruffy]

Why would Melbourne's systematic 5 year cheating tarnish the title won by the best team over 2 years?????

And who knows, the Morris try probably fired up the Roosters to come back with 2 tries (I use the term 'try' loosely for Anasta). Had Morris been called out, the arm wrestle continues... Alot of if's and but's.

The Roosters should have capitalised on their first half dominance in the FIRST HALF when for the last 20 minutes they illegally took out our best forward, were handed possession with some dubious calls against the Dragons (like when Creagh had the ball punched out of his hands after the Roosters player flopped on him late as well - funny how you never mentioned this one) and spent said 20 minutes camped in the Dragons half without capitalising.

And please dont group fair minded rational rugby league fans with your ramblings, they would be embarrassed by the suggestion.

I agree, the strip on Creagh should have been a penalty. But it was midfield and amounted to nothing, surely you cannot compare this to Morris in touch next play Dragons score. To suggest that Roosters let this go and use it for motivation is ridiculous, they worked their arses off on Saints great ball shift, put Morris into touch then got screwed. Your best forward knocked himself out on the ground, watch the replay, the con report was dismissed on those grounds, we got screwed over with a penalty for your guy hitting his head on the ground. Contrary to your suggestion most fair minded, impartial supporters of other teams actually think the Roosters got screwed.

 

[Dr.J]

Most times decisions went against the dragons, they were tough enough to suck it up and not concede points. Decisions against the Roosters invariably led to points because their defence was crapola.

Agree with this and that is why the Dragons deserved to win the Premiership. You will sound balanced if you admit that 75% of the crap decisions went against the Roosters. It would have been a much better game if we were able to see whether the best team of the year (Dragons) was able to rebound from a substantial half-time deficit, which is what they should have been facing. Instead they were kept in it at half time due to receiving the majority of dodgy calls (admit that there were some the Roosters way in the first half as well, but still way more to the Dragons), and basically gifted the game on a plate in the second half (where every single call went their way).

The Dragons deserved a hard fought Grand Final win and the public deserved a tight game but due to terrible refereeing we got a cakewalk.

It is easy to dismiss any complaints about refereeing from someone on the losing side as sour grapes. You get the chance when you have won to be dignified and say "despite the win, the refereeing was very poor and given the guys in charge are the best available, the standard is not up to scratch".

You get the impression that 30 years of hurt plus two minor Premierships has made the Dragons supporters feel like it was their divine right to be gifted the game on a plate, which it was.

The neutral supporters have all said the same thing: Dragons best team on the night, deserved their win, but gee they got a massive leg up and it turned what should have been a tight game into a rout.

 

[scruffy]

Dr J, I agree 100% with your post, best team one, but game/spectacle was ruined by poor refereeing in 1st half.

 

[Willow]

lol. It's still going. At least the "we wuz robbed - ref were bought" brigade have found a corner to sulk in.

Now the dregs are left. The "Saints deserved to win... BUT..."

:lol: