Henry sprays Harrigan

[gunnamatta bay]

And the arrogance of Harrigan. "We are right. Everyone else is wrong".

I lost a lot of respect for him when he appeared on nrl on fox and tried to explain downward pressure. it was farcical.

 

[Frank_Grimes]

After watching Gus on the Sunday Roast say "They ALL play at it" in reference to making a tackle with a regular round arm wrapping motion, and touching the ball...I knew Harrigran would disallow that dead set try from Carney. He was so clearly influenced by Gus' lil rant. bullsh*t call. Harrigan's a tosser.

Graeme West was the Video Ref in the Canberra/Brisbane match. So there goes your "Gus Influence" theory.

You might want to get your facts straight before making allegations like these on a public forum.

 

[lockyrulz]

Part of the problem is that some of you fail to properly realise that even some vid ref decisions are contentious and despite being viewed multiple times can still go either way.

The Michales decision is a classic example. Every Raiders fan says its a no try, every Broncos fan says it is. The vid ref can only see it one way.

Whether that is the right way, depends on your pov. Same with the Smith and Carney tries. The ref saw them as instances where the player played at the ball. I can see their point, but wouldn't have had a problem with either going the other way, but guess what they didnt.

The whole thing is mountains out of molehills, but go ahead and cry like babies. No one will remember or care in 6 weeks.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Graeme West was the Video Ref in the Canberra/Brisbane match. So there goes your "Gus Influence" theory.

You might want to get your facts straight before making allegations like these on a public forum.

Fall back chump.

Big deal.

Ok for you:

"Graeme West was influenced by Gus' rant".

The Gus influence theory hasn't gone anywhere and Harrigan's still a tosser.

 

[lockyrulz]

Fall back chump.

Big deal.

Ok for you:

"Graeme West was influenced by Gus' rant".

The Gus influence theory hasn't gone anywhere and Harrigan's still a tosser.

Lol you just got made to look like an ignorant ass, so maybe you should fall back 'chump'

 

[green eyed mike]

I think it is understandable that refs make mistakes, they are human, the game is fast and they get 0 assistance from the touchies who contribute absolutely nothing to the game except for the occasional wrong decision. But for video refs there is absolutely no excuse. Maybe the problem is that the laws aren't clear enough because there is obviously far too much room for interpretation.

As a Raiders fan I wasn't that surprises by the Michaels decision, I thought that there was a clear picture that showed him with his hand on the ball and the ball on the ground, there might no have been a great deal of downward pressure but there doesn't need to be. However, I am annoyed that similar incidents, e.g. the Tongue no try against the Knights were no different but the decision went the other way.

We've had the video ref for long enough for there to be ample footage for the refs to get together and decide what is a try and what isn't, make it clear to everyone from the start of the season how it will be intrepeted and stick to it. If it is impossible for the video ref to make a decision it should be sent back to the ref and the touchies to make a decision based on what they saw. Taking the Carnie no try from the weekend it was not clear from the footage that he had intentionally played at the ball, if this had gone back to refs call it would have been given as a try.

The video ref makes field refs lazy about making decisions. It seems like basically every try gets looked at which slows down the game and introduces far too mcuh opportunity for idiots like Harrigan to exert their personal prejudice on games.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

I lost a lot of respect for him when he appeared on nrl on fox and tried to explain downward pressure. it was farcical.

wow. i lost respect for him about 2 years when he was debating a penalty he failed to give and resulted in a try (video ref) and said 'yes technically to the letter of the law it was a penalty, but do we have to always be to the letter of the law?' that did it for me with this wanker

 

[mongoose]

Part of the problem is that some of you fail to properly realise that even some vid ref decisions are contentious and despite being viewed multiple times can still go either way.

The Michales decision is a classic example. Every Raiders fan says its a no try, every Broncos fan says it is. The vid ref can only see it one way.

Whether that is the right way, depends on your pov. Same with the Smith and Carney tries. The ref saw them as instances where the player played at the ball. I can see their point, but wouldn't have had a problem with either going the other way, but guess what they didnt.

The whole thing is mountains out of molehills, but go ahead and cry like babies. No one will remember or care in 6 weeks.

I thought the Michaels try was a fair try to be honest. I've seen worse given this year. Carney should have been given benefit of the doubt though.

 

[lockyrulz]

I thought the Michaels try was a fair try to be honest. I've seen worse given this year. Carney should have been given benefit of the doubt though.

Yea the Michales try was neither here nor there for me, so 'bod' is ok I guess.

The Carney one, well again I just dk. If it hadnt been for the Smith try, I'd agree with you, but now I wonder if the refs have got together and said, 'be aware players play at the ball a lot ion tackles'.

My guess is players have got into the habbit of having a dig at the ball every tackle. But that raises the question of so what? I mean if its in the context of a tackle, maybe the passer should be punished for throwing a poor pass?

Problem is, in the end it still leaves you with no definite answer. I doubt it will be the last controversial call of this nature we see this year. I'd hate to be the vid ref who judges one of these in a final. He will be cactus whatever button he presses.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Lol you just got made to look like an ignorant ass, so maybe you should fall back 'chump'

Who in the blue hell are you?

I'm still lookin good....Whipe me down.

 

[lockyno1]

Well Finch agreed on the No Try to Carney, so there goes the "Raiders were dudded" theory

 

[skeepe]

:lol:

Robert Finch is an imbecile.

 

[lockyrulz]

Who in the blue hell are you?

I'm still lookin good....Whipe me down.

If by 'good' you mean 'brainless Ass hat', then yes I suppose you are.

You want me to what you down?

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Yes because writing down the wrong name makes me look oh so bad.

I come back like 32, I jump back like 33. Who are you again?

 

[lockyrulz]

Yes because writing down the wrong name makes me look oh so bad.

I come back like 32, I jump back like 33. Who are you again?

One of many who thinks you're a complete spastic.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

LOL...so you speak for everyone then commoner? Wow..the voice of the people!!

..swallow Harrigan slow.

 

[lockyrulz]

LOL...so you speak for everyone then commoner? Wow..the voice of the people!!

..swallow Harrigan slow.

I took an educated guess.

 

[Frank_Grimes]

Yes because writing down the wrong name makes me look oh so bad.

It doesn't make you look bad. Just ignorant and uneducated.

I come back like 32, I jump back like 33. Who are you again?

LOL @ The Post-Count clique.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Uneducated? LMAO You high and mighty prick. Please tell me you've never made a typing mistake in your life. You just missed the point completely. Whoever was in the video ref box would of been influenced by Gus bullsh*t rant. It was petty of you to point out a typing mistake.

Post count? wtf? I have been here 4 years and haven't reached 5000 yet. There's people on here with like 30k posts. I introduced Saab to these forums and he has far more posts than I. Don't know what you're talking about there. To me that makes you look ignorant and uneducated.

It was a hollow victory Broncos fans. If you make the semis on those 2 points it will be a shame for the game. It's obvious the NRL wants Brisbane in the semis. But then again it is only those chump Tigers you're keeping out of the 8, and they aren't exactly our best buddies. So meh.

 

[lockyrulz]

Uneducated? LMAO You high and mighty prick. Please tell me you've never made a typing mistake in your life. You just missed the point completely. Whoever was in the video ref box would of been influenced by Gus bullsh*t rant. It was petty of you to point out a typing mistake.

Post count? wtf? I have been here 4 years and haven't reached 5000 yet. There's people on here with like 30k posts. I introduced Saab to these forums and he has far more posts than I. Don't know what you're talking about there. To me that makes you look ignorant and uneducated.

It was a hollow victory Broncos fans. If you make the semis on those 2 points it will be a shame for the game. It's obvious the NRL wants Brisbane in the semis. But then again it is only those chump Tigers you're keeping out of the 8, and they aren't exactly our best buddies. So meh.

You didn't make a typing mistake spastic. You made an ignorant statement. Then made a whole bunch more trying to justify your original stupidity.

So who influenced the Jason Smith decision? Or does Gould have some sort of retrospective influential power?

Who says the Raiders would have won anyway? You were sh*te all second half. Don't hold your bearth waiting for the Broncos or anyone else to give a rats ass anyway.