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Noise

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Now we'll have attacking players afraid to hit defenders with the ball. And you just know we're going to have some dumb penalties from this. It was actually a chance to reduce the penalties in the game, but Todd had to make a mountain out of a molehill so he could stand on top of it and we could all admire his leadership. The wanker.

It’s ridulous that the exact same play that was a penalty for one team on Sunday will now be a penalty for the other team on Thursday .
 
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Hey Kenty, do you blokes ignore the years of cap cheating when discussing Bellamy's win percentage because you're pissweak, or is it a tacit acknowledgement that all the top teams cheat?
 

Dibs

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So Todd now says players passing the ball at an opposition player from the play the ball is now a penalty. Does it need to be? Why not just let it go? They've already disadvantaged themselves by trying to get a penalty. Players will stop doing it soon enough.
Precisely, another typical NRL overreaction. Instead of just playing on like would make sense we will have a penalty. How long before someone is throwing a legitimate pass from half that hits a defender and the defending team gets the penalty? Not to long I suggest. Greenberg is Gallop mk II
 

Gary Gutful

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Now we'll have attacking players afraid to hit defenders with the ball. And you just know we're going to have some dumb penalties from this. It was actually a chance to reduce the penalties in the game, but Todd had to make a mountain out of a molehill so he could stand on top of it and we could all admire his leadership. The wanker.
Merkins criticise the NRL when they don't do anything.

It appears they've got that message loud and clear but now they just need to focus their efforts and make sure that any response is 'right'.

Luckily league fans are completely reasonable and consistent so this should be a walk in the park.
 

Dibs

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Merkins criticise the NRL when they don't do anything.

It appears they've got that message loud and clear but now they just need to focus their efforts and make sure that any response is 'right'.

Luckily league fans are completely reasonable and consistent so this should be a walk in the park.
Well i think everyone agrees they needed to do something but why a penalty? Why not just play on which would disadvantage the attacking side enough.
 

Gary Gutful

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Well i think everyone agrees they needed to do something but why a penalty? Why not just play on which would disadvantage the attacking side enough.
If they didn't make it a penalty then the "we want a penalty" brigade would have been up in arms.
 

Dibs

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If they didn't make it a penalty then the "we want a penalty" brigade would have been up in arms.
Why? I haven’t heard anyone say that should be a penalty for doing that, just that you shouldn’t get a penalty for doing it. In fairness giving a penalty should stop people from doing it but I’ll gaurantee it will happen by accident and some ref will give a penalty for it when it wasn’t deserved. Also if the refs just penalized luke for laying in the ruck will smith wouldn’t have had to do it to get the penalty
 

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