Rd11: Parra v Tigers GAME DAY thread (23/7/20)

[Kornstar]

I’m keen to hear your thoughts on our halfback, @Blackwhitegold.

I'm more keen to know @Blackwhitegold thoughts on our second rower........

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'm more keen to know @Blackwhitegold thoughts on our second rower........

They're both F**KING SHIT and they can GET F**KED, right @Blackwhitegold?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Hey @Blackwhitegold, are these pineapples any good?

 

[T.S Quint]

Hey @Blackwhitegold ... why not BlackGoldWhite?

It’s not even gold.
It’s f**ken orange!

Isn’t that right @Blackwhitegold

 

[84 Baby]

@Blackwhitegold who are the ins and outs for you guys? Just need to know for my tipping.
I’ll give you the scoop on ours. One flopper our, another flop in

 

[Gary Gutful]

Hey @Blackwhitegold do you like my new shoes?

 

[TheRam]

Yeah i dont have any problem with them not calling that a shoulder charge. Sivo is fkn huge, gotta give em some chance to put a body on him without getting murdered

No freakin way. Why should any player have an unfair advantage over our players just because they are HUGE? That is the point of paying him to play for us. Due to his advantageous assets and abilities. Don't be ridiculous. Why bring him back to the herd?

If they can't tackle him legally, then good, we score and they lick their wounds. That is call professional sport. I never heard anything so ridiculous, a player or team should be ok with giving away their edge over an opponent?

Some of you people really don't think do you?

 

[T.S Quint]

No freakin way. Why should any player have an unfair advantage over our players just because they are HUGE? That is the point of paying him to play for us. Due to his advantageous assets and abilities. Don't be ridiculous. Why bring him back to the herd?

If they can't tackle him legally, then good, we score and they lick their wounds. That is call professional sport. I never heard anything so ridiculous, a player or team should be ok with giving away their edge over an opponent?

Some of you people really don't think do you?

I don’t often agree with you Ram, it on this I do.
Reminds me of when Billy Slater was possibly going to miss the GF two years ago because of the blatant shoulder charge he committed trying to save a try.

Commentators: “He’s trying to stop a try there! What’s he supposed to do?”

How about try to tackle him legally. If you can’t, bad luck. You concede the try. I don’t see anyone letting Jamie Ainscough off the hook for smashing Craig Smith high in the 1999 GF because I mean what else is he supposed to do? He was trying to stop a try!

 

[TheRam]

I don’t often agree with you Ram, it on this I do.
Reminds me of when Billy Slater was possibly going to miss the GF two years ago because of the blatant shoulder charge he committed trying to save a try.

Commentators: “He’s trying to stop a try there! What’s he supposed to do?”

How about try to tackle him legally. If you can’t, bad luck. You concede the try. I don’t see anyone letting Jamie Ainscough off the hook for smashing Craig Smith high in the 1999 GF because I mean what else is he supposed to do? He was trying to stop a try!

It astounds me how people don't like rules so they say, "ah it's ok if we break that one in this instance".

No it isn't. If you don't like the rule then lobby to change it if it means that much to you. If not, tough tities, live with it.

I don't think that a shoulder charge that is so innocuous and or reactive, should see a player miss a Rep, Semi or Grand Final though. That is way to harsh a penalty for such a low grade breach. If your next game/s are any of those types of games, then your suspension should be for your next regular season game. I think that that would be a fairer outcome and then you would see the review committee or suspension tribunal more likely to prosecute.

Maybe also if the player carrying the ball doesn't score due to it, they should be awarded a penalty try or if they did anyway it should be an 8 point try. That way it is still a deterrent in the game that is being currently played.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It's a dumb rule whether it's to stop a try or not. A shoulder charge that doesn't make contact with the head should be applauded, not penalised or suspended. Players are allowed to lead with the shoulder when running the ball, why is it more dangerous when defenders do it? In most cases it's for self preservation.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Check out Hoopers Jimmy Brings this week with regard to Vlandys Rules for Life.Anything is possible ladies and gentleman.

 

[TheRam]

It's a dumb rule whether it's to stop a try or not. A shoulder charge that doesn't make contact with the head should be applauded, not penalised or suspended. Players are allowed to lead with the shoulder when running the ball, why is it more dangerous when defenders do it? In most cases it's for self preservation.

Because it has gone terribly wrong in the past and players have died. Is that good enough reason for you?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah I guess

 

[Gazzamatta]

Because it has gone terribly wrong in the past and players have died. Is that good enough reason for you?

Ill never forget the one Inglis did. How he didnt kill the poor bastard God only knows. If that had been done by Kenny Edwards he would have been suspended for life.

 

[Twizzle]

Some of you people really don't think do you?

Not agreeing with you is not necessarily not thinking

Its called an opposing view

 

[strider]

No freakin way. Why should any player have an unfair advantage over our players just because they are HUGE? That is the point of paying him to play for us. Due to his advantageous assets and abilities. Don't be ridiculous. Why bring him back to the herd?

If they can't tackle him legally, then good, we score and they lick their wounds. That is call professional sport. I never heard anything so ridiculous, a player or team should be ok with giving away their edge over an opponent?

Some of you people really don't think do you?

Im not saying its ok to shoulder charge sivo and no one else ... shoulder charge any f**ker

 

[T.S Quint]

Im not saying its ok to shoulder charge sivo and no one else ... shoulder charge any f**ker

Well at the moment it’s against the rules.
I’d be happy with the rules changed back, but I don’t think that’s going to happen.

 

[T.S Quint]

There’s only one way to settle this.

@Blackwhitegold, what do you think of all this?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I value @Blackwhitegold's opinion because it's unbiased.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Why won't @Blackwhitegold answer some of our questions!