Ref Watch 2014 (aka the Skeepe Thread)

[tumbidragon]

Gotta earn that KFC money.

The cynic in me says you're not too far off the mark.

 

[bottle]

I have grown to loathe the VR.
Was a fan at first, not anymore.

 

[Meth]

Watching the Broncos v Titans. What are the qualifications needed to be a linesmen? I think you could put 8 year olds out there with a flag and it wouldn't make a difference. Or just recruit one of the dads from each of the teams before the game. The first Broncos try, he was a half a meter in from the touchline and the linesman was in perfect position to see this, yet we still go up to the video ref?

 

[Packy]

How about Barbas' knock back to stop a 40_20 and.he took about 62 steps outside the field.

 

[This Year?]

How about Barbas' knock back to stop a 40_20 and.he took about 62 steps outside the field.

I saw that and laughed. Our officials are amateur.

 

[thorson1987]

How about Barbas' knock back to stop a 40_20 and.he took about 62 steps outside the field.

Wasn't that touchie from QLD Cup last year was it?

 

[Meth]

Also, how bad was that voluntary tackle?

 

[Rhino_NQ]

touchies are going above and beyond to do as little as possible. Not back in the old days when checcin was given a few years back on the sidelines and was a given to come on the field to report something and get his hand in as many decisions as he could to make himself noticed

 

[TheDalek079]

What's the go with the Mbye no try? right call?

 

[El Diablo]

wrong call

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Terrible call. I've seen them give much worse.

 

[POPEYE]

Roosters might give away too many penalties but some of those awarded against them are f**king girlish by the referees . . . almost at a stage where the pinkies think not many supporters, who'll listen if they complain

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Roosters might give away too many penalties but some of those awarded against them are f**king girlish by the referees . . . almost at a stage where the pinkies think not many supporters, who'll listen if they complain

Spot on Pop

 

[God-King Dean]

Correct decision. Clearly separation.

I understand the confusion as they always change it, but it's been the rule all year.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

What's the go with the Mbye no try? right call?

I thought it probably should have been awarded. Klein did his best though to give them the game though.. He is probably the most one sided ref in the comp. There is no attempt to be neutral when he has us.

 

[Twatface Magee]

Bloke can't even push the right button when there's only 2 of them.
How would he have gone when there were several others there as well for the decision after a no try, scrum, penalty, etc.

I say 6 weeks.

 

[POPEYE]

They make enough real mistakes without condemning them for an accident . . . someone in the cave may contribute

 

[Danish]

There are 2 video refs so I'm pretty sure they control a button each.

We need to know show as working the green knob to figure out whose to blame here :sarcasm:

In all seriousness though, would the video ref actually control this? I feel like it would be a stadium employee rather than the actual refs controlling the big screen

 

[Twatface Magee]

The best part is Ennis seeing it come up No Try and for some reason goes over to complain to the ref.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxHmRdutkc

 

[Paullyboy]

The NRL has some serious issues. Referees are simply diabolical. It's at the point where it's hard to justify caring about a neutral game because you know the game will be riddled with such crap from the blokes in pink. I didn't even watch the game last night, but just saw enough howlers on the highlights package to know we have a serious problem.