Round 2 vs Penrith

[Smug Panther]

Burgess was not even close to a sin bin / penalty yes

Your back up 7 had to go off and shouldn't of been allowed back on after playing dead

He rose quicker than Jesus when you got the penalty

You got the calls you got the win so f##k off back to the Panthers forum

Shame it's less than 0% chance we play again in 2022 sweetie

 

[St Tangles]

Shame it's less than 0% chance we play again in 2022 sweetie

Moderators should weed the trolls out of our forum

Don't mind supporters of other teams who add value

This wanker is only here to stir the pot

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

Shame it's less than 0% chance we play again in 2022 sweetie

Your 3 tries against the spoon favourites were from a chargedown and two crash plays with 14 on 12.

I sense the panthers downward spiral has begun.

 

[St Tangles]

Your 3 tries against the spoon favourites were from a chargedown and two crash plays with 14 on 12.

I sense the panthers downward spiral has begun.

They will compete this year but with the Roosters at full strength and Melbourne farewelling a few players after this year and maybe the coach Penrith won't win it.

Next year they lose more players that's when the big slide begins

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

They will compete this year but with the Roosters at full strength and Melbourne farewelling a few players after this year and maybe the coach Penrith won't win it.

Next year they lose more players that's when the big slide begins

And Crichton will totally lose all form and end up at Huddersfield.

 

[Gourley's Socks]

Moderators should weed the trolls out of our forum

Don't mind supporters of other teams who add value

This wanker is only here to stir the pot

And his maths is incorrect.

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

Anyway I don’t think he’s a troll. No doubt he’s smug. Not a troll.

 

[mickeylane]

Nikorima was horrible against us 2 weeks ago

Much better off sticking with Amone

I’m only thinking of experienced no 6 .. Nikorima Is a good player did have an average game as did Ben hunt in that game …

 

[dannyt]

Shame it's less than 0% chance we play again in 2022 sweetie

You don't think the riff will make the 8? That's sad.

 

[dannyt]

Moderators should weed the trolls out of our forum

Don't mind supporters of other teams who add value

This wanker is only here to stir the pot

Meh. It's better trolling here than the usual riff pastimes.

 

[BLM01]

Can someone explain to me (unless it was a NRL directive) why the sin bin stopped getting used after our game. (especially plenty of incidents on report sort of similar to Sua's so clled late hit)

 

[SBD82]

Can someone explain to me (unless it was a NRL directive) why the sin bin stopped getting used after our game. (especially plenty of incidents on report sort of similar to Sua's so clled late hit)

This is purely guesswork, but I’ve seen similar situations play out plenty of times.

Ref makes an obvious mistake. All of the refs in the ranks are aware of it. Management backs the ref publicly but internally puts out a statement about the incident and why it was incorrect. All of the other refs want to avoid the same mistake, and end up over cautious.

For me, the core of the issue is this: the refs train, and have tip sheets on players. Those tip sheets can include things along the lines of “Josh Kerr doesn’t play the ball with his foot” or “Jayden Sua hits playmakers late”.

The reasoning behind this for the referees is that they should be aware of the tendencies of players so that they can be aware and monitor for them. But I would argue that this creates an unconscious bias against the players that have been identified, and causes the refs to over police some players and miss others’ transgressions.

I honestly think the entire refereeing system needs an overhaul. New ways to train that don’t promote unconscious bias would be a great start, and moving on a certain family that holds too much power in the refs would also be a great move in my opinion.

 

[Mojo]

Burgess was not even close to a sin bin / penalty yes

Your back up 7 had to go off and shouldn't of been allowed back on after playing dead

He rose quicker than Jesus when you got the penalty

You got the calls you got the win so f##k off back to the Panthers forum

Jesus took three days and everyone believed he was dead. He also didn't stay on the field.
He might have made a good halfback and he would have had to play for Saints.

 

[Willow]

Moderators should weed the trolls out of our forum

Don't mind supporters of other teams who add value

This wanker is only here to stir the pot

It's the game thread and you'll always get one bored child. @Smug Panther fits the bill. Quite frankly, it's not even decent trolling so just ignore it.

 

[Dragon David]

This is purely guesswork, but I’ve seen similar situations play out plenty of times.

Ref makes an obvious mistake. All of the refs in the ranks are aware of it. Management backs the ref publicly but internally puts out a statement about the incident and why it was incorrect. All of the other refs want to avoid the same mistake, and end up over cautious.

For me, the core of the issue is this: the refs train, and have tip sheets on players. Those tip sheets can include things along the lines of “Josh Kerr doesn’t play the ball with his foot” or “Jayden Sua hits playmakers late”.

The reasoning behind this for the referees is that they should be aware of the tendencies of players so that they can be aware and monitor for them. But I would argue that this creates an unconscious bias against the players that have been identified, and causes the refs to over police some players and miss others’ transgressions.

I honestly think the entire refereeing system needs an overhaul. New ways to train that don’t promote unconscious bias would be a great start, and moving on a certain family that holds too much power in the refs would also be a great move in my opinion.

This is how I see it as well. But again, we still copped it. Will they now relent and not scrutinise us too much in the next game we play?

 

[OneEyedDragon]

This is how I see it as well. But again, we still copped it. Will they now relent and not scrutinise us too much in the next game we play?

Unfortunately, that is not likely. Dragons are the first game on Thursday night. They will get hammered for some minor infringement again. On Friday the refs will realise that they went too far, so will back off for the rest of the round. It does get depressing! (Maybe I am being too pessimistic? )

 

[blacksafake]

Can someone explain to me (unless it was a NRL directive) why the sin bin stopped getting used after our game. (especially plenty of incidents on report sort of similar to Sua's so clled late hit)

I got nothing

 

[blacksafake]

What happened to the play the ball properly they cracked down on in the first round?
I don’t recall seeing any penalties on the weekend

 

[Dracarys]

Moderators should weed the trolls out of our forum

Don't mind supporters of other teams who add value

This wanker is only here to stir the pot

It's the game thread and you'll always get one bored child. @Smug Panther fits the bill. Quite frankly, it's not even decent trolling so just ignore it.

Smug Panther - I think the S is silent.

 

[Harry Bath]

Can someone explain to me (unless it was a NRL directive) why the sin bin stopped getting used after our game. (especially plenty of incidents on report sort of similar to Sua's so clled late hit)

The Dragons management and coaches need to stop being the nice meek guys, stand up for your players yell and scream for your players like Robinson, Hasler and Bellamy