'Simply not good enough': Annesley tells refs to lift their game

[myrrh ken]

Lol, 'mental gymnastics some people will do' while trying to explain how a 2m forward pass is backwards.

I'm also a player and know quite easily how flick passes can go forward. The way he flicked it could quite easily end up with it going forward, which is what happened. And 2 metres forward is generous.

Look at it, his hand is facing the f**king sideline. His forward momentum is also significantly slowed as he is being tackled. He passes it and it goes forward, end of discussion. I mean I know rugby league fans have very little common sense but use your f**king brain.

If the geniuses were right about the way he flicked it meaning it had to go backwards, then the ball would have no chance of floating forward at all. If it is legitimately propelled backwards out of the back of the hand it would go backwards even with momentum, it's not like a regular two handed spiral pass. But he didn't, he passed it perpendicular to the sideline and it went forward. Get over it.

Def did not travel 2 metres forward. Closer to 1 metre. Maybe the fact that he releases in front of his body exaggerates the distance.

The ball is released out the back of his hand. Check the photo.

There is also forward momentum in him promoting his arm forward in attempting to slip it back.

 

[mave]

Why didnt he just pass to his left to the unmarked inside man ?

Could have saved a lot of furious typing all week.

 

[Springs09]

Def did not travel 2 metres forward. Closer to 1 metre. Maybe the fact that he releases in front of his body exaggerates the distance.

The ball is released out the back of his hand. Check the photo.

There is also forward momentum in him promoting his arm forward in attempting to slip it back.

Yeah, out of the back of his hand that's facing the sideline. The back of his hand is not facing backwards. He is not throwing it backwards.

You don't get forward momentum from sticking your arm forward to throw it backwards. I mean ffs.

 

[Last Week]

fun strawman

Well, Warriors fans would know all about clutching at straws...

 

[Frailty]

Definitely some whinging. We all need a good whinge when you get rogered like that.
Good thing is we had dozens of neutrals on the game day thread whinging along with us.
And Annesley agreed the whole debacle was worth the whinge and demoted all the refs from the game.
Throw in a solid core of whinging by the pundits and journos on NRL tv and the major rags, it was definitely an all round whinge fest - far beyond warrior fans.

...except a chunk of Eels supporters on here who for some really f**king bizarre reason feel personally affronted that most people think the warriors were hard done by.

They got the rub of the green with a special ending, but get all angry about it. Knobheads.

Yeah, except my comment was a reference to a good ol' Monty Betham claiming the Warriors have copped it for 25 years. I also take issue with Buzz Rothfield claiming it cost them a spot in the finals.

It's just pathetic whinging.

 

[Springs09]

Yeah, except my comment was a reference to a good ol' Monty Betham claiming the Warriors have copped it for 25 years. I also take issue with Buzz Rothfield claiming it cost them a spot in the finals.

It's just pathetic whinging.

People just don't understand. It's not the multiple games we played like complete arse that cost us a spot in the finals, it's the 2 or 3 poor ref decisions in this one game.

 

[Meth]

People just don't understand. It's not the multiple games we played like complete arse that cost us a spot in the finals, it's the 2 or 3 poor ref decisions in this one game.

Not even close to what warriors fans are thinking you bloody obtuse idiot

 

[myrrh ken]

the whinging about the whinging is loudest of all

 

[Saxon]

Only cause Flash Roger was going the speed of light. Of course the ball will travel forward after going backward out of the hand, its physics doh.

...Edit but I reckon it was forward.

Edit 2: But NRL refs would let that go nine times out of ten. And 99/100 times for Melbourne, Broncos or Roosters...

And that one time in a hundred for Melbourne Sutton has admitted he got wrong...
https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/08/01/sutton-tells-bellamy-wrong-call-made-on-olam-pass/

 

[T-Boon]

the whinging about the whinging is loudest of all

Yep. I am the only one coming up with great solutions.
Everybody should follow the example I set. For every problem you identify, offer a solution.

 

[TheDMC]

Yep. I am the only one coming up with great solutions.
Everybody should follow the example I set. For every problem you identify, offer a solution.

Okay, here is one, iif a try is scored and the ref wants to check a forward pass in the lead up (after the previous completed tackle) the bunker numpties should check and rule on it.

Its what they do in Union and it works absolutely fine, the NRL video refs have enough angles to make a call. Only issue is they are f**king geniused.

 

[Vee]

...the NRL video refs have enough angles to make a call. Only issue is they are f**king geniused.

That's the Bunker out then.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

And that one time in a hundred for Melbourne Sutton has admitted he got wrong...
https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/08/01/sutton-tells-bellamy-wrong-call-made-on-olam-pass/

What a joke, how many games have the Storm one from dodgy decisions? You can be certain Bernie wouldn't ring the coaches on the receiving end. You can be certain that whoever is refereeing the Storm this weekend will be told in no uncertain terms to ensure the Storm don't have any decisions go against them.

 

[mave]

Manly had two or three flat passes called foward throughout the same match. I must have missed Bellamy crying about that.

Not to mention the ridiculous "obstruction" no try against Manly.

EAD Bellamy, although he is correct when he points out that we seem to be forever having mid season blitzes on particular things, that disappear after 3 weeks.

 

[Timmah]

Nah, my team is harder done by than your team so NER

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Bunker was back at it last night. Wouldn't have changed the result but considering it was the first set they hadn't made an error on in the attacking 20 and did it to near perfection and still got it taken off them it definitely took some air out of the tyres

 

[Frailty]

Bunker was back at it last night. Wouldn't have changed the result but considering it was the first set they hadn't made an error on in the attacking 20 and did it to near perfection and still got it taken off them it definitely took some air out of the tyres

28-4 loss where the team is clearly outplayed, and Green wants to complain about the referees.

This game really has a bad culture for blaming the referees that it really needs to get over.

 

[moffla]

What a joke, how many games have the Storm one from dodgy decisions? You can be certain Bernie wouldn't ring the coaches on the receiving end. You can be certain that whoever is refereeing the Storm this weekend will be told in no uncertain terms to ensure the Storm don't have any decisions go against them.

Nah, he's never apologised to another coach.

NRL admits crucial ref error in Manly loss - 21 April 2019

(Manly coach) Des Hasler has been advised accordingly.

 

[TheDMC]

Nah, my team is harder done by than your team so NER

Is that a LU editorial piece? Yikes...

 

[Timmah]

Is that a LU editorial piece? Yikes...

*an