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Sydney Roosters, protected species. Cows screwed again

Did Lui knock-on?

  • Yes

    Votes: 136 67.7%
  • No

    Votes: 65 32.3%

  • Total voters
    201

gregstar

Referee
Messages
20,465
either way.

at 30-zip, thank f*ck that was the ending. the game was heading down the sh*tter otherwise.
 

kit66

Bench
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4,062
I refuse to read this thread because I know it will be full of the following:
1) crackpot Queenslanders who think the worlds against them.
2) dickheads with no idea about the game who think that a ref error in the 3rd minute of a game decides the outcome
3) wankers who think that an organisation like the NRL has a conspiracy against teams just because the result the wankers wanted didn't go their way
4) cockgobblers who call refs cheats or think that their is a fix on, again because what they want to happen didn't eventuate.
5) brain dead f**ks who think that just because Phil Gould says something it must be true despite the fact that he says things just so he can be contrary to opinion.
6) the usual LU trolls.

It was a knock on every day of the week since the game started and both the on field ref and video ref made the correct call. That it was in the 79th minute and by the cowboys is purely coincidental.

The cowboys lost the match because for the first 30 minutes their minds and bodies were still in Townsville.

The fact that it was Lui makes it karma.

Yep, a forgone conclusion that if the Cowboys lost, by any margin let alone a close game, all the drama queens would be screaming controversy no matter the circumstances of the loss.

Knock on, bad luck Cows. The only ridiculous call last night was Lockyer saying the better team lost, an oxymoron and simply not the the case. The Cows were gifted 2 tries and scored a third after a forward pass everyone saw but the ref and still couldn't conjure a win. They've only got themselves to blame.
Thurston plays great at SOO level with a lot of cool heads around him but not so good when it's him running the show, too panicky and un-composed.
I tipped the Cows to win but should have known better, no-one chokes like the Cows in finals matches.
 

Canard

Immortal
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35,719
Thurston played one of the best halves of all time.

The controversy angle is being overplayed by LU members to deliberately bait Cowboys fans. There isn't any big media crack up or massive outrage.

They came back from 30 nil, that's a story. Great game of Footy.
 

aqua_duck

Coach
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18,640
How have you determined that Lui's arm is way behind the yellow line from that image alone? The essence of this incident for me is Lui's body position. If he is facing his own in goal line, which he is, then how can you knock the ball on (unless you bat the ball back over your head)? Also keep in mind that the ball is allowed to bounce forward as long as it was initially propelled backwards; that is not a knock on.

Whichever way Lui's is facing is irrelevant, did the ball hit his forearm? Yes, did the ball then go forward from his forearm, pictures aren't 100% conclusive the call has to stay with the original decision
 

Brutus

Referee
Messages
26,355
You've lost me. f**king horseshit league

Nevermind the Lui knock on, what about all the shit decisions or lack of decisions in the 10 mins beforehand.

f**k I feel sorry for the Cowboys. It was a great comeback and they were the better side.
 

aqua_duck

Coach
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18,640
Nevermind the Lui knock on, what about all the shit decisions or lack of decisions in the 10 mins beforehand.

f**k I feel sorry for the Cowboys. It was a great comeback and they were the better side.

What about the Gavin Cooper try where the dummy half throws the ball about a metre forward in the lead up to that? If you want to focus on bad calls why not point out all the bad calls not just the ones that went against the cowboys?
 

KeepingTheFaith

Referee
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25,235
First thought was knock on and haven't seen anything to change my mind. Unfortunate because it would have been a great finish, but it was pretty clear IMO.
 

beave

Coach
Messages
15,680
We lost that game in the first 30mins. No excuses. Great game, well done (but f$&@ you) chooks.


End of story.
 

The Engineers Room

First Grade
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8,945
Upsetting that Lui knocked on but that is just the luck of the game. What a finish it would have been if he didn't get his hand to the ball.

But my complaint is that In the SBW no try he lost the ball but they gave it back to him and that's when they kicked the field goal.
 

Perth Red

Post Whore
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70,124
Thurston fluffed it, again. Should have taken the field goal with 7minleft but another last tackle poor decision.
 

Perth Red

Post Whore
Messages
70,124
This is getting ridiculous. The ball hit his arm and went forward. Easy knock on call and the hysteria and bitterness from some people is quite sad and the way the newspapers are reporting it as the wrong call to feed that hysteria is pathetic and a disgrace.

Yep. No problem with the call, I actually thought the ref called it in play, I'm sure he blew his whistle?
 

macnaz

Moderator
Staff member
Messages
8,493
Not 1 single penalty to the Cows in the whole 2nd half , even with all the momentum their way ?
 

beave

Coach
Messages
15,680
My only disappointment with the refs was the lack of policing late hits on the kicker.

We did get the rub of the green in a few aspects, forward passes and the mini tackle mid air, but that one aspect with the tackles on our kickers after they had kicked is my only gripe with the refs.
 

Chook

First Grade
Messages
5,655
All your whining is like an aged red, succulent, aromatic and savoury.

Go Easts.

Chook.
 

Gmac

Juniors
Messages
757
The biggest disappointment from this is that due to the crappiness of the teams left (including mine) and the inconsistency of the Roosters, the cow boys have handed souths a premiership.
 

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