The Bunker

[carlosthedwarf]

Jamie Lyon falling over tonight being counted as an obstruction was a joke.

 

[The Moist Captain]

The concept of the bunker and the technology are sound. Unfortunately the improvements in technology have been more than negated by a proportional increase in stupidity of the human beings running the show.

 

[Card Shark]

No other sport f**ks up video refs like the NRL. Cricket tries hard to be as bad, but still lags in this regard.

Rugby & NFL don't have these constant f**k ups.

The NRL bunker is a joke. Don't try and fix it. End it.

& when your team gets a dud call on a try (that the bunker would've picked up), you will be crying.

They get most calls right but they do have some weird ones too.

Not bad enough to lose it though.

 

[POPEYE]

The concept of the bunker and the technology are sound. Unfortunately the improvements in technology have been more than negated by a proportional increase in stupidity of the human beings running the show.

Exactly, the process is flawed because the level of competency has not yet reached expectations . . . the trick will be getting the NRL to understand that

 

[big hit!]

NRL is run by a bunch of clowns- a sport that constantly changes the rules whilst at the same time ignoring most of the rules.

I have watched the games this week where we have untold forward passes ( is the touch busy counting the crowd instead of watching the games) penalty kicks which are taken six to seven metres over the mark, players in front of the kicker being disregards because its been a kick downfield, players when tackled stepping two metres downfield everytime, markers are only not squared when they dive on the ball from marker, I could go on- the point is when you don't referee the rules you have lose control of the game. The refs need to be in charged and ref all the rules , make the players play to the rules, the refs need to have fear from the players that they will penalise players if they break the rules.

If the players think they may be penalised they wont be so keen to break the rules. And when both teams play by the rules we will get a better game.

The trouble is I can't see the refs having the "nads" to do this. Some coach may get upset and cry, and it will be our fault. If they watch the game and ref it onfield, you will get less of the bunkers interference.

The fear at the NRL is that if the game was officiated properly by the on field refs, then you'd have rugby union.

Touch footy and a near enough is good enough approach is apparently more exciting. Forget that the mongs end up wasting 20 minutes of everyone's life each game allowing tries to be scored or length of the field movements to continue for the excitement of it when an obvious indiscretion has been committed by the attacking team and it as all for nothing.......unless it was a forward pass. They just don't get called by anyone any more.

This game has become frustrating to watch, and the powers that be are taking the piss out of the heritage of the game, and the fans who follow it.

 

[Parra]

& when your team gets a dud call on a try (that the bunker would've picked up), you will be crying.

They get most calls right but they do have some weird ones too.

Not bad enough to lose it though.

Put up with it for 40 years without an issue. Point being that mistakes have always been made - used to be instant, now we have to endure the same mistake being made three times, by multiple people over a two minute period with a KFC ad for good measure.

I have no idea why any sport would introduce this mess into the game.

It might make an interesting mid-week TV show, but it is messing with the game.

 

[kbw]

I wonder what would happen if for one week the idiots at Ch9 just stopped whinging and complaining about the referee and the bunker.

They really are annoying and quite often wrong

 

[Perth Red]

That's the biggest problem imo. Constant replays of every decision then commentary for minutes afterwards,made despite the fact they are often wrong, leads to a perception of people,watching on tv that the refs keep getting everything wrong. I simply do not need or want to see a replay of a player dropping a ball or making a mistake.
I watched a ch9 game from 1994 the other day and it was bliss as had hardly any replays and the commentators didn't want to ref the game!

 

[Paullyboy]

The biggest problem is that cross-eyed clowns like Luke patten are pressing the buttons. He's proven time and time again that he just guesses, but this is rugby league and it's more important to give old boys a job than it is to get things right.

 

[Parra]

That's the biggest problem imo. Constant replays of every decision then commentary for minutes afterwards,made despite the fact they are often wrong, leads to a perception of people,watching on tv that the refs keep getting everything wrong. I simply do not need or want to see a replay of a player dropping a ball or making a mistake.
I watched a ch9 game from 1994 the other day and it was bliss as had hardly any replays and the commentators didn't want to ref the game!

I watched 1986 Parra v Canterbury semi on Friday. In addition to the superior footy being played, the flow of the game and the quick, decisive refereeing was very noticeable.

The commentators didn't have time to carry on like pork chops, they were too busy calling the game which only slowed down for injury or tries.

 

[BM1979]

I watched 1986 Parra v Canterbury semi on Friday. In addition to the superior footy being played, the flow of the game and the quick, decisive refereeing was very noticeable.

The commentators didn't have time to carry on like pork chops, they were too busy calling the game which only slowed down for injury or tries.

I loved the five metre rule. You actually had to play football to make metres and score tries, none of this 4 dummy half runs a decoy play and kick for the winger

 

[Cloud]

Ban decoy runners.

 

[Barkley]

Dragons were ripped off....that was a try all day everyday. Another bunker blunder

 

[--Storm--]

the bunker may survive but Luke Patten will be looking for a job come seasons end.

 

[bileduct]

Ban decoy runners.

After the farce with Jamie Lyon it's gotten to that point.

Milking the obstruction rule has turned the game into a complete joke.

 

[Perth Red]

Bunker got it 100% right on both occasions. Everyone wants consistency and the bunker is now making decisions consistently rather than subjectively about if the defender was impeded enough to give a penalty. On fox they are going off about it again at HT but the bunker is right, rule is dummy runner can't impede a defender, not faking hard to understand!

 

[carlosthedwarf]

The bunker is fine

The bunkers interpretation of the obstruction rule is a joke and needs to be changed

 

[Leber]

The bunker is fine

The bunkers interpretation of the obstruction rule is a joke and needs to be changed

This.

By the rules, what we have seen were clear no tries.
This decision wasn't wrong, the rules are.

 

[thorson1987]

The bunker is fine

The bunkers interpretation of the obstruction rule is a joke and needs to be changed

Ding ding ding.

Didn't Patten cop a spray off archer after using common sense on a possible obstruction last week in the storm v warriors game.

 

[Perth Red]

So you want the alternative which is the bunker /ref has to subjectively decide if a defender was so impeded it effected play? How's that going to help, that opens up every decision to opinion. At least this way it is black and white. Impede a defender at all and it's a penalty.

The game got by just fine for 90 years without dummy runners!