Week 3: Preliminary finals 21/9-22/9 2018

[I'm a loser baby...]

How did he miss? Chooks choking!

Good call

 

[Kornstar]

So the 2 GF teams will be going to the judiciary this week for 2 very important players to their teams.

 

[Eelogical]

Both games this weekend haven't really reached any heights. On a side note, all the teams have dropped out in succession (to this point) based on their position going into the finals. Come in money spinner.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

So the 2 GF teams will be going to the judiciary this week for 2 very important players to their teams.

If they get to suspend Friend then it might just make it a bit easier to suspend Billy too.

 

[Snoochies]

What a crappy grand final. Can't jump on board either team.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Ah ffs. Right decision by Reynolds though.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Oh well, even we could score against the roosters ...,,,

 

[Eelectrica]

Trent Robinson is a tactical genius. Roosters had no right to win this game.
They're gonna win the GF. No doubt.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Oh well, even we could score against the roosters ...,,,

Which makes us the third best team this year.

 

[Eelogical]

Ah ffs. Right decision by Reynolds though.

Yep. But, Souths have fallen to the fatigue syndrome like the Sharks did last night. The other finals games before them were only setting them up for the big fall. I thought Souths were a chance tonight but I concede to having stupid thoughts at times.

 

[Eelogical]

Trent Robinson is a tactical genius. Roosters had no right to win this game.
They're gonna win the GF. No doubt.

I'm confused. Why didn't the Roosters have a right to win this game? Minor premiers, that should count for something. As far as winning the GF is concerned, it's a 50/50.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Trent Robinson is a tactical genius. Roosters had no right to win this game.
They're gonna win the GF. No doubt.

If slater is playing they're about as much hope as we were against the cows in Thurston's last home game.

 

[Eelogical]

If they get to suspend Friend then it might just make it a bit easier to suspend Billy too.

 

[TheParraboy]

Ah ffs. Right decision by Reynolds though.

with about 20min left, souths got a couple of penalties
score was 8-4, should have gone to 8-6
instead they made errors

 

[Eelogical]

 

[Eelementary]

Well it obviously isn't enough of a deterrent or he wouldn't have done it. And for the third time, I have never said that Slater should play. He broke the rules as they currently exist and should receive the applicable punishment.
Since when did stamping out grubby play in the lead up to a grand final become an issue? Or is it more that people don't like Slater (I sure don't), and don't want to see an exception made for him to complete this bullshit fairytale? Which is an entirely different argument.
My point is simply that different games have different values. To use a number of games suspension as a punishment, as though they all have equal value, is nonsensical to me.

I disagree.

While a Grand Final is a more important match than a regular season game, committing an act of foul play, which would ordinarily result in a one-match ban during the regular season, in a Grand Final Qualifier should still incur the same penalty.

If you don't want to miss the Grand Final, then play by the rules.

In my opinion, an offence should carry the same penalty weight, regardless of when it occurs - otherwise, how does it serve as a deterrent (which is the whole point of suspensions in the first place)?

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

with about 20min left, souths got a couple of penalties
score was 8-4, should have gone to 8-6
instead they made errors

I missed that but yeah, these days, and particularly in such a tight game, take the two! Always.

 

[Eelogical]

with about 20min left, souths got a couple of penalties
score was 8-4, should have gone to 8-6
instead they made errors

They were under the pump. Was there a goal kicked tonight apart from the opening penalty goal?

 

[Eelogical]

I missed that but yeah, these days, and particularly in such a tight game, take the two! Always.

Said no Parramatta team, ever.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I disagree.

While a Grand Final is a more important match than a regular season game, committing an act of foul play, which would ordinarily result in a one-match ban during the regular season, in a Grand Final Qualifier should still incur the same penalty.

If you don't want to miss the Grand Final, then play by the rules.

In my opinion, an offence should carry the same penalty weight, regardless of when it occurs - otherwise, how does it serve as a deterrent (which is the whole point of suspensions in the first place)?

To me it isn't the same penalty, because all games aren't worth the same. Missing a finals game or an origin is a much greater penalty than missing a regular season game. So you can say they're both missing "a game" so it's fair but IMO it isn't. I remember a few years ago someone got suspended at the end of the season for a number of games and were allowed to count missed trial games as 'games'...just as nonsensical.
It's all good mate, I've had this rant before and I know my opinion is in the minority.