Exactly.... or when Ric Flair kisses Miss Elizabeth without consent, it’s sexual assault, but when the good guy kisses the evil female manager without consent, it’s the feel good moment of the summer.
I'm not miffed - I think it is outright corruption. Once or twice you could say it's bias but when different referees do the same dishonest thing every week, it's the only answer I can come up with.Link: Barrett miffed by Bulldogs' penalty woes
Barrett miffed by Bulldogs' penalty woes
Scott Bailey
Canterbury coach Trent Barrett claims he is at a loss as to why his team is penalised so harshly by NRL referees, arguing South Sydney "had to earn nothing" in their 32-24 win over the Bulldogs.
© Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS Bulldogs coach Trent Barrett was perplexed about the refereeing and the Lachlan Lewis incident.
Just a month after claiming he would seek a please-explain from the NRL after the Bulldogs loss to Parramatta, Barrett again pointed to a lopsided penalty count against his side on Sunday.
"There are a lot of things. We made far too many yardage errors tonight ... We only had four good-ball sets the whole game," Barrett said.
"Again we're on the end of a 7-1 six-to-go (count) again, on the end of 7-3 penalties again.
"They had to earn nothing, and so we're sitting here again in the same position.
"How we are that much worse, or ill-disciplined in that area, with the six-to-gos and the penalties, I just don't know."
Statistically, the Bulldogs have been on the bad end of penalty counts this year.
They have won just five counts in 17 matches, while the 87 they have conceded this year compared to 60 earned makes for the biggest negative differential against one side.
When asked after the Rabbitohs loss if he believed the penalties were being determined based on ladder position, Barrett responded "you know I can't answer that".
Meanwhile, Barrett also wanted answers on what made Lachlan Lewis snap on halftime after he tackled Cody Walker to the ground as players were walking from the field.
The incident saw Lewis sin-binned as South Sydney score eight points while he was off the field, which ended up being the final margin.
Barrett said the result couldn't be blamed on Lewis being binned, but questioned if a player could be punished like that after the whistle had been blown.
"I didn't know you could get 10 minutes in the walking off at halftime," Barrett said.
"He didn't hit him or anything but obviously something's happened.
"It was disappointing, but that wasn't the reason we lost the game.
"We had our chances to win it. Every time we went down there, we troubled them. The sad thing for us is we only got down there four times."
yep Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dumb.
No it started before that when Bill Harrigan came along. He's had something against us from the start & passed it on down the line.
We endlessly get both the worst refs in the game, Cummins (who I don't recall ever winning with him) and the worst ref in history, Sutton (only his brother was as bad but had the sense to give it away)
I’d rather we try and slow the ruck down as other teams also do and cop six agains that let them roll us through the middle and put a cricket score on us. Also can’t imagine other teams are squeaky clean compared to us in the ruck and being offside. … unless you’re referring to Jack Hetherington?
Well said. Even opposition fans can see it.
The question about penalties and ladder positions is fairly significant.
Both Sutton's have done both those things with penalty counts with us well before this season. The 2018 game against the Broncos at Suncorp when the 2 of them had the whistle being a prime example.
I have been seeing that way as well. Not just this year. It's the "non-decisions" that don't go your way that are the most frustrating.
When Harrigan became head of referees he introduced "tip sheets" on teams advising ref's what to look out for in teams and players. Basically he was refereeing from his office.
It's a bit of a chicken or the egg conundrum. If you complain through the correct channels are ref's going to make things worse or will things get better for a while. Who knows. At least Baz has done something positive.
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There's always one team penalised more then the other. Most of the time anyway. Sure, most of the time that is us! But at some point the team needs to own their mistakes and stop blaming others.
Tip sheets are still around for the refs but they are now supplied by the betting agencies.
Correct & tips sheets is one reason Corey Hughes had to leave because he was being penalised based on past reputation. Harrigan seemed to have something against us from the get go, I wish I knew what it was. And because of his authoritative personality it seemed to rub off on other referees as well.
I really think it's an avenue worth pursuing because it can't get much worse than it is now. Some of our new players are going to be in for a shock next season particularly JAC coming from Melbourne who seem to be protected for some reason.