Mate I have said a few times the refs have a preconceived idea of who should win the games. They are not biased against us but there is no doubt they officiate us differently because of our position on the ladder. Its not just us though. Other lower ranked teams also cop it.Wow those are big numbers, the part I can't get my head around is how disciplined every team are against us only what a joke. I counted at least 8 more set restarts we should of got yesterday if the refs are consistent
Even IF everything you say is true, I can name the same number of players in other teams who are just as bad or even worse. As for picking on individual players, Meaney 1 infringement, Schoupp no infringements, Hetherington no infringements, Jackson no infringements, even Napa and Thompson only had 2, interestingly so did Averillo, so hardly serial offenders in this game.Our attack is non existent. We cant motor up field like other teams, we have no dominance and the same dumb dumbs repeatedly give the oppostion procession.
We spend alot of the season trapped in our half defending so how else is it going to play out.
Napa, Hetho, Thomo always good for infringements.
Jacko good for giving penalties on our line.
I look at those figures I see ill discipline.
How many infringements Schoupp, Meanie made? Its usually the same blokes.
All clubs have to play within the stupid rules. I doubt there would be as much wining about refs if we were top 4 team.
Winners dont play the victim.
Fair enough, I was just giving my opinion on the matter.Even IF everything you say is true, I can name the same number of players in other teams who are just as bad or even worse. As for picking on individual players, Meaney 1 infringement, Schoupp no infringements, Hetherington no infringements, Jackson no infringements, even Napa and Thompson only had 2, interestingly so did Averillo, so hardly serial offenders in this game.
I look at the figures and see refs picking out our players in general, it doesn't matter which player, they just find one and penalise them. I must say I was very impressed with Hetherington's discipline, not one infringement, which considering how much of a target he is for referees is a damn good effort. In the top 20 most penalised NRL players we have one, same as Melbourne, how is it that the team who invented the most despised tackling techniques (grapple tackle, chicken wing, rolling pin, hip drop, crusher, crocodile rolls, cannon balls, ankle twists etc) continually get away with it?
To be frank it's impossible for Cronulla to be perfect and not give away one single penalty in 80 minutes in what was a contested game.
Winners aren't the victim, so there is no card for them to play.
Always a Bulldog
It is the Greatest Shame of All...Some wonder why the game has been on the decline for yearsTook us 3 games or so at the start of the year to get our 1st penalty of the season. Here we are again 3 games without a penalty.
Listen to Sutton call our players out of tackles on nearly every play yesterday. It was basically coaching the Sharks on where to run. If they actually took advantsge they easily would have put 60 on us. There were sets where he called atleast one player out of the play on every single tackle.
Our linespeed is non existent yet we get targeted for inside the 10 when the opposition is clearly pushing limits in that regard yet we struggle to receive a single restart for inside 10.
It just fucking stinks week after week.
Totally agreeMate I have said a few times the refs have a preconceived idea of who should win the games. They are not biased against us but there is no doubt they officiate us differently because of our position on the ladder. Its not just us though. Other lower ranked teams also cop it.
The 6 again calls have only added to this
I don't think it's the position on the ladder though because we have put up with this crap for at least 30 years now. It's WAY past time we drew a line in the sand & said:Mate I have said a few times the refs have a preconceived idea of who should win the games. They are not biased against us but there is no doubt they officiate us differently because of our position on the ladder. Its not just us though. Other lower ranked teams also cop it.
The 6 again calls have only added to this