Xi I wonder who you are referring too?
I think its possible if 1 or 2 big boys get together. These rule changes are going to ensure that the struggling teams are going to remain just that struggling for ever and a day. Us and the Tigers in Sydney for a start, plus defunct clubs like the Bears, Newtown Illawara, and 1 more Sydney based team would be a good start.Actually there is a way. A breakaway super league with genuine traditional rules, but they'd have to do it soon before rugby league is lost to these fvcking stooges in charge.
Thanks for a well thoughtout post, Trent Barrett said in his mid week presser that prior to the rule changes every team which was struggling on the field, had an oppurtunity to regroup and fight back and sometines cause an upset. nowdays a fatigued struggling team has no chance of fighting back...I'd be prepared to argue that every rule change in the last ten or so years has pushed it towards being something the referees can manipulate. Rules need to be black and white, not open to interpretation by a referee and every change has opened up more grey areas for referee interpretation. This six again bullshit might just be the straw that broke the camels back for a lot of people. The six again just confuses people and life long fans of the game don't really take well to thinking they don't know why the fuck someone is being penalised.
The thing is though, if you're a Peter Vlandys who is only going to be involved in the game for 2-5 years, you don't give a shit if you upset the fans when the gambling sponsors are potentially going to pay bonuses if you allow themn to rig the games for maximum profit.
I hit the point early this season where I stopped even trying to watch our games let alone other games. The six again rules just took the contest out of it. Even vastly understrength teams could pull off upsets prior to this change, now it's virtually impossible when the refs can just blow repeat sets for reasons only they can see. Fatigue pretty much prevents those upsets and it's something they can easily control now. I think it's going to take a spectacular start to the season from our side for me to actually want to watch games again. I just have no interest in a rigged competition. Even if we're winning it'll be hard to feel good about it if it's due to referees giving us a leg up.
I also saw it in 2 other ways.Thanks for a well thoughtout post, Trent Barrett said in his mid week presser that prior to the rule changes every team which was struggling on the field, had an oppurtunity to regroup and fight back and sometines cause an upset. nowdays a fatigued struggling team has no chance of fighting back...
Another well thought out, direct, and straight to the point post Al Pal.If anyone knows the mailing address of the rugby league innovation committe please forward this to them for me.
Dear rugby league innovation committee.
It has come to my attention that once again plans have been afoot to add further changes to the game to make it more entertaining. As a fan of the game for the last 40 years, I can honestly say that it has never been less entertaining than it is in it's current state. If anything is clear from my time on league forums, fans would much rather you roll back many of the changes implemented in the last ten or so years that leave rules with referee interpretation. Rules need to be black and white.
I shall provide some examples
Shepphard- If you are in posession of the ball and run behind your team mate you lose posession. No such thing as "play wasn't affected". All interpretation does is create a shitfight where certain players will milk penalties by running into defenders while others won't get a penalty because the referee has interpreted that they wouldn't have gotten to the ball carrier anyway. A black and white rule of "you run behind a team mate and you are penalised and lose posession" would make fans happy because it's clear cut and applies to every team.
The repeat set rule needs to be scrapped completely. At no time in the history of the game has it felt like referees have more opportunity to sway a game. two to three teams fans may enjoy the spectacle of seeing their team rack up cricket scores week in week out, nearly every other teams fans hate the rules. There is no arm wrestle when referees in their 'infinite wisdom' (please note the words in speach marks are sarcasm) can continually give teams repeat sets on the fly with little to no explanation or time to adjust to the situation. We as fans aren't that desperate to see 30-60 unanswered points scored in a match if it's because one team is forced to make an extra 70 to 80 tackles because they get sloppy in technique after having started the game doing a mountain of defence.
In closing I'd like to say that the game that was played 20, 30, 40 years ago was a great product. Scrums were once an interesting sub competition, we fans enjoyed seeing some big hits and shoulder charges and the rules were clear cut. You didn't see poor sportmanship and diving used to draw penalties where grey areas gave referees discretion to award a penalty for something they didn't take notice of in the first instance. If in your infinite wisdom as a member of the innovation committee you feel the need to impement further gimmicks and new grey areas, please go buy your wife a 12 inch strap on dildo and insist that she use it forcefully on your rectum so you know how we as fans feel when you change our game.
Yours sincerely a soon to be former fan of rugby league.
It needs a cold boot.The game needs to be treated like a computer where you do a restart from the last point it was good. Mid to late 90's and very early 2000's was the last time the footy was good.
Hi chrisdog.Hi Sandra, big fan. Just wondering if you still get those baby penis facials.
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Sorry Sandra, I must be older that my birth certificate says, I though I knew what foreskins were and when they were cut off they were thrown away, but now I'm confusedHi chrisdog.
Thanks for your ongoing support. I appreciate all of my fans.
During these lockdowns, it's been particularly difficult to source babies' foreskins. My doctors have had to rely on Bondi Covid-breachers for supplies, on top of paying inflated prices for a high-in-demand product.
So to answer your question, yes I am still using baby foreskins albeit less liberally than I would have liked. But I will get through this.
We all can.
Sending positive vibes your way and to all my fans around the world.
Kind regards,
SB.
Great to hear. And by the way, if you are ever here in Australia, I have a toilet cubicle with your name on it!Hi chrisdog.
Thanks for your ongoing support. I appreciate all of my fans.
During these lockdowns, it's been particularly difficult to source babies' foreskins. My doctors have had to rely on Bondi Covid-breachers for supplies, on top of paying inflated prices for a high-in-demand product.
So to answer your question, yes I am still using baby foreskins albeit less liberally than I would have liked. But I will get through this.
We all can.
Sending positive vibes your way and to all my fans around the world.
Kind regards,
SB.
I’m with you. Bunch of childish fuckwits tinkering for the sake of being seen to do something.They’ve lost me this year…this 7 tackle bullshit for kicking the ball into touch? WTF? Why????
It's like people need to justify their positions by changing the rules. They should change the rules back & change the DHs who keep coming up with this crap. Yes I'm looking at you Wayne Pearce, father of dog rooter.I’m with you. Bunch of childish fuckwits tinkering for the sake of being seen to do something.
Baseless garbage changes with no sense at all,
And a two point field goal? Why?
And pls don’t gets me started on set-restarts.
Nrl blowouts! Idiots!!