I dont think he has ruined the game, he saved it last year when it was looking bleek but he only saved it because of his connections and ability to just get shit done.Many think Vlandys is the messiah, I think he has ruined the game with all these rule changes. NRL is hard to watch.
I agree with pretty much every point that has been raised. The game is too fast and despite what commentators are saying the speed of the game is more than a little bit responsible for the rise in injuries as the collisions are harder.I agree with pretty much everything you've said.
We're already seeing a huge number of injuries at our club. I haven't monitored the injuries at other clubs, but have noticed that the Roosters seem to be mentioned frequently as being allowed to introduce new players outside their top 30. But the NRL admin don't really care as long as they and the gambling sponsors are raking in the money it's a win in their books. Players are a disposable thing to them.
The refereeing is shockingly poor nowadays too which I think is because the games are as scripted as possible due to bias. I see more and more people saying they can't watch the game anymore. I used to watch almost every televised game most weeks. I only watch the Bulldogs play these days. I used to be able to explain what had happened for penalties etc to less dedicated league watchers, with the 6 agains I rarely know why they've been called and when a penalty is given now they quite often seem to be very controversial. I think that they'll do away with the captains challenge as soon as they can too, because all too often wrong calls are caught out.
If the ratings are reflective of what I see people saying regarding losing interest as spectators, it's going to be very difficult to get a good TV rights sponsorship next time round. The frequency of gambling advertising and fucking menulog ads during the games I've watched pisses me off too. I don't notice much advertising outside of these two things during coverage.
You mean make it a normal penalty like it used to be where you get a choice and everyone gets a chance to see or scrutinise what the penalty was for? I agree with you, there was nothing wrong with that..Not a fan of 6 again always being a set restart.. team should have the choice of kicking into touch to gain metres or kicking penalty goal if in range..
yep... dumbest rule change ever.Not a fan of 6 again always being a set restart.. team should have the choice of kicking into touch to gain metres or kicking penalty goal if in range..
At least give the team thats won the penalty the option of 6 again, kick for touch or goal kick etc..You mean make it a normal penalty like it used to be where you get a choice and everyone gets a chance to see or scrutinise what the penalty was for? I agree with you, there was nothing wrong with that..
It's worked for 100 years and Vlandy's rides in on his horse with no Rugby League knowledge and changes the dynamic of the sport within one fell swoop.
Well the answer is don't be inferior..Getting ridiculous. An inferior team just can't grind out a win these days. Something i miss seeing.
Max of 2 in a tackle. Asap 2nd tackler comes in, ref calls held and quick ptb.They should scrap tackles. Tackles really slow the game down. Make it a touch competition.
My only problem with a limit of 2 in the tackle is how does a defending team stop a big skilful forward who can stand in the tackle and unload. A lot of forwards these days are just metre eaters but every now and again you come across someone who is very adept with the offload and he draws defenders at will.Max of 2 in a tackle. Asap 2nd tackler comes in, ref calls held and quick ptb.
No struggling 10 more metres down the field, 4 players hanging off and corrupt ref lets fav team offload after 5 seconds.
No need for 6 agains then bc game will flow.
That rule would develop those kind of forwards. Be great to see Artie back and be better than 6 again rubbish.My only problem with a limit of 2 in the tackle is how does a defending team stop a big skilful forward who can stand in the tackle and unload. A lot of forwards these days are just metre eaters but every now and again you come across someone who is very adept with the offload and he draws defenders at will.
The most skilfull forward I have ever seen was Arthur Beetson and he could offload with 3 or 4 defenders hanging off him. Players of his type would have to be a lot fitter to survive in the modern fast tempo game but gee they could cause a defensive team some damage if there was a limit of 2 in the tackle.
BINGO!!!Agree with everything in the OP and have been saying the same for years. They're changing the sport completely and it's for the worse.
Most of the games are unwatchable now and we're seeing less skills than ever to unlock a defence as defending teams are on the back foot and fatigued so much through unlimited tackles that more soft tries are scored than ever.
It's funny.. They got rid of unlimited tackles in the 60's because Saints won 11 comps straight and were too dominant, and now they've essentially brought back unlimited tackles for the dominant teams to create an even bigger gap between the top and bottom. Way to innovate the game dickheads!
They thought it would be more entertaining but I'm bored watching the cow bell getting rung and the favoured team scoring off 16 tackle sets like it's touch Rugby..
add me to that pile.The game is garbage now. I know old dinosaurs that have been watching the game closely for 40+ years reminisce about the good old hard 80s and 90s, it was a different game then, but a better game! New rules are rubbish and the game is barely watchable now.
And there were easy measures to eradicate wrestling and speed up the game: Reduce the interchange to 6, 5 minute sin bins for repeated infringements, especially inside the 10, Get rid of scrums.. That's basically it. That would have solved their problem.BINGO!!!
Part of the problem is we have CEOs of the NRL who don't know rugba league & listen to idiots like Andrew Johns. These people don't know the history of the game & why rules were changed in the first place. I think if you are going to introduce a rule then you need to have a panel look at it to see how they would exploit it first - ex coaches & players.
I understand Coaches wanting to exploit things for their own benefit but usually it's not for the good of the game as a whole.
Interesting thing is we wouldn't have needed to speed things up if wrestling wasn't introduced. It was a blight on the game.