Unwarranted and unfair': Annesley hits out at criticism of referees - GRAHAM ANNESLEY

[Rod67]

NRL 2023: Graham Annesley, Gerard Sutton, Kasey Badger, Stephen Crichton, Latrell Mitchell, Panthers, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Head of football hits out at criticism of match officials | NRL.com

If Mr Annesley is happy with the current level of NRL officiating, then the game is in a dire state moving forward.

How can Annesley possibly defend the indefensible? It's not just this weekend, it's been going on week in week out with extremely poor decisions coming from not only the on-field referees but the Bunker.

Top sides are getting the rub of the green and lowly ranked teams are getting the wrong end of the pineapple on a weekly basis.

It's all well and good to call out coaches and officials for "unfair" and "unwarranted" criticism but what about the FANS who pay to watch this crap live and on PAY TV?

Treating FANS, COACHES AND OFFICIALS like mugs.

 

[CroydonDog]

Earlier today, I read an online comment along the lines of:

I'm surprised Annesley hasn't been appointed the next Reserve Bank Governor, considering his ability to defend shit decisions.

 

[Alan79]

Anusley has been the apologist for all the NRL's fuck ups since he started in his job. I would love to have a method for fans to get rid of the turds that are ruining the game.

The fact that this **** has to hit the media at all is a strong indication that the game is a mess.

 

[John Matrix]

Tells me the NRL is happy with the standards the refs are pushing because they alone can make the change but are choosing not too.

 

[The DoggFather]

NRL 2023: Graham Annesley, Gerard Sutton, Kasey Badger, Stephen Crichton, Latrell Mitchell, Panthers, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Head of football hits out at criticism of match officials | NRL.com

If Mr Annesley is happy with the current level of NRL officiating, then the game is in a dire state moving forward.

How can Annesley possibly defend the indefensible? It's not just this weekend, it's been going on week in week out with extremely poor decisions coming from not only the on-field referees but the Bunker.

Top sides are getting the rub of the green and lowly ranked teams are getting the wrong end of the pineapple on a weekly basis.

It's all well and good to call out coaches and officials for "unfair" and "unwarranted" criticism but what about the FANS who pay to watch this crap live and on PAY TV?

Treating FANS, COACHES AND OFFICIALS like mugs.

They all can get fucked the crooked *****

 

[B-Train]

Unwarranted and unfair? What a joke. Most of the sin bins and shocking decisions game in game out are unwarranted and unfair.

How about some accountability for once and trying to eradicate the same errors that keep being made? Instead they sweep everything under the rug, give all of the refs and the bunker a scratch and sniff sticker and participation award and tell them they're all winners.

They've ruined the sport more and more each year to the point that it's unwatchable.

 

[Rod67]

Unwarranted and unfair? What a joke. Most of the sin bins and shocking decisions game in game out are unwarranted and unfair.

How about some accountability for once and trying to eradicate the same errors that keep being made? Instead they sweep everything under the rug, give all of the refs and the bunker a scratch and sniff sticker and participation award and tell them they're all winners.

They've ruined the sport more and more each year to the point that it's unwatchable.

Apart from us getting shafted by the referees with 6 again, against us and players put in the bin when opposition and other teams aren't afforded the same treatment for exactly the same indiscretion.

West Tigers have copped it as well not only this year but against the Cowboys a few years back was a debacle.

Saints had a try disallowed that was clearly a try a week ago and cost them the game and 2 points.

Annesley defending this shit is turning fans away from the game.

 

[dogluva]

As far as I can see the only ones who are acting in an unwarranted and unfair way are the NRL themselves. They attempt to justify decisions but cannot ensure that each action taken is equitable. Different punishment for the same offences, some binned and on report for a specific thing when others just on report is one example. *Case in point....Zac Lomax has been blessed with remaining unpunished for his consistently poor tackling style which is pretty much a head/body slam...players have been injured ad taken from the field yet it goes unpunished when accidental things are treated with a binning, on report and fine or suspension. Fox had numerous video clips showing this style which drew criticism from those that viewed it. Not every offside or forward pass punished. Certain teams seem to receive better treatment when it comes to officiating dependent on their standing on the table. It is not just followers of any one team who is seeing this, it is from all directions and even from outside the game itself. Pretty sure that most things bought up by supporters, commentators and media in general have a basis for criticism of the officials who after all tend to have the final say when it comes to having a influence on results. Massive swings in momentum, possession etc. all can be engineered by six again, ruck penalties and rulings on play which is considered foul but is pure accident. Their vision, their interpretation and always backed by the off field guys like Annesley..

Coaches and players cannot have a say without tempting punishment and it seems now we as fans who pay the bills with our bums on seats are also being treated as nuffies who only use UNWARRANTED criticism and UNFAIR comments. It is as if we are imagining all of this and that the way we have seen vision of onfield incidents is completely wrong. The game is broken and the only ones who believe they have it right by not seeing what everyone else does are the ones that run it. Go figure. Perhaps Mr Annesley needs to read the dictionary meaning of those two wordsIt's his wayor no way...




The meaning of the word unwarranted:

1.incapable of being justified or explained
synonyms:
indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable inexcusable
without excuse or justification


2. lacking justification or authorization
synonyms: undue, unjustified, unreasonable
not reasonable; not showing good judgment

3. without a basis in reason or fact

synonyms:
baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, wild unsupported
not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid

Meaning of the word unfair

1. not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right:

 

[Bad Billy]

Fatty and sandy vag offside angles inconclusive?
That’ll do me.

 

[Trinfly]

He could try and explain the decisions over the weekend or deflect and stop the critical questions or feedback.

 

[B-Train]

Apart from us getting shafted by the referees with 6 again, against us and players put in the bin when opposition and other teams aren't afforded the same treatment for exactly the same indiscretion.

West Tigers have copped it as well not only this year but against the Cowboys a few years back was a debacle.

Saints had a try disallowed that was clearly a try a week ago and cost them the game and 2 points.

Annesley defending this shit is turning fans away from the game.

Yeah the Tigers and Saints have copped absolute howlers week after week. They come at crucial stages that change the game after they've competed well for long periods. It's no coincidence that the bottom teams are most often on the receiving end of these shockers and it almost never happens to the top clubs.

 

[Freakzilla]

The refs are broken, the game is broken.

 

[LordSidious66]

His refs have cost us so many matches, and this clown says there is nothing wrong? Deary, me when a guy like me who doesn't even work for the NRL can see that his refs are screwing us and other teams over and the fact that he can't shows us that he doesn't have a clue.

 

[King Gus]

Everyone can see how fucked the refs are expected the NRL.

 

[The_Chimpster]

Inexcusable decisions each week, no one being held accountable, especially when the bunker continually fuck up nearly every call and the overall standard of match officials being nowhere nearly first grade level.


Yep, it's so unfair to criticize any match official in any capacity and everyone needs to keep their head in the sand.

This sport is totally fucked

 

[TwinTurbo]

A pretty obvious question, we can find stats on every NRL player, every error they have made during the season, what type of error, in which game and against what team.

Where is the same for Refs, Lines People, Bunker etc?

Where do we see which ref has made the most errors?

What type of errors were most common?

What teams the errors were made against?

Come on Sportsdata, you are the official NRL keeper of stats, start publishing the refs statistics.


Always a Bulldog

 

[John Matrix]

Come on Sportsdata, you are the official NRL keeper of stats, start publishing the refs statistics

you’ll have a better chance of finding a real magic bullet.

 

[B-Train]

A pretty obvious question, we can find stats on every NRL player, every error they have made during the season, what type of error, in which game and against what team.

Where is the same for Refs, Lines People, Bunker etc?

Where do we see which ref has made the most errors?

What type of errors were most common?

What teams the errors were made against?

Come on Sportsdata, you are the official NRL keeper of stats, start publishing the refs statistics.


Always a Bulldog

The thing is all of that is subjective unlike most player stats. And 99% of the time Annesley and the NRL review things and still think they're right. So even if they did stats on that, you'd never get a true reflection of how often they fuck up.

The greatest barometer is the eye test and the majority of Rugby League fans can see how often they're getting calls wrong. No matter how many damage control press conferences Annesley has, they won't convince people that the game isn't fucked with all of these howlers and rule changes that have ruined the sport.

 

[Flanagun]

Crichton defending the refs? Those words gonna come back to bite you, lafam!

 

[TwinTurbo]

The thing is all of that is subjective unlike most player stats. And 99% of the time Annesley and the NRL review things and still think they're right. So even if they did stats on that, you'd never get a true reflection of how often they fuck up.

The greatest barometer is the eye test and the majority of Rugby League fans can see how often they're getting calls wrong. No matter how many damage control press conferences Annesley has, they won't convince people that the game isn't fucked with all of these howlers and rule changes that have ruined the sport.

I would suggest 2 sets of stats;

One being the official "Annesley agrees the ref stuffed up", that cannot be argued with. Just that alone would be very revealing because even Annesley has said that certain teams get more bad calls than others. If Annesley says it's a 50/50 call then it's 50% wrong, so include it. Beat the prick over the head with his own admissions. I would add in the stats on when the refs put a player on report and the MRC takes no action, that's a ref stuff up.

The second stats, admittedly much harder to collect, would be the one where the stat collector (whoever that is) believes the ref made a mistake. Obviously carries less weight than #1, but none the less can be used to land some blows.

Every club has their own statistician/s who keeps the clubs records of what happens in a game, I would be surprised if they don't keep stats on poor ref's decisions that affect their team.



Always a Bulldog