Watcing Souths v Cowboys highligts why we can't win the comp

[Johnny Tobin]

Pity fair refereeing rarely happens in their games.

[ChookyG]

This team is a shadow of the 2013 edition in my opinion.

It would always be hard to replicate that year. That was one of the more dominant seasons in recent decades IMO. Best attacking team, best defensive team, most shutouts. The records went on

[bondi paul]

[QUOTE=ROC181;n599384]Well if we're not going to join the party and stay down to get penalties, according to the values of the team and coach, then why isn't someone in the club producing stats as evidence of unbalanced officiating and present that to the NRL and if it doesn't work, then leak it out to the media...that's if they really care cause it seems to me that we're the only ones really getting pissed of about it....[/QUOTE

Bewildering our club takes no action - totally lame in my opinion.
A banner at the ANZAC day likely get some media coverage.

[Game Fowl]

never ceases to amaze me how many penalties InglArse gets in the PTB

Watched him closely last night and everytime he got the call his way he was grappling with the D and playing for a Refs call , he pushes , he Pulls , he draws attention some of the best acting I have seen.

If only the Refs "CONTROLLED" the PTB ( Set the Mark, Don't step off the Mark , Don't step sidewards , don't crowd the marker, Don't touch anyone while playing the ball ) the acting which draws penalties will stop and players will respect the value of possessing the ball .

Might cause a few penalties against the team in possession but it will clean up this aspect.

[ROC181]

We had him, he left. Get over it.

You can also have that for RTS but in the present tense...

[ROC181]

Pity fair refereeing rarely happens in their games.

That wasn't fair... Some wrong calls that went against the cows. There wasn't enough 50/50 calls to hand to Souths.

[ROC181]

Watched him closely last night and everytime he got the call his way he was grappling with the D and playing for a Refs call , he pushes , he Pulls , he draws attention some of the best acting I have seen.

If only the Refs "CONTROLLED" the PTB ( Set the Mark, Don't step off the Mark , Don't step sidewards , don't crowd the marker, Don't touch anyone while playing the ball ) the acting which draws penalties will stop and players will respect the value of possessing the ball .

Might cause a few penalties against the team in possession but it will clean up this aspect.

Funniest one was Luke take a dive and about to claim a penalty but realising it was burgerarse MKll shove him out of the way...

[ROC181]

[QUOTE=bondi paul;n599439]

Well if we're not going to join the party and stay down to get penalties, according to the values of the team and coach, then why isn't someone in the club producing stats as evidence of unbalanced officiating and present that to the NRL and if it doesn't work, then leak it out to the media...that's if they really care cause it seems to me that we're the only ones really getting pissed of about it....[/QUOTE

Bewildering our club takes no action - totally lame in my opinion.
A banner at the ANZAC day likely get some media coverage.

Well let's hope you're on it... I'd like to see here in Brisbane. Something like "how about some fair refereing for a change!'

[Thirteen]

I would prefer Paul Green any day over assistant coach Steve McNamara. PG is the real deal.

Any coach with Thurston in his side would appear to be the real deal.
I bet you didn't think PG was the real deal after the first 3 games.

[BUDDY]

That's why Paul Green and Jason Taylor are now NRL coaches in their own right.
Hard to keep them as assistants.
They learned from the best coach in the comp.

[bondi paul]

Any coach with Thurston in his side would appear to be the real deal.
I bet you didn't think PG was the real deal after the first 3 games.

i think he is shrewd as evident of how they went last year and last nite.

[davos]

If we fix our defence we are a massive chance this year.

Souffs defence is very ordinary.Dogs are no better. This is our year.

[Guest]

You are right, unless Pearce learns to balance the captaincy and his game like Thurston, we will struggle to win the comp. Friend back will help and I think he is real captain material. We need Pearce to get back to his post yellow dress 2014 form pronto. We also need Maloney's future sorted out ASAP.

Fergo if we are still in contention when he returns will be the icing on the cake along with turncoat RTS.

[BUDDY]

If we fix our defence we are a massive chance this year.

Souffs defence is very ordinary.Dogs are no better. This is our year.

So what if Souths fix their defence? Then it's advantage them as they have the pigs on their side.

[ChookyG]

Guys, need to settle down. We've had two bad weeks, if we had won on Friday night we would be first on the ladder and premiership favourites, except a crossbar prevented that.

We've yet to play with a full strength team.

At the beginning of the season, everybody was saying the winner will come from Roosters, Rabbits, Dogs, Cowboys and Panthers. 4 of those 5 are 3-3 and the other is 4-2. No good side besides the broncos has had a great start to the season and it will be the next six rounds up to the halfway point that will determine who the real contenders are. I honestly think with Friendy back, as long as we win this week, we're a good chance of winning at least 5 of those next 6 which should get us back up to top 2.

No need to worry just yet