2013 is getting better all the time

[roosterproud]

refs boss and assistant sacked.

bill and raper have been stood down and replaced with the esl refs boss for the 2013 year.


yahhoooo.

its getting better all the time.........we may now have a chance to win the tight games

[JohnLawrence]

gees I hope your right Mate anything that helps the Roosters is alright by me

[Guest]

Great news but im reading that Tony Archer and Nrl video ref Russel Smith are in line for the job,,,,,

Where did u hear esl boss??

[roosterproud]

refs boss not esl boss

[ism22]

Great news, but they'll find another bunch or w@nkers to replace them.

Reminds me of when John Howard was punted

[davos]

refs boss and assistant sacked.

bill and raper have been stood down and replaced with the esl refs boss for the 2013 year.


yahhoooo.

its getting better all the time.........we may now have a chance to win the tight games

Its the result of blaming the wrong people. Refs cop it every week during the NRL season but it is mostly the fault of the interpretation of the rules, mainly the benefit of the doubt ruling and the Obstruction ruling which have many grey areas and involve subjective decision making.

There are some times when it is the ref's fault, for example jeff Younis during the 2010 grand final, and actually the whole 2010 gf had many decisions where the ref was to blame. But many of the decisions which are publicly criticized involve decisions where the interpretation of the rules is to blame.

[Guest]

refs boss and assistant sacked.

bill and raper have been stood down and replaced with the esl refs boss for the 2013 year.


yahhoooo.

its getting better all the time.........we may now have a chance to win the tight games

You didnt see the Harrigan and Raper sacked thread started yesterday?

[roosterproud]

You didnt see the Harrigan and Raper sacked thread started yesterday?

no i didnt
sorry to those who had to read this

[stephenj]

i didn't mind reading of these cheats getting sacked all over again

[kakaruk]

Good riddance they wont be missed.

[Burnt Rooster]

The so called new committee are off to a dud start, for once Rothfield has got it got it right in todays Telegraph, fancy sacking Gallop before they had a suitable replacement in tow, ready to step into the breach, biased 2013 draw, again giving the Bronco's a big leg up, over the other sides in the comp, referee's association in a total mess, still no comfirmation to clubs exactly how much they will be getting over the next 5 years, so they cant plan with any certaincy, thank god our game is so great, because complete idiots are doing their very best to derail it.

[stsae]

The so called new committee are off to a dud start, for once Rothfield has got it got it right in todays Telegraph, fancy sacking Gallop before they had a suitable replacement in tow, ready to step into the breach, biased 2013 draw, again giving the Bronco's a big leg up, over the other sides in the comp, referee's association in a total mess, still no comfirmation to clubs exactly how much they will be getting over the next 5 years, so they cant plan with any certaincy, thank god our game is so great, because complete idiots are doing their very best to derail it.

Since getting rid of Gallop/News haven't we signed a new TV deal worth more than double the last couple???

The draws always been biased since SL. Isnt the idea of setting down the first 20 rounds what we have always wanted???

Reffs have always been in a mess since SL. Isnt the sacking of their bosses, appointed by News/Gallop, a step in the right direction???

The clubs have never known what the next 5 years cap is since SL. Isn't the plan to provide the clubs with a cap schedule today, when the new regime meet with the stakeholders???

I understand Rothwitts whinging now. He isn't in the loop anymore. He doesn't get the chance to break the bad news early like he used to when he was handed the propaganda News wanted leaked on a platter. Now he actually has to report the story not soften the public with his so called "exclusives".

[mightyrooster]

Since getting rid of Gallop/News haven't we signed a new TV deal worth more than double the last couple???

The draws always been biased since SL. Isnt the idea of setting down the first 20 rounds what we have always wanted???

Reffs have always been in a mess since SL. Isnt the sacking of their bosses, appointed by News/Gallop, a step in the right direction???

The clubs have never known what the next 5 years cap is since SL. Isn't the plan to provide the clubs with a cap schedule today, when the new regime meet with the stakeholders???

I understand Rothwitts whinging now. He isn't in the loop anymore. He doesn't get the chance to break the bad news early like he used to when he was handed the propaganda News wanted leaked on a platter. Now he actually has to report the story not soften the public with his so called "exclusives".

Exactly right. Rothwitt's little world is falling apart around him.

[davos]

Since getting rid of Gallop/News haven't we signed a new TV deal worth more than double the last couple???

The draws always been biased since SL. Isnt the idea of setting down the first 20 rounds what we have always wanted???

Reffs have always been in a mess since SL. Isnt the sacking of their bosses, appointed by News/Gallop, a step in the right direction???

The clubs have never known what the next 5 years cap is since SL. Isn't the plan to provide the clubs with a cap schedule today, when the new regime meet with the stakeholders???

I understand Rothwitts whinging now. He isn't in the loop anymore. He doesn't get the chance to break the bad news early like he used to when he was handed the propaganda News wanted leaked on a platter. Now he actually has to report the story not soften the public with his so called "exclusives".

Anymore??? He said this year that The stewart Brothers and Bellamy were certain to be here at our club in 2013.

Had one of his spies not caught Uncle nick having coffee with SBW and Khoder, then the whole SBW thing would not even had been mentioned.

[stsae]

Anymore??? He said this year that The stewart Brothers and Bellamy were certain to be here at our club in 2013.

Had one of his spies not caught Uncle nick having coffee with SBW and Khoder, then the whole SBW thing would not even had been mentioned.

I'm talking the obvious leaks from News Ltd power brokers involved with the NRL of recent years mate. You know when the Smellucrapp always delivered a detailed plan on what was the next major move of Gallop and his reign before Gallop was able to announce such moves.

I don't read that rag but from the posts on here that do reprint them I have been noticing Rothwitt and co have been left to their gossip stories, which as you pointed out they are hit and miss with, rather than their propaganda pieces where it's obvious they have received the early mail on stories involving the game as a whole, salary cap, TV deals etc.

They still speculate but Rothwitt can't be as smug anymore, he's like the rest of us mostly in the dark when it comes to any real decision making in the game now. Whereas before he was spoon fed such info whenever News wanted to soften the blow on yet another decision done to make themselves richer and the game stagnate.

That's been the problem since SL, News Ltd have made sure they recouped their investment and then some. When they knew they couldn't pull anymore from the game cos public opinion had really started to sway against their rule, they bailed. That leaves a Rothwitt on equal footing to any other journo now, they have to actually work for the story. It also further exposes he is really a nothing in the game, Editor at Large my arse. Some try to make out Rothwitts actually important in the scheme of things in RL. The man has nothing.