Penalty magnets or more evidence of referee bias??

[mashl87]

Have you seen the Fox Sports article today saying this is Ashley Kleins first gig reffing the Storm since Round 22 last year where he apparently penalised the Storm out of the game against Newcastle which is why they didn't finish in the top 4.... this is bullshit .. he is going to be too afraid to blow penalties against them now .. we will get murdered. Storm are quoted as saying "I hope we get a fair crack this time around" .....

Prepare for an arse raping!

[The Axe]

It is now carte blanch to murder us tonight

[2026]

It is now carte blanch to murder us tonight

No doubt Cam Smith will be in his ear and Cronk milking penalties.

Cheating is in their DNA!

[bondi paul]

Klein the Klown hates us and in particular JWH

[Johnny Tobin]

7-0 second half penalties against the Storm last time he refereed them and the fact we can't buy a second half penalty.

Get ready for a very painful square up.

[The Rooster Oracle]

Have you seen the Fox Sports article today saying this is Ashley Kleins first gig reffing the Storm since Round 22 last year where he apparently penalised the Storm out of the game against Newcastle which is why they didn't finish in the top 4.... this is bullshit .. he is going to be too afraid to blow penalties against them now .. we will get murdered. Storm are quoted as saying "I hope we get a fair crack this time around" .....

Prepare for an arse raping!

What's new? This is a weekly occurrence for us by the refs/touchies/video refs/match review committee/judiciary for many many many years now! And what I can't believe for the life of me and frustrates the f**king life out of me is that our club do absolutely f**king "nothing" about it and just let the continual ar$e r@ping to happen!! Look at womanly, bull$cumdog$hit, boncos, whenever something happens against them, toovey/hasler/bennett come out in the media having a big whinge, and then all of a sudden they start getting favorable treatment!

I ideally want to see Canavan come out in the media, fully armed with all the statistics and video footage for examples, to put into the spotlight all the bull$hit that has been going on against us for all these f**king years!!

[The Rooster Oracle]

7-0 second half penalties against the Storm last time he refereed them and the fact we can't buy a second half penalty.

Get ready for a very painful square up.

It is one massive set up by the cheating nrl c**ts!! They of course had to save f**kwit klien to referee the storm next for against us, so klien can redeem himself to the storm!

[Andrew Walker]

Well i have the pleasure of seeing this 1st hand as im in Melbourne and am going to the game. Onthe bright side im staying near China Town and there are some wonderfully cheap restaurants to eat at.

[Spirit of 66]

It is one massive set up by the cheating nrl c**ts!! They of course had to save f**kwit klien to referee the storm next for against us, so klien can redeem himself to the storm!

Here are some comparative Klein stats:

Storm record under Klein: 58% of games won (v's 66% win rate in all games since 1980)
Roosters record under Klein: 52% of games won (v's 50% win rate in all games since 1980)

Storm ratio of penalties FOR v's penalties AGAINST: 0.91 (Klein's second worst team in this respect)
Roosters ratio of penalties FOR v's penalties AGAINST: 0.72 (of course, Klein's WORST team in this respect)

I'm not sure about how we'll be treated tonight. I have a feeling we will get a good go for a change - the NRL will want to frame the Roosters v Dragons game as a blockbuster and will not want the Roosters coming off 3 losses.