The ref smashing has returned

[Guest]

what i find funny is people complain when the penalty count is even and say it wasnt fair because it was 8-4 when the game was over with 10 to go and we got 4 penalties now it looks good but suddenly after 8-2 and 5-1 we need the penalty count to be close to even because it will be fair the conspiracy theorists cant even keep up with their own crap

[Spirit of 66]

what i find funny is people complain when the penalty count is even and say it wasnt fair because it was 8-4 when the game was over with 10 to go and we got 4 penalties now it looks good but suddenly after 8-2 and 5-1 we need the penalty count to be close to even because it will be fair the conspiracy theorists cant even keep up with their own crap

Badger or Cummins aren't in charge today, so the blatant bias they have consistently shown over many years is not the issue.

Today it appears to be incompetence - allowing St George to slow the play the ball, a St George knock on 1m out being missed, and my favourite, giving St George a 5 minute rest after consecutive drop outs (to allow Widdop to be strapped).

That said, I think we might have more in the tank and will be running with the wind. Easts to win.

[Spirit of 66]

The Ferguson try was not forward. Someone needs to give referees a lecture on Newtonian physics.

[milanja]

Actually I think there is pressure on the refs.

8-2 and 5-1 against in our last 2 games.

The reffing today must be fair and even. Hopefully they'll be keeping a closer eye on the dragons. Then again those pigs flying outside my window tell me I'm dreaming.

We won the count 9-5 today, nice chat to archer Robbo, perfectly timed.

[Maxy Walker]

The refs were mostly ok today I thought. I thought the Keary pass was forward watching it live. Be interested to have another look at the replay.

The Nightingale knock on was a shocker though. It's mind boggling that 2 refs and 2 touchies can all miss something that obvious.

[bondi-boy]

Seemingly-biased refereeing doesn't only come in the form of penalty counts.

That kick by the Dragons in the first half went dead in goal, and not into touch, didn't it?...Fergo said it did, and it sure looked like it did to me.
Why weren't we shown other camera angles...of the other '457' cameras that are supposed to be being used?
Amateur hour, or something else.
Every decision must be reviewed, in the pursuit of excellence/accuracy....I don't care if the game ends at midnight.I
And in the ensuing play, the knock-on by Nightingale not called.

[bondi-boy]

The refs were mostly ok today I thought. I thought the Keary pass was forward watching it live. Be interested to have another look at the replay.

The Nightingale knock on was a shocker though. It's mind boggling that 2 refs and 2 touchies can all miss something that obvious.

Mind-boggling, amazing, and sheer incompetence at best.

Maybe they looked at the Dragons with rose-coloured glasses?