Diving

[Kingbilly]

the last couple of weeks have been very bad in terms of team/player integrity. Parra and Penrith batting it out for the greatest divers of the modern era.
Souffs are pretty handy as well.

But last night was the perfect example of two extremes. The Canberra player tackled close to the line complaining about a crusher tackle when the only thing possibly crushed was hie ego.
Then Tedesco is on the run through the middle of the field and Klokstad whacks him with s swinging arm. Ref calls off the shoulder (my ass) . If Teddy takes a dive we get a penalty.

Then the icing on the cake is Keary talking about how the Roosters train to make sure there is none of that in their technique and they train not to hurt the opposition players like that.
Very large difference to the storm who I believe train to attack the neck and head of the opposition

I know supporters thta want a win at all cost, but I am old school and I would be embarassed if my team had no integrity. I do not believe in winning without honour at any level

[milanja]

the last couple of weeks have been very bad in terms of team/player integrity. Parra and Penrith batting it out for the greatest divers of the modern era.
Souffs are pretty handy as well.

But last night was the perfect example of two extremes. The Canberra player tackled close to the line complaining about a crusher tackle when the only thing possibly crushed was hie ego.
Then Tedesco is on the run through the middle of the field and Klokstad whacks him with s swinging arm. Ref calls off the shoulder (my ass) . If Teddy takes a dive we get a penalty.

Then the icing on the cake is Keary talking about how the Roosters train to make sure there is none of that in their technique and they train not to hurt the opposition players like that.
Very large difference to the storm who I believe train to attack the neck and head of the opposition

I know supporters thta want a win at all cost, but I am old school and I would be embarassed if my team had no integrity. I do not believe in winning without honour at any level

Miyagi do karate v cobra Kai right there.

[waverly oval]

Ref followed instructions from NRL to a tee....think we got first penalty & repeat 6 after 20 minutes??? Raiders were massaged beautifully on these issues ALL game...and yes the 2 above points re diving 100 pc

[ism22]

Yeah WTF was that 'crusher tackle'? They got a penalty and presumably (Keary?) is now on report? I mean oh no... Luke Keary's bully me with his tackles... uh huh...

It'll be chucked out by the judiciary as I don't think you can identify who to put on report when there was no 'crusher tackle'. Still - they were obviously banking on it getting them back into the game and it gave them an unfair advantage.

Edit: there were lotsa WTF moments (e.g. when ~3 faders were blatantly offside + intentionally stood in the way of any passes to the right of the field, forcing us to awkwardly run forward and do a surrender tackle). I'm glad we just rolled with it, but it does get boring having to cop this kinda rubbish.

[Tommy Smith]

Didn't Ricky whinge about diving a couple of weeks back? Hypocritical sook.

[rented tracksuit]

Miyagi do karate v cobra Kai right there.

Not so true in the new Cobra Kai with Johnny Lawrence as Sensei.

[Johnny Tobin]

Same set of six as that Teddy one he also go hit in the head when he was bringing the kick back.

I once told Robbo how much I appreciate our stance in that regard. It was straight after that Saints game. He said that teams that take that soft option usually don't win anything. How right he was.

[Bondicigar]

Same set of six as that Teddy one he also go hit in the head when he was bringing the kick back.

I once told Robbo how much I appreciate our stance in that regard. It was straight after that Saints game. He said that teams that take that soft option usually don't win anything. How right he was.

Robbo is the footballer whisperer.

Taking shortcuts and soft options creates a soft underbelly in a players attitude.

[ism22]

Same set of six as that Teddy one he also go hit in the head when he was bringing the kick back.

I once told Robbo how much I appreciate our stance in that regard. It was straight after that Saints game. He said that teams that take that soft option usually don't win anything. How right he was.

Agreed 100%. They'll get a cheap penalty here and there but end of the day you've gotta play footy if you wanna win the big ones.

GF summed it up. They're still bitter that they weren't given a gratuitous repeat set from 10m out. Bluntly, they lost the GF because that penalty meant soooo much to them. No fans were angry at blowie for taking an hour to stand up despite knowing you can't give Latrell, Toops and Tedesco ANY space. It's not as if the refs handed us a ~90m try. That was 100% their defence/attitude when scores were level. Some teams rise to the occasion, others hope for a gratuitous advantage from the refs. Guess which team's gonna win 80% of the time.

[milanja]

Not so true in the new Cobra Kai with Johnny Lawrence as Sensei.

kreese is back running the dojo, cobra Kai never dies.

BTW how good is the show!

[rented tracksuit]

kreese is back running the dojo, cobra Kai never dies.

BTW how good is the show!

Some of the actors are shyt but It’s very well written and I just love the 80’s throwbacks and lines Johnny comes up with.

[Johnny Tobin]

Agreed 100%. They'll get a cheap penalty here and there but end of the day you've gotta play footy if you wanna win the big ones.

GF summed it up. They're still bitter that they weren't given a gratuitous repeat set from 10m out. Bluntly, they lost the GF because that penalty meant soooo much to them. No fans were angry at blowie for taking an hour to stand up despite knowing you can't give Latrell, Toops and Tedesco ANY space. It's not as if the refs handed us a ~90m try. That was 100% their defence/attitude when scores were level. Some teams rise to the occasion, others hope for a gratuitous advantage from the refs. Guess which team's gonna win 80% of the time.

A major problem for sides like Canberra and Parra who take that soft option is that penalties dry up in the finals. It’s a major bonus for us because we haven’t been getting any leg ups all season so we know how to win without them.

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

I agreeKingbilly about integrity being so important.

If you don't have that, then nothing else really matters IMO.