The bunker gets a totally different feed to the tv coverage, so just because it hasn’t been shown on tv doesn’t mean they haven’t looked at it.
I think there is something psychological that goes on with most where something against your team is given a lot more weight then something going for your team. Like a penalty against us leads to "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOUR EYES PAINTED ON, I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH INCOMPETENCE IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE, YOUR PARENTS MUST BE SO EMBARRASSED!!" and we hold on to that moment for days, then a penalty for us is met with "fair call, play on". Don't forget too that when you are at the ground thr whole crowd is calling the opposition offside 3 out of 4 plays. When the home side gets a penalty for it, it's like about time, but the opposition gets one and everyone jumps up and down going but sir, they are the ones...My take on it is refs do their best in probably the most difficult sport to referee on the planet. Take a look at a game of rugby union or a-league and you might revise your opinion on how well ours perform and the processes they go through, the NRL is light years ahead.
Loser clubs moan about the refs and sadly we’ve been one for a long time! Plus outrage sells so the media is unfortunately always going to play up to it. There’s always a few legit issues, but I don’t buy into all the talk that they’re a disgrace, etc.
But of course if you constantly fixate on it, you’ll feed into your own narrative.
This is so true lol.
But we’re usually cheering for the underdog team though, so what Owey said applies I think. We’re still not looking at it through a neutral lens, especially if we think one of the sides is meant to win (usually because they are in fact the better team).
Especially against Melbourne who push the envelope more than most teams. How could they get so many but we couldn't get one. Biased or not, did we really look that much worse than them in the ruck?
Unfortunately the NRL is now “owned” by the betting companies, and when sides lose, their fans are often in pain a second time, their hip pocket.
Thanks slots, enjoyed the read.Wasn't much complaining about the refs at the end of last year...
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I’d rather have the bunker than the debacle that is VAR in the EPL. Check this out where the miscommunication between the video ref and the on field official ruled out a perfectly good goal for Liverpool.My take on it is refs do their best in probably the most difficult sport to referee on the planet. Take a look at a game of rugby union or a-league and you might revise your opinion on how well ours perform and the processes they go through, the NRL is light years ahead.
Loser clubs moan about the refs and sadly we’ve been one for a long time! Plus outrage sells so the media is unfortunately always going to play up to it. There’s always a few legit issues, but I don’t buy into all the talk that they’re a disgrace, etc.
But of course if you constantly fixate on it, you’ll feed into your own narrative.
Every time I’ve seen it implemented (not often, I’m not a huge fan of soccer) it seems to be around 7 or 8 minutes of the on-field ref squinting at a small tv screen on the sideline before coming up with the totally wrong decision lol.
You got it in one! Terrible implementation of technology. In most sports the technology adds to the spectacle of the sport. Like tennis, cricket and most of the time both codes of rugby but football managed to mess it up in a big way.
Rugby union seems very poor to me too, the video ref can just come in on any play for any reason and virtually ends up controlling the whole game, going back several phases of play, and over-ruling the on-field ref constantly. That may have just been the World Cup final (as with soccer, I don’t watch much union), but that was an abysmal spectacle.
The theory that the outcomes of judicial incompetence will even out for each team over time, therefore, leaving no team at a disadvantage, doesn't nearly explain the phenomenon of referring in the NRL.