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  Ross March 12, 2010 at 10:04pm

  My sentiments exactly !!
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  Camo73 March 12, 2010 at 10:32pm

  I was at the game so can't say I saw things as clearly as you tend to on tv, but from where I was sitting he shore seemed to have a SHOCKER. They got pretty much every call and so many of them cost us.
  
  I'm not feeling devastated by the loss though. There was a lot of good stuff happening on the field tonight and there is heaps to be encouraged by for the season ahead.
• 2m55ehehnnw5k March 12, 2010 at 10:51pm

  an absolutely disgraceful performance from archer!!!
  people at the nrl and archer himself need to be told by people like us that its just not good enough
  he will be a protected species this week and its just not good enough!!!
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  Bourbon Man March 12, 2010 at 10:56pm

  Archer cost us 12 points tonight. The first Smerge try came from a blatant knock on from Creigh at dummy half - not picked up; and the second from a supposed 'played at' call when the ball was kicked into the face of Tahu.
  
  Of course, the reverse wasn't true in the second half when the Smerge kicked the ball into Ben Smith (that was 6 more) and the penalties for elbows in the ruck were utterly arbitrary. I didn't think Archer cost us the GF last season but he did cost us this game. It's unfortunate when 20k show up to a game of footy only for it be arbited by an imbecilic referee.
  
  That said, some positives. Our offload play seems to back and a result involving 2 tries apiece against an obvious title contender in our first fixture is a good result. We defended well despite wave after wave of undeserved Dragons attack leaves me quietly contented and provided we improve our marker defense, I think tonight's game lays an exciting marker to what should be a season that meets our high expectations.
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  YDIDISAYIDO March 12, 2010 at 11:57pm

  I didn't think he was that bad but every 50/50 call went against us.... we got pinned for a forward pass that was line ball (that wasn't archer) and they missed 2 Parra forwards passes and 3 or 4 St mereg forwards passes... the better team won.... but Saints have little improvement... we have heaps.... we are a 20 point better team IMO... Saints to run 5th IMO.
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  Andy March 13, 2010 at 7:56am

  He is a great ref if you are a Dragons Supporter.
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  Craig March 13, 2010 at 8:10am

  I don't think i have ever watched a game without Archer f..king up, and contantly wanting to blow his wistle. I think he is the new harrigan, just wants to big note himself and get his boof head on tv. As soon as i turned on the tv last night and found out he was ref, i had a bet with my father in law that he would give saints at least 1 dodgy penalty and we would lose the match. HA
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  cindeel March 13, 2010 at 8:41am

  Totally agree that Archer was disgraceful !!!!
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  Barra Eel March 13, 2010 at 8:59am

  i know refs make mistakes. And happy to cop those mistakes every now and then. But honestly there is a big difference between monitoring the game and keeping the rules being played. And what tony archer does which is want to determine the outcomes of games when he sees the chance. Fair enough if they are the right call then no1 can argue. But he gave 3 of the softest and pathetically attention seeking penalties right infront of our goal to hand the dragons a converted try on a anti parra platter. i was 20 metres away last night from those 3 calls. And the confusion on the crowds face was incredible.
  
  I go to nrl games to watch two teams battle out for 80 minutes and see the best team win. Not to see a fag in a pink top want to act like a cop on the field throwing his authority all over the ground and thinking he has the right to dictate which team should win a game. Just Ref the rules and let the players score the points.
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  EELATION March 15, 2010 at 2:14pm

  Archer = Retard