I'm sure not everyone will agree but in my personal opinion Set Restarts in particular are destroying the game and allowing the referee to basically control the outcome of games. Combine the Set Restarts with diabolical refereeing and bunker calls then the whole fairness of Rugby League has long gone. Seriously today's game was disgraceful refereeing ( yes the Eels made some poor mistakes and the younger players are still learning) but a 10-1 penalty count and not 1 repeat set 🤣. This seems to be a continual report on 85% of refereeing of the Eels games. In my opinion the Eels hierarchy need to speak up about the appalling referee and bunker calls. It's not only the Eels coping it but it seems the lower placed teams get the raw end of the stick. Ricky Stuart isn't afraid of speaking up when things go against his team with refs. About time the Eels did the same or they'll continue to be the NRL doormat team
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Set restarts are a terrible rule, but they were a response to the refs never binning players for smothering the ruck inside their own 20 knowing the value in a set line.
Then in true NRL style a team figured out how to abuse it, the Panthers, and they just kept teams nailed down their own end by getting as many repeat sets as possible.
So the NRL introduced the next stupid rule and incentivised short kickoffs to try and negate the Panthers, and it's kinda worked.
It's such an NRL thing to do - to keep changing the rules to try and solve a problem and then creating another problem.
Absolutely. No sport to my knowledge comes close to the NRL in constantly changing.
Less is better than more Eddie and Cappy, so unfortunately one final set? Lol
We've been in and out of games, but the amount of calls that goes against us. I cannot sit there and watch our team get bullied by the officals, we need our CEO and board to get on top of this and ask why are calls going against us, the knock ons last week and now this week with the non-stop six agains its becomming a hard watch.
Agree... absolute dog shit rule. The sporting equivalent of a corporate blank cheque, signed and with no audit procedures.
Cheque's will be gone by 2030 Will......audit procedures not so easy .....we need a benevolent dictator....hmmm!
Blame V'landys and abdo. These two are rotten to the core. They have their favourites and parramatta ain't one of them.
V'Landys bought to you by the super-clean not-corruption-infested-at-all "sport" of horse racing....The Land Where Gambling is King and "connections" are everything
Vlandys is well comfortable turning our sport into an entertainment product. They invited a fox into the NRL henhouse
He thinks we will watch no matter what. Is he right?
Can you afford Fox Randolph?....you may struggle with some of the new names he will bring in.
You don't llike Rugby League, Horse Racing , Sport in General....ah! I know Wrestling, now there is genuine entertainment or wait for it " Dope Smuggling" I can imagine you getting held up in Bali Randolph as you plead guilty to NRL, Greyhound Racing and being let off......the Problem is you all ready have drug convictions and a quick run with the firing squad could be a new sport for you.....Target Shooting?....I wonder if you would be smarter enough to know how to "lay off".
No drug convictions for me good chum. Not even any recent confiscations. You just gotta keep things tidy.
I do watch Foxtel footy nefariously....because fuck 'em. I ain't payin' to watch footy at home
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