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  Ace Eel July 19, 2011 at 8:10pm

  Very valid valid points...SE.....these blokes are a law unto themselves....
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  YDIDISAYIDO July 19, 2011 at 9:31pm

  What a load BS.

   

  You are comparing the scrutiny of a park referee to a referee on national television with +500 000 people watching plus other media outlets.

   

  Referees need to be better coached, developed and protected... its the only way to improve the quality and attract more to the profession. 
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    SuperEel 22 > YDIDISAYIDO July 19, 2011 at 10:00pm

    All I'm saying is that they may have more pressure on them with a larger fan base but compared with what a park referee has to deal with. But a park referee has to deal with alot more crap from players and coaches than what he NRL refs have to deal with. All I'm saying is that if a player or coach has an opinion on a referee's decision they should be able to say it without being fined. That's provided the comment is not derogatory and contributes to discussion.
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  ELECTRIFYING MAXFORCE EELS 2014 July 19, 2011 at 10:47pm

  LMFAO , IF WE DO A BAD JOB ,WE HEAR ABOUT IT , SO SHOULD THEY . BUT IN THE PROPER WAY . NOT ON THE FIELD ,BUT AFTER THE GAME (WORDS CANT HURT ANYONE )
  BUT IT HAS GOT SO OUT OF HAND NOW , VERY AMERICANIZED LAWSUITS EVERY 5 MINS
  
  IT AINT A FREE COUNTRY ANYMORE ,WE HAD FREEDOM OF SPEECH TAKEN AWAY !!!!!!!!!!!!
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    easgann666 > ELECTRIFYING MAXFORCE EELS 2014 July 20, 2011 at 1:28am

    To be fair to the Yanks they do have in the NFL the rule where the coaches can directly challenge the Refs ruling twice throughout the match.

    Maybe its time to look at something along those lines.

    If Kearney could have thrown down a challenge after the 'charge down that wasn't',we may at least have been able to display our critisism directly as part of the game.Even if the call didn't go our way after a challenge.

    Thereby getting it off our collective chests without festering into frustration.

    Its actually quite a clever system.A coach and team that loses a tight game without using any of their challenges only have themselves to blame.
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  SuperEel 22 July 20, 2011 at 4:15pm

  Finally someone has the same idea as me. Instead of a coach's challenge we should have a captain's challenge because the captain is the 1 on the field. The captain gets 5 seconds from the time a penalty, knock on or a similar incident occurs to challenge the call. This will allow for mistakes such as big hits being called high tackles to be over turned and will prevent mistakes such as the ones that occured on Saturday night from happening.
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  SuperEel 22 July 20, 2011 at 4:20pm

  If they do introduce it, it'll be through the U20's.
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  SuperEel 22 July 20, 2011 at 4:24pm

  BTW I was told yesterday that Harrigan was interviewed by a journalist and was asked: would the referee have blown time off if Penrith couldn't win or if it was during the middle of the game? Harrigan answered NO. Now my understanding of the referees' duty is to enforce the laws of the game. If they're picking and choosing when to use some laws they're not doing they're job.
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  Perfecta Amundo July 23, 2011 at 10:19am

  Cross linked to this discussion

  http://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/referee-decisions-in-tight

  

  Referee decisions in tight games.

  Can't blame the refs for the loss the last night we had plenty of chances to win but couldn't get over the line, but some of the decisions we are cop…