Milking Penalties ( 2022)

[Mark from Brisbane]

After seeing that cat Fergo last night , lying on the ground crying and holding his neck and next minute up ready to fight one of the Panthers I think I’d like to see the penalty reversed when this situation happens.

I’d also like to see a penalty going against a player who’s clearing trying on a milked situation.

You sometimes here the ref yelling “ milking “ , fair enough , but “ milking penalty the other side “ would be better.

Thoughts everyone ??

 

[Nordburg]

I’d like to see players and the media calling out those that milk it.The embarrassment and stigma will soon stop this happening.Last night on Fox,Voss had a go at him for a minute but then was praising him as the match when on.I’d brush him for the rest of the call.Can’t believe someone on another thread even suggested signing Ferguson for a season

 

[Tragic Eagle]

He should have berm charged with faking and suspended. Sick and tired of the actors the Storm and Penrith do it a lot.

 

[Dee Why Eagle]

Understand where you're coming from & the frustrations of the obvious feigning...
But a no from me...
Refs already have way too much discretionary powers they can use to fulfil whatever ends.
I would prefer a move back to black & white.

 

[NYEagle]

Agree

I also think that if Mitch Kenny takes the field next week after that “devastating” injury in the 76th minutes that stopped play while Parra were motoring through Penriths half on the 2nd tackle ,he should be declared an illegal player and they play a reserve down.

This has to be atopped before a grand final is decided on a dive.

NYEagle

 

[Cliffymagic]

Any coach with integrity would tell them to stop it. Going become a blight on the game.

 

[joeboy]

The crusher should be null as soon as an attacking player reverses into the defensive line as they would contribute to it. Christian Welch is the main offender.

I despise all the milking and “gamesmanship” that is rife. It’s always been there, but it’s an actual tactic now. The referees and bunker need to be much better at identifying legit play and playing for penalties.

Biggest scourge on the game

 

[Nordburg]

Any coach with integrity would tell them to stop it. Going become a blight on the game.

I noticed earlier in the season,Harper had a habit of staying down after minimal contact to the back of the head/neck,then getting up fine not long after.As the season has progressed he has cut it out,I wonder if Des has had a quiet word?Probably not,as coaches have a win first attitude

 

[Will on the hill]

If a player is so badly injured they can't play the ball in a timely fashion, it should be similar to when trainers ask for the game to be stopped so they can treat an injury. The player must leave the field. If it's due to foul play(penalty awarded) they get a free interchange but player must spend minimum 10 min on the sideline to have their injury assessed.

 

[Mal Cochrane]

I would like to see some particular Manly players who get up slowly, looking at the ref when they know no penalty is going to be blown, and instead quickly play the ball. The amount of times we lose momentum doing that ****s me.

Players and coaches calling out people will open the gates for unfair call outs, so no. But the obvious ones like last night, let the media at them.

On a side note, the game wants this ridiculous microscope on refereeing from the punters gone, but the media have a responsibility with this also, like the Tele's headline of 8 mistake calls in lasts night parra/penrith game. Why don't they also highlight the amount of total missed tackles, lost balls, poor kicks etc.

Society likes to whinge. Remember the good old days when you either just won or lost.....

 

[George Rose's Butcher]

Fergo is the classic example much like mika sivo all season staying down milking a penalty. Absolutely pathetic and the NRL needs to stamp this out asap it ruins the spectacle and is not in the spirit of the game. Penalise them and put them on report then suspend them for 1 game.

 

[Captain Moondog]

It was bull****. He was laying on the ground like he was mortally wounded, 30 seconds later he's jumping around like someones stuck a cattle prod up his arse. He should get 6 weeks for bringing the game into disrepute.

 

[manlyfan76]

I nominate myself to be on the sideline during games with 1911 pistol, and when players do a cat play I will be instructed to enact a summary execution

 

[highlandeagle]

The crusher should be null as soon as an attacking player reverses into the defensive line as they would contribute to it. Christian Welch is the main offender.

I despise all the milking and “gamesmanship” that is rife. It’s always been there, but it’s an actual tactic now. The referees and bunker need to be much better at identifying legit play and playing for penalties.

Biggest scourge on the game

Closely followed by that cat gutho.

 

[ManEagle]

After seeing that cat Fergo last night , lying on the ground crying and holding his neck and next minute up ready to fight one of the Panthers I think I’d like to see the penalty reversed when this situation happens.

I’d also like to see a penalty going against a player who’s clearing trying on a milked situation.

You sometimes here the ref yelling “ milking “ , fair enough , but “ milking penalty the other side “ would be better.

Thoughts everyone ??

In obvious cases like Fergo last night should be a penalty and possibly a 1 week suspension. But a general ref on the run milking call and penalty wouldn't work fairly as is to subjective and ref's aren't good at that.
We would cope alot of penalties against us because according to ref's, any illegal play against us is actually us milking !!!!!

They should all be reviewed by video with suspect ones fronting the judiciary.

 

[The Right Edge]

Simple solution is to err on the side of caution. He went down holding his head and staid down for a few seconds. Should have been a mandatory 15 min HIA assessment and a forced interchange counted as part of your allocation. That will slow the milking down. If a player is really hurt and tries to get up to avoid the mandatory assessment, the current protocols will call him out anyway. Counting the HIA assessments as part of your quota may also slow down the manipulation by some coaches.

 

[Tragic Eagle]

The infringements missed by the officials is a blight on the game.

 

[Karshy]

Simple solutions:

1. Get rid of the set restarts altogether. The refs have virtually zero accountability for these and they are very inconsistent & very influential on the result of a game. It pisses me off more than anything when I hear "milking", even more so when a grub like Brandon Smith is clearly and obviously pulling a leg of the guy trying to play the ball then procedes to get away with it.

2. Secondly the bunker can only intervene on a foul play incident, where the offence is deamed so bad the offending player is sent to the sin bin. That will quickly stop the milking because the bar is too high to get a penalty and they would lose momentum as a result.

 

[MadMarcus]

Any coach with integrity would tell them to stop it. Going become a blight on the game.

But who is going to tell the Storm and Parra to stop it?

 

[Ranga]

It happens every game, every week. Yet only one player has been penalised for trying to cheat all year - DCE.