Other games [Round 24, 2021]

[Fibro Eagle]

What I hate is that, in that press conference, Trent Robinson conflated entirely valid points about referees and the bunker with his "NRL is unfair to the Roosters" angle that he's persisted with for years.

He is backing his club
I’d expect Des to back Manly
His points are valid happens every week
The bunker is a joke

 

[Frogz]

What I hate is that, in that press conference, Trent Robinson conflated entirely valid points about referees and the bunker with his "NRL is unfair to the Roosters" angle that he's persisted with for years.

Robbo is on the rules committee. Earlier this year he commented (when the crackdown occured) that the refs will get this right and be patient. Well suck me off Robbo, we all have copped this now it's your, untouchable teams, turn

 

[Dan]

Can you have a word with @SeaEagleRock8 whos on a power trip with his moderating.

Which word would you like me to have?

@SeaEagleRock8 I kind of like the word "elbow" it flows so eloquently

 

[XV-1]

Wayne Bennett got Robertson with a stake to the heart.

When told that Robertson said Latrell needs to get that crap out of his game.

Wayne says that Robertson has a couple of his own players that play that way, so why is he commenting on my players.

Classic. Wayne 1
Robbo nil!!

 

[voicefromthehill]

Is Gould actually trying to defend this? It’s bordering on victim blaming. Gould you are a dinosaur and need to move on

 

[Dan]

Wayne Bennett got Robertson with a stake to the heart.

When told that Robertson said Latrell needs to get that crap out of his game.

Wayne says that Robertson has a couple of his own players that play that way, so why is he commenting on my players.

Classic. Wayne 1
Robbo nil!!

Let's be fair who coached lutrell that way

 

[Scorpio]

He is backing his club
I’d expect Des to back Manly
His points are valid happens every week
The bunker is a joke

It annoys me that this time, he has made an entirely valid point about the state of the NRL and the officialdom altogether... but then managed to make it seem like it only affects Roosters players which is not true.

 

[XV-1]

Let's be fair who coached lutrell that way

Absolutely. There is a simple reason why the Roosters are the most penalised team. They push the rules the most, better known as cheating.

 

[davohan123]

We still have to win these next 2 games.

But we have the top 4 now on our terms.
We win both games by any margin and we will get 4th.
I agree with you that winning both games is no guarantee but how good is it that we are now genuine chance at a top 4 finish.

 

[HK_Eagle]

The irony is that Robertson has JWH in his team who has been hitting players hard and high for years with absolute immunity.

 

[Chip and Chase]

If we can't finish top 4 now we don't deserve to be playing semis. We should be handing Dogs and Boys a footballing lesson as we taper into serious finals football mode. Souths are shot now without Latrell, so we are in a 3 horse race and need to finish these last two rounds like we mean it.

 

[XV-1]

We only need to win tomorrow, then rest half the team against the cowgirls.

Roosters will lose against Canberra next week.

 

[Snake]

I was disgusted with South’s tonight. I was obviously going for them but after the carry on and cheap shots from the Bunnies I found myself supporting the Roosters. They have every right to be fuming. The Liam Knight hip drop and the hit from Latrell and then the arrogance in the face of it, just not in the spirit of the game.

if the NRL are serious that should be 5-6 weeks for Latrell. I’m glad Robbo got stuck in during the press conference too. Absolutely awful from South’s tonight and the referees were terrible.

 

[Snake]

Walker picking MOM so another 3 DM points probably

Really? He was ordinary until the last 15 minutes.
Cook and Murray were the Bunnies best tonight. I thought even Reynolds had more impact than Walker.

 

[Snake]

Wayne Bennett got Robertson with a stake to the heart.

When told that Robertson said Latrell needs to get that crap out of his game.

Wayne says that Robertson has a couple of his own players that play that way, so why is he commenting on my players.

Classic. Wayne 1
Robbo nil!!

Bennett is an old fossil. Arrogant idiot. Much prefer Robbo who doesn’t play games and calls a spade a spade. Latrell, Gagai and Walker are the three biggest ****wits in the game

 

[HK_Eagle]

Really? He was ordinary until the last 15 minutes.
Cook and Murray were the Bunnies best tonight. I thought even Reynolds had more impact than Walker.

As I mentioned a couple of times through the game commentary, he is a flat track bully. He comes out and shines when the team is on top, but nowhere to be seen when the going is tough. Bunnies will not win a premiership with him steering the side. Reynolds is a much better chance of leading them to another premiership IMO

 

[eaglebuzz]

Both sides just rubbed each other out of the GF tonight. As a few others have said it's a three horse race now.

 

[The Who]

I was heartened to hear so many "experts" tonight calling for the Bunker to be scrapped.
The Bunker gets so many things wrong that it is counterproductive to the sport. It is a costly extravagance that has never worked yet its powers continue to grow and denude the sport I love. The Bunker is to rugby league what Hitler was to world peace.
What's the worst that could happen if we went back to decisions being made by on-field referees? There would be just as many mistakes made but they would be made quickly and the game would move on without all the slow-motion inquisitions. We would again have a sport in which common sense decisions prevailed most of the time. There would be no "left shoulder" obstruction rulings, players falling over and lying down to gain penalties, stopping play to review something that happened three plays before. And it would save the sport a lot of money.
We will never get the Bunker right. The more we strive for perfect decisions the higher our expectations are and the greater our frustrations grow because there is no such thing as perfection in sport.

 

[QueefRichards]

Robbo is on the rules committee. Earlier this year he commented (when the crackdown occured) that the refs will get this right and be patient. Well suck me off Robbo, we all have copped this now it's your, untouchable teams, turn

He was certainly very quiet when Radley was decapitating people and avoiding being sent...he should stop playing the Roosters = Victim card like a 2@

 

[eagleron]

We can rest players next week? For and against should see us through I ... assume.

We need to ensure we keep winning, I don't think we'll have the luxury of resting players imo