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Message: [QUOTE="Jedhead, post: 3622228, member: 9518"] Re: the Cobbo strip. I have looked at it again and it was a blatant attempt to strip and there was more than one in the tackle so I still think the bunker in trying to back up the on-field decision has made himself look pretty ridiculous. It is also evident from his outlandish explanation (which incidentally I have never heard before. I mean since when did they start discerning between attempting to lock the ball up and "playing at the ball"? If you're attempting to lock the ball up, it axiomatically means you're "playing" at the ball.) Unless of course, you are restricting the player's arm carrying the ball which is understandable and of course totally exceptable). Re: Staggs, eels players not only fell after playing the ball, they actually played the ball before being fully to their feet. And when I say played the ball I use that loosely as it is more tunnel/roll ball than playing it. Pete, all I want is consistency. These [I]'discretional[/I]' rulings are fair driving me away from this game. This season I can barely get through a full game if it's not our boys running around. The standards are slipping dramatically. I think one reason for this is people becoming more aware of the discrepancies due to multiple camera angles and TV 'commentators' pointing things out for the sake of sensationalism. And I mean some of the stuff they analyse is genuinely interesting and it does give the armchair pundit a deeper insight into the game, but some of the comments are hyperbole designed to increase 'interest' . Some games this season have been diabolical because the way the officials have intervened to try and create a 'product', i.e. a game worth watching. The NRL got sick of the 60 and 70 point scorelines (albeit because we simply cannot field enough talent over the whole comp.) So, instead of encouraging teams like the Broncos/Penrith to invest more and rewarding them for bringing more talent into the game, they went the opposite way and decided the officials would 'manufacture a product' that resembled two evenly matched teams fighting it out. About the only time we really see this is Origin, and even then when we the ref does get involved it can have disastrous implications. Not sure what game it was but a few years ago we had a real hard fought game and then Klien sin binned one of our guys for a minor infringement and the whole complexion of the game changed and the Blues ended up running amok. Totally ruined what was shaping up to be a cracker of a game. [/QUOTE]

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