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Message: [QUOTE="Jedhead, post: 2961057, member: 9518"] I don't have a lot of time for Ricky, after all NSW continually pushed him as being a better half back than Alf which was obvious nonsense. However, the points he made in his presser were very astute. The refs totally stuffed a complete half season with their misguided plan to nitpick every tackle, pass, and play the ball to such an extent it totally ruined our game as a spectacle. Human nature dictates that any change has to be gradual otherwise it causes unnecessary unrest and displeasure. The NRL lost the plot and as a result turned away thousands of disgruntled supporters. Last night we had a fifty point game, a try scored by TPJ that was worthy of Thor or Superman, a chip and chase that saw the Jet burn the whole field for pace, not one but two interceptions by Knik and all the panel talked about was poor reffing decisions. Instead of talking up our game Joey and Fatty spent most of the night lamenting poor ref decisions. Ch 9 commentary and obvious bias is as much to blame as the refs. Every game they preface their commentary with ' the refs have the hardest job of all but -' and then proceed to bag the shit out of every match official. I'm not saying they should not commentate on contentious issues, but how about some decent promotion of the game. TPJ's thirty minutes last night will sit with me for weeks. The panel spent seconds covering his exploits and hardly acknowledged his almost superhuman effort. Would it have been different if the Panthers had scored 50? Well Johns did tip Benny's reshuffle to be a failure and Panthers to win comfortably. So, maybe just maybe he had an agenda to push. It's not the refs that are killing our game, it's the fully paid up whingers on ch 9 that profess to love the game that are doing it the greatest disservice. [/QUOTE]

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