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Message: [QUOTE="Jedhead, post: 3382268, member: 9518"] Before the game I think myself, and I'd probably say most of BHQ were of the mind that we'd be well and truly thumped in this game. The scoreline does sort of reflect that but I think we went a lot better than expected. Though some of the points scored against us were laughable in terms of them being fair dinkum. For example, Luai holding Hetherington back to create a hole in our line was highlighted by the Ch 9 commentators. We all saw it at home too, yet the bunker and the ref somehow managed to miss it even with the help of replays. I mean FMD!!! I said it last week and I'll say it again even the 50/50 calls always seem to go to the opposition side. If the commentators were really fair dinkum their analysis would pick this up, but each week all we get is crickets. How did they miss Cleary's cynical tackle on Billy Walters? What were the officials doing at the time? Staring into Nathan's beautiful eyes? They sure as hell were blinded to his shitfuckery in the tackle. Or maybe they couldn't bring themselves to penalise the golden child so he was quietly put on report after the event. The commentators quickly rush to mouth platitudes like " but it's not in his game" and I sit in front of the idiotbox and say "well it frikkin [B]is[/B] in his game as he just did it FFS!" And hellooo! No sign of a penalty for us though. The stark contrast on how much time we had to clear the ruck and how long Penrith were allowed was another glaringly obvious anomaly. I'm sick of seeing Penrith players riding on the backs of our players as they get up to play the ball. Yet nothing was said. Also, on the PTB. How many times did penrith players put the ball on the ground let go of it and then use both hands to push themselves to their feet? By the letter of the law this constitutes them losing control of the ball and also means there is no danger of them bobbling the ball as they try to play it fast. All they were doing was putting the ball down, getting up and walking over it. So there was perhaps maybe even three different reasons why this was an incorrect PTB, but ....crickets from the officials and the commentators. We were missing Haas, Carrigan and Flegler in the forwards and Herbie (and Tesi for most of the game) in the backline. So we played with 16 men for most of the game. Despite this we had Penrith worried and if Staggs had held that put down we would have really rocked them. But surprise, surprise just when Penrith are beginning to wobble right on cue here comes a stack of 6 agains to march Penrith down the field. Sure our defence should have done better, but they can only do so much before manufactured fatigue will see errors creep into their game. I expected the loss, I mean we haven't won down there since 2009 despite sending teams led by Locky and co. What i didn't expect to see was how well our guys held up against the reigning premiers on their home patch despite having 1 out of 4 of our spine playing well and being without 5 of our top line players. I think Kevvie and his coaching staff are improving the team. Are they better than the Siebold days? I can honestly say yes. Are they close to being a top tier side? Not at all. There is still so much work to be done for them to be consistently mistake free and strong enough to compensate for perceived bias officiating. Will this current coaching team get them there? I tend to lean towards NO. Kevvie needs a ruthless assistant that allows him to play the good cop bad cop scenario. And that assistant needs to have tactical nous that complements Kevvie's persistence. Cameron Smith has to be headhunted and paid whatever it takes to get him onboard as without someone like him who has the utmost respect from players we will not progress to where we need to be. In addition, we will look a far more inviting proposition to up and coming elites who know they will be 'schooled' by one of the best. Finally, Kevvie please stop 'cleaning' imaginary mess off the table during your presser. It screams nerves and incompetence. [/QUOTE]

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