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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 3386234, member: 8255"] That refereeing was atrocious. From the very first sets of the game, look how slow the Dogs were to clear the ruck - and yet we were the first to get pinged? There was a very clear difference in how the rucks were managed throughout that game. They LIVED offside and nothing said. Markers hardly square yet again, we were the ones who got pinged for that. Capewell's usual penalties that wouldn't have been given had he still been wearing the Penrith jersey, you can tell that's frustrating him (but he also needs to learn from it and not push the issue so much). LOVED Reynolds calling the fucking ref out, he absolutely had to - but what state is the fucking game in where a captain has to do the job of the 3 officials on the fucking field? This is the bullshit we're all talking about, Annersley, you fucking muppet. Watch that game, look Broncos fans in the eye and tell us with a straight face that we were refereed the same as the Doggies. Would this shit fly in any other professional sport in the world?! The flow on effect of the unfair officiating is the ongoing mental damage to our players. IMO it is becoming quite clear to see when watching the game. We play so passively, with no aggression at all [B][I]because we're not fucking allowed to[/I][/B]. It completely demoralises the boys and I don't really blame them tbh, why bother when it's so blatantly rigged against you? Poor Flegler is a prime example - he's now too scared to really take part in the game, the bullshit has gotten into his head and looks like it will pretty much neuter his entire career. Sure, he was a bit loose but he was improving. He is an old school enforcer, like JWH...yet the NRL won't let him play like that simply because of the jersey he wears. 20 years ago he would have been a fucking superstar...and if he wore a Roosters/Storm/Penrith jersey there is no way he cops the punishment he does. It's so, so wrong. Why is it too much to ask to be officiated the same as our opposition? Yet every fucking week we have to beat the ref as well. Capewell and Reynolds actually look stunned by the rough hand we get dealt, they can't believe half the decisions we cop. It's disgusting and lastnight has me seriously considering whether I want to continue supporting the game. Having said that, it's just something else we need to overcome. Kev needs to drill the siege mentality into the boys. "You're going to get the dud hand. We are pressuring the NRL through official channels, but until it changes - stop appealing for penalties, you won't get them. Stop throwing your hands up in the air every tackle. Just stop. You can't control it, so forget it. What you CAN control is possession, wrapping up offloads, line speed in defence. We need to beat the refs as well - that's just how it is. It's us against the world, lads, now let's fucking dig in!" Still so many issues. I see Kev as a Wayne-type coach...the 'soft' stuff. He needs better assistants [B][U][I]yesterday [/I][/U][/B]to help with the 'hard' technical stuff because our defensive structures, while better, are still woeful. Our line speed is terrible. We still look so lost out there, especially when pressuring the opposition's line. I know it's hard to build combinations with spine positions always changing but that should not affect the way we play. We MUST wrap up offloads better, we get killed every week with those. And Kev needs to change whatever he does at half time, we always seem to struggle immediately after. I'm just so disillusioned. Look, I'm stoked we got the win, I was hollering and yahooing and I'm so proud of them for hanging in there. I'm genuinely happy they managed to come back, that will hopefully do wonders for their confidence. TMM was really really good, Kennedy had a career best game, Cobbo was outstanding, Oates was vintage again and Reynolds is starting to play even better for us than he did at Souths. We have an amazing young forward pack and some really exciting outside men. Geez we have the talent to compete. But we need coaches who can get the best from that talent (we don't) and we need to get a fair shot from the officials (we don't). Until those things change we won't make the 8. I hate to be a downer but that first 50 minutes was sooooo bad. [/QUOTE]

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