Re: Answering Back : Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:54 pm  

Cala Millor Rhino wrote:

Have a crystal ball? you don't know that.

There's nowhere near the amount of money and celebrity in rugby league. The ego's will never get that big.

Re: Answering Back : Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:55 pm  

J.I.M wrote:

Players are getting penalised for it, though. Look how much dissent leeds have had recently.

Not consistently though, and unless there is some consistency to it then players will continue to push there luck.

Re: Answering Back : Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:55 pm  

Cala Millor Rhino wrote:

Everyone should know not to laugh at Ganson!

When was Carl Ablett sin-binned for laughing at Steve Ganson?

Don't allow yourself to be led astray.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:57 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

I was answering back.

went sailing way over my head, been a long day, i need a job like G1!

Re: Answering Back : Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:58 pm  

tvoc wrote:

When was Carl Ablett sin-binned for laughing at Steve Ganson?

Don't allow yourself to be led astray.

see my comment above!

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:58 pm  

TBF a fair few kids still say "sir" around Leeds and if I do get abuse they find themselves sitting down for 5 minutes.

It works if you have the balls to take the wrath of the parents

Re: Answering Back : Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:59 pm  

J.I.M wrote:

You can get sent to the sinbin for f*cking laughing, ask carl ablett, that's a joke.

When did Carl Ablett get sent to the sin bin for laughing?

Re: Answering Back : Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:00 pm  

J.I.M wrote:

There's nowhere near the amount of money and celebrity in rugby league. The ego's will never get that big.

Maybe not national celebrity status, but they can be local celebrities in a way, and im fairly sure there are quite a few big ego's in SL.
Like CMR I'm worried about the increase in dissent and back chatting to ref's, but also something else thats steadily creeping is players diving at the PTB in an attempt to get a penalty, that seems to be happening more and more as well.

The dissent/back chatting is very simple to solve. The ref's need to penalise the first time a player other than the captain complains and then a sinbinning the second time. Would solve it very quickly. Would also solve the problem in soccer too if they did something similar.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:18 pm  

I agree with Cala. Make in unnaceptable now and we will never face the possibility of being anything like soccer. The bahaviour of footballers on the pitch is at time laughable, and that filters down to evey level and age group of the game. Football is a more "vocal" game than rugby, but no excuse (David Beckham challenging supporters the other day was truly hilarious).
Refs have to help, they have to tolerate genuine respectful questions and realise guys are pumped with adrenaline and might have the odd laugh or smile here and there, but the players have to shut up and get on with it (like they do most of the time anyway). A ref under less pressure from the players and coaches may actully be able to perform better - then everyone wins.

: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:30 pm  

There's no place for it in the game at all, but the worrying thing is that Leeds are possibly the worst team for it at the minute.