Re: Refs..... they are so bad : Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:27 am
Referees have always been inconsistent. Are you telling me that Mick Naughton refereed the game in the same way as Fred Lindop? The way they referee reflect the ref's subjectivity.My only gripe about refs is the impact that Steve Ganson has had as their chief. He reffed games like we'd all paid twenty quid to watch a reffing display. He runs the refs the same way, looking out for every possible infringement, making the ref the most important figure. This makes the players play for penalties, because it's usually met with a response. The players do the cheating and play-acting, but because the refs pander to it.
Let the players get on with it and it'll be a better spectacle. And I can bet the refs would prefer that, instead of having to be told at every video review of the minor infringements they missed. The NRL is noticeably freer of penalties than Super League.