The refs need to play a role, teams will cheat at the ruck.

Ruck decisions can be arbitrary there are multiple reasons for a 6 again.

I think we were dudded round v Newcastle, but crowds influencing refs is nothing new.

That was probably the closest a ref  came to changing a game. But with the same ref calls, the Panthers, Storm,  Roosters and Rabbits probably still win.

Playing well enough to take the ref out of the equation is the best fix.
I first watched league on TV in 1973, back then people were complaining about the refs and the rules.
When I watch some of those old games now, the standard of play is much worse, the ball has a lot to do with that. Games were often slow and mistake riddled, especially on muddy grounds.

The game has to move with the times and be entertaining for young fans, No point in keeping us old dinasours happy if the game dies with us.

Interesting to note too. #13 for Souths is Murray, for Titans it’s Peachy. Newcastle are running Watson. Not big bodies at all.

I reckon if there’s any future for Lewis at our club, and I have my doubts, it’s #13 or nothing.

Yeah I know people will mention “leg speed”, which I reckon is a made up term that most who that use it don’t even know what it means... I certainly don’t... because it’s got no real meaning... but he’s got the defence and the skills, just needs the motor.

Which he might get or... see you later.

Interesting to note too. #13 for Souths is Murray, for Titans it’s Peachy. Newcastle are running Watson. Not big bodies at all.

I reckon if there’s any future for Lewis at our club, and I have my doubts, it’s #13 or nothing.

Yeah I know people will mention “leg speed”, which I reckon is a made up term that most who that use it don’t even know what it means... I certainly don’t... because it’s got no real meaning... but he’s got the defence and the skills, just needs the motor.

Which he might get or... see you later.

Zef, if anyone has been reading my posts for the last 3 or 4 weeks that's what I have been saying.  He has a good left foot kick, a reasonably good defender and can cover the left side of the ruck. But anyway, T Baz will run it how he feels, he's the coach.

Winx had ‘leg speed’... She had average stride length but would take ave 2.7 strides per second compared the average horse at 2.3... over a minute she would end up 30 strides in front at an average horse...

That’s very good. But when thety Joey) is talking about the “leg speed” of  The Cheese orTaumololo I don’t think he’s talking about the length of his stride.

It’s aggression by any other name, and a better name.

Bottom line, I don’t believe it’s a “born with” or genetic ability, it’s a learned or “heart” ability.

If you got the heart for it, you can learn it.

Run hard, pump those legs. Put some “leg speed” into it.

Or go home.

type your messageGo hard or go home... unfortunately there’s nothing I’ve seen in Lewis’ game that would indicate the former is likely... but if there’s a year we and he can try it without it hurting us it’s this year, and last...

Bottom line, I don’t believe it’s a “born with” or genetic ability, it’s a learned or “heart” ability.

If you got the heart for it, you can learn it.

Run hard, pump those legs. Put some “leg speed” into it.

Or go home.

Well I think it’s his only hope or he’s gotta go.

But damn I”d love him to succeed there, he’s got the skill and he’s got the defence and a kick.

But in the halves he’s just... clueless. The touch judge has more chance of running onto one of his passes than an outside back.

I’d love to see him succeed too... he thinks the touch judge is a decoy... playing in the middle his cut out balls are a chance of hitting the winger..

Surely the comments purported to have been made by Penrith CEO Fletcher re Matt Burton are against the interest of the game. In  SMH he is quoted as saying he has told Matt Burton to get out of the Bulldogs' contract. FFS are NRL contracts different to any other contracts? You'd certainly have to think so. 

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/worst-move-for-his-career-panthers-boss-wants-burton-to-backflip-on-bulldogs-20210423-p57lwd.html

Only the club can allow that, not ‘the game’...

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If Burton doesn’t want to come here cos we’ve not created a safe space m, why would Reynolds want to join???...

Wrong. You dont know contracts my friend.

The club has only a contract with severance clauses to depend on. It's just a legal fight.
The "game" decides if the dissolution of the contract contravenes their moral position and they decide if they re-register any new contract for him.

And we all know the NRL wont want to hurt the NRL darlings. 

So if it goes down that path, we are fekked.

But I hope it doesn't cost us a chance in getting Reynolds

I'm not saying I want the game back in it's old format, it's come along way since the 60's even. What I want to see is a good tough contest with the thuggery removed, the cheating fvcked off and the referres doing their job and not influencing results. Some rules have improved the game some have stuffed it and others have made no sense at all. True Rugby League is a game of skill, mettle and stamina, yet they are trying to turn it into some form of fancy touch football where their hairdo stays put and their manicured nails don't get broken.. FMD if I wanted to watch showponies prancing around I'd follow the chooks.

Interesting to note too. #13 for Souths is Murray, for Titans it’s Peachy. Newcastle are running Watson. Not big bodies at all.

I reckon if there’s any future for Lewis at our club, and I have my doubts, it’s #13 or nothing.

Yeah I know people will mention “leg speed”, which I reckon is a made up term that most who that use it don’t even know what it means... I certainly don’t... because it’s got no real meaning... but he’s got the defence and the skills, just needs the motor.

Which he might get or... see you later.

Isn’t that just aggression? People talk about “leg speed” as if it’s some definable skill, but what does it mean if it’s not pace or power?