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Years ago

Boti on refs

Isaac, I value your in depth knowledge of the game and your opinions, but had you been at this game, I am sure you would have thought the officiating was below par.

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Years ago

Isaac, did you ask any of the Dragons players if they felt they were hard done by in Adelaide by the refs. The only thing I sympathise with them is the schedule they have had to endure in the last week. Too many games including one on Friday night and then to travel the next day to play again that night. That would be tough on any team but I don't think the refs in this game contributed to their problems. To add to another comment in a different thread, a schedule like that would hardly contribute to them losing a championship. A stronger team would weather that hardship but still rise to the top.

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Years ago

Quasi, that is the biggest load of c..p I've ever heard. How can the crowd influence the refs? If the refs are at all influenced by the crowd, then they are not doing their jobs professionally and impartially. You say "they consciously decide not to let the crowd influence them, hence don't make some of the calls that need to be made". Isn't this suggesting they ARE being influenced by the crowd by choosing to not make calls because of them?

There was plenty of pushing and shoving in the last quarter. One of the worst was when Davidson was PUSHED out of bounds. That was one of the most obvious and disgusting errors the refs made that night. YES, the refs would have been responsible for a loss in this situation. If you detect anger in this post, you are not wrong. I walked out of Saturday's game extremely disturbed at the job the refs had done and what the outcome might have been.

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