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Refs admitted crucial wrong call: Gleeson

I'm getting as fed up as the coaches with refs ruining NBL games.

hahaha magnificent

I love you anonymous posters, don't ever change.

So you doubled down on your stupidity...

Absolutely no whining about flopping. None whatsoever.

"The only thing that caused Weeks to crash to the floor was Weeks."

Oh no! Someone's wrong on the Internet!

"Merriam-Webster defines irony as:

... 3: a) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result; an event or result marked by such incongruity"

Also, its not the definition of irony. Its hypocrisy, if anything.

No one whined about a flop.

It's the very definition of irony: Cats fans whining about flops and fouls.

Don't worry boys and girls, if the cooking tastes different away from home just sprinkle a little salt on there...

o.O

Your opinion vs mine anonymous.
Have you ever played basketball?

Or do you turn fouls off in 2k17?

Its not salt to say Tiny pinder whinger made something up.

hahaha Perth fan crying about flopping.

So.
Much.
Salt.

Delicious.

"The only thing that caused Weeks to crash to the floor was Weeks."

I believe that manouver is officially called 'The Flopphage'

The only thing that caused Weeks to crash to the floor was Weeks.

Thankyou Wilson sting. My thoughts exactly. In my experience of playing and reffing for 25 years, sometimes when you foul someone but the ball comes off them out of bounds the ref will award them the ball. When you complain that your opponent touched it last the refs response is " it's either off them or a foul on you, what would you like?"

IMHO cotton extends his arm into weeks midsection causing him to crash to the floor.

"More like should've been called a charge on cotton as he clearly pushes weeks over. "

I actually thought one of the on court referees made the charge signal when I was watching it live and had no idea what they were reviewing at the time.

I'd say 3 out of 5 times that happens the refs would call a charge, 1 out of 5 a block and 1 no call. Perhaps the review became a 'no call' because they realised they missed the charge on the review and needed to do a token make up call.

Actually the VIPs just in front of me do get Steak.

Meanwhile I'm farting my guts out after all those free chilli-dogs.

Cairns fans won't care. With such a dismal history they need these hollow victories.

The NBL released a statement saying the refs were correct to revert to the original on-court decision as replays weren't conclusive as to whether the ball touched Cotton's hand after hitting Weeks' foot.

However, they said the refs didn't follow the correct process in achieving that as they didn't use every angle at their disposal.

I like what you did there Dazz.

In response to other posts making mention of home cooking you refer to the "steak" (ending).

Things must be getting tough at Perth Arena if they have stopped serving steak,

Is the team over cooked?

It's good that you do because otherwise the sea level would have risen a couple of mm over the last few days.

I feed off your tears, cats fans.

And there goes the chance for reasonable discussion about the review process.

Didn't look rushed from where I was sitting. Maybe they got it wrong, maybe they didn't. Maybe they're just a bunch of people who are mediocre at their jobs doing the best with what they've got, maybe it's a conspiracy. Maybe an elaborate NRL bunker thingo will solve everything that's wrong with the NBL, maybe it's just a bloody stupid idea proposed by an idiot. Maybe Perth got a taste of their own medicine for once and rest of the country can't wipe the grin off their faces, or maybe Trevor Gleeson is just a flog.

CT, if the replays and monitors they use are adequate then the question needs to be asked why they rushed the review. If it was obviously off one player, it's fine to move on quickly but when something is an inconclusive as it was, I don't understand how they got the review done so quickly.

if we just had 60 camera angles all with 4KHD cameras it would be much easier for the video reviews. get it done NBL

"Then they are reviewing it at the side of the court, on some pissy little monitor"

My seat is right behind that (not so) 'pissy little monitor' and I can see exactly what the ref sees on the tech's laptop as they're working. They get every camera feed and can freeze frame, slow-moing to their heart's content.

"They need to move to a "4th Ref", sitting in a booth with a video tech, multiple camera feeds and large screens"

And gold plated whistles. And raw silk no-chafe reffing trousers. And segways. And then nobody will ever make a bad call ever again and the Nbl will perfect.

Dazz

'???
The argument is that Cotton was driving to the basket and could have scored.'

If the umpires assessed a foul there, they would have called that instead of the out of bounds call. How exactly was Cotton going to get a shot up? Seriously? McKay's subsequent attempt at a score was more realistic than Cotton's.

'???
Plenty of games have seen even bigger scoring runs.'

Please name them, focussing particularly on the last 2.30 of games and tell me that my statement is anything other than reasonable. Are you arguing that you WILL win lots of games from that position?

Well that must mean Perth never get any calls, then.

To the guy who said Perth gets home cooking you obviously didn't watch the Sixers v Perth game. Some shocking calls in favour of Adelaide

Idiot above critisising Dazz, you should STFU and start your reading/comprehension lessons.

Dazz defending the indefensible again. Take off the blinkers mate. Sit back take a chill pill and please STFU.

"Perth deserves to get bad calls when they go away from home, cos they get some delicious home cooking with regularity at Perth Arena."

Personally I think Perths 'home cooking' is pretty overrated. They get a fair few bad calls and some real shockers for a side everyone claims is on the right side of some of the best home cooking in the league.

The wrong call was made on the replay. But then Cairns was generous enough to give the ball straight back to Perth, so no harm done!

Next time, don't get down by 12 with 2.30 to go because you won't win many games from there.

Fish on

"More like should've been called a charge on cotton as he clearly pushes weeks over. Even though weeks is shuffling sideways cotton pushes hard sending weeks to the floor. "

You should be a ref. Your fair and balanced assessment of the situation makes you the perfect candidate and it seems like you'd take great delight in calling an emphatic charge when all eyes in the stadium are on you.

/s

More like should've been called a charge on cotton as he clearly pushes weeks over. Even though weeks is shuffling sideways cotton pushes hard sending weeks to the floor.

I see a gap between Weeksy's foot and the ball. No contact your honour.

Who cares?

Perth deserves to get bad calls when they go away from home, cos they get some delicious home cooking with regularity at Perth Arena.

Kings Fan, you do know defenders do not have to be stationary to get a charging call dont you?

XY - That level of sense and logic won't win any friends around here. Cut it out!!

The wrong call was made on the replay. But then Cairns was generous enough to give the ball straight back to Perth, so no harm done!

Perth had its opportunities, but if you kept running straight through the chest of the defenders you risk a charge call being made.

Next time, don't get down by 12 with 2.30 to go because you won't win many games from there.

The McKay charge was even worse.Gliddon was clearly moving.

I still think the footage is inconclusive however I think the review process needs to be looked at because it seems like the refs were interested in getting a quick decision rather than the correct one.

If they used the replays from the telecast, there was no slo-mo, freezing or rewind used - it was just one angle, then the other, then the first again etc for a couple of times, then Cairns ball.

It's a little tragicomic, but the Wollongong Hawks have been so decimated by injury ahead of their game in Perth that they have activated second assistant coach Matt Flinn! He has not played in the NBL since 1995.

Starters Gary Ervin, Glen Saville and Larry Davidson will all miss the game through injury. Starter Oscar Forman has followed up a bruised lung with gastro and is unlikely to travel (waiting on final doctor's advice). Final starter Mat Campbell is carrying an injury but will play at least some part in the game.

Bench man Tyson Demos will play through a shoulder injury while Rhys Martin and Dave Gruber have recently returned from injury.

Diminutive Zac Delaney will travel with the team while another development player, Jordan Barry, is unavailable.

Centrebet suspended betting on the game early yesterday. At that point, when Ervin was vowing to play, Perth were $1.20-1.30 favourites.