NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 46 - You say which fantasy group is at the top? I Can't Believe It's Not Butters

Syzy wrote:Players forcing the refs hand by staying down, refusing to play the ball until the play has been reviewed. Players going to ground either in defence on collision with decoy runners or in attack chasing kicks. It’s all starting to sound like soccer and from my experience a large percentage of league fans despise that game.

Soccer as a game is a great game. It’s the spirit it’s played in and the way it’s officiated that a lot of league fans can’t tolerate. I fear this is what the nrl is becoming.

10 years ago the players themselves wouldn’t allow their peers to behave like this. But there has clearly been a shift and from here it’s a slippery slope. The more that players get away with, the more it will happen. 

Milchcow wrote:

This has 100% been going on for more than 10 years. I'd say it probably goes back to the late 90s when video refs were first introduced.

The belief by fans that refs are ruining the game has definitely been going on for as long as the internet has existed (probably longer)

Milchcow wrote:

This has 100% been going on for more than 10 years. I'd say it probably goes back to the late 90s when video refs were first introduced.

The belief by fans that refs are ruining the game has definitely been going on for as long as the internet has existed (probably longer)

mattnz wrote:

The key controversial calls went the Bronco's way!

Mulvy wrote:

Make one?

Rabbits21 wrote:For those that sold Haas the other week if you did sorry I’m gonna say what I’m thinking it might sound blunt (but I’m saying it anyway) if you sold Haas you don’t get Fantasy.

Welshy wrote:

Has to be context. Loads will trade him over origin? Some went early, after he missed a game with suspension

Last 2 game average after suspension has him at pretty much season average. If you traded him out and the trade in scores more overall points during the trade out back in period then you get fantasy just as much.

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

more eloquently put than the response I was thinking

Welshy wrote:

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

more eloquently put than the response I was thinking

I've been working on some milder retorts lad

standard-issue wrote:

Pain meds or mellowing as you approach middle age mate

Mulvy wrote:Make one?

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:I did

Krump wrote:Fuck the refs, fuck the bunker, fuck Matt for trading out an injured player, fuck people who traded Haas and fuck people who didn’t trade Haas. Oh and fuck Mulvy.
Pretty sure that’s me all caught up.

Syzy wrote:The way the game is being played and adjudicated at the moment is really starting to damage the nrl product. Players forcing the refs hand by staying down, refusing to play the ball until the play has been reviewed. Players going to ground either in defence on collision with decoy runners or in attack chasing kicks. It’s all starting to sound like soccer and from my experience a large percentage of league fans despise that game.

Soccer as a game is a great game. It’s the spirit it’s played in and the way it’s officiated that a lot of league fans can’t tolerate. I fear this is what the nrl is becoming.

10 years ago the players themselves wouldn’t allow their peers to behave like this. But there has clearly been a shift and from here it’s a slippery slope. The more that players get away with, the more it will happen. 

The nrl need to get tough on this now or risk losing bulk crowds. It’s one thing for decisions to be annoying or frustrating. It’s another for the game not to be standing for the basic values and principles their fan base believes in. Things like honesty, integrity, sportsmanship. Lose those and suddenly it’s a pretty unattractive game.