madmax
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Sporting News has an article on Gus Gould sticking it right up Greenberg.....saying he's a farce lol. As much as Gould rubs people up the wrong on occasion his knowledge of the game is far superior to anyone else in Rugby League. He says it as it is & as far as I'm concerned he knows what he's talking about! The NRL could do with someone like him as NRL CEO. He'd go along way to fixing this bloody mess Greenberg has created. Article below......
"Penrith Panthers general manager Phil Gould has taken aim at NRL boss Todd Greenberg in a brutal rant that revolved around the refereeing in the NRL.
Every week in rugby league, there are members of the community who take issue with the refs for one reason or another.
In round 11, every single NRL fixture had at least one player sent to the sin-bin, and in the fiery Manly Sea Eagles - Melbourne Storm fixture at AAMI Park, four players were sent to the naughty corner and Curtis Scott was sent off for good.
In the same game, two Manly players were allowed to come back from their 10 minutes early, much to the bewilderment of NRL pundits.
There was also the constant act of players trying to milk penalties which has been brought to a head this week, an example can be provided below.
Gus had obviously had enough, and blew his lid.
"Every game is very hard to watch, in fact, I've been considering a change of the name of this show. Rather than 100% Footy, it's now 40 percent footy and 60 percent refereeing," Gould said on 100% Footy.
"What I watch when I watch rugby league now is a refereeing show.
"We got 15,000 people out at Panthers Stadium last Thursday. A cold Thursday in Western Sydney for a derby between the Wests Tigers and Panthers, and the bloke in yellow comes out and hijacks the game because he thinks it's his personal stadium.
"It's going right across the board, this whole thing has become a farce, an absolute farce in our game.
"I'll tell you what I'm worried about with State of Origin, I'm worried about two things.
"If they penalise everything in State of Origin, they're just going to destroy the game.
"If it's going to be a low penalty count in Origin, that's going to suit Queensland enormously because everyone's been working on high penalty counts, and some of the young players today can't work out how to play football if the ball's in play for 15 minutes.
"They put out some ridiculous stat this week that tries inside the opposition 20 have gone up seven percent. That's because we're spending 90 percent more time inside the opposition 20 because they drag you up the field with a couple of penalties and they keep you down there with five or six penalties until you get something.
"The refereeing is a farce, Todd Greenberg is a farce. It's destroying the game.
"Our game is going exactly the same way rugby went. Rugby is now nondescript in Australia, no one can watch it, no one supports it.
"I'm telling you, that's what they're doing with the NRL. The people in charge, haven't got a clue about what they're doing.
"We've got the boss of a game changing a rule mid-season because there's been a social media campaign."
"Penrith Panthers general manager Phil Gould has taken aim at NRL boss Todd Greenberg in a brutal rant that revolved around the refereeing in the NRL.
Every week in rugby league, there are members of the community who take issue with the refs for one reason or another.
In round 11, every single NRL fixture had at least one player sent to the sin-bin, and in the fiery Manly Sea Eagles - Melbourne Storm fixture at AAMI Park, four players were sent to the naughty corner and Curtis Scott was sent off for good.
In the same game, two Manly players were allowed to come back from their 10 minutes early, much to the bewilderment of NRL pundits.
There was also the constant act of players trying to milk penalties which has been brought to a head this week, an example can be provided below.
Gus had obviously had enough, and blew his lid.
"Every game is very hard to watch, in fact, I've been considering a change of the name of this show. Rather than 100% Footy, it's now 40 percent footy and 60 percent refereeing," Gould said on 100% Footy.
"What I watch when I watch rugby league now is a refereeing show.
"We got 15,000 people out at Panthers Stadium last Thursday. A cold Thursday in Western Sydney for a derby between the Wests Tigers and Panthers, and the bloke in yellow comes out and hijacks the game because he thinks it's his personal stadium.
"It's going right across the board, this whole thing has become a farce, an absolute farce in our game.
"I'll tell you what I'm worried about with State of Origin, I'm worried about two things.
"If they penalise everything in State of Origin, they're just going to destroy the game.
"If it's going to be a low penalty count in Origin, that's going to suit Queensland enormously because everyone's been working on high penalty counts, and some of the young players today can't work out how to play football if the ball's in play for 15 minutes.
"They put out some ridiculous stat this week that tries inside the opposition 20 have gone up seven percent. That's because we're spending 90 percent more time inside the opposition 20 because they drag you up the field with a couple of penalties and they keep you down there with five or six penalties until you get something.
"The refereeing is a farce, Todd Greenberg is a farce. It's destroying the game.
"Our game is going exactly the same way rugby went. Rugby is now nondescript in Australia, no one can watch it, no one supports it.
"I'm telling you, that's what they're doing with the NRL. The people in charge, haven't got a clue about what they're doing.
"We've got the boss of a game changing a rule mid-season because there's been a social media campaign."
