niccipops said:
The more the carry on from last Friday continues I'm really starting to believe we'll be stitched up by the refs this time. Ceccined to the max. I hope I'm wrong and that the game really is more professional than that.
When the storm played the bunnies they got about 6 penalities early in the match which pretty much put the bunnies away.
I'm sensing an uneven playing field through no fault of Manly's.
Manly's crime - winning last Friday.
Please prove me wrong NRL.
I don't think so. The Grand Final is still up for grabs which is the holy grail for refs so they won't want any controversy. Cecchin got to number 1 last year in harrigans eyes which lead to him refereeing the grand final and going to the world cup. He then got his first origin this season and it all went pear shaped from there. He went from golden boy to facing the axe only a couple of months ago and suddenly he is now one game away from doing a Steven Bradbury and pirouetting his way into back to back grand finals. All he needs to do is avoid any clangers so I think he'll be putting the whistle away.
Manly v Cecchin -
Matches - 15
Won - 7
Lost - 8
(46% win loss ratio compared to our overall avg of 56%)
Penalties for - 45
Penalties against- 44
Melbourne v Cecchin
Matches - 19
Won - 11
Drawn - 1
Lost - 7
(60.4% win loss ratio compared to overall avg of 63%)
Penalties for - 56
Penalties against- 70
The issue we may face is that he is influenced by crowds and does favour home teams