: Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:34 am  

RB wrote:

And it's also reasonable to assume that the ball didn't touch the grass.

I'd disagree on the basis that there appeared more of the ball behind O'Loughlin's hand than in front of it and therefore it was reasonable to assume that some part of the ball (out of sight) had touched down. To me that's what the 'Benefit Of Doubt' ruling is there for.

RB wrote:

Peacock hardly celebrated which imo shows that he wasn't confident.

That lads too honest for his own good. I think he probably just didn't know one way or the other but you are right he should have gone up for it more regardless. Extra training Sunday morning.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:33 am  

Had there been no video ref I believe it would have been given without any consultation.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:07 am  

The Trip wrote:

As a neutral Wakey fan

PMSL!!

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:23 am  

true southstander wrote:

Sour grapes. It was obviously a try and you were well beaten by a far better team.
Realise the truth.
Absorb the truth.
come to terms with not making the play offs!

You guys really think you're something special. You're not.

If you were a genuinely special team, you'd have blown us away by 50 clear points last night. As it was, you deservedly won, but were helped massively in the second half by some extremely dubious refereeing.

Don't worry - we'll be in the play-offs. And yet again, you lot will be kakking your keks at the thought of meeting us.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:28 am  

Cruncher wrote:

Don't worry - we'll be in the play-offs. And yet again, you lot will be kakking your keks at the thought of meeting us.

Home win. In the bank

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:49 am  

There are two issues here.

1. If Peacock's try was BOD then so should have been Donalds (given) and Ainscough's (disallowed). There is evidence to suggest those were a no try and a try respectively.

2. Only in RL could we have a rule such as BOD, issues such as tries need to be decided by clear rules, not an interpretation that changes by ref, and even within a game. No other sport that wants to be taken seriously would introduce a rule that is so difficult to argue with as it is all down to opinion.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:55 am  

AJ wrote:

There are two issues here.

1. If Peacock's try was BOD then so should have been Donalds (given) and Ainscough's (disallowed). There is evidence to suggest those were a no try and a try respectively.

2. Only in RL could we have a rule such as BOD, issues such as tries need to be decided by clear rules, not an interpretation that changes by ref, and even within a game. No other sport that wants to be taken seriously would introduce a rule that is so difficult to argue with as it is all down to opinion.

The Ainscough one, was a clear no try.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:56 am  

I always try to judge a VR decision by swapping it round and thinking what I would have felt had the decision had to have been made the other way around.

eg.

Lulu try - I thought that Ainscough was offside (if only slightly) and would have been mad as hell if Leeds had scored it and it would have been allowed.

Hock try - this board would have been up in arms had Leeds scored that try and it been allowed. The problems lies in the fact that the obstruction rule is a complete mess and I don't think anyone, and that includes the refs, know how to interpret the rule correctly.

Peacock try - Had it been Fielden I would have gutted to see a decision any other than TRY.

Therefore in my opinion as hard as it may be to take I think they got all 3 decisions correct.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:00 pm  

The best way to avoid BOD is to prevent the opposition team crossing your line! If we start giving BOD to defence then we run the risk of turning SL into NRL.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:14 pm  

Cruncher wrote:

You guys really think you're something special. You're not.

If you were a genuinely special team, you'd have blown us away by 50 clear points last night. As it was, you deservedly won....

Yes I can agree with pretty much all of that. Leeds are a long, long way from being anything special at the moment. I thought Wigan were truly awful on the night and Leeds while better than that made far too many errors to be classed as anything other than ordinary.

Skill levels are pretty poor this season so far and I've yet to see a game that was anything other than mediocre.

Hopefully it'll improve as the season goes on for all of us.

Oh and Peacock's waited five months for that decision after the one in the play off game went Wigan's way.