Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:33 pm  

Two games on tonight. Three clear instances at least of the things we all hate about football (even as a big fan) in the two games:

1. Richardson throwing himself to the floor, and the ref siding with it…if he doesn’t go down, it’s never a penalty.

2. Saints players flying at the ref follwoung high shot on Coote (Makinson ridiculous).

3. Bentley with the hand-on-head grimace after a near air shot across the back of his head.

Seeing it more & more with the zero tolerance approach to head contact. The referees need to wise up a little/use VR if possible (not sure this can be done?).

FWIW, if Bentley is in a team that isn’t winning every week, he could turn out to be a mega penalty machine for unnecessary shithousery - akin to how some of our guys were vs Saints.

Creeping in more & more…refs here aren’t a patch on the NRL ones, who let far more inconspicuous issues where there’s clearly no damage done to.

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:46 pm  

Makinson has to get a ban for that IMO

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:52 pm  

Was just about to start a thread solely about Saints. I’m in total admiration at the sheer effort they put in to games and they will more than likely make it three GF wins on the spin (aided by a nice post CC break) but what a bunch of play acting football wannabes they are. They have Bentley playing the part of the wind up merchant and guys like Coote throwing himself around like a Brazilian footballler.

Makinson really embarrassed himself in that Coote incident.

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:12 pm  

The Richardson one was hilarious as well (who did he play for again? )

The Liam Byrne sin binning another. I think it was Massey who couldn’t get to his feet he was that injured, until the ref called time off and allowed the time to get word in his ear piece he should give a pen. The Cas player shot to his feet no worries as soon as the pen was given.

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:50 pm  

It’s frustrating, they should be embarrassed

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:14 pm  

Plenty of play acting in the Derby.


Anybody see Isa play-acting at being an RL player?

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:16 pm  

We get called rotten as a club for anything teams can pin on us but in a mess of a season for us, we can come out with our heads held high on a couple of really poor aspects I’ll remember from 2021-

1-the play acting and football like antics that have crept in.

2-picking and choosing games to avoid, aka Covid problems.

As fans and as a club we can at least walk away with our heads up.

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:18 pm  

Jordan Rankin wrote:

Plenty of play acting in the Derby.


Anybody see Isa play-acting at being an RL player?

I saw Coote, Grace and Percival play acting to a level Neymar Jnr would be proud of. Same again tonight from some of the Saints players.

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:19 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

The Richardson one was hilarious as well (who did he play for again? )

The Liam Byrne sin binning another. I think it was Massey who couldn’t get to his feet he was that injured, until the ref called time off and allowed the time to get word in his ear piece he should give a pen. The Cas player shot to his feet no worries as soon as the pen was given.

I don’t like the leg tackles on stationary players being held upright. If they’ve got a leg drive going then I understand. But it’d be more effective IMO to get back in the defensive line quicker than commit a 3rd man to the tackle just for the sake of putting them down, and I cringe at the increased risk of knee/ankle injuries. Soft yellow yes, and I agree it doesn't come if Massey just gets on with it.

Re: Play Acting : Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:24 pm  

ralvag wrote:

I don’t like the leg tackles on stationary players being held upright. If they’ve got a leg drive going then I understand. But it’d be more effective IMO to get back in the defensive line quicker than commit a 3rd man to the tackle just for the sake of putting them down, and I cringe at the increased risk of knee/ankle injuries. Soft yellow yes, and I agree it doesn't come if Massey just gets on with it.

I do agree but just can’t look past Massey staying down to earn the pen and then just cracking on. There’s one reason why he’s staying down and he gets what he’s after, so stops pretending he’s injured. We should avoid putting ourselves in that position though, you’re right.