Phil Rothfield

Now Rothfield is taking credit for the sackings of the 2 refs from  Sunday's games

Robert Finch sacks Ben Cummins and Gerard Sutton for NRL round seven

NRL referees boss Robert Finch has today sacked two referees for incompetent displays in the round six clash between Parramatta and Souths.

Referees Ben Cummins and Gerard Sutton have been dropped to the lower grades after their disgraceful decisions to sin-bin Parramatta captain Nathan Cayless and Souths centre Beau Champion.

The Daily Telegraph's Sport Editor-at-large Phil Rothfield described the decision as a victory for commonsense.

"This is a a great win for The Daily Telegraph and our readers who all drove the message hard yesterday that they were no longer prepared to tolerate sub-standard refereeing," Rothfield said.

Despite making the correct call to axe the whistleblowers, referees boss Finch was still standing by his edict to sin-bin players for repeated indiscretions.

In a statement released by the NRL at 2.45pm, Finch said: "Referees will continue to crack down on teams that continually breach the rules but it is clearly unacceptable for the wrong player to be sent to the sin-bin.

"Referees are accountable for their performances and between the two of them this error should not have occurred.

"It is now up to both Ben and Gerard to work their way back into the top grade, which I am sure they will do.”

The NRL statement continued: "Finch today also announced that the referees’ interpretation of the advantage rule would revert back to the discretion of the referees and that, from Round 7, the 10-metre territorial gain for the advantage rule will no longer apply.

"The 10-metre ruling was designed to get more consistency from all referees, which is what every club, player and fan wants, but it has become apparent that the advantage rule interpretation should be left to the discretion of the referees and that is what will occur from this week."

Also name another sport in the world that changes a rule mid season?

"This is a a great win for The Daily Telegraph and our readers who all drove the message hard yesterday that they were no longer prepared to tolerate sub-standard refereeing," Rothfield said.

 

Surely it can't be all him. I mean, surely he lays the 'fuckwit' on nice and thick, just to get a rise out of people.

Surely

True, but that was a stupid fucking rule. If you pick up the ball, take off and then get smashed - and in getting smashed lose the ball, then you should have to hand it back.

The option of diving on the ball was always there, but instead you took the advantage.

 

nope

and got the emails to prove it

They discussed that on PTI a couple of times, I think it was hockey.

That was supposed to show my first post on his blog that they actually published

Lot of doubt around the halves with the Blues. You would think Pearce will be halfback but 5/8th?

Pearce and Carney I'd have.

If they pick Bird at 5/8 we may as well forfeit the series now.

oh, and my post in Plodfields blog was in relation to him calling for Bird to come back to Cronulla to save them.

Kelly at half, Bird at lock.

 

Fucking idiot.

^Bird at 5/8

Look, this bloke bags administrators all the time. So it got me thinking about the last time Gus worked as an administrator at a club. When Souths returned to the premiership after winning their court case, George Piggins hired him and put him in charge of recruitment. It was a debacle. He spent the entire cap on the players I’ve listed here.
Jay Bandy, Michael Berne, Justin Brooker, Chris Caruana, Joven Clarke, Anthony Colella,, Owen Craigie, Nathan De Bartolo, Jason Death, Jamie Fitzgerald, Scott Geddes, Glenn Grief, Brent Grose, Andrew Hart, Andrew Hinson, Andrew King, Terry Lamey, Fili Lolohea,, Wesley Maas, Duncan MacGillivray, Wade McKinnon, Scott McLean, Paul McNicholas,, Mark Meredith, Nathan Merritt, Adam Muir, Beau Mundine, John Olzard, Adam Peek, Joel Penny, Frank Puletua, Russell Richardson, Shane Rigon, Noah Sete, Brett Sheehan, Blaine Stanley, Paul Stringer, Luke Stuart, Gerald Symonds.
How he copuld spend an entire salary cap on that mob beats me. He promised half of them if they signed with the Rabbitohs, he’d be there as part of the coaching staff to help them advance their careers,. A couple of months later and he was out of the joint. Nick Politis poached him to go to the Roosters. It was so wrong.

 




Phil Rothfield > Phil Gould

Most of the players that Phil Gould bought are either in prison or playing for Tingha reverse team



Phil Gould

Rothfield actually devoted his blog to Gould today?

Fuck me they are both knobs

Wasn't Gus coaching the Roosters from 1995?

Slothfield is a dribbler of the highest order

Hey Phil, a few points

1) they were not over the cap. In fact they were well under.
2) what timeframe were they given to put this team together?
3) all other clubs agreed to give souths a player as a sign of goodwill. Souths had to take what they were given
4) you left out Ashley Harrison
5) according to your criteria Phil, there are some internationals in that group. Remember you counted super league matches as tests. Or does that not matter?

Slothfield isn't a big fan of facts,he just likes to make stuff up to spite Gould because he is jealous of him.