Hasbag wrote:The whole game was refereed differently. I think there was only 1, possibly 2 set restarts all game. Not a single penalty for offside (defensive line) given all game. Maybe only 1 or 2 penalty's for holding down all game.
It makes for better viewing as the game flows more, but pretty much every rule just seemed to go out the window last night
It was a miles better watch but going off previous games it's frustrating as a fan who's seen his team hammered for every possible little thing this season, had it been a regular league game with say Sao committing the above foul play there would have been video ref stoppages and cards galore but all of a sudden everything changes because its a grand final.
If every game was allowed to flow like last night we'd all have a much better product to watch.