Using facts to improve things for us is not a losers mentality. It's a winners mentality. Ignoring all the challenges stacked against us without trying to improve them means we will always struggle, it's a game of small margins.
The team uses the information to lobby and pressure the APL to give us a fairer percentage of experienced refs who should be more consistent.
People who win try and get any edge they can. We need to maximise our advantages, and minimize our disadvantages by lobbying the APL and making sure the refs are aware that we are usually among the most fouled team in the competition yet teams against us get the fewest yellows.
I doubt any single ref is biased, but over the course of a season we don't tend to get the rub of the green. As I said, Dome has said in an interview he thinks it's because we consistently get the most inexperienced refs, that is useful information for the team to take to the APL.
The team uses the information to lobby and pressure the APL to give us a fairer percentage of experienced refs who should be more consistent.
People who win try and get any edge they can. We need to maximise our advantages, and minimize our disadvantages by lobbying the APL and making sure the refs are aware that we are usually among the most fouled team in the competition yet teams against us get the fewest yellows.
I doubt any single ref is biased, but over the course of a season we don't tend to get the rub of the green. As I said, Dome has said in an interview he thinks it's because we consistently get the most inexperienced refs, that is useful information for the team to take to the APL.