: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:40 am  

Worst referee I have seen in a long time is that Child. He will do his best to ruin your game on Sunday. The whistle is never out his mouth and he has never heard of advantage - he thinks the crowd have come to see him.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:58 pm  

I'd just like to point out that despite the protests of the Widnes fans he didn't give them a caining against Oldham. The penalty count was 9-11 or 12-13 depending which paper you read. Yes he sent Wildbore off, but as with Hobson it seems, that was perfectly justified. The Widnes fans just seemed to suffer from a case of mass hysteria fueled by there own ignorance of what is a very good Oldham side. Most of them were screaming for holding down penalties before tackles had even been completed and the Widnes players, instead of adapting to the way the ref was applying the rules, proceded to throw the toys out of the pram and sulk. Childs didn't get much wrong in that game, indeed I don't think I had any complaints about any of the penalties he gave against Oldham. Leigh - fev however may have been different. Everyone has a bad day at the office.