[Dick Jones]

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:39 am  

Just shows how fans see things differently I thought he was deliberately trying to show he s not baised, he was orgianally from Leigh, where he lives now is not the issue is it.
SO both sets of fans didn't like his reffing. It because SL refs are more picky and are used to quicker play the balls etc.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:01 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Cant wait to watch the replay of this, i thought as long as a player isnt tackled then hes a free target as long as it isnt an attack to the head or anything stupid with elbows and the like.

A few things that i thought stood out. Allowing the Leigh player to move off the mark at the play the ball in the first half leading to their try. Wasnt a penalty so he had no right to move the ball backward and should have been penalised. One of our trys looked suspicious but the one we had ruled out looked ok so swings and roundabouts there. I dont think Leigh made it out of their own half in the second half without the ref piggy backing them up field. One pentalty was especially galling, the one where we were done on the last tackle when the Leigh player dropped the ball. We went from having the ball on half way to defending our own line. Fair enough if we were offside but after 20 minutes of the second half he stopped giving offside yet Leigh were constantly offside when we were on the attack. Now im not saying we wernt but we just want some consistancy, i mean watch Duffy when he was on the field, im not sure he made it back on side more than 5 tackles the whole match. I thought in doing this the ref let Leigh back in the game just to make a game of it. The Mcnally knock on was just laughable. He drops the ball over his shoulder yet we again get penalised and Leigh are marched up field. I was shocked when he gave the penalty to let us even up the game but then again we only got the obvious ones all afternoon.

Im not in the slightest bit surprised Rhino went mad after the game.

This is a virtual mirror image of our thoughts. Fax offside all game etc Suppose it's why we are fans of a club really.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:22 am  

Harrison like a big Kid I'm not surprised they play like they do He should be done for damaging someones camera ,

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:00 pm  

peawapp wrote:

Harrison like a big Kid I'm not surprised they play like they do He should be done for damaging someones camera ,

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:03 pm  

maurice wrote:

This is a virtual mirror image of our thoughts. Fax offside all game etc Suppose it's why we are fans of a club really.

Yeah ive no doubt that we were offside most of the game too but i always wonder why refs pick the ones they do. The last tackle piggy back one was the worst for me.

The same goes for the spear tackle, Barlow was withdrawn due to taking a bang on the head in a clear spear tackle that went unpunished yet we were punished for a similar tackle. Luckily Sam was able to shake it off and was able to come back on.

I dont for the life in me think refs are biased, they are simply inconsistent.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:04 pm  

TheEnforcer273 wrote:

:cry:

Guessing if true you will be pushing for him to be banned from all RL grounds?

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:08 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Yeah ive no doubt that we were offside most of the game too but i always wonder why refs pick the ones they do. The last tackle piggy back one was the worst for me.

The same goes for the spear tackle, Barlow was withdrawn due to taking a bang on the head in a clear spear tackle that went unpunished yet we were punished for a similar tackle. Luckily Sam was able to shake it off and was able to come back on.

I dont for the life in me think refs are biased, they are simply inconsistent.

im with you on that GFB. Its those inconsistencies that really wind the fans up though. Yes we were offside at a lot of the play of the balls, but so were Leigh and I dont get too wound up by that, but then the ref all of a sudden decides to penalise for offside, the next set that leigh are defending they are just as offside as the ones he has just penalised us for, really beats me. Yep, the spear tackle was identical but one punished one not????

On the subject of the absolutely clear knock on, close to their own line. I dont actually blame Bentham for that one, he was running downfield and could easily have seen it the other way, no i blame his toch judges as one was very, very near the incident and could easily have seen it.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:17 pm  

An interesting one was Gardner's disallowed try. I got a great view of it and it was a clear knock on, yet the in goal official was stood 2 yards away with an unobstructed view and gave the try! At least Bentham did the right thing and listened to his linesman to rule it out, but it's a little concerning that the in goal official wanted to award it!

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:26 pm  

Be fair Matt. The in goal official was born and brought up in a house on Kirkhall Lane and has been a regular at our games for at least 20 years.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:22 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Guessing if true you will be pushing for him to be banned from all RL grounds?