Re: batley : Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:38 pm  

Do we have idea of who's signed up and who maybe off next season

Re: batley : Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:45 pm  

Plummy why do you say bias when it's an 11 5 penalty count. Teams get penalised when they are getting beaten by a better team, quick ptb results in offside or attempts to slow the ruck down. Believe it or not the officials do not go out with any bias, they purely make sure the players are penalised when they infringe. Blame the players not the officials.

Re: batley : Tue Jul 19, 2016 6:40 am  

Mickey I agree with what you say in principal but it has been proven previously that London very rarely get the positive number on the penalty count. This is something Mac has spoken about in the past.

I also think crowds can sway judgment, human pressure etc

So its not as B & W as you make it out to be

Re: batley : Tue Jul 19, 2016 6:51 am  

mickyb1234 wrote:

Plummy why do you say bias when it's an 11 5 penalty count. Teams get penalised when they are getting beaten by a better team, quick ptb results in offside or attempts to slow the ruck down. Believe it or not the officials do not go out with any bias, they purely make sure the players are penalised when they infringe. Blame the players not the officials.

I had used the word bias quite innocently ie not in the bent sense, but on reflection he probably was.

Have a look at the penalty count of any game at the weekend, and you will see evens or 1 or 2 in it.

This bloke was one sided in his views - sorry but have a look at the video and then comment. Now I am not saying we didnt give 11 penalties away, what I am saying is on the basis of his decisions against us, Batley didnt only give 5 penalties away.

Referees are inextricably linked to the ebb and flow of the game. Piggy back penalties help an attacking side and hinder the defence. It works both ways.

We didnt deserve to win, but the referees decision making certainly influenced the game.

Re: batley : Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:37 pm  

Plummy you know I thought about this last night and was gonna come back on and apologise anyhow, I assumed you were saying the ref was biased and that was wrong of me.
What you might not know is with such an imbalance at the penalty count at review that will be looked at really closely by the RFL so actually it goes against a ref if it us so one sided, it had a discussion with Chris kendal about how it is viewed if one team gets pinged so much in a game and I am not saying it's frowned upon but unless in review they are bang on then it is noted.
Referees decisions do influence a game but referees majestic decisions on what the players do don't forget.

And having been in the middle a fair bit and with quite a few games with people shouting from the touch line, it's never a call from the touch line has never slewed my decision making, and these guys are much more experienced than me.

Re: batley : Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:50 am  

Still too many tired forwards: Battye dropping off loads of tackles recently; Cunno and Garside need a break. Some of these lads aren't suited to hot weather either.

Re: batley : Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:38 am  

Think there is a bit of grasping at straws here, I agree with worrying trend of missed tackles in last couple of games. As for players needing a rest Aw bless em! Pretty sure Monday morning was pretty relaxed recovery day for em most of players in championship probably put in a ful shift at day job.
As for it being too hot for them, firstly it's. a summer sport and second what makes it harder for them than any other player