Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:31 pm  

PopTart wrote:

The ref is clearly not cheating. He sees what he sees and makes a decision at speed.
Easy to be an expert afterwards.

Every man and his dog could see what Leeming did from the back of the North Stand as it happened. I do have some sympathy for the ref though because what the hell are the linesman for.

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:47 pm  

PopTart wrote:

The ref is clearly not cheating. He sees what he sees and makes a decision at speed.
Easy to be an expert afterwards.

See it at speed it was like slow motion Stevie Wonder could’ve seen it was cheating.

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:46 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

See it at speed it was like slow motion Stevie Wonder could’ve seen it was cheating.

A blind man on a galloping horse could see it. Same as the ball steal against Salford when they passed it to pauli. Cheat or useless take your pick.

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:20 pm  

Mick Amos 9 WTW wrote:

A great win again. This League has so many evenly matched teams, every game is a battle. We've coped with a weakened left edge well losing two of the comps best players. Some more big games coming up that will be close. The best aspect for me is I used to go to games with some fear. Now I genuinely believe we can beat anyone. Even with injuries. We've a hell of a squad!
I hate ref bashing and our club are good at supporting refs overall but by eck was it frustrating last night. Maybe watching back on Trinity TV might make me change my mind... We'll see. Dave gave 4 pens away allegedly and he was quick to ping us but we got held down considerably. Throwing the ball downhill to the side at Jordan is a disgrace. Goal line offsides awful. Several contentious decisions I can't wait to view. Coaching team must pull their hair out at times!
Finally, meat pie man Dave! Wow. Stop that lad if you dare...
Onwards and upwards

Generally you seem a fair-minded poster Mick, but I can't agree with the above statement. That's the attitude, I'm afraid that gives bad referees carte blanche to continue making terrible errors and, yes, cheating. Referees are not gods and there should be some way that enables players, club officials and fans can take them to task when they display such terrible officiating and biased decisions. The man was awful!!

[PopTart]

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:22 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

See it at speed it was like slow motion Stevie Wonder could’ve seen it was cheating.

That's slightly different.
Whether the player was cheating is a different thing. Most players break the rules at some stage. Going off side is in theory cheating.

Cheating for me is someone trying to win be foul means and keeping it secret like drug taking.

What I was commenting on was whether the ref was cheating. That implies he is favouring one team or player by not applying the rules on purpose.
I don't believe he did that.

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:28 pm  

I think that until we obtain a temporary specialist winger we ought to try switching BJB over to the right outside Joe and bringing Max to play alongside Reece in order to give the threequarter line a better balance, and hopefully to bring Ben more into the game for his finishing expertise. Worth a try? (No pun intended)

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:38 pm  

PopTart wrote:

That's slightly different.
Whether the player was cheating is a different thing. Most players break the rules at some stage. Going off side is in theory cheating.

Cheating for me is someone trying to win be foul means and keeping it secret like drug taking.

What I was commenting on was whether the ref was cheating. That implies he is favouring one team or player by not applying the rules on purpose.
I don't believe he did that.

I was referring to Leeming as cheating and that it wasn’t at full speed like you say, even looking at the ref as he throws it,I’m sure I read that it was up to the refs discretion wether to penalise or not the play we are discussing, if so, then he’s no better .

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:24 pm  

PopTart wrote:

The ref is clearly not cheating. He sees what he sees and makes a decision at speed.
Easy to be an expert afterwards.

Yes he is in essence and we all saw it at the time, you’re just being contrary as ever.

[PopTart]

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:03 pm  

vastman wrote:

Yes he is in essence and we all saw it at the time, you’re just being contrary as ever.

Nope. You saw something and made an opinion. The ref saw the same thing differently. That's not cheating.
If he was cheating he'd have given them the game wouldn't he.

And he was closer.

I'll watch on Trinity TV. It may well be a mistake but the ref isn't cheating.

Re: next up Hudd - Sheff - Friday 5th April : Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:10 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Nope. You saw something and made an opinion. The ref saw the same thing differently. That's not cheating.
If he was cheating he'd have given them the game wouldn't he.

And he was closer.

I'll watch on Trinity TV. It may well be a mistake but the ref isn't cheating.

Sorry pops but you can’t win this one - it was simply impossible not to see what we did - end of.