Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:42 pm  

Didnt take you long Bosty to arouse Marvel's latest Super Hero Apology Man!

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:40 pm  

Funny though, have never seen a ref knock on.
Very seldom see a player admit to a knock on either.

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:57 pm  

No NB you see lees than Arsene Wenger.

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:59 pm  

Is that possible Bosty?

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:11 pm  

Well have you ever seen a ref knock on? Or one be offside! Just a thought!

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:24 pm  

No but clearly some Refs are one side. However, did once see a Referee drop his whistle. Not seen a player do that.

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:41 pm  

northernbloke wrote:

Well have you ever seen a ref knock on? Or one be offside! Just a thought!

What kind of answer is that? Perhaps that's where we've been going wrong, expecting the ref to get decisions right rather than being able to play the game. Hope you had a bit more of a sensible approach when speaking to players who dared question a decision of the ref.

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 7:50 pm  

I swear to god NB is simply a wind-up merchant!
He is the only person defending the referee, whilst others, who rarely post criticism of the referee are adamant that he was pants.
I wasn't there, but I have seen the challenge on social media and even a relative newbie like me can see that the challenge was illegal and the consequences potentially lethal and therefore, regardless of some pipe-dream defense about "playing advantage", the Ref should have immediately blown and the tackler should have been shown Red. Instead, it took London players getting stuck in for anything to happen and as a result we were down 2 men to their one, as a direct result of their foul play and an inadequate referee.

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:17 pm  

Where are the modern day Billy Thompsons, Fred Lindops, Russel Smiths, Karl Kirkpatricks or John Holdsworths?

Under Cummings & now Ganson things are getting worse.

Re: Ref : Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:33 pm  

Yes, Ganson like many at the top of Rugby League is stealing a living. He needs to go and go now.