Am I just Paronoid? : Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:32 pm  

Is it just me or do match officials allways seem to be against us in Big games?

2005 vs Castleford in Final eliminator
2007 vs Widnes in Final eliminator
2008 vs Whitehaven playoffs
2009 vs Widnes NRC Semi Final.

The officials in all the above games seemed out to get us, now I may be paranoid and admitedly Biased but if I didnt know better I would say the RFL was out to screw us. Will be interesting to see what happens in the 2009 playoffs especially if we are 1 game from the Grand final.

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:36 pm  

You are paranoid, along with 40,000 other RL fans.

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:42 pm  

littlerich wrote:

You are paranoid, along with 40,000 other RL fans.

Maybe but just for once it would be nice to see us get the rub of the green in a big match.

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:53 pm  

Forever Blue and white wrote:

Maybe but just for once it would be nice to see us get the rub of the green in a big match.

We did, in 1987 and 2004
Two huge matches. Still, both of those pale into insignificance when David Campbell gave THAT decision at St Helens in 1994(check with boffins?). That was a disgrace - a decision based on solely getting out of Knowlsley Road alive. It still angers me today.

Re: Am I just Paronoid? : Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:04 pm  

Forever Blue and white wrote:

Is it just me or do match officials allways seem to be against us in Big games?

2005 vs Castleford in Final eliminator
2007 vs Widnes in Final eliminator
2008 vs Whitehaven playoffs
2009 vs Widnes NRC Semi Final.

The officials in all the above games seemed out to get us, now I may be paranoid and admitedly Biased but if I didnt know better I would say the RFL was out to screw us. Will be interesting to see what happens in the 2009 playoffs especially if we are 1 game from the Grand final.

Unfortunately your paranoid. Think we all are a little...especially when we lose. I think the best way forward would be for Matt and the coaching staff to ask the officials after the game what we need to be doing to rectify any issues and where they feel our problems lay when we are penalised. Having said that they would most likely just talk a load of crap as they were harnessing up their guide dog.

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:09 pm  

littlerich wrote:

We did, in 1987 and 2004
Two huge matches. Still, both of those pale into insignificance when David Campbell gave THAT decision at St Helens in 1994(check with boffins?). That was a disgrace - a decision based on solely getting out of Knowlsley Road alive. It still angers me today.

Was that the David Boyd incident?

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:19 pm  

For Fax Sake wrote:

Was that the David Boyd incident?

I think so - he "caught us" offside - in an ATTACKING position - a rule back then (and now i might add) which is overlooked and not penalized. He was searching in vain for a reason to stop us scoring a try. What else could he do?

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:21 pm  

littlerich wrote:

I think so - he "caught us" offside - in an ATTACKING position - a rule back then (and now i might add) which is overlooked and not penalized. He was searching in vain for a reason to stop us scoring a try. What else could he do?

Yes, that's how I remember it!

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:08 pm  

What about the Alan Hadcroft "Was it a Try" in the Play off "Final" against York that got us back into the game

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:14 pm  

[quote="Brew"]What about the Alan Hadcroft "Was it a Try" in the Play off "Final" against York that got us back into the game[/quote]

Yeah, that is a good one. The implications to the club if we had not won that game would of been catastrophic.

The calls in the 87 final by Holdsworth were correct calls on the no try situation by Elia. Not too sure if Wilf's try would stand up to video ref scrutiny however. But losing in the final at wembly would not have had a negative affect on the club.

Losing to York and back to back relegations would of crippled us.

Can't remember who video ref was but that was a great call to give Hadcroft's (where is he now?) try.