Right don't shoot me down but Thaler was very pedantic from the off with his decision making inconsistent for both sides.
But what he did do when watching him closely while Harvey Wiles was doing the commentary, was that he was constantly looking at our clearance from around the ruck after the tackle and IMO unduly penalising us for very minor offences.
Minor offences well they should be picked up and penalised - I hear you say, but when Castleford were defending he to be honest simply turned a blind eye on the clearance of the ruck and the offences that they were committing.
To prove his inconsistency for both sides the penalty count was 10-3 to Castleford when Heath L'Estrange was sin-binned for holding down in the 56th minute, while it stood at 11-5 after Castleford's Jake Emmitt was sin-binned for doing the same (holding down) in 68th minute.
You to have to feel for the Castleford supporters on that one as during the ten minutes from Heath L'Estrange being sin-binned to Jake Emmitt's sin-binning, Thaler gave Bradford two penalties and Castleford the sole one.
Myself and Harvey certainly didn't see Thaler give Castleford a warning and so it came as utter bewilderment when out came the yellow card for Emmitt's sin-binning.
During Castleford's period of being down to twelve men, Bradford sealed victory with Luke Gale's penalty and then after another wasted Castleford raid down the right, with Brett Kearney darting over from 20 yards out.
Luke Gale again keeping his unblemished record of four from four to complement the 100% conversion rate of last week.
