Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:02 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

The End.

I doubt it....

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:11 pm  

I think the majority of Wakey fans (like the majority of other clubs fans) just believe that he is incompetent rather than biased.

Personally I don't believe that he is biased in favour of any team, the fact that Cas have won the games he has reffed them in is probably just coincidence.
I suspect that any as an earlier poster said any team that loses with this guy in the middle is likely to blame him because he is so prominent. In reality if you stood back and looked at each decison he made you would find fault with decisions for both sides not just your own.

His problem is that he does not have the ability to use a bit of common sense, like some of the more experienced refs do, and he applies the rules (as he understands them) without any personal experience of how the game is played.


I have no doubt I will walk away from the game on Friday night cursing him (win or lose) but I also feel that if he gets whistle happy around the play-the-ball then it helps rather than hinders us.

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:39 pm  

Fordy wrote:

I have no doubt I will walk away from the game on Friday night cursing him (win or lose) but I also feel that if he gets whistle happy around the play-the-ball then it helps rather than hinders us.

This is what worries me, because it stops us playing and drags us into a scrap. It's not what the game's about and on far too many occasions in the last couple of seasons have I seen us 'punished' for trying to play good, expansive rugby.

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:36 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

As far as I am aware Cas have won every game that has had Child in charge. At least the last two against us + the Hull game. How can he favour you any more? Send off the opposing 13 before the kick off?

With any other ref we would still be at the mercy of the guy's interpretation but, generally, he would control the game as we/you/every one else on the planet would expect.
On current form you would probably win, but through skill and ability rather than through the inept performance of a clossett Cas fan.

Just to make your argument look even more ridiculous I feel that I must point out something I had to before the game against Wakey last season.

Prior to that Wakefield had won 7 games that season with Child in charge, yes 7.

We're currently on 3 so shut up.

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:58 pm  

matt_casfan wrote:

Just to make your argument look even more ridiculous I feel that I must point out something I had to before the game against Wakey last season.

Prior to that Wakefield had won 7 games that season with Child in charge, yes 7.

We're currently on 3 so shut up.

Add to that the fact that we have only lost once this season and I think you have wrapped this one up.

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:41 pm  

I must admit to being a trifle surprised as to Child's current style of reffing games.

I remember one of his 1st games at SL level involved Cas and I thought he did a good job not being overniggly, unlike a lot of his contemporaries of the time. It makes you wonder what has happened to make him change tack so radically!

That said I thought he did ok in the televised game at Salford last week.

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:05 am  

matt_casfan wrote:

Just to make your argument look even more ridiculous I feel that I must point out something I had to before the game against Wakey last season.

Prior to that Wakefield had won 7 games that season with Child in charge, yes 7.

We're currently on 3 so shut up.

7!!!!

I doubt we won 7 games at all last season!
I also doubt that Child had reffed 7 of our games.
I'll get some researching done and I'll be back later.

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:09 am  

Georgie Best on a Bloomer wrote:

I doubt it....

Told ya...

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:21 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote: 7!!!! I doubt we won 7 games at all last season! I also doubt that Child had reffed 7 of our games. I'll get some researching done and I'll be back later. Not last season, but doing a brief search I can find 6 over 2 seasons. He must Wakey SO much. Waky wins are absolutely NAILED ON when he's in town. http://www.slstats.org/2009/3/15/Wakefi ... agons.html http://www.slstats.org/2009/7/31/Salfor ... dcats.html http://www.slstats.org/2009/8/16/Wakefi ... aders.html http://www.slstats.org/2010/2/14/Wakefi ... hinos.html http://www.slstats.org/2010/3/12/Hull+K ... dcats.html http://www.slstats.org/2010/4/2/Wakefie ... igers.html

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote: 7!!!! I doubt we won 7 games at all last season! I also doubt that Child had reffed 7 of our games. I'll get some researching done and I'll be back later. Not last season, but doing a brief search I can find 6 over 2 seasons. He must Wakey SO much. Waky wins are absolutely NAILED ON when he's in town. http://www.slstats.org/2009/3/15/Wakefi ... agons.html http://www.slstats.org/2009/7/31/Salfor ... dcats.html http://www.slstats.org/2009/8/16/Wakefi ... aders.html http://www.slstats.org/2010/2/14/Wakefi ... hinos.html http://www.slstats.org/2010/3/12/Hull+K ... dcats.html http://www.slstats.org/2010/4/2/Wakefie ... igers.html

Re: Castleford v Wakefield : Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:13 pm  

Wow.

There's some ballcocks being spoken about on this thread.