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Refs : Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:21 pm  
This could get messy, but let's try it....

We all have a go at refs but, trying to keep this as positive as possible, who's the best of the current full-timers in your opinion, and why.

We have:

Ben Thaler
Ian Smith
Steve Ganson
Richard Silverwood
Phil Bentham

Over to you...
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: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:40 pm  
Tbh i think Ganson is the best out of a bad bunch

Ian Smith used to be good but he seems to have gone downhill a lot lately
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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:45 am  
HERES A QUICK ANSWER .................NONE OF EM, THERE ALL BOTTLERS
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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:54 am  
casman2 wrote:
Tbh i think Ganson is the best out of a bad bunch

Ian Smith used to be good but he seems to have gone downhill a lot lately
agree
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I agree with Bonzo

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I like you Bonzo, you are my kind of person... sensible!

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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:40 am  
Georgie Best on a Bloomer wrote:
This could get messy, but let's try it....

We all have a go at refs but, trying to keep this as positive as possible, who's the best of the current full-timers in your opinion, and why.

We have:

Ben Thaler
Ian Smith
Steve Ganson
Richard Silverwood
Phil Bentham
Thiery Alibert

Over to you...


Edited for accuracy.

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HERES A QUICK ANSWER .................NONE OF EM, THERE ALL BOTTLERS


The classic comment of someone who constantly wears rose tinted spectacles, has a limited understanding of the laws of the game, and doesn't have the bottle to try it themselves. :roll:
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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:16 pm  
Bonzo wrote:
Edited for accuracy.


You're right. Forgot all about Thierry Alibert.

My mum used to have one of his breadbins I think.

I was hoping it wouldn't turn into a "They're all useless" thread. Didn't last long did it?

Ah well, looks like my suspicions about Mr. Ganson were correct.

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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:18 pm  
I like Alibert for the way he shouts "MOOVE" at the PTB. I think my least favourite is Ian Smith, mainly for the way he declared Rhodesia's independence.
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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:20 pm  
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I like Alibert for the way he shouts "MOOVE" at the PTB. I think my least favourite is Ian Smith, mainly for the way he declared Rhodesia's independence.


Unilaterally at that. No respect for the crown at all.
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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:05 pm  
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Unilaterally at that. No respect for the crown at all.


I'd forgotten that, but yeah... rings a bell.

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: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:24 pm  
Don't really mind any of them, although Ian Smith always gave us a rum do last year. The Warrington away game sticks out particularly when he continually victimised Ned Catic for being offside when he was just moving up quickly (easily provable on cameras and mentioned by the commentators), then ended up sin binning Catic for it.

I don't like Ganson for his continual posturing and desire to be the centre of attention, despite being in a profession where not being a talking point is a positive.

I think they are all pretty consistant though. Just looking forward to Bonzo's debut in SL so we can have a Cas ref for once.
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