Le petit blower de whistle : Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:01 pm
What did everyone make of our favourite French referee tonight? I'm really worried about him and his continued involvement in Super League. A couple of years back he could be excused the odd eccentric moment, but it's getting beyond a joke now. The RFL seem to be marketing him as some form of clown-referee, a comical figure. His involvement in the fastest man race and the staged race with the mascot was a tad silly.His performance tonight made the game farcical at times. He has no ability to control the game at all, I've never seen a top level sporting event look as farcical as that. At stages at the start of the second half the game resembled a training session where they weren't playing offsides. There were players running forward at the play the ball, players not bothering to even attempt to get square and play the balls with four markers and about three or four more clearly offside.
The incident with the injury was ridiculous as well. Hull KR pinned back in their half and winning the game narrowly. The Hull KR player was injured, but off the field. The trainer instructed him to put his foot over the line so the ref would have to hold up play and Alibert just let it happen. We then had a five minute rest for Hull KR effectively before they decided they would carry on. Totally out of his depth in Super League IMO.