Re: Mr Thaler : Sat Jul 11, 2015 7:02 pm  

Can`t believe these complaints from Saints fans, I think the Giants fans have more to complain about, as Saints scored from a blatant obstruction and a stripped ball off Robinson should have been a penalty or play on as the ball went backwards. Having said all that I believe Thaler is one of the best refs this season as he doesn`t get taken in by dying swans diving on the floor wanting a penalty and he does try to keep the game flowing. Yes I was annoyed as Saints had the luck for the position for the drop goal, but I think the Saints fans were frustrated because of the thrashing they got the week before at Leeds and were expecting their team to inflict a resounding defeat on the Giants and nearly ended up defeated again which they very nearly were, and would have been if we had finished our chances better.

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:23 am  

Tbf I wasn't too concerned about the ref. Thought he did ok.

But when he clearly wiped the tackle count down and then let Dawson take the tackle before changing his decision was one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. It led to a try too which makes it even more frustrating.

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:40 am  

Albion wrote:

Tbf I wasn't too concerned about the ref. Thought he did ok.

But when he clearly wiped the tackle count down and then let Dawson take the tackle before changing his decision was one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. It led to a try too which makes it even more frustrating.

Just did a replay last night of the match, Thaler wash,t as bad as first thought viewing from the stands. There were a couple of incidents with loose carries on either side which went into that grey area of lost ball or interference.
The change of decision was indeed a bizarre one because the ref looked in a better position than the touch judge, on the whole Thaler controlled the match reasonably OK ish, at the end of the day it was the Giants lack of composure those first 15 minutes to make the most of the opportunities they created.

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:32 am  

meast wrote:

no mention of the 2 50/50's in the final few minutes?
considering the knock on against Robinson led to the field position for the winning drop goal
could have gone wither way i thought,

that was the biggest decision of them all, it saints favour!

surely it went backwards!

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:34 am  

Judder Man wrote:

Just did a replay last night of the match, Thaler wash,t as bad as first thought viewing from the stands. There were a couple of incidents with loose carries on either side which went into that grey area of lost ball or interference.
The change of decision was indeed a bizarre one because the ref looked in a better position than the touch judge, on the whole Thaler controlled the match reasonably OK ish, at the end of the day it was the Giants lack of composure those first 15 minutes to make the most of the opportunities they created.

correct, we failed to take the chances we made in the first half. 4/5 went begging, game would have been over, need to learn, but its getting late in the season now

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:08 pm  

What was the pen count ?

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:15 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

that was the biggest decision of them all, it saints favour!

surely it went backwards!

Give over!

That was a 50/50 call that could've gone either way. The decision by Thaler to wipe the tackle count down and then change his mind as Dawson got tackled was disgraceful and led directly to you scoring a try straight after.

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:13 pm  

St pete wrote:

What was the pen count ?

Giants were awarded twice as many penalties than us.

Saints conceded 8 Giants conceded 4

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:17 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Giants were awarded twice as many penalties than us.

Saints conceded 8 Giants conceded 4

Both teams was miles offside in that game but looks like Mr Thaler favoured the away team. The RFL will do anything to keep that top four race wide open

Re: Mr Thaler : Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:28 pm  

St pete wrote:

Both teams was miles offside in that game but looks like Mr Thaler favoured the away team. The RFL will do anything to keep that top four race wide open

Quite a few fans gave him a standing ovation when he awarded us a pen for a Giants offside about 20+ minutes. What annoys me all the refs pull the defensive line back to 12 metres and allow players 2 to 3 metres to move up in front, but they don,t do it for both sides, might be Giants got the advantage.