Re: Referees : Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:09 am  

Douglas Black wrote:

We have no choice but to accept the referees and their decisions. We might not think they are the best, but they're doing it, not us. Constant bagging the refs is a very poor thing to do and the abuse will not improve them.

Dead right. Everyone ought to try reffing (any sport) whilst at school. It's not easy.

Re: Referees : Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:12 am  

Moe syslak wrote:

Mike Greg knocked on, Cullen then(according to Smith),went in with his knees on the Wigan player who pounced on the ball. From what I remember it was jiffy who gave Smith a gobful for the extra 10 metres. Not that the 10 metres mattered, seeing Wigan had a certain frano botica playing for them. The game was decided as soon as Smith blew for that penalty.

That was the one, he later must’ve that game back and saw that Cullen hadn’t touched him with him with his knees. His error robbed us of the Championship.
Yes it was JD who appealed colourfully.
It took him until interviewed years later to admit it.

Re: Referees : Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:20 am  

I don't think Jiffy's gob was the turning point, that metronomic sod Botica would've kicked it from anywhere anyway.

Re: Referees : Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:29 am  

The referee's have a tough job. They get all calls wrong, for one side or the other. The people I am more concerned about are the MRP. They dissect each game in minute detail. They make a decision who to charge and subsequently make a decision on the offenders penalty. The problem is there is no consistency. Reckless, careless, dangerous are bandied about in their minutes. Whether they forget most people record TV games and can go back and compare I'm not sure. Looking on various boards here you can read that many fans compare tackles in the same game that are the same tackle. However, when you read the minutes one player reads to be one step away from being a total thug, whilst another player is seen to have unfortunate circumstances and nearly taking someone's head off wasn't really his fault.

Re: Referees : Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:59 am  

Yes the refs get one go at it (with the help of the touch judges) & are under much more pressure to give a quick decision whilst the MRP get as many views as they want to get it right. In theory they should get much greater consistency. Years ago they used to have Disciplinary Panels where they had no video evidence ... now that must have been tricky.