: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:01 am  

phil webbo wrote:

As a neutral I have to agree with all of the above post, plus Leeds attempted and suceeded on stripping the ball on numerous occasions, like when Mcguire lost the ball the stripped it the very next play, and what about Hudds player penalised for not playing the ball when Buderus had him tackled and bent in two, I think the strange video ref decisions by Alibert and the inept reffing by Silverwood has put a lot of pressure on Cummings to sort this out, if not the game risks becoming the laughing stock of sport.

He won't

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:03 am  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

no moans from me - there were a few calls that went against us but - take note Mr Morgan and Hull KR - but that happens every game you watch, The Referee didnt change the outcome of this game - we lost fair and square to the current champions who took their chances while we fluffed ours.
TBH i dont know what kind of reaction the KR trolls are expecting to get on here?

Most people complaining about Thaler last week were concerned he WASN'T making calls when he should have been, thought that was clear in most of the threads.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:42 am  

Some dodgy decisions from the ref on Sat, particularly with ball stripping, but no complaints from me, it didn't change the result. We were poor, the loss was all down to us not being able to hold onto the ball

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:59 am  

Absolutely no complaints about the referee from me, and no complaints about the Giants effort. They tried 100% first whistle to last but just lacked composure when it really mattered. These big games are something of a new thing for us and a lot of our squad but the more we play the better we will get. Well done Leeds, they took their chances absolutley clinicaly - just like we have in most games this season.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:08 am  

digger wrote:

Absolutely no complaints about the referee from me, and no complaints about the Giants effort. They tried 100% first whistle to last but just lacked composure when it really mattered. These big games are something of a new thing for us and a lot of our squad but the more we play the better we will get. Well done Leeds, they took their chances absolutley clinicaly - just like we have in most games this season.

Agreed. We were beaten by a better team on the night. We will have to stick to beating mediocre teams like Hull KR.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:39 am  

Not having had the benefit of watching the game again, I think Mr Silverwood reffed OK. Sure, he missed some things, but he was, on the whole, consistent and even-handed.

Thought M Alibert got a couple of things wrong - but I wouldn't be biased if I didn't say that, would I?!!

We were taught a lesson by a better side.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:48 am  

Giantscorpio wrote:

Just finished watching the sky+ recording.
Silverwood made a few cock-ups both ways, but they were crutial for us and not particularly for Leeds. Twice he gave knock ons for us when only a metre from the Leeds line, and they were plainly stripped.
I dont belive Hodgson`s try should have been denied for a forward pass, having rewound and looked twice, according to the field lines it was ok.
Also when Brown was looking to get the ball out when we were about 5 metres out, he did pass it back and it was knocked down by a Leeds player and we went on to touchdown and that was wiped off.

You need to watch it again. It was clear forward.

As for the brown incident, I cant believe you say you watched it again, and he passed backwards bouncing off a Leeds player.

He passes backwards for sure, that can't be dissagreed with, but it hits his own left arm and then bounces forward. Therefore a knock on. how can you fail to see that, if watched again?

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:00 pm  

DISA wrote:

You need to watch it again. It was clear forward.

As for the brown incident, I cant believe you say you watched it again, and he passed backwards bouncing off a Leeds player.

He passes backwards for sure, that can't be dissagreed with, but it hits his own left arm and then bounces forward. Therefore a knock on. how can you fail to see that, if watched again?

can you explain diskin's try??

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:53 am  

Giantscorpio wrote:

Just finished watching the sky+ recording.
Silverwood made a few cock-ups both ways, but they were crutial for us and not particularly for Leeds. Twice he gave knock ons for us when only a metre from the Leeds line, and they were plainly stripped.
I dont belive Hodgson`s try should have been denied for a forward pass, having rewound and looked twice, according to the field lines it was ok.
Also when Brown was looking to get the ball out when we were about 5 metres out, he did pass it back and it was knocked down by a Leeds player and we went on to touchdown and that was wiped off.
Also Leeds last try Peacock (only slightly) knocked the ball forward and was gathered by Leeds in an offside position, the try stood.
And a knock on by Moore near the end when we were on the Leeds line, well Mcguire was practically at the side of the Huddersfield player who was playing the ball, infact most of the Leeds players were not behind the line, but no penalty was forthcoming.

All told I think Leeds deserved the win, but the score should have been a lot closer, and with a fair crack of the 50-50s and a fair bounce of the ball
we could have been in with a shout.
Leeds defence was really good, but ours was quite good as well, just ended up as not our night on the night.

phil webbo wrote:

As a neutral I have to agree with all of the above post, plus Leeds attempted and suceeded on stripping the ball on numerous occasions, like when Mcguire lost the ball the stripped it the very next play, and what about Hudds player penalised for not playing the ball when Buderus had him tackled and bent in two, I think the strange video ref decisions by Alibert and the inept reffing by Silverwood has put a lot of pressure on Cummings to sort this out, if not the game risks becoming the laughing stock of sport.

I agree with both these posts. I only just got round to watching this last night and spent more than a few minutes rewinding and rewatching in disbelief.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:18 am  

Refs make mistakes. Neither the ref or video ref had the greatest of games but neither did we and we deservedly lost.