: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:52 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

In the South Stand bar after the game I've never known Phil Vievers be so critical of a referee in all the time he has been at Wigan.

"Amos Roberts swears to me that he scored from the kick"


Confirmed by a Giants fan on page 1.

The score did not reflect the game bit fair play to Huddersfield they defended really well.

Much more eloquently put than myself i admit but it was what I was trying to get at.

I’ve not paid £17 quid to watch a ref perform like that! I’ve never seen such an inept an picky display ever. Strange how he didn’t miss Wild moving the ball from the half way spot either isn’t it or the Hudds winger sliding in on Roberts when he scored?

WTF was the whole thing about making Pat lower his kicking T? Who really cares how tall it is? It was cold enough already without having to sit there waiting for petty little things like that to be sorted out!

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:56 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

: Strange how he didn't miss Wild moving the ball from the half way spot either isn’t it or the Hudds winger sliding in on Roberts when he scored?

He did miss it as he was watching the goal kick but it didn't matter anyway as some wiseguy forgot to put the tee out.

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:57 pm  

Pardon me But is this the same referee who was praised so much last week in the Saints v Leeds game,,,His name was Bentham was it not?

Re: I have just been witness to...... : Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:57 pm  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

shall we be upset that our team has just won then because you thought the ref was poor for your team??

like every other Rugby League fan - i couldnt care less how we win games as long as we do - and tonight we have so where happy !!

It’s not a case of that at all. The ref was poor end of and sooner or later you’re going to be on the end of a screwing like Wigan was tonight.

You deserved the win tonight don’t get me wrong but still the ref was awful and people seem to brush it off as sour grapes or sour losers and nothing ever gets done about it.

Re: I have just been witness to...... : Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:58 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

It’s not a case of that at all. The ref was poor end of and sooner or later you’re going to be on the end of a screwing like Wigan was tonight.

You deserved the win tonight don’t get me wrong but still the ref was awful and people seem to brush it off as sour grapes or sour losers and nothing ever gets done about it.

we got screwed at Bradford and Cas and guess what ? we won them too

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:59 pm  

Walter Neff wrote:

Pardon me But is this the same referee who was praised so much last week in the Saints v Leeds game,,,His name was Bentham was it not?

true story: at half time one of the Giants fans was swearing blind it was Theirry Alibert reffing.

I was in stitches.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:00 am  

One of the passes on our 2nd Try was waaay forward, not the pass to Roberts, the one before it.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:03 am  

MattyB wrote:

One of the passes on our 2nd Try was waaay forward, not the pass to Roberts, the one before it.

He really was that terrible wasn't he. It's never a good sign when the winning team fans come away complaining about the ref. I've done once before - about Bentham.

Re: I have just been witness to...... : Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:04 am  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

shall we be upset that our team has just won then because you thought the ref was poor for your team??

like every other Rugby League fan - i couldnt care less how we win games as long as we do - and tonight we have so where happy !!

Both teams very poor IMO but hey if it floats your boat I am pleased for you.

Hope your support improves given the forward thinking of your management.

I remember talking to Luke R and M Aspinwall before they left wigan and they definitely were not Mos biggest fans. Another masterstroke by our management.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:06 am  

Wadski wrote:

He really was that terrible wasn't he. It's never a good sign when the winning team fans come away complaining about the ref. I've done once before - about Bentham.

Spot on mate like I really wish we had won cause I still would have created this thread as he was that bad tonight as were his assistants.

As much as the players will take the heat on here this week it think it’s also fair if the ref takes some cop for making the game a lot more scrappy than it needed to be.