bring back Kline : Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:16 pm  

God the ref was awful..... comments please

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:20 pm  

is it the first time ever that the referee has brought his son and dad to be the linesmen . the touches were dire one looked 14 and the other looked 60 make no wonder Danny b shouted at him.

but come on saints deserved the win

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:23 pm  

A special night, only to be spoiled by the RFL for sending a cast member from the muppets to ref the game.

SHAME ON YOU THE RFL

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:28 pm  

was Mr magoo on the line???

saints deserved it they are a class outfit but i believe the ref spoilt any fight back

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:56 pm  

Definitely a very poor display of refereeing. Not biased; just bad! Touch judges no better. Well done to both teams for not getting involved in a slanging match with the 'officials'.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:08 am  

It appears that Terry Halibut makes 75% of his decisions based on pure guesswork....and that gormless look on his face does nothing to aid his cause.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:13 am  

Klein was a cheat and the French lad is completely clueless, he made it up as he went along.

Which is worse?

That said (apart from the blatant offside of Gidley and Cunningham) the line speed of Saints was unbelievable, people tend to notice sides like Leeds and Saints for their attacking prowess, but their defence is immense!

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:20 am  

I have no idea where they found that ref last night, Awful!

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:51 am  

From "Allo Allo" wasn`t it ?

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:39 am  

Its a poor state of affairs im affraid. The full time pro refs are no better - just a little bit fuller of themselves. Bentham - is a complete idiot - did anyone else notice that the last time he was at BV he had grease smothered across his eye brows - so embarassing - obviously a case of a ref that desperately wants to be a player. The RFL forced one of the decent refs to quit in Kirkpatrick and we are left with a poor set. Not sure why the policy on line judges is that you need to be either under 15 or over 70 and under 10 stone or over 16 stone. Eaqual opps i guess!