: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:06 pm  

CHESHIRE CAT 57 wrote:

Did'nt do a bad job in Perpignan last year He's are mate now.

You should choose your mates more carefully then

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:20 pm  

Didnt he ref the Wakey v Warrington game at the halliwell jones last year? if so the ref was pretty awful that day...

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:30 pm  

-DAZ- wrote:

Bentham is from Warrington, isn't he?

Might as well come on the Wire coach, save on the petrol like.

He is from Leigh. He just did his training in Warrington.

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:35 pm  

Wakefield No 1 wrote:

Didnt he ref the Wakey v Warrington game at the halliwell jones last year? if so the ref was pretty awful that day...

Yes he did and yes he was but not as awful as we were

Bentham's my least favourite referee by a mile. Klown may have had his moments but on the whole I didn't think he was a BAD referee... debacles such as Wigan away '06 and Leeds at home the following year aside...

: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:08 pm  

Lefty wrote:

He is from Leigh. He just did his training in Warrington.

He lives in warrington

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:52 am  

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CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:19 am  

He lives in Warrington through marriage - he was brought up in Leigh and supported Leigh along with the rest of his family.




oh dear what a torched soul he must be

EDIT MUTLEY
apologies i was meant to quote your post but edited instead , this one as bit me on my bum

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:23 am  

Benthams problem is he always seems to fall out with one of the teams and then canes them throughout the game. His recent TV game, where he hammered Leeds but let KR get away with murder was typical. Lets just hope he favours us?
At least with the TV cameras and video ref in use both sides have got a bit of insurance.

He has certainly taken over from Klein as the worst ref in the comp.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:14 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Benthams problem is he always seems to fall out with one of the teams and then canes them throughout the game. His recent TV game, where he hammered Leeds but let KR get away with murder was typical. Lets just hope he favours us?
At least with the TV cameras and video ref in use both sides have got a bit of insurance.

He has certainly taken over from Klein as the worst ref in the comp.

Agreed. He seems to get obsessed with punishing only one team for a particular offence, whilst seemingly ignoring the other sides transgressions of the same offence. This lack of consistency in applying the rules equally to both sides is very frustrating to players and fans alike.

Last Friday he pedantically kept penalising Leeds for being off-side (which was no worse than all sides do) whilst misssing KR doing the same. I've also seen him become obsessive about hands-in at the play-the-ball and also not standing square. Wakey have certainly been the recipient of these clean-up crusades at times.

Re: Ref for friday is... : Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:37 pm  

Catnap wrote:

Mr Bentham, wonder if he will go out of his way to show a lack of bias towards his own town team

He hails from Leigh and is a Leigh fan.

I thank you.