Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Thu May 26, 2016 10:58 pm  

Outstanding performance from Thaler, and for once the VR worked as it should too. As a result, very enjoyable game to watch.

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Thu May 26, 2016 11:05 pm  

People bemoan the poor standard of Superleague, and that wasn't greatest game I've ever seen, but I still found it a much more exciting watch the the vast majority of NRL games.

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Thu May 26, 2016 11:57 pm  

PurpleCheeseWarrior wrote:

Wouldn't say he's 100% spot on but it's rediculous that he'll get fined for speaking his mind.

It's not ridiculous. It's to stop post match conferences being b|tch-feats about the ref.

Powell was suggesting that Thaler should be sacked as a referee and was denigrating his ability as a referee with repeated references that Thaler "has been dropped a couple of times". When he hasn't.

God only knows why he was dropped after trying to get that walking, talking Monty Python sketch of a French VR to actually look at the video in Catalans. Yet Tricky Dicky Silverwood gets a major televised game the week after a humongous cockup in the Cup. I didn't notice Powell complaining when a terrible decision went in Cas favour.

Unfortunately it seems as if Powell got rather worked up like the Cas crowd around him instead of actually looking at what's going on. He admitted the sin binning was correct and he said that was a crucial part of the game. Wigan had a try wrongly disallowed and an 8 point try not given and Cas could easily have had a try chalked off for obstruction.

Weak defence and not enough composure in attack along with crucial injuries to a small squad is what cost Cas, not the referee.

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Fri May 27, 2016 12:40 am  

Judder Man wrote:

Think it was a "sympathy decision" by the ref, it looked very much that his wrist had the downward pressure before his fingers touched the line. Glad Wigan won in the end the Sky Commentary just seemed to have this "love in" with Castlefords attacking style totally ignoring the fact that they have the worst defensive points in super league.

Absolutely saints fan wanting wigan to win

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Fri May 27, 2016 1:16 am  

Him wrote:

It's not ridiculous. It's to stop post match conferences being b|tch-feats about the ref.

Yep spot on. Whilst I can understand their anger post match especially on occasions when refs make really blatant mistakes....if you didn't fine coaches for criticising the refs then it would be open season and nearly every post match interview from the losing coach would be criticising the ref.

Him wrote:

Powell was suggesting that Thaler should be sacked as a referee and was denigrating his ability as a referee with repeated references that Thaler "has been dropped a couple of times". When he hasn't.

God only knows why he was dropped after trying to get that walking, talking Monty Python sketch of a French VR to actually look at the video in Catalans. Yet Tricky Dicky Silverwood gets a major televised game the week after a humongous cockup in the Cup. I didn't notice Powell complaining when a terrible decision went in Cas favour.

Unfortunately it seems as if Powell got rather worked up like the Cas crowd around him instead of actually looking at what's going on. He admitted the sin binning was correct and he said that was a crucial part of the game. Wigan had a try wrongly disallowed and an 8 point try not given and Cas could easily have had a try chalked off for obstruction.

Weak defence and not enough composure in attack along with crucial injuries to a small squad is what cost Cas, not the referee.

Yeah again agree. It's obvious Cas have come into the game with an issue with Thaler and straight away that clouds your judgment on every decision he makes. Most teams have that one ref they always seems to have beef with. At the moment at Leeds they can't seem to focus on the game when James Child is the referee and seem to be in a running battle with him.

Also on the 8 point try I agree. But don't think refs will give those unless the try scorer is hurt by the slide. Charnley wasn't tonight and neither was McGuire in the GF. Ratchford stayed down when he copped one off Farrell and it was punished. Which is wrong btw as it should be judged on the offence and not the damage done.

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Fri May 27, 2016 5:58 am  

I thought Wigan's discipline was actually very good. Not often I think that, the absences of SOL, MM and Liam Farrell must help in that regard. Thaler got most things right.

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Fri May 27, 2016 6:06 am  

I also think that Wigan's pack was the better of the two. I know they're much-maligned but they made ground at a steady rate of knots last night.

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Fri May 27, 2016 6:50 am  

Didn't really have an issue with Thaler's performance last night, he got most things right. Webster was wrong about the offside as the cameras proved and regardless shouldn't have approached the referee in that manor.

Powell should and probably will be fined. We don't want it turning in to open season on the referee like football. It's something that's creeping in to the game, and needs stamping on.

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Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Fri May 27, 2016 6:51 am  

I agree. I thought Thaler was spot on in most decisions and definitely in tth way he spoke to the players.
A lot of winging from Cas tonight.

Re: Castleford vs Wigan Discussion. : Fri May 27, 2016 6:52 am  

Towns88 wrote:

Absolutely saints fan wanting wigan to win

Best team won even a saints fan can't argue with that, they did a good job on whinging Castleford. Powell accusing the ref of losing his cool when it was his own players who couldn't handle what Wigan threw at them.