[Uncle Rico]

Re: Todays game v Wakefield Wildcats : Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:08 pm  

Latchford Locks wrote:

Phew..glad I wasn't stood next to you yesterday

The space around me is getting bigger every week. Anymore of this and I'll be up there with the 'phantom whistler' for ensuring there's loads of room on the 40 ha ha

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Re: Todays game v Wakefield Wildcats : Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:30 pm  

Latchford Locks wrote:

Phew..glad I wasn't stood next to you yesterday

Rico is correct though. To see Wire produce that sort of performance two games in a row was depressing. But if you stood back and focussed on the match as a whole, it was poor quality, with Wakey adding plenty of mistakes as well. And we will quickly skim over the reefing, where never once did I see him 'looking along' the defensive line to check players were onside. It all had a 'Rylands v Latchford reserves' feel to the game, except you were paying £14-20 for the privilege. I suspect the game in general is suffering from a double whammy; Oz players too expensive to import and a decline in the youth game, but whatever the reason it's hardly surprising that attendances at the HJ are going to have fallen two years in succession.

Re: Todays game v Wakefield Wildcats : Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:44 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

It all had a 'Rylands v Latchford reserves' feel to the game, except you were paying £14-20 for the privilege. .

All seats £28.50 in the North Stand
or 35p per minute cost of a mobile phone call !!!

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Re: Todays game v Wakefield Wildcats : Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:03 pm  

Latchford Locks wrote:

All seats £28.50 in the North Stand
or 35p per minute cost of a mobile phone call !!!

Well I am a concession, and then I get a further five quid off for the disability scooter. Yeh, I have to slum it in the South, and there is no electricity point for my dialysis unit, but it does make it a bit cheaper than the North.

Re: Todays game v Wakefield Wildcats : Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:25 pm  

WireFanatic III wrote:

On a side note from someone talking about James Child......If Child is a full time referee, why does he still do TJ duties? Are the RFL crying out for more officials that much? Phil Bentham started life as a TJ, now he's an experienced full time ref he doesn't wave his flag anymore, so why do FT officials like Child, Roby, Turley and Hicks still TJ?

I think that's just the policy these days. Hicks, Roby and Child regularly run the line, as do quite a few championship referees. I doubt that it is a supply issue- if that was the case adopting two two ref system in both SL and Championship wouldn't be on the agenda.

Ref the earlier tweet about Child, the touch judge can only advise the referee on a forward pass. There is always a chance that the ref has overruled a forward call from the TJ. I think warrington fans are getting a little ridiculous for screaming at the referee. It's driving me mad!