Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:53 am  

oggy123 wrote:

Not blinkers at all mate... We wasn't at the pace tonight but wasn't beaten by a better team... They got roll on last 10 and first 15 of 2nd half on back of our slow line speed and sloppiness... We had 3 big calls that we're all ruled wrongly which directly influenced 3 tries, Hampshire pass wasn't forward... Hampshires "knock on" and bishop being short which he was but "momentum" took him over but didn't apply too hampshires pass? Losing drinkwater was a blow we lost our way around the park! We need Patterson Weston back next week... Tickle needs a rest for a game he's been doing big minutes and it showed... Tough place too go is wakey and we will go again just annoying when so many big calls influence the game so much!

Like I say - blinkers off

Hampshire passed the ball on the 20 meter line - it was caught a yard and a half in front of that

Knock on I'll give you - but it's the norm for the ref to give them, more likely to question how the hell he dropped it in the 1st place, poor kick and under no pressure - the guy terrifies me every time a kick come to him

Bishop looked a try all day long at full speed, hence why the ref gave it - looks 50/50 to me but couldn't really be overruled

Big game against Widnes now

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:18 am  

The coach seems to think the centre position is more important than full back. Mistakes at centre can be rectified, whereas at full back can be fatal. Hamoshire is not a full back. Please swap him back permanently with Brown.

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:03 am  

Well when he moved to 7 last night he didn't convince me.

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:40 am  

Never in my 35 odd years of watching the game was the ref ever the quantifiable reason for my team or any other losing a game.

Blaming the ref for a loss is really the lowest denomination a fan can stoop to.

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:58 am  

I’m not going to bother reading this thread as Ref bashing isn’t my favourite topic, and despite any misgivings we all may have about the Ref, we showed enough early on to win this game and switched off, we just didn’t punish them with the ruthless defence like we have been doing, they made easy yards. We lost Drinky and had no back up plan.

Well done to Wakey hopefully we’ll continue to learn from the experience.

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:08 am  

There was only one blatant error, Hampshire lost the ball backwards. Hampshire's pass was forward, Acton stepping to the left was marginal and Hock was rightly penalised for a high shot. The VR decision was Thaler's but the ref seemed a bit harsher with Leigh at the ruck.

Was it the ref's fault we lost? No but he had an influence. The defeat was down to Leigh's clueless performance in the second half, they had no Plan B.

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:30 am  

One of hocks high shot penalties was correct one wasn't. Hampshires wasn't a knock on, Higson also penalised for a high shot that was across the guys belly

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:34 am  

reffy wrote:

There was only one blatant error, Hampshire lost the ball backwards. Hampshire's pass was forward, Acton stepping to the left was marginal and Hock was rightly penalised for a high shot. The VR decision was Thaler's but the ref seemed a bit harsher with Leigh at the ruck.

Was it the ref's fault we lost? No but he had an influence. The defeat was down to Leigh's clueless performance in the second half, they had no Plan B.

I didn't necessarily see it as that reffy. I thought Wakefield upped the ante after half time, and were in our faces, both in defence and attack. We just weren't given the chance to impose ourselves, or even continue with Plan A, never mind have a Plan B! I was disappointed that the marginal decisions went their way, but that's the way it goes. Being fair to Wakefield, I felt it was their improvement that undid us, and that the final score probably accurately reflected the eighty minutes. (just like the Leeds game did, earlier this season)

We have tended to learn well, so far - this is another opportunity to learn some more.

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:34 am  

sgtwilko wrote:

Never in my 35 odd years of watching the game was the ref ever the quantifiable reason for my team or any other losing a game.

Blaming the ref for a loss is really the lowest denomination a fan can stoop to.

The way the ref manages certain areas will dictate the outcome of many games, if he is consistent then errors are human.

Re: Worst officiating performance I've seen in a long while! : Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:36 am  

reffy wrote:

There was only one blatant error, Hampshire lost the ball backwards. Hampshire's pass was forward, Acton stepping to the left was marginal and Hock was rightly penalised for a high shot. The VR decision was Thaler's but the ref seemed a bit harsher with Leigh at the ruck.

Was it the ref's fault we lost? No but he had an influence. The defeat was down to Leigh's clueless performance in the second half, they had no Plan B.

Hi reffy did you go? If so he wasn't just harsher he was bent, and I include the 10m policing in that. Teams lose games but refs can give impetus