Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:00 am  

There were many factors in losing the game yesterday imo, Childs was certainly top of that list, but a poor kicking game, Long losing his head and interchanges are certainly in that list as well imo, and not least the fact that Castleford were on the park and put in a passionate and committed performance.

Our lads and coach can walk away with their heads high - we are playing some great Rugby League at the moment, our passing game and speed of PTB is much improved and our defence is committed as the score line shows. I think if we can keep up at that level then we will be ok this season.

That game was an incredible disappointment for me - not the result, but it was clear that we had two Rugby League teams, evenly matched, willing to go all out to produce a fantastically entertaining game, but it was utterly destroyed by the man with the whistle. That is not what sport is all about.

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:57 am  

[quote="berrigans bitch"]We all said the same at the game last night, if we had Ganson last night we would have won, comfortably as well[/

Priceless! You're Rich Agar, Kath and Jimmy Rule; I claim my fiver!

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:00 am  

[quote="GM1"]


Give over!! I believe Agar should go as much as the next person, however that ref had our pants down last night and cost us that game.

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:05 am  

Staffs FC wrote:

I think it was probably the amount of possession that we gave them in penalties that ultimately meant we didn't get enough time near their line in the second half. From the beginning of the second half (wasn't counting the first) we were 7-1 down in penalties at one stage. I know you favour the ill discipline and ineptitude line which is fair enough - what I would say is that had penalties been given for the same offences more evenly we would have had better field position and won the game. A different opinion but that's my take on it.

Spot on.

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:09 am  

[quote="berrigans bitch"]

But how can you say we'd have won with a different ref? We can't even beat teams below us in the league. Cas are 2nd ffs!

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:14 am  

[quote="GM1"]

Do you honestly believe Cas will finish in the top 4 ?....They are 2nd but let us be honest they did not look any better than us ...the ref made bad calls which resulted in Cas gaining lots of field position, they only won by 2 points, had we had a decent ref I maintain we would have won that game.

You state Cas are 2nd well there is a lot of hope for us then because Cas are no better than us.

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:49 am  

Has anyone seen the Radford sin binning on Sky news?
He looked like he had one hand on the ball to stop the offload and the other on the Cas players chest while pulling him backwards to the ground. Add this to the fact Childs view was looking at the back of Radford...how did he come to the conclusion that it was a choke hold??

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:05 am  

You wanna try reading the match report on the RFL website, its unbeleivable. It makes it sound as if both teams just wanted to fight and the ref was left with no option!!

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:11 am  

GM1 wrote:

But how can you say we'd have won with a different ref? We can't even beat teams below us in the league. Cas are 2nd ffs!

Did you go to the game?

Re: Childs : Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:50 am  

I never thought I'd say I wished for Ashley Klein to come back but maybe the way forward is to throw some money at Australian referees and/or send some of ours over there to learn properly?

I know sometimes you watch a game back and think "well actually he got that one right" and I'd love to be in the position where I could re-watch it. However, failing to stop the clock (twice) and waving our captain away (on more than one occasion) when he is perfectly entitled to ask for the reason behind a decision is pure incompetence.