Re: Childs : Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:04 pm  

chico's nose wrote:

Fair comments about Agar, but as I was leaving the ground on Friday night I did mention to my wife that I hoped Agar would have the balls to tell it like it was regarding the officiating of the match. Childs performance was so poor that it almost left Agar with no option than to slam the referee and I truly believe that Agar's reaction in the post match press conference was justified.

I now find it almost laughable that Agar is in bother for breaking the "REPECT" code or whaterever the RFL want to call it this week. When are the RFL going to respect not only coach's and players opinions and safety, but also the opinion of FANS. By taking no action against Child and sweeping it under the carpet and hoping that we will all forget about it, the RFL have managed to make this fan feel utterly disrespected as if feels that the RFL just feel that we are dumb c**ts that will accept anything.

I emailed Stewart Cummings 48 hours after watching the debacle that was The Child Show in an attempt to vent how frustrating it was on Friday night and just how annoyed I was still 48 hours later. I also cc'd Martyn Sadler into the email.

Martyn replied stating although he didn't see the game, he would be very interested to hear what Cummings had to say as the reaction from all quarters was very strong.

Unsure if Martyn has had any response but I've had bu99er all. This shows what contempt the fans are treat with.

The RFL want us to "respect" the ref's, yet with no communication or penalties for a bad performance, they appear to be untouchable from any criticism. How can anyone respect someone else if they cannot explaintheir decisions or hold their hand up to say they had a bad day at the office?

Respect is earned and should not be expected.

Re: Childs : Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:11 pm  

Dibs XIII wrote:

I emailed Stewart Cummings 48 hours after watching the debacle that was The Child Show in an attempt to vent how frustrating it was on Friday night and just how annoyed I was still 48 hours later. I also cc'd Martyn Sadler into the email.

Martyn replied stating although he didn't see the game, he would be very interested to hear what Cummings had to say as the reaction from all quarters was very strong.

Unsure if Martyn has had any response but I've had bu99er all. This shows what contempt the fans are treat with.

The RFL want us to "respect" the ref's, yet with no communication or penalties for a bad performance, they appear to be untouchable from any criticism. How can anyone respect someone else if they cannot explaintheir decisions or hold their hand up to say they had a bad day at the office?

Respect is earned and should not be expected.

Well said!

Re: Childs : Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:39 pm  

ChrisH wrote:

Well said!

Seconded!!

James Child has earned nothing from me and as such will get ZERO respect, i trust many others feel the same....

Re: Childs : Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:09 pm  

Dibs XIII wrote:

I emailed Stewart Cummings 48 hours after watching the debacle that was The Child Show in an attempt to vent how frustrating it was on Friday night and just how annoyed I was still 48 hours later. I also cc'd Martyn Sadler into the email.

Martyn replied stating although he didn't see the game, he would be very interested to hear what Cummings had to say as the reaction from all quarters was very strong.

Unsure if Martyn has had any response but I've had bu99er all. This shows what contempt the fans are treat with.

The RFL want us to "respect" the ref's, yet with no communication or penalties for a bad performance, they appear to be untouchable from any criticism. How can anyone respect someone else if they cannot explaintheir decisions or hold their hand up to say they had a bad day at the office?

Respect is earned and should not be expected.

If there ever was a perfect definition for the idiom 'barking up the wrong tree', then this is pretty much it.

Re: Childs : Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:32 pm  

Dibs XIII wrote:

I emailed Stewart Cummings 48 hours after watching the debacle that was The Child Show in an attempt to vent how frustrating it was on Friday night and just how annoyed I was still 48 hours later. I also cc'd Martyn Sadler into the email.

Martyn replied stating although he didn't see the game, he would be very interested to hear what Cummings had to say as the reaction from all quarters was very strong.

Unsure if Martyn has had any response but I've had bu99er all. This shows what contempt the fans are treat with.

The RFL want us to "respect" the ref's, yet with no communication or penalties for a bad performance, they appear to be untouchable from any criticism. How can anyone respect someone else if they cannot explaintheir decisions or hold their hand up to say they had a bad day at the office?

Respect is earned and should not be expected.

The annoying thing,is that in the premier league,one mistake usually leads to that ref being demoted for a couple of weeks at least.It's a shame the rfl don't take a leaf out of their book,and do the same.

Re: Childs : Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:54 am  

jimmyfivebellies wrote:

The annoying thing,is that in the premier league,one mistake usually leads to that ref being demoted for a couple of weeks at least.It's a shame the rfl don't take a leaf out of their book,and do the same.

No it doesn't.

Re: Childs : Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:33 am  

garry brindley wrote:

If there ever was a perfect definition for the idiom 'barking up the wrong tree', then this is pretty much it.

Why so?

Re: Childs : Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:54 pm  

garry brindley wrote:

If there ever was a perfect definition for the idiom 'barking up the wrong tree', then this is pretty much it.

Please, do explain.

Re: Childs : Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:03 pm  

WormInHand wrote:

The thing is, by losing control at that early stage and having no idea (or the guts) how to recoup it by bringing a level of consistency to the game and sin-binning the culprits you describe above, Child, imo, actually put the players in danger on Friday.

Possibly why Agar lost it to such an extent? Or, at least, one of the reasons .

Reasons why? Probably. Excuses? No.
Having a massive rant to the media (and quite personal as well) about the ref isn't excused because he is crap.

Just like it isn't an excuse to fly in with the elbow. It's a reason, but it's not excused

Re: Childs : Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:07 pm  

Any complaint about the referee to the RFL is a waste of time - they'll just apply their Child Protection Policy