is the referee for sundays game , God help us

He'll look the part though, prancing show pony.

fgs, what we done to deserve that,

We love you George.

Fucking hell. Just what we didnt need.

But I've been good this year

Suppose third isn't that bad

George Stokes is one of the finest referees in rugby league. he is a fine man, and never misses a thing. we should think ourselves lucky. the Gods are obviously smiling on the Fax faithful. I think i'll put George in my next novel. look out for the title, "RED GEORGE the CONQUER."

Looks like some of us are getting our excuses in all ready.

Not being a twitterer or a facebooker I can only go by what I have been told and it appears to me that there are a lot of silly comments out there.

Come on lads, doesn't matter who the ref is it's up to us to do the business.
Win or lose it won't be the officials who decide.

We just have to ignore Doris Stokes and get on with giving away far less penalties than we do and play some decent rugby. One thing is for sure we won't beat Fev with 5 drives and a kick! They are past masters at building the pressure and that is exactly what we should be doing to them. They got a thraping last Friday and have lost 6 games this season so that invincibility has gone to some extent this season. we havent won at home v Fev since 2009-what a time to put that record straight! Good luck to Fax - it would be great to have bit of luck for once!

Correct.

AAAAAAArgh the Ginger one oh dear not happy why us???

It's not that Stokes is anti-Fax or biased in any way. He is just totally incompetent and turns every game into a lottery. It means that the result will hinge on bad decisions and controversial calls instead of skillful Rugby League.

They can't win can they, everybody is right but them.


"Meanwhile, referee Simon Bennett was quickly guaranteeing himself a place in this season’s hall of shame with some dodgy decisions."

Town v Southport.