Quote: Leeds_Luke "Careful. I got slated something rotten earlier this season for saying the pack isn't big and nasty enough. Everyone sings about how big Lisone's penis is, but forget about how little the opposition actually cares. None of our forwards intimidate the opposition like they should.
He isn't the only parent of a young child in the league. Almost every club has them. And has done since the invention of sport. It's no excuse. If he is too tired to do his job efficiently, the club should have someone else capable of taking his place.
This is what has rattled my cage. The officials aren't fit to do their job. The RFL aren't fit to sort out the officiating. It's hard enough having to compete with the opposition when we have a depleted squad full of underperforming players, we can do without having to compete against incompetent officials who are moving the theoretical goalposts every game.
I can't thinknof one thing that felt right about todays game. It was all an embarrassment. The governing body need to make drastic improvements to the way the games are managed. The club needs to make improvements in the recruitment and coaching. The coaches need to make improvements on the player management and tactics, and the players need to make improvements in their performances. Everything is sub-par at the moment.'"
Perhaps if we didn't allow the merciless intimidation of young referees in the amateur game by parents - especially mothers - we might have a bigger funnel of potential talent coming through. No its all part of the game even when they get the decision correct they get abused and with no protection - completely exposed to the thugs that support the likes of Cas Panthers, Eastmoor etc