Silverwood bye bye anychance we had of brining the cup home, he hates us with a passion

arrogant pr*ck. and if what i heard is correct he should never have reffed again after his huddersfield rant

Maybe its just the fans he hates

He lost us it last year, probably same again.

Lets hope it does not come down to a ref mistake if its tight.

That was Bentham.

i just f*cked up. i apologise.

FAIL!!

But back to the topic, the referee. Does it matter?

Turley, Roby, Hicks, Child, Alibert, Thaler. 3 not quite at Saints V Wigan or Leeds V Wigan level yet and t'other 3 not quite at Cup Final Level yet.

Bentham, Injured.

Which Leaves Ganson & Silverwood. The reaction wouldve been the same either way. And If one of the other 6 had been chosen we'd all be scratching our heads wondering whos ass theyd kissed to get it.

Next year I wouldnt be surprised if we see Thaler or Alibert (If he can learn to count) in a big game, after the games theyve had last and this year.

thaler has been the best ref by miles this year hence his appointments

Absolutely. And how anyone can compare him to the likes of Roby, Child, and Hicks, if beyond me.

Thaler not getting the job and Silverwood getting it, stinks to me. They haven't even been close in performance levels. Thaler is way above.

Ben Thaler has been the pick of the bunch this season but surely he screwed up his chances of landing the final when (during the Leeds-Wigan semi) he failed to go to the video referee for the second Hardaker try after McGuire had clearly knocked on. There were other mistakes the like of which are around in most games regardless of officials - but not going to the video referee (even though it was Ganson) was a huge error.

Silverwood took the other semi so one or the other was always likely to get the final.

Curse you and your common sense. It's all bribery, corruption and probably some sort of occult practise. Don't you see?

I've yet to see a reffing performance that I thought betrayed bias in 20+ years watching RL. I've seen mistakes (some bigger than others), and I've yet to see a ref who doesn't make them.

In short, not bothered who the ref is. Not interested in "he hates us" type bleating. I doubt he does. Why would he? Did Gary Hethrington run over his grandmother? Probably not. He's probably got other stuff to occupy his time instead of making voodoo doll effigies of Kevin Sinfield.