It was Richard Agar actually after our home match v Cas. £6000. A record fine I believe.

Didn't Noble go nuts at him on the touchline against Hull FC last year?

Many have mentioned his "performances" but like i've posted many times whilst Stuart Cummings remains in a job this is the kind of standard we can expect.

I agree 100%

27-Mar-11 ….. Won 6 - 28 ….. Wakefield V Leeds ….. Pens For 12 ….. Pens Agst 11
25-Apr-11 ….. Won 34 - 16 ….. Leeds v Crusaders ….. Pens For 11 ….. Pens Agst 6
27-May-11 ….. Lost 6 - 42 ….. Leeds V Warrington ….. Pens For 6 ….. Pens Agst 9
10-Jul-11 ….. Lost 38 - 18 ….. Les Catalans V Leeds ….. Pens For 4 ….. Pens Agst 12

On each of the four occasions Leeds have had James Child officiate the team winning the penalty count went on to win the game.

Coincidence or a basic lesson in the bleeding obvious?

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One rule I'm finding frustrating at the minute is when opposition players find Leeds defenders not stood square it appears to result in the guarantee of a soft penalty, when Leeds go looking for the same infringement it's invarably play on. Or so it seems.

Henderson won a couple of those today but when Buderus had a legitimate call for one he got waved away. Peacock knocked on in that set and Catalan scored.

Typifies where Leeds are at at the moment.

Child is and has been rubbish all season. With no penalty to him. There seems to be no come back on refs for crap games. However we lost and would have regardless of the ref

Spot on.
Plus it seemed to my unbiased eyes ( ) that on a number of occasions the Dragons moved well off the mark to draw the penalty. Something Saints have got away with for years.
On one occasion (that didn't draw an immediate penalty) the player crawled forward about 3 metres nearer to our line before playing the ball.
Finally, in the second half Danny Mags was knocked over by one of their players retreating behind our line on one of the few times we got a quick PTB but again no penalty to us & arguably it should have been a sinbinning.
We were crap but IMV got the rough end of the refereeing stick.

At the risk of sounding bitter, the Catalans players were walking off the mark a lot this afternoon. It is a massive advantage as it nudges the markers out of line. Wigan (and dare I say it, Mr S Tomkins) utilise this tactic quite a lot, which is something referees should be clamping down on.

Lol Hull fan complaining about a play the ball after the hooter had gone?! Thats comical.

"You play to the whistle" as loads of Hull fans screamed on our board after you scored a try after the hooter had gone and you'd been tackled and played the ball after the hooter.

In 50 years of watching sport of all kinds Childs is the worst ref i've ever seen,he should be sacked asap.

The policing of square markers is a real sense of frustration. I'd imagine every single play a marker could be penalised for not being square. Often it's as a result of the attacker moving off the mark.

However, in games refs seem to have a ten min splurge on the offence which is often forgotten for the remainder.

Being completely biased, in the recent defeat to Bulls Ganson had a ten minute splurge on Leeds defenders not being square. the momentum swing that followed helped change the game. Each of his decisions, in isolation, were correct. The frustration is that he didn't police the whole game the same way and he appeared to only police one set of defenders.

Yes. The Badford game was on my mind but I dared not include it for the obvious reason.

Are you feeling OK?

Yes. I know the accusation of sour grapes can be levelled etc but I could care less. The referees can subtly have a real difference on the outcome of a game even when they make technically correct decisions. I felt the Bulls game was one. Not that I cared because, frankly, we didn't deserve to win anyway.


It's Monday morning. I am tired. Had a few beers yesterday. Stools are a little loose. Otherwise fine thanks.

You?

we were poor. BLaming refs is what all the wakey and cas fans I know do. You make your own luck. We were poor.

ps. we were poor