Last time out, Wire did a great job down the middle against Leeds. if you get that dominance again, wouldn't be surprised if you turned us over again.

Thing about wire is they will put points on the board. We have run away with a few games this year and out teams out of sight in 15/20 min spells. Wire will attack for 80mins so we need to put in an 80min performance.

James Child , anything can happen and probably will . Sufficient to say he will ruin the game as he nearly always does

Whilst I have a concern with regards the hole Child dug himself last season over Hardakers comments, I am not too bothered about him as a referee. I think he has improved a hell of a lot over last couple of years, and I would certainly prefer him to Bentham or Silverwood.

Agree with that Gotcha
I hope Thaler is getting considered for the big games now instead of the two muppets who always seem to get the gigs.

There has never been as big a gap between refs as we see today with Thaler. He is far far far superior to Silverwood and Bentham. How those two jokers continue to get games I do not know.

For me Child is next in line to Thaler.

With the long gap between when he last reffed Leeds it does seem like a genuine attempt was made to keep he and Leeds apart for a while after the incident......which then makes it strange that they'd make his first game since AT Headingley and against the same opposition stirring up memories, live on Sky. Why didn't they give him us vs Salford away and not on tv. Because I think we all know they will be certain sections of the crowd who will give him some abuse, and if he makes a dodgy call against us then it's just going to get worst.

I also agree that Thaler is the best by a large margin ATM. Not just his calls and decision making but his communication and relationship with the players is so very far ahead of the other refs.

Communication is where - IMO - most of the current match officials fall down. While Ganson had his days where he decided he was above having a rapport with the players, most of the time he would work with them during games in the same way Thaler does.

Bentham, Child and in particular Silverwood lack the basic game management skills to get the players to work with them and make it a better game to watch and play in for all concerned. Much too interested in going off on their own little ego trips.

I agree.Time for Thaler to get the big games this year he has proved himself to be the best by a margin.

Ben Thaler is by far the best ref in SL and that has been the case for a couple of years now IMO

I love Thaler more than you all PUT TOGETHER HE'S MINE BACK OFF

Ehhhhhhh???? Have you watched any game childs has been ref in this season? He's been utter rubbish, hence why he's hasn't been getting as many televised games.

Child is terrible. It's alright getting the 50/50s wrong but he pulls decisions out of thin air sometimes. The Saints Hull KR game was a prime example.

To be fair to Jimmy, he really was let down by both his touchies during that game.

IF HKR had gone on to lose that game due to the hithero unseen levels of inept vision I think the 1000000000000000000000 HKR fans in attendance wouldve been storming Fortress Redhall with their pitchforks and torches. The entire refereeing squad that night was an absolute shower, Vid ref included.

That's exactly my view on child's. Most of the time he is ok but every so often he seems to get himself in tangle and pull a decision from nowhere and then loses control of the players and ends up ruining the game.

I'd also say he is by FAR the most inconsistent when it comes to disciplining the players. Will reach for a red on a borderline one and then completely miss someone getting their head taken off.