Quote: bren2k "I'm not sure what else he was supposed to do - it was a ridiculous display of petulant unprofessionalism and thuggery, and they got everything they deserved; well played Mr Thaler - he should run courses for other refs on how to deal with idiots on the field.'"
There is as much nonsense on the Thaler side as there is on the 'he's corrupt' side. Thuggery? There wasn't a bad challenge or incident in the whole game.
The problem with Thaler's showing was that he didn't referee both sides the same. The lack of discipline up to the flare up under the posts was very even, yet only Toronto copped the punishment for that. If Thaler had sin binned Hill under the posts like he should have I'd possibly have sympathised with him, instead he was ultra pedantic with Toronto and lenient/normal with Warrington. A yellow for Hill and Simms under the sticks would have sorted that whole issue out.