Quote bren2k="bren2k"[uI have absolutely no issue with a high penalty count[/u, if they are justified and consistently applied; one would expect that the team breaking the rules the most would suffer a suitable fate - i.e conceding more penalties and subsequently, losing the game. That's not the ref's fault - that's the players fault - but we seem terminally unable to point the finger at our own players in such circumstances.
I was at the Wakefield game on Friday night - the ref made some decisions that, from the stands, were difficult to comprehend; many of which will have been due to player obfuscation, distance, the speed of the action and a total lack of help from line judges - =#0000FFso there's plenty to be improved in terms of referee performance, but I can't see any evidence of biased or one-eyed refereeing. Not even from James Child, who as any fule kno, hates Wakefield.'"
[uYou might not[/u,but i have been trying to get neutrals to watch,and enjoy the game.The reply i got was the game was stop start and a bit boring because of the amount of penalties dished out( I did try to explain that the ref was a bit overzealous in his decisions in this game ). I've already said i'm not condoning foul play,but there can be a bit more leniency and common sense on some of the infringements to keep the game flowing.
=#4040FFI agree,but i never mentioned anything about refs being biased at all.
