Wouldn't it be great if supporters after the game could lay the fault of the defeat at the players, coach etc and not the officials.

Time and time again we see people on here blaming the referee or even worse accusing them deliberately of favouring the opposition and so enough is enough.

I propose we have a respect the referee weekend, where we accept every decision they make.

Ganson has just knocked one out while reading that.

What if Ganson makes another decision like Tansey in Cardiff or Liam Watts at the Jungle?

I've seen a lot more but that is the prime example of the officials deciding which team wins the game.

Ashley Klein and Steve Ganson changed the result from a Bradford 38-36 victory to a 38-42 loss in 60 seconds of madness.

Anyhow that happend 3 years ago, so lets all move on and forget about it.

Unfortunately our officials (particularly Video Referees) continue to make absolutely bizzare and incomprehensible desicions on a far-to-frequent basis. And I'm not talking grey areas that could be argued either way, this year we have seen some ridiculous decisions made that even the scoring player has found unbelievable.
However, I think I have only actually blamed the referee once for costing my team a game (I can only presume Ganson pressed the wrong button when awarding the Liam Watts 'try'). As a general rule, I'm quite happy to blame the players and/or coach and/or board for our failings.

Does the money from my ticket go towards the officials wages? If so I can and will say what I want about there poor decisions. When they show respect to the paying fans and don't mug them off by changing games as in the situation mentioned above then I'll stop moaning about them.

No the money from your ticket does NOT go on the referees wages, it goes on the players wages. The RFL get from TV rights / sponsorship etc goes on the officals wages

However, without the ticket money to pay the players, maintain the grounds, etc there would be nothing for the officials to do if the teams didn't exist- and therefore no job for them.

What about tickets bought through the RFL?

Crikey you will be saying England will beat the Aussies in a test series and also win the 4 nations next!!!!

If no one bags the match officials over a weekend it'll be because the world has come to an end!

As long as the PLAYERS, COACHES and even moreso the FANS!!!! do!!!

Respect needs to be earned and after watching our match tonight they would have little chance of that happening.

not being able to count to five is worthy of having all the abuse in the known world thrown at you