It stems from the paranoia of some Salford fans, who think anyone who questions their owners "stamina for investment in the long term" and "reactionary decision making" as wanting them down.
Bradford are down with us Londoners......barring a complete miracle that is. The only joy I would get from Salford actually being dragged into the battle or even going down, is the assured implosion of the Good Dr on Twitter and every other media outlet he tediously whores himself out on.
But, as I said, it ain't going to happen...Bradford and London are down and it's only half way through the season......exciting isn't it?

Yes but GF, I saw on the Discovery channel that the RFL did "fake" the moon-landings!

The Widnes loss was due to some shocking defending and a lucky bounce for their last try.

I'd call you as mad as a bag of spanners, but that would be doing an injustice to the spanners and the bag they are in

Yet last night Widnes were (allegedly) shafted by an (allegedly) Wakefield supporting ref.

It’s becoming a strange season, Cas were robbed at Huddersfield last week, Wakefield were fleeced against St’s a while ago.

I’m struggling to comprehend the RFL’s end game, what with point’s deductions & referee conspiracy theories, but there has to be one, doesn’t there?

Or maybe the referee’s do their best & like everybody else make mistakes

Too convenient!

You know that when something is not right or goes wrong it is never ever your fault or teams but someone else.

RL fans cry consistency but at times can't work out why in a game involving human beings and so many variables it's not like a computer game.

There is consistency though,fans blaming the match officials for their teams failure to score enough points to win a match. Perhaps, one day, they may realise that's what the players are supposed to CONSISTENTLY!!!

If you mean RLF, the owner/person hosting it decided to end it hence the sudden overnight disappearance, sadly. Not sure of names on other forums sadly but do keep in touch with a couple.

Despite the paranoia of the modern RL fan, the refs are not biased, or acting on instructions from a higher authority, they are just human.
Yes, they make mistakes a plenty and yes, some of these, especially when magnified and dissected on Sky, seem like shockers but, I don't believe in the conspiracy theory with ref's.
However, our governing body IS capable of moving the goal posts and this remains a worry.

Our sport still has lo long term strategy and we continue to look for quick fix's for every problem, which makes the decision making from above extremely fickle, so expect the unexpected.

If there really was a conspiracy the smaller teams would be favoured and piggy backed to trophy wins to grow the competition and make it more exciting.

London would be piggy backed to survival, catalans to a grand final win to help the game explode in france.

Honestly these people that think the RFL have an agenda are complete f*cking morons.

I think it's much more simple than any conspiracy theory, and like you say referees do their best and make mistakes but the majority of the referees are of an incredibly poor standard and are not fit for purpose. While following my side this year iv seen some decisions that are laughable for a full time pro to make... Decisions such as a kick off that bounced dead and the defending side given a tap 20... Basic errors an amateur referee wouldn't make and it's not good enough. If we can criticise bad performances from chairmen, coaching staff and players why can't we criticise the poorest part of the domestic game ???

As a Hull fan i'm now looking over my shoulder and becoming concerned, our form and level of performance is awful, and due to the KC's pitch being re-laid we've played the majority of our home games already, most of them against last seasons bottom 6.

Bradford's points deduction should mean we still survive, but if they get that decision overturned then it is going to be tense times at the KC this summer.

What is the standard? Cas must win at all costs and if they don't it's someone else's fault but never ever the players. That is a standard that wont sit well with with other teams. Please define the standard you believe should be applied across the RFL.

Also how do you define fit for purpose? Is it again that only Cas can win.



Again I ask what standards you expect, what is the difference between an amateur and a full time match official. I also assume that that when Cas players make mistakes they are not of a high enough standard and not good enough by whatever definition/standards you apply.



Are you positive that match officials are the poorest part of the domestic game. Again it's down to the definition standard and yours is Cas must win at all costs. Of course there should be criticism. People learn and do take note of what is said which may come as a shock. Do you HONESTLY believe that all match officials are not neutral and anti Cas?

All the match officials are different, just like the players, coaches fans et al. What you seem to be implying that if , for example, Kevin Sinfield is a high percentage goal kicker, all the rest should be the same, or that if Carney the Cas winger can run 100 metres in 10 seconds everyone else has to be able to do the same. Is that what you want because you may as well howl at the moon as it will not happen, there are too many variables.

Nice post but, unfortunately, you will not be going down.

Where have I ever stated that referees are 'anti cas' ??? And wtf has my post got to do with cas ???

I'm speaking as a RL fan that goes to almost (if not) every game from my team and watches all SL coverage on sky and the standard of referees have never been lower in my lifetime. That's how I would compare standards with the amount of ridiculous wrong decisions now compared to at any other time iv watched the game. As I said in my previous post some ridiculous mistakes have been made this year in almost every game iv been to there has been an example of incompetence.... SL is meant to be the pinnacle of RL in the northern hemisphere so let's try to provide elite players with elite referees.

Your whole point seems to be that referees try their best so leave them alone regardless of how incompetent or how many mistakes are made, I'd rather the issue be addressed and something done to raise standards.

Being honest, I don't think the referees are as bad as we all think, despite the repeated abuse I scream at them on match-days!!

I do get peeved with those that got to VR for virtually EVERY decision, grow some balls!

We perhaps shoud, as we do with teams have a league system with points based on mistakes, the fewer points the higher in the league etc.