love him or loathe him , alibert has took up a new role in france and wont be darkening these shores anymore

aye,but it could be Leatherbarrow (who reffed us this season), Stokes (who I think reffed us) or Thomason who replaces him.

Christmas has come early

Let's hope it's the type of post a firing squad would tie him too.

The most inept of a very bad bunch.

It would appear I'm in a huge minority but I will certainly miss him. This is entirely due to the fact that our win percentage in games reffed by him was much higher than any other ref.

I'm with you YR, I thought he always attempted to keep the game flowing AND we won more with him reffing

One thing you can say about him, was that he was consistent. Consistently bad, yes, but at least he was bad for both teams.

I remember sitting in a bar in Perpignan a couple of years ago watching the Wigan v Warrington game with my (then 7 year old) son. The only seats free were with Robert Hicks and Steve Presley who were going to be Ref and Video Ref respectively for our game the following evening.

Alibert was the ref for the Warrington game and there were a least a couple of decisions in that match where, at first glance, it appeared that he'd made the wrong call but on watching the replay, he'd been bang on. In fact, he was really good all through the match, backed up by some very interesting insights from Robert Hicks and Steve Presley. I dare say if you had asked any Warrington or Wigan fans what they though of Mr. Alibert's performance that night, they would have given a much different view of his performance which proves that our views on referees, as fans, are probaly always tainted!

I have to say that both Hicks and Presley were great company that night and talked to my son about the game - his response to Robert Hicks though? - 'You'd better not be rubbish tomorrow!' Class.