Quote: Richeastender "Two further questions for the ref - and before anybody jumps on me, Wire only had themselves to blame for last nights defeat.
1) when Wilkins bawled at Alibert after being penalised for holding down, he was asked to go to the ref for a telling off. Wilkins ignored him and Wellens stood in for him. Why did Alibert not insist on speaking to the player, and why did he not move the penalty forward by ten yards?
2) As half time approached, and Riley kicked the ball forward, he was tackled by two Saints players. Alibert was going to let play go on until the touch judge intervened and a penalty was awarded.
Now, at a home game this season, Riley was sin binned in the first minute for holding down after an opposition break. Why was one or both players not sin binned for the professional foul?
As I said, I am not blaming those decisions for the loss, but I am getting extremely frustrated at the inconsistencies of referees from game to game, and within games.
Am I the only one?'"
There will be many opinions as to your first two points ranging from "got it bang on" to "the guys a muppet and has no bottle". What I would say is I think that every sane fan posting on this or any forum HATES inconsistent referring. Differences in opinion from one ref to another is inevitable (they are of course contray to many peoples opinion ..human) but god knows how a ref can be so inconsistent about his own decisions within a single game and often within a single 15 minute spell!
