Quote: lefty goldblatt "The truth is, we've not had ONE good referee, in my RL watching lifetime
We've gone from the bent
Billy Thompson
John Smith
Robin Whitfield
Fred Lindop, when our game was hardly on the telly,
to the incompetant
Ashley Clown
Colin Morris
The Chuckle Brothers, sorry Connolly twins, when we've had the exposure of Sky,
to the theatricals of
John Holdsworth
Steve Ganson. Ganson's even managed to re-invent himself. He's gone from the dithering idiot, who wouldn't make a simple/obvious decision, without the aid of the VR, to a dogmatic, pig-headed oaf, who'll give the dodgiest try ever, without the VR's assistance, when that's precisely the reason the VRs were brought into existance. He'll then puff his chest out, and strut to where the conversion's going to be taken, and then find out, he's invariably "dropped a clanger".
I really don't get the "love-in" some on here, have with Ganson. He makes just as many "fluff-ups" as the rest of them, do.
We've even had to put up with the most ridiculous of them all, in Ronnie Laughton. Seriously, Ronnie ####### Laughton.
True enough, the Aussies have had these, too (Hollywood Bill, anyone), so, all that glitters, ain't gold.
Allibert is so inconsistent, it's untrue
Thaler and Child shouldn't be seen anywhere near a rugby pitch. Even U11's games. Why should kids suffer their uselessness.
There are people who say, "refs have it tough, go and do a better job, yourself". That's beside the point. They've piut themselves forward, so do the job PROPERLY, or not at all.
We've had the call to adapt the Aussie system of two refs on the pitch at once, over here. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NO. Two idiots, refereeing the game, to two different ways. Let's get all the refs, refereeing to a decent standard, before we even contemplate that system. I'm expecting hell to freeze over, first, though.
The biggest joke of all, though, is Cummings himself. A crap ref himself, is now in charge of a shambolic group. Madness.'"
-ahhhhhh i rem thompson and lindop!!!!!!! the jedward of their day!right pair of you know what!
and notably the refs. tbf to them, overall they do a good job, and like everyone else they are prone to mistakes. Thaler did have a shocker, but I've seen an awful lot worse.
