Thierry Alibert, at least it would stop him reffing.

I don't want a "character". As the song says "all we want is a decent referee". Ganson is a pr1ck of the highest order, with a "look at me" attitude, especially if it's a televised game.

Hopefully this will see an appointment to try and improve reffing standards and not just a yes-man or an ex-ref who doesn't want to upset his mates.

Standard and consistency of refs is at an all-time low and I agree with lefty all we need is someone to enforce the rules consistently, work with the coaches and players and remember we pay to see the players, not the officials.

Here's a wildcard - Brian Noble.

Wouldnt call that a wildcard,id say thats a very good idea an ex player and coach could be an ideal situation.

Get Sinfield to do it, he does it part time anyway with whoever gets the Leeds game.

Press release suggests that he isn't going to be replaced and that this is a redundancy dismissal. They may well replace him but they've not given that impressioon so far.