Quote: Saddened! "Quite. It's a real shame this happened and detracted from the true stories of the day, namely Warrington's performance and Saints continued inability to play well in big games. We certainly aren't a champion team, just a consistently good one.
But anyone who believes the reaction to Hicks' error is unique to Saints are wrong. You lot find it hilarious as it happened to us, so does the rest of the league, but almost every fan would be severely annoyed if that went against them in a final. You aren't telling me you'd be fine with it if Philbin gets to one at OT and it's smugly waved away by Thaler and Wigan go on to win the GF. People over react, it's passion, it's the reason we watch sport because of the emotions it stirs, it's what sports fans do.'"
You’re right. We all over react to the refs because we’re passionate about the game. I noticed I got less annoyed when watching on TV and realised there’s probably times I get angry and the ref, with a much better view than me, actually made the right call.
And sometimes fans go much too far. Throwing things on the pitch or, like that Warrington fan, issuing death threats.
But the thing that sets this situation apart is the fact that a senior, official representative of Saints has trivialised the death threat situation. That’s not okay.