As long as the official isn't doing it deliberately, I have no issue with bad calls. It's all part of the game, in the same way that a player may have an off day or the ball may take an unexpected bounce. If chance and luck were taken from the game it would be totally predictable.

Robert Hicks controlled the game very well yesterday and is by far the best at the minute.

The idiot from Warrington giving him a death threat at Hull KR was a disgrace and unfortunately somebody who frequents this forum did exactly the same yesterday on Twitter...he should be ashamed of himself

i have to agree..... lets looks at what happened

* A few correct decisions at the start as saints had 2 tries chalked off
* A terrible call to disallow a warrington try, in an attempt to 'even things up'

But the worst thing that happened was the constant saints obstruction under the high ball. They knew we would be kicking it high at King near their own line, so they had a dodgy little 'wall of obstruction' waiting.... 2-4 player move together and create a line of players, that the warrington attackers have to run around to get to the ball, making it much easier for the person fielding the kick. Obvious obstruction and blatant cheating... over and over.

Still, justice was done..... the best team prevailed, despite the rehed, unpunished cheating from 'best team in the league'.

Over the course of the season decisions go for & against you. Yes, it’s frustrating when a referee gets the decision wrong but they’ve got to make a split second judgement then your scrutinised by different camera angles and slow mo replays... think back to that Percival one against us in June over the course of the season it evens itself out.

The only referee I’ve had a problem with this year is Childs at Catalan. He was terrible and total lost control of the game. Referees need to stamp their Authority down on the game, be fair and let the game flow, Childs failed for me.

I’ve not got any issues with the way he reffed it, not saying that because we won but simply because I think they go to vid ref far to often. What I mean is they have often gone to video when it’s obvious and you think wtf why go up for that. Saying all that I get it the 2 decisions in question are by far the worse I’ve ever seen and the fact it was in a Final makes it a bigger thing.

The fact there was a controversial decision involved in beating them makes it even sweeter. Redvee TV is currently comedy gold. Excellent lack of penalties given by Hicks yesterday. Refs make mistakes they even themselves out over a season.

Yep.. this is the best bit...... 6-0 to saints early on could have changed the game.

oh well, never mind

We were crying about Hicks in last years GF.
Saints beat us this season due to a pathetic forward pass call.

You win some, you lose some. Hicks is the only referee who seems to be able to control players.

As for the Knowles try, if it was sent up at a 'no try' it wouldn't have been overturned. If he did get it down, it was fingertips. Yes it should have been sent upstairs but the result would have been the same.

Who cares? Wires won the cup. Enjoy your weekend folks.

Dispite the bbc taking the heavy saints bias yesterday in my opinion. Even jonathan davies was criticising the refereeing standards throughout the whole game

We've had the rough end of a poor decision that's cost us silverware. It's 18-4 in the record books, that's all that's relevant, and our names on the cup with 2019 against it.

And oddly enough one person alleged to have done so by the folk of Redvee, has disappeared from our board since Saturday afternoon.

On the train coming home today I was sat near two Saints fans and between them they mentioned 14 times that it would have been a different game if that Knowles try had been given! (And yes I counted!) Now I’m a gentle giant kind of guy and a Widnes fan to boot but eventually I suggested to them if they didn’t want a cheap shot across the jaw like the one Toby King got late on in the game that went unpunished they should shut the...... up!! Fortunately it worked! Talk about bitter!!

i reckon i would enjoy a pint with you Al

Just had a great text from a friend of mine saying that Saints fans are now claiming that Cootes conversion went right between the sticks and the scandalous almost cheating linesman not allowing it have cost them the game! In that heat and those conditions to be within one score it would’ve been a completely different game!!