Fair enough - though it remains that fans will always see the penalties not given against their side but not the 50/50 decisions that go against them...

Meaning?If you're gonna criticise people have the balls to say it to their faces instead of hiding behind your screen

Meaning - You want to get a sense of humour by the sound of it.

same as another thread - the refereeing this season has been poor alround in my opinion.

Bring back Karl Kirkpatrick!

And you and your little clique need to stop critcising everybody elses posts on this forum, all are entitled to their opinion you don't have to agree with it but you don't have to make childish remarks either, I suppose your life is so empty you get a kick out of picking on school kids on here

In my opinion the touch judges are scared of making any decisions, even when they do flag for something they dont have much conviction. Its almost like they fear challenging the refs judgement, ie they may think the ref has chosen to ignore an incident so dont bother flagging when in fact the ref may not have seen the incident at all so it goes unpunished.

I think the touch judges should flag anything and everything that they deem to be foul play without hesitation.

As for Mylers 'try', if its true that the IGT gave it but was then overruled by someone who wasn't in position to even make the decision then thats pathetic. If video evidence confirms that it was a try and the IGT was infact correct then the ref should be disciplined. Its basically saying that the ref thinks the IGT was incapable of doing his job so chose to ignore him.

There was a time when the referees were held in high esteem by players and fans alike. Typically the professionalism of the sport has seen an upsurge in player skills and a down turn in judgement by officials. I can't to see which mind numbingly half baked loon we get for Sunday's game

Done that a few times myself. Called the referee rotten for giving decisions against us, one of those "heat of the moment" things. When you get back and re-watch the game after the disappointment of defeat, you look at it and think "oh yeah, he was right with that one.......and that one.....and that one. wasn't such a bad performance after all".

Hence the reason I've not yet commented on Silverwood's actions in the Wigan game, as I've not managed to re-watch it as yet. As we've seen with that buffoon Ritchie Mylers Parrot, if you focus on something blindly without re-watching the game first, you'll look like a complete tool.

Spot on that Geordie. Can't remember a ref overuling the IGJ before but I expect it has happened. The IGJ had a perfect view and for Smith to disallow it without consulting him was bizarre. Wonder if Mr Campbell might be prompted to view this? Somehow I very much doubt it.

How do we know the IGJ was over-ruled?

From what I saw he didn't stand still with arms at his side as has been suggested. For me he backed away from teh incident.

What chance THE HOOF putting a snippet on here to see if it would clarify either way?

I thought he gave it. Arms by his side stood still.

I pay good money to howl derision at which ever referee is in charge, when they give ANYTHING to the opposition.

Why would i want to then get home and find out that the referee was indeed correct