i don't expect any referee to be "sympathetic" towards us, i expect to see a referee who is neutral for both sides and fair.

i don't give 2 hoots who refs us as long as he does it fairly!

He was neutral.

He reffed both sides the same ie played No offside rule, no markers square rule and no slowing down the PTB rule.

The problem was we did not exploit it as well as Salford

Which means as a pro RL ref he isn't doing his job correctly and enforcing the rules of the game !!!

Which is exactly my original point - he's a poor ref as he doesn't do the job right !!!

balls to us exploiting anything, he, as should any ref, apply the rules of the game, it's what he's bloody well paid for !!!

So what do we do ,

Cry and complain like the team do or say we will just have to take advantage of it.

That is life RL refs are shiite.

If you dont like it then you may as well give up watching RL because it has been thus for a long time., There is no sign it is getting better.

So there is no point whinging you just have to get on with it.

This is more serious than i thought.

The Brough disease has now become airborne as well as being spread via computer keyboards.

for crying out loud i don't intend doing anything and i certainly won't give up watching, i was merely offering an opinion on an internet forum about a particular referee for others to discuss...fair enough you don't think he's a bad ref others do ..this isn't about US or OUR players in OUR match it's about 1 particular referee in general.

Daz - Durham is one of those fans whos happiest when he's moaning- he was here all the time at the start of the season then he was one of those we were discussing were nowhere to be seen- suddenly he's back.
It was probably 1997 when he last said anything positive about Hudds.

Well who is the good ref then ?. Do you want to Name one.
i will list them for you.
Bentham
Hicks
Childs
Silverwood
Stokes
Thomason
Leatherbarrow

The point i am making is simple.
THERE IS NO POINT IN BLAMING THE REF like the players do.

You just have to get on with it and play the game.
Watch the opposition if they are getting away with something then copy it.
It's not rocket science.

I just think all this blame the ref gubbins from fans and players alike is missing the point.

The team has to do the following things all of which are more important and CONTROLLABLE by the team than the ref.

Pass properly
Catch the ball properly
Hold onto the ball properly
Move up in defence and dont sit back
Run onto the ball.
Cut down on silly penalties
Concentrate for 80 minutes ( maybe for 70 or 60 or 50 maybe even 40 )
Yesterday we managed a couple of periods where we concventrated for at least 3 minutes before we dropped the ball

These are basic things that we cannot seem to do.



STOP whinging at the ref ( usually counter productively) and concentrate on our game.

Every week i hear Anderson say we dont value possession.

Last season and this

How the FOOOOK is any of that to do with any ref.

Do we drop the ball every week because of the ref.

Do we get Childs every week or do other refs have some voodoo spell over us to make us drop the ball.

Can you tell me why we cannot hold the ball. Is it the refs fault, is it the players, is it the coaches is it the fans.

Enlighten me.

Suggest something that addresses the problems that i have identified.

Posting history suggests you are wrong.

I have complained about our inability to concentrate for a long time however.

I do like to challenge those know it alls who are happy to sing when we are winning and dont address fundamental issues that need to be addressed.

Well you don't know all-and you have completely missed the point.I was at the game and discussing the ref with Daz at the end of the game- he said then- it's not the refs fault we lost, he's still saying- it's not the refs fault we lost. What he and others are saying is that child wasn't very good at the job he is paid to do.
I'm not sure what there is to disagree with there to be honest!

Huddersfield 'won' the penalty count 5 -2. Just saying...

Your point?

Durham ....For the 55th time in this thread - I AM NOT BLAMING THE REF !!!!!!! read my original post again .....i'm on about Child --- No S !!!! in general and how i think he is a poor ref, not just last night for us but every week for every team...how hard is it to grasp that

Interesting that we are having this conversation and then a certain quote pops up on my twitter timeline

Gareth Thomas 'In Union you play the rules, in League you play the game'

He later states 'I'd take League over Union any day'

I now question Durham, do you wish our sport to remain this way. One of the most famous Union players in recent history stating League is more enjoyable than union. Because they way you want the SL teams to play won't let this happen.

i appreciate what you're saying but i think you've gone off course a bit,
no one is blaming the referee for losing to Salford, personally, i never blame a referee for any defeat unless it's something as obvious as say Broughy's drop goal vs saints.

it's a discussion about the standard of referee's and James Child in particular.

we all know that the referee's don't drop balls or miss tackles, most of us who have commented on this are the first ones to pull people up who do, nobody is claiming that we would have won had it not been for the referee on friday night.

The discussion is not about the rules it is how our players respond to them.

Do you want our players to get on with the game and try and win whether the ref is crap or not or whether the interpretation of the rules is different from one week to the next , do you want them to behave like kids ina playground, " please sir i want a penalty because Mr nasty Salford player is holding me down"
Or do you want them to play to whatever is in front of them stop crying like spoilt babies and get on with trying to win.