What? You heard the ref had a great game? Or that Cas were great?

I would say he means neither.
Maybe Mr B got his info from where I did:


Peter Smith @PeteSmithYEP

I don't think I'd blame him if Cas lose, but Salford have got the better of referee Tim Roby's decisions tonight. They lead by 2 late on.

That is quite an accusation.

Favoured Salford in the sense that all the calls went their way, whether it be pens or 50/50s. We got very short shrift in that second half - I wasn't "accusing" him of anything, as you put it. Just that we got very little and, in my opinion, it was a very poor display by him.

So Roby favoured Salford in a non accusatory way?

I have never seen Roby or Stokes or Hicks look anything but poor.

Just so I know where I/we stand; a thread started by wakey fans about the ineptitude of Tim roby has now turned into a defence of Tim roby by wakey fans because Cas fans agree that he is/was poor!

I can't see anyone defending Roby?

Ok. Maybe defending is a bit strong and I'm being a little sensitive. I don't post as much these days, but can't remember being as angry as I was at the game yesterday. I text my wife after 10 mins telling her their was no way we would be allowed to win yesterday as I felt the writing was in the wall. I should just be happy with an ugly win, but all that does is gloss over that roby was absolutely awful and shouldn't be allowed near a rugby pitch for a good while.

Sounds to me like both sets of supporters had a reason to feel aggrieved, but its always easier to get over when
you have the 2 points in the bag.

We got 2 points last week but it didn't stop me remembering how poor Stokes was. Think it's important that fans of the winning side don't let the three clowns off the hook.

He was extremely "inconsistent" lets say - and one or two of his decisions lacked common sense to be honest.

for example.... Cas pin Salford on their own line. 5th tackle goes down still stuck in the corner after going absolutely nowhere. Ball comes free on impact and Roby gives a ball steal. Now even though the trajectory of the ball made it fairly obvious it was just a spill, WHY ON EARTH would Castleford steal it at that point!?

Similarly in the first half, Sneyd bobs his head through the line with two defenders on his legs, reaches to put the ball down and it gets slapped out of his hands... PLAY ON!

.......inconsistent decisions which appear, albeit unintentionally I'm sure, to have favoured Salford.

His officiating is really poor - there's a few good lads in the Championship who have filled in SL before and done a decent enough job for rugby league to be able to "drop" and "promote" referees based on their performance.

Chris Leatherbarrow officiated us last year a couple of times and he did a fair job.

I always say you never notice the best referees. Roby, Child, Stokes want to be the centre of attention. Nit-picking is fine, but you've to do it consistently then for 80 minutes and it's impossible

Tim Roby is an awful ref - simply awful.

Robert Hicks is just as bad, Stokes is no better than either and Silverwood needs to be told that people don't pay to go watch him! I get the impression from Silverwood that he resents the players because he was never good enough to be where they are, they're the stars, he's just a ref and that seems to bother him so much that he can't help but show his contempt.