Quote: sutton park b+w "I have just watched the game for a second time and now my blood pressure is back to something like normal,my feelings are that we did,nt throw the game away it was taken from us. If you only have 12 sets in the second half you will struggle to hold onto a lead,Ganson is not the only problem to our game,Cummings is the major problem that and the fact we,re probably the only sport that does not play to the rules i.e. forward passes,offsides,ineffectual linesmen etc.'"
I've posted this previously but it is a very important point which is now also backed up by the Stobart sponsorship decision. At one of our fans forums at Hull Truck, Stuart Cummings was invited and fair-play to him, he came and answered questions. One thing he said was that he didn't have enough quality referees to be able to drop ones who have a bad game. He asked for more money to be allocated to them by the Chairs of the superleague clubs when the money is divied up and guess what the answer was? They voted against it! Now the same Chair's turn down proper cash sponsorship and take the advertising deal with Stobart and we are still moaning about poor refereeing performances. Some of the clubs who voted against this are in no position to complain and I would love to know who voted what.
My second point is my own opinion that two part-time refs following the Aussie model would be better than one full-time ref policing the whole game. We seem to blindly adopt the same rule changes/tweaks that the aussies do which contribute to a faster game but don't have this luxury. The RFL send out directives that refs will be policing a particular infringement e.g. play the ball (which is fine by me) but it lasts 2-3 weeks then it's back to business as usual.
This is a massive issue for the game but when our team is winning we don't give a toss and it's about time that changed.
