Quote: Touchliner "What a good looser Powell is, Hull fans should be grateful that Lenny doesn't sit and whinge about Refs like that, only moan about things you can control/influence.'"
Radford mentions the referees decisions plenty of times, he usually says something like "baffling", I'm not saying he directly states these are the reasons for a loss but the mere fact he like all other coaches mention the refs frequently in that manner is in fact an admission (or moan if you will) that the referee had an influence by their decision making on the result.
Frankly I don't care if coaches moan about refs, what I care about as do many fans is the inconsistency of refereeing and the inability to deal with the infractions. By not dealing with them all the time you end up with players and indeed coaches just pushing the boundary of the laws and thus we have the spectacle that we have. Fans moan about letting a game flow but I for one would rather have 60 penalties a game (similar to what has happened in NRL early doors this season) with the refs pinging all sides all the time for the same infractions if it meant in the long run the game is cleaned up and coaches/players didn't take the micturate in how they play or coached to play. That makes it easier for the officials, it's easier on the eye to the fans and players are also less frustrated by what they feel other sides are getting away with.
The whole aspect of how the game is played and how we view it is controlled by the officials but also by the players/coaches who are trying to cheat the system as much as they can get away with for their benefit, you only have to look at the 'leeds' forward pass, too often let go by officials and so why change if you know 9/10 the officials won't do dick about it but it gains you an advantage on the field.
