As a Wakey fan I thought he was a disgrace today and should not be a Super League referee.

I am just wondering whether it was because we got tanked that I thought he was awful or if he was genuinely awful.

What do you guys think?

I thought he had a great game

Both.

Most improved ref in Super League

best ref in the league..iv always said it.

Put it this way, in the away end we were chanting "One James Child".
Apart from that series of back to back penalties near the end which ended in a yellow card, thought he was OK. Had no impact on the result IMO.

He was as crap as usual. The 5 penalties he gave us in the space of 10 tackles was a joke. Never a SL standard ref in a million years.

I forgot to state that he had no baring on the result and you were by far the better team but I think the score could have been more respectable.

It was for us bud.

The 20 metre restart where all wakey players onside he stopped and later allowed hull I'n same situation on 20 Tap to get on front foot and make half way line I'n 2 tackles.

Inconsistent and he's done us twice ala vs cas this year.

That said it's no excuse for the fact hull were deserving of their ein.

Never before has 1 man influenced a game so much as child and enrage support. The guy is inept and if the rfl do not act they will look inept also.

In all seriousness the blokes a joke of a ref who also cost us also against cas...maybe hes got a little soft spot for them,i dont know!

Humberside commentators said its based on where the ref is not the players, if the ref is not in position you have to wait regardless of where the wakey players are.

I may be wrong, but as I understand it the ref can't allow the quick tap if he (the ref) is not in the correct position. I wasn't at the game but maybe would suggest from the Radio Humberside commentary that this was the difference between the two incidents. Also based on the commentary, it would seem we did get more than our fair share of the 50/50 calls today. All just adds up to one inescapable conclusion - Childs is hopeless and everyone knows it apart from - it would seem - the RFL who continue to employ his services.