shaul should have backed himself instead of passing to taylor. The prop was always going to get caught but I think shaul remembered bombing a try last week when he held on instead of passing. Also disappointing no one else was backing him up

Thought the holding down was ok, just, Taylor should have passed it straight onto Watts, only Penny in his way.

Backing up is poor again (could be fatigue) number of times players promoted the ball and no one there, Mini went mad at one point.

There is only shaul in the team with any pace, so if he makes a break nobody is going to be near him

The holding down on e Shaul break was not ok. Taylor won the collision, he was facing their line. Lineham was all over him (4 seconds) . Penalty later in the game for holding was given for just a 2 second delay. Wrong decision which should have resulted in a yellow card.

A decision which confused me was the penalty against mini for a pass off the floor. In the current game after a tackle is deemed complete if the ball carrier doesn't play the ball the ref call for the ball to be played at the spot of the tackle and not a penalty. Minis ball carrying arm touched the ground, fair enough. But why not instruct the player to play the ball?

'high tackle' by michaels which was patently not was another of his mistakes. timing of poor decions by officials very much had a bearing on the outcome despite us being pants

That's a pretty low bar to clear though.

He got a lot of big decisions wrong, and the majority went against us. Just because we were e doesn't excuse the officials for being terrible.

Well if he gets appointed to the Wigan game, this forum will go into meltdown AND RIGHTLY SO.

That's for when the referee calls held and the player doesn't hear it or if the pass is at the same time as the call. When a player passes after he knowingly ends the tackle by his ball carrying arm hitting the ground it is a penalty.

It is the rule but it's stupid that in one instance you get penalised and in the other you get to play the ball and the only difference is taht the ref hasn't shouted held. The rules should be the same for both

I disagree with some of the chat about Russell dragging his heels getting back onside. That particular play was all but in line with where I was sat in the west stand. I think he knew exactly where he was on the pitch and what he was doing !! With the momentum we had at that point in the game, I think it was definitely a professional foul. And should have been dealt with as such.

How come you never blame the ref when you win?

Read the opening post dopey and you'll see im not blaming the ref for us losing - just questioning some of his poor decisions