Quote the flying biscuit="the flying biscuit"Awful awful refereeing........the sad thing is many new before kick off it would be a shocking display and he didnt dissapoint. calling good things bad, bad things good, completely missing things, trying to assert his dominance by giving stupid penalties instead of talking to players. from the TV interesting to see him When a baffled Briers said "can i ask you a question" he says No, but then allows a ranting diskin to go on and on.... the man cannot command any respect. even Smithy was laughing at him for Ben jeffries "knock on" that went three yards back........ should never ref again.......'" Didn't Hodgson try to explain to him that the rules are if you catch the kick off in the field of play and then step out, it should be a dropout, not a penalty on halfway? Awful refereeing throughout. He made poor decisions for both sides, but the fact that he just wouldn't let the game flow killed it as a spectacle. Continuously resetting the scrums was a joke. Looks like TS has also had a bit of a moan about him: www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... slow_ruck/

Quote the flying biscuit="the flying biscuit"Awful awful refereeing........the sad thing is many new before kick off it would be a shocking display and he didnt dissapoint. calling good things bad, bad things good, completely missing things, trying to assert his dominance by giving stupid penalties instead of talking to players. from the TV interesting to see him When a baffled Briers said "can i ask you a question" he says No, but then allows a ranting diskin to go on and on.... the man cannot command any respect. even Smithy was laughing at him for Ben jeffries "knock on" that went three yards back........ should never ref again.......'" Didn't Hodgson try to explain to him that the rules are if you catch the kick off in the field of play and then step out, it should be a dropout, not a penalty on halfway? Awful refereeing throughout. He made poor decisions for both sides, but the fact that he just wouldn't let the game flow killed it as a spectacle. Continuously resetting the scrums was a joke. Looks like TS has also had a bit of a moan about him: www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... slow_ruck/

I rarely criticise referees as it is a difficult, thankless task, which many of the most vociferous complainers would struggle to do effectively themselves, I'd wager.

However, that was an utterly hapless, embarrassing, amateurish display by Child today.

Childs was consistently awfull for both sides. Our discipline is letting us down again & we need to tighten up or we will get burnt again.



Thought Waterhouse had an excellent game & he didn't give a penalty away! Gaz Carvell had a big impact from the subs bench - maybe his best position?

James Childs; where to start?

Saints only had just over 5k. Wigan 4k last round,i know they played lesser opposition but fans don't seem to go the early rounds then come out of the woodwork. £18.50 for an adult with £3.50 off with a season ticket maybe just a bit much for fans at this time.

couldnt make the game as just paid for my magic weekend tickets and a holiday so was a bit brasseck this week. but James child i mean come on he needs to be hung drawn and quartered, then maybe hung again!



phantom knock ons that went back.

conned by the bratford players (i wouldn't mind but he knew they were doing it as he was constantly telling them to stop trapping the player in)

the out on the full.

the refusal of lee asking a question concerning a penalty which the captain has every right to ask what they have to do.

he called simon grix, scott (seems it isnt just stevo gets that wrong!)



the list is endless but it was the same for both teams.



i feel sorry for anyone who was watching RL for the first time, how many would watch it a second??

I haven't watched it back yet but if he's refused to let Lee ask him a question, I've no idea what he was doing letting diskin yell at him for nearly two minutes straight when Brett was setting up that penalty attempt. He wouldn't shut the duck up,

Had ticket for the game but couldn't go as I had a cold and the weather wasn't looking promising.

Good performance after 20 minutes when we started running and tackling with a purpose. Carvell was amazing considering his previous form. Special mention for Riley who is getting better and better at returning the ball out of defence. and his try shows the confidence he now has.

Not going to comment on Childs as he isn't worth the effort.

Ben Harrison very impressive today. Mike Cooper also another good game. Tyrone did nowt wrong but I don't think he's as good a 13 as Grix.

Diskin has developed into a really whiny little tart whose only tactic of note appears to be to try and win penalties by waving his arms, moaning and flopping about thre play-the-ball. See also: Wayne Godwin.

I think slowly but surely there's signs that it's almost a matter of time before it all comes together. The final piece will probably be the 'return' of Monaghan, the real one not the fella who started 2012.



Harrison looks a different player, like he's lost a stone and gained a yard, for the first time in his career, he looks an actual threat as a ball carrier, making breaks etc.



Carvell & Wood look to be back on the right path too, especially Carvell. They with Morley etc have been the cornerstones of our field position during the recent good times, we'll need them again if we're too have more.



We need to sort this discipline stuff out, some I think is out of our hands but we must rectify this somehow.

If I had the choice of Old Trafford or Wembley, it would be Wembley every time.