When I watch Rovers it's from the east stand or an away ground and I cannot see everything I must admit, but as a Sky subscriber I tend to watch 95% of televised games, which is where I base my opinion on.

Ganson's position would probably be untenable if there was a queue of other possible/qualified/suitable candidates. As it is, there isn't - so his job is probably safe and therein lies the problem with officiating right across RL in this country.

As a Sky subscriber, I tend to find the officiating at a decent level in most televised games. Strangely enough I think they're inept after a Hull game when we've been on the wrong end of 50/50 decisions, and I thought they were tip top this last weekend.

Strange that.

Agree!

He should have been sacked this time last year.

There has been much talk of accountability and transparency. With that in mind I think that Steve Ganson should be put infront of the cameras and made to view the footage and explain exactly what his thought process was and who he was actually tracking.

I am of the opinion that he should lose his job but lets see what he has to say first. The sad and quite frightening thing is that the officials department will be weaker without his knowledge and experience. Maybe some good can actually come from this in the end and the RFL pump extra resource into ref recruitment and improving standards.

That's just plain spiteful.

What would have been interesting is if Ganson talked his way though the decision live on air as he has been doing with the BBC. Anyway it's business as usual with the RFL/Super League as Ganson has been named as VR for the Huddersfield v Saints game next Monday.

The simple answer is to not leave this down to one person, why didn`t Thaler question the decision as he stood and watched what everyone else watched on the screen....so some blame should also fall on him....

GANSON MUST NOW DO THE ONLY THING HE CAN AND FALL ON HIS SWORD. EVEN A BLIND MAN WOULD OF NOT MADE THAT MISTAKE. WHEN FANS GO TO GAMES NOW BETWEEN TO EVENLY MATCHED TEAMS THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE OPPOSITION ANYMORE BUT ABOUT WHAT SIDE OF THE BED THE REF GOT OUT OF IN THE MORNING. MANY FACTORS COULD HINGE ON THE RESULT, HAS THE REF HAD AN ARGUEMENT WITH HIS MRS FOR INSTANCE. DID HE FORGET TO PAY HIS GAS BILL. DID HE FEED THE DOG BEFORE HE LEFT FOR WORK. ITS SCARY WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. WITH SECONDS TO GO AND ROVERS NEEDING A TRY I WOULD INSTRUCT CRAIG HALL TO STAND UNDER THE POSTS AS DOBSON DOES AN UP AND UNDER FROM THE HALF WAY LINE. IF THE VIDEO REF IS GANSON AND STILL HAS NOT VISITED SPEC SAVERS WHO KNOWS!!

Bejezzus. It's over. Done. Move on.



Nothing further will be done with Ganson, and rightfully so, it was a mistake. They happen unfortunately. Sometimes they cost more than other times, but no matter how much improving happens, human error will still always be there.



Incidentally, the day we have a perfect human-less game, it will become a complete bore. I'm an F1 fan, and would be the first to say that sport is afflicted by its own perfection at times.

^ Can anybody else read any of that?