21st Sept : Super 8s : Salford Red Devils v St Helens K.O. 8pm Sky TV

[OMEGA]

I know we don't have a surfeit of officials in our game but Child is so bad that we would definitely be better off without him.

[Davo5]

8 minutes ago, Saint 1 said:

Do you want to change his anatomy to remove his elbows? Or make him carry the ball around his waist? Seems unfair to punish him for someone else's poor tackling technique. 

Hahaha the old poor tackling excuse,never gets old.

[Liverpool Rover]

If the Watts one was a red card then so was Walmsleys. The one tonight was worse as Walmsley ran in and then raised his elbow into the tackler.

[Old Frightful]

4 minutes ago, dkw said:

Ha ha........ha ha.....

 

 

Your kidding right?

Read other people's posts.

Perhaps they're kidding as well and just you and Saints 1 are being serious.

[OMEGA]

1 minute ago, Niels said:

I agree with you. I watched Alex often and he is not a player who is malicious or has any disciplinary issues.

It was nothing like the Hull sending off - posters are forgetting the damage done to the Wigan player's face on that occasion. 

 

Seriously!

McIllorum got his head on the wrong side while trying to king hit Watts from the side.

[L Bow]

2 minutes ago, snapski said:

I honestly can't see Salford finishing with 12 men. They had properly lost it that last 10 minutes.

Salford reached their first semi final in 19 years this year.  I didn't go because James Child was the referee.  This guy is simply the worst referee in the competition.  He has no place on a rugby field. 

[Ullman]

51 minutes ago, chuffer said:

charge down surely? Then 2 pens on the bounce

Absolute vintage Child, you seem the same pattern in so many of the games he referees. He makes a mistake then proceeds to hammer the team on the receiving end. Just surprised the team warning took another five minutes to arrive. 

[DavidM]

Poor old Manu forever caviar n cabbage !

[chuffer]

6 minutes ago, my missus said:

going to be some very sore heads if this is allowed, it seems the rules have been changed, again.

in my day we tackled round the legs....still got a sore head though as it tended to bang off hips and knees

[carlotti]

8-1 penalty count to saints in that 1st half,thats how a referee destroys a game.

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

1 minute ago, carlotti said:

8-1 penalty count to saints in that 1st half,thats how a referee destroys a game.

Certainly trying to one-up Scott Grix in the lets get Saints into the semis plot.

[L Bow]

7 minutes ago, Saint 1 said:

 So we should reward poor tackle technique and people getting their heads in the wrong places? 

Deary me give your head a shake.  There's blinkered and then there's your post which is bordering on blindfolded.

Your not allowed to lead with the elbow.  Walne has not got his head in the wrong position and hit his hip or some other point.  He's been struck with a leading elbow.

[DavidM]

Looked a fantastic shot . 

[Charlie RL]

I can't follow this quite.  Is Walmsley off or on?  Devils down to12?

[Man of Kent]

As bad as Child has been, it's not his fault this game has been a stinker. Too easy to blame the ref

[OMEGA]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Looked a fantastic shot . 

It was and if we're going to penalise great tackles like that we might as well get the tags and Velcro out and ban contact altogether 

[DavidM]

He's checking that ?????

[snapski]

Why is he checking this

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

You useless get Child

[Davo5]

Why go to the video ref for that ?

[Northern Eel]

Absolute joke. Something has to be done about these video ref decisions. There was no need for that at all. Terrible.

[DavidM]

There's bacteria in a frozen lake on Titan waiting to be discovered that could do better than this bloke 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

Glimmer of hope for Salford, Matty Smith coming on

[snapski]

1 minute ago, scotchy1 said:

 

To se whether it is s knock on in the in goal area or he was in touch in the field of play.

Are you being serious

[DavidM]

2 minutes ago, scotchy1 said:

 

To se whether it is s knock on in the in goal area or he was in touch in the field of play.

He threw it back from the crowd