Well that is truly unbelievable....Ganson should never be allowed to referee a Bradford v Leeds fixture ever again...especially for the magic weekend. His bias against Bradford is well documented. I just hope the boys win by a margin that not even Ganson can influence..COYB !!

Was just going to post something similar, would rather have Ganson than Child, Silverwood, Bentham or Alibert. The only man with any blame is Klein for what happened at magic 07, some people need to move on, it was 4 years ago ffs.

No worries - still quite reseved fella IMHO

I agree but what happend that Sunday has scarred me for life and I think therapy could be the only way forward.

I can post what I said in the ground when it happend?

The magic weekend has never been a good event for Bradford fans. However, the only memory I chose to keep of RL in Cardiff is the 2003 Cup final where we showed real steel in defence and a never say die attitude that I hope Mick Potter will bring back to the club.

Still, I'm looking forward to this weekend. Can't remember a season that I've looked forward to as much as this one. It's like being a kid waiting for Xmas. And look, we've even got our own Grinch in the form of Mr Ganson. So lock up your granny.

Didn't we beat wakefield pretty convincingly one year? But yeah, apart from that they've been a disaster.

There's only one way this will be forgotten and turned into a positive.. Revenge. COME ON YOU BULLS!

Yes Wakefield up at Murrayfield 32-16 but even then it took us two late tries before we we're safe.

I think it's only fair that Ganson gives us a 6 point start after last time

It has got the sport a whole Guardian article. Masterstroke of publicity by the RFL.
And imagine the headlines if Ganson does it again....

Really? Please show me the documents.

Best have a word with Gleds, I think he wrote most of them.

The Blessed Steve will no doubt officiate the game in his own understated style. Apart from getting your lot onside, I suspect that his hardest job will be putting a name to all the different faces you have in your squad this season!

I'm, more or less, just hoping that during his absence from the action he's seen sufficient (one should be enough) TV replays to notice how much Keith Senior obstructs when defending...............

Of course, as ever with this debate, the shocking decision in the last minute is all Bullies complain about whereas the non-sending off of Terry Newton in the 12th minute (he was subsequently banned) is conveniently forgotten

The sort of decision that has a judiciary backstop and is a mundane feature of many games is less controversial than a video referee and referee changing the outcome of a match where there is no chance of a wrong being righted? Fascinating insight.

Ganson manned up and admitted he was in the wrong, so short of bestowing magical powers of infallibility on him, surely that drew a line under it? As far as he is concerned anyway.

Yep I'd agree with that. Not often a referee comes out and admits he was wrong, so credit to him for it.

It's the other one that still deserves abuse for actually breaking rules (rather than just making a mistake) and not coming out and saying anything. IMO he needed to apologise more than Ganson! Even then though, it's been over 3 years, I think that's enough to let it die now.

Regardless though, I am surprised they've done this. Purely because it's putting extra pressure on Ganson on his first big game back and because it almost makes him the centre of attention instead of the game itself. Perhaps it's just another way to drum up talking points in the build up though?

Ganson's either the best British ref or the worst, depends which personality turns up. Dont think 2007 will make any difference.

You'd like to think that a bit of reverse psychology might happen, and he ends up 'over compensating' by giving us a few 50/50 calls.

I had the same thoughts, couldn't see why they'd do it, and then....





....Exactly.

He wont be biased towards either team (but I like the idea Paul

), but the previous game must be in his thoughts, he just needs to not let it effect any decisions on Sunday...I'm fairly confident it won't.

I take it you didn't watch stains last season then?

what he did with stains last sesaon is irrelevent. We've already seen the improvement in our defense in the pre-season games. Early days still but a promising start so far.

Wow, missed the first announcement. But all credit to him.