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Retired apparently. Hope he takes Thaler with him.
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Good luck to him, hope he does a better job than Cummings
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Great bloke and a fine referee, all the best to him.
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This would have been better at the end of the season, there's a dearth of decent refs as it is.
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| Quote ="rover49"Retired apparently. Hope he takes Thaler with him.'"
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Mixed feelings. Personally think he's one of the better refs and its a shame to lose him. On the other hand, i hope he makes a go of it and manages to improve standards across the board.
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Surprised he's stopped reffing now and not at the end of the year. He's one of the better refs.
Good luck to him in his new thankless task!
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Will be interesting to see if he takes the 'all the ref's are faultless so we're not discussing it'approach Mr Cummins appeared to have.
Ganson always seemed to be one of the more outspoken, vocal refs.
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 Moved Upstairs Ganson Hangs Up His WhistleAfter eighteen years at the pinnacle of his trade, Steve Ganson has announced his immediate retirement from refereeing to step into the role of 'Match Officials Coach and Technical Director', vacated by Stuart Cummings departure earlier in the season.
Many supporters will breath a sigh of relief as the St. Helens based official takes up a managerial position and vanishes from our pitches and screens, but he will undoubtedly leave a void within the refereeing fraternity which will be difficult to fill.
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Moved Upstairs Ganson Hangs Up His WhistleAfter eighteen years at the pinnacle of his trade, Steve Ganson has announced his immediate retirement from refereeing to step into the role of 'Match Officials Coach and Technical Director', vacated by Stuart Cummings departure earlier in the season.
Many supporters will breath a sigh of relief as the St. Helens based official takes up a managerial position and vanishes from our pitches and screens, but he will undoubtedly leave a void within the refereeing fraternity which will be difficult to fill.
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With Ganson's experience of refereeing games and Sinfield's experience of telling them how to referee games you'd think there'd be better options at this stage of the season .
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| Quote ="rover49"Retired apparently. Hope he takes Thaler with him.'"
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Surprised he's gone now, thought he might want to be involved at the World Cup. Let's hope he can find a better French ref then Terry Halibut!
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When he wasn't hogging the limelight, displaying astounding arrogance and/or playing to the cameras he was the best ref we had. Unfortunately he got caught in the occasion to often and seemed to think he and his decisions were just as important as the actual gameplay. When he calmed down, wasn't so keen with the whistle and just got on with it he was superb.
The final moments of the 2007 Leeds vs Bradford Millennium Magic game sum him up for me. Too arrogant and caught in the moment to check the try.
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Viva Steve Ganson
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| Quote ="Cronus"When he wasn't hogging the limelight, displaying astounding arrogance and/or playing to the cameras he was the best ref we had. Unfortunately he got caught in the occasion to often and seemed to think he and his decisions were just as important as the actual gameplay. When he calmed down, wasn't so keen with the whistle and just got on with it he was superb.
The final moments of the 2007 Leeds vs Bradford Millennium Magic game sum him up for me. Too arrogant and caught in the moment to check the try.'"
Whilst I'd agree he sometimes got carried away I don't blame him for not checking that try. There was no reason to check it as he hasn't had a report from his TJ's that anything was wrong plus even the Bradford players weren't claiming offside until they saw it replayed on the screen, they were still complaining about the original, wrongly awarded penalty.
It's a shame he's retired as I think he was the best ref, but hopefully he can improve the rest of the refs. |
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| Quote ="Him"Whilst I'd agree he sometimes got carried away I don't blame him for not checking that try. There was no reason to check it as he hasn't had a report from his TJ's that anything was wrong plus even the Bradford players weren't claiming offside until they saw it replayed on the screen, they were still complaining about the original, wrongly awarded penalty.
It's a shame he's retired as I think he was the best ref, but hopefully he can improve the rest of the refs.'"
The touch judges couldn't have called it as they were behind the sticks. Anyway, i think we've lost a good ref. |
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| Quote ="Bull Mania"The touch judges couldn't have called it as they were behind the sticks. Anyway, i think we've lost a good ref.'"
My mind goes back to Cas v Widnes last May, he was by far the best man on the field! I am getting tired of refs both here and in the NRL over relying on the video ref, and it was great to see Steve rely on his own instinct and not shy away from making a call, he will definitely be missed.
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| Quote ="Him"Whilst I'd agree he sometimes got carried away I don't blame him for not checking that try. There was no reason to check it as he hasn't had a report from his TJ's that anything was wrong plus even the Bradford players weren't claiming offside until they saw it replayed on the screen, they were still complaining about the original, wrongly awarded penalty.
It's a shame he's retired as I think he was the best ref, but hopefully he can improve the rest of the refs.'"
I think there was enough, given his TJs were behind the sticks and the fact Tansey was so far ahead of the other chasers even from a wide angle, to check the offside. Poor judgement for me. And the penalty that led to the kick was also an incorrect decision. Not his best few minutes.
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| Quote ="FarsleySteve"Mixed feelings. Personally think he's one of the better refs and its a shame to lose him. On the other hand, i hope he makes a go of it and manages to improve standards across the board.'"
Why let sentiment get in the way of reality?
In truth the man has been overweight and struggled to keep up with play for around 5 years. Ganson refereed games on TV differently because of his ego and often courted controversy to enable him to be the centre of attention. The worry for me is that he is of a very similar ilk to Cummings and his arrogance will rub off on the up and coming referees as has been the case with James Child and Cummings. |
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He had an obvious desire to be the centre of attention and could on occasion go totally off on one but when he kept his head he was clearly amongst the best at interpreting incidents and managing the players and the game properly. He will be massively missed - does anyone know what his last game was? Has he refereed since the Hull derby?
Thaler is by some distance the best of those left and will probably get most finals over time.
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On the basis that there "aren't any decent ref's", Ganson has been pretty good.
Yes, we all curse the man in the middle, which often masks our own teams failings but, the guy has done an excellent job, which most people haven't got the bottle to do.
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