Nice

Sorry i'm not having that Monaghan decision.

this season has seen the worst reffing since SL came to Perpignan IMO - not cheating just an in-built northern bias by refs with some extraordinary decisions going against the Catalans - decisions that were not even 50-50 calls in many cases
The worst culprits have been Messers Thaler, Roby and especially Ian Smith - ironically the worst reffing performance of the season at the Catalan home games was by Halibert who was absolutely appalling - it seemed as though he was deliberately not trying to show bias toward his countrymen, he was really OTT !
the biggest problem the french fans and I suspect the Catalans have against the officials (i'm a Saints fan BTW) is the constant need to verify everything with the VR - the attitude towards the Catalans appears to be 'find a reason why the try should stand' rather than find a reason why the try shouldn't be awarded' which are two different things.
the general level of SL reffing is disgraceful so far this season and it's about time refs on the field of play took more responsability and not take the easy option and call for Ian fookin' Smith !

who is going to fund it ?

who is going to watch it ?

it's like saying 'make the Championship a full time pro league' - totally unworkable !

Incompetent they may be, biased they are most certainly not.

penalty stats from the Toulouse Chapmpionship seasons prove the bias - something like a two or three to one in favour of the English clubs and TO13 were not a dirty side

The Catalans were certainly on the end of some bad discisions when they played Saints 2 weeks agao or when ever it was.
The Broncos had some bad discisions against i thought last season,not this season as they have terrible.
I would say that since Super League began the London club have by a long way more 50/50 calls go aginst them than any other club.

Last time I looked, Cats were 4th in the table, level on points with Saints. This bias needs some serious work to considerably up its game, as it's clearly not working.

No it doesn't. All that proves is Toulouse conceded a lot of penalties.



In your subjective opinion.

I believe the committee at the Oxford English Dictionary are considering incidents like this are in future referred to as a "ferguson" as in, trying to influence the mindset of referees before big games.....nothing to see here, move along.

It still doesn't prove bias. Toulouse would be expected to concede more penalties, they had the issue of travelling for away games, something which Catalans have only just started to get used to, Toulouse were one of, if not the weakest team in the comp. Weaker teams generally concede more penalties. There may be a language barrier between the ref & players. Toulouse wouldn't be used to how English refs referee the game, speed of the ptb, move call etc.
It also doesn't mean Toulouse were "dirtier" than other teams.
If penalty stats proved that bias then every season one team would end up thinking the refs were biased against them.

Must be National Sore Loser Week in France. First the Olympic cyclists, now this.

I want cold hard proof or I don't believe you. And its still subjective, unless you can prove otherwise.

S. Loved the Team GB response - "we used round wheels"

Week?
They are slightly worse loosers than they are winners....all the time.

impossible to do obviously and , as you quite rightly say stats only show that TO13 had
two or three times as many pens against them and intimates they were a dirtier side and no more so I can't argue about that

you're not joking ! the cyclists are bad enough but the all conquering Fencing team are seen as a disgrace what with it being one of the national sports
the french men didn't even qualify for the football which really grates also ...

the one saving grace is that they are still ahead of the much hated Germans in the medal table - better than nowt I suppose ?

That hated they laid out the welcome mat at least twice in the last 100 years

What a sook, toughen up le princess!

Swings and roundabouts,
Catalans had decisions go in their favour against Rovers twice this season.
Blanch try awarded by Thaler,(although TJ said no try)as Blanch had clearly knocked on.
At CP Greenshields awarded try by Video ref Ian Smith, yet there was clearly doubts over the grounding.

Thats just 2 examples against my team,and I'm sure they wont be the only decisions to favour Catalans,

Seems to me they're over reacting to one (admittedly terrible) refereeing performance.

www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 37791.html

www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 37791.html

Would solve the problem of an uneven competition next season if Bulls go down!

They might be better off not having the likes of Ferriol playing for them, that'll bring the penalty count down.

Also regarding Toulouse, i remember watching them a few times and they constantly tried to slow the game down, perhaps they should employ Darryl Powell to show them how to slow down the PTB but get away with it.

"Dr. Page, a FRENCH-born economist" - ah, right, totally impartial then?