None of us like Childs as our ref , he's rubbish , for everybody , but for McDermott to ' cryptically ' suggest Leeds are ' being treated differently is complete garbage , concentrate on your job , and stop blaming others

He was cryptic in an attempt to keep his money in his pocket rather than red halls. And he isn't exacally on his own criticising officials. I imaging most have done it in interviews

So you mean he doesn't have the balls to do it outright ?

Or he knows he's wrong , but wants to try to positively influence future refs for his Benifit like cheating ' cryptically ' ?

no worries, maybe use the quote button next time though?

Who knows?again not the first and won't be the last to do this sort of thing I seem to remember SW of Wigan doing this sort of thing to influence refs and I'm sure he isn't on his own either.

I agree , he isn't , still doesn't make it right

It happens doesn't particularly bother me. Arguably greatest premiership manager in Ferguson had it down to a fine art. In competition people always will and always have looked to get every possible advantage they can

Yes they have , it's called cheating , just admit it , you'll feel better for it

I don't think he meant differently in terms of a weekly basis, more just last night. Don't think it's an effort to influence refs in general for future games, but perhaps an effort to make sure we don't get Child again anytime soon because we constantly get frustrated when he refs us.

You think we ( everybody ) doesn't ?

50 odd minutes, maybe around 55, Wigan conceded a silly penalty defending their own line. 'Is that 9-8 Joe?' says Hicks. WTF? Anyone know what the penalty count was at the time?

Leeds got something like 4 or 5 of the last 5 or 6 penalties on Thursday from Child. Makes you wonder if he checked the penalty count around the 65 minute mark....

I don't think that any club wants Child reffing their games, he is the new Ashley Klein

Needs to hurry up and go to the NRL then.

Klein was (is) an excellent referee who went on to satisfactorily referee Grand Finals and, later, a World Cup final. Players reacted well to him and certainly didn't have an issue with him refereeing them.

No one would dream of giving Child a final, let alone a world cup final.

I remember Klein upsetting a few Leeds fans back in 2005 when he ' pinged ' them for 3/4 forward passes in a row against
Leigh at Headingley , completely threw them into disarray , Sinfield was throwing it behind his runners for 20 minutes

Childs ? , should just ref everybody in turn then we only get him occasionally

PMSL at the idiots who claim Child makes mistakes when they can't even get his fcking name right

And that matters why ?

Whats even worse is when they don't make a mistake and spell things wrong to get pass the swear filter.

A coward as well as a sore loser...

So we're Leeds being ' watched ' today ?

I think the point is we were penalised for things at the PTB and cas weren't. also we got a warning after 4 pens, but cas didn't when they conceded 4 in a row. what BM doesn't say though is that's child. we've had games where we've had all the dodgy decisions. I certainly don't have an issue with the result.
for me he's been found out. he's only ever done the basics but sinfield provided the on field tactics. I don't think other fans realised just what a clever RL brain sinfield had.
for me his increasingly bizarre selections and use/non use of players should see him gone and soon. he refuses to have an assistant, he's so stubborn and arrogant that its his way or no way

No. McDermott achieved what he wanted. Leeds got every 50/50 decision and some that were nowhere near 50/50.

It’s all swings & roundabouts regarding the officialdom, & today Leeds had it all their way.

But the Whipping Boys still won their own final.

You're probably the very first person to ever accuse McDermott of being a coward.