To be fair, hes given us quite a few decisions as well. If i was a leeds fan, i'd be very angry by now...

So would I, but the players are showing no discipline whatsoever.

Hes a joke, got to be the worse ref in the british game

Wouldn't say that, Leeds were their own worst enemies. You can't show a complete lack of discipline like they did tonight and expect to win.

first half he kept Leeds in it.

something should have been done about LauiTIITI lip.

....plus the fact that Lee Smith threw all the toys out of the pram.

Some interesting comments from McDermott there. Blamed the Leeds lack of discipline. Nothing to do with the referee, his words, not mine.

Come off it all you whingers. HE GOT VERY LITTLE WRONG.
After all the bad publicity the fella's had, recently, he did well tonight

Leeds have always had a bit of petulance about them, but they've turned into a gang of schoolgirls.

OH, and his name is CHILD, not Child(s)

We can agree that Leeds looked like babies tonight. I think there was only the youngster and Sinfield that looked to be being mature. That is a shame. However, we can also agree that Wire looked as good as previous weeks.

I thought he let them lie on a little to long right from the off and spoil things a little but Leeds did try every trick in the book all to no avail as well.

C H I L D

Spot on, Smith, Jones-Buchanan, Bailey, Lauwhateverhisnameis, all had a dtrop tonight. Also dropped balls were nothing to do with the referee, they were also stepping off the mark an awful lot.

Don't forget Buderus, unrecognisable from the player who was one of the finest of his generation.

He was ok.... Gave Leeds alot of soft penalties in the first half and almost let them back in the game... Did well in the second half I thought... Having said that it was an easy half to referee... We just dominated them in every area.

he did make a few mistakes.

the missed conversion fiasco,
not getting the try on the big screen,
a lot of the lying on,
not stamping out a lot of leed's players dummy spitting. (was mebarrassing at times)
plus a lot he let slide for Wire at key times

We was't as bad as Ganson has been in the past and probably isn't worthy of a thread dedicated to him but he made some major cock ups throughout.

It is foolish to say otherwise.

Aside from the chatting back and dummy spits, you can forgive the slamming the ball on the deck imo - Just pure frustration. In fact at 42-6 down at home on Sky, you'd probably be more worried if they didnt show such emotion!

How have Lowes and McDermott managed to create such a crop of crap out of an elite team in such a short space of time?

I thought he was 8/10 tonight

It didnt take mcdermott long to coach that out of him did it??

Not sure you can blame McDermott for that, I think Buderus has been a massive waste of time for Leeds since he signed. The cup semi-final last year was the only game I've seen in which he has really shown anything like what he used to produce for Newcastle, NSW and Australia.

Yeah he did roll back the years in the semi last season!!
Then had a mare at wembley right from the kick off.

Thought the ref favoured Leeds myself. He was constantly talking to the Leeds players:

stop moving off the mark Lee
hands out Jamie
get square Brett
don't throw the ball away Ali or I will be forced to take no action

Leeds totally were dominated, ref made no difference whatsoever to the outcome

Leeds tend to get very petulant when they're losing in the style they did tonight, they try and turn the game into a fight when things aren't going their way.