i need to watch it back on Sky but to me he seemed to get most calls right.

Virtually every penalty he gave seemed right apart from the binning of Robbo that seemed really innocuous which i thought was ludicrously harsh.

Did he put Gilmour on report for a professional foul as well as bin him and give a penalty. Again that seems over the top.

My issue was the inconsistency as the Bulls committed as many offences but did not get penalised as much. Some of their holding down in the second half was as bad as things we were penalised for. The classic was Andy raleigh being held down so long that when he got up he looked like he was gonna pass the ball to Hodgson for a penalty then looked at ganson and thought how the hell did i not get a penalty there ref

He shows no consistency though,why did he ping Fartown for holding down so many times and not the Bulls,there was no difference in what the Bulls were doing to what the Giants were doing.Last season away to the Bulls and Cas he was just the same.

You must watch it again on Sky -without your Fartown specs please. Bradford only started to layon a piece, after they'd sussed that Hudds were getting away with it so they may as well join the party. I hope to goodness that the officials that come across to the KC next week, stick to the RULES of the game. See Stevo has got his wish to move the RFL over to Hudds -he's been pushing for it long enough. See he's also giving us a laugh, with his new knashers, along of course, with Eddies wig. Like John Kear we all curled up with laughing............grannyfan Cindy

Think Mr Ganson has a huge problem with pocket rocket robbo - he is constantly sending him off - perhaps mr ganson wants to be the smallest man on the field lol - needs to loose weight to be an athlete though, sorry steve.lol

I have not been able to find a review of the game with the penalty count in it.

Anyone know what Brown said in his press conference i heard he was less than complimentary about the officiating

I agree, his calls were all for the most part right.

Just only applied to one team it seemed. The Bulls were as bad from the start with laying on.

It was on the Sky red Button show.

He seemed super strict on the holding down in the first half then ignored it in the second other than sin binning Robbo.

It would be nice if refs could actually act like humans and say what they thought of their own performance and what they plan to improve on, just like coaches and players do.

They are full time and just like players and coaches they should be accountable. Fans are the life blood of the professional sport and I believe as refs get analysed every game they should make this analysis more transparent.

Looked as tho we were caned in the penalty dept. Maybe Mr Ganson was correct in his decisions or maybe just his interpretations of our play that another ref would have let pass but pulled us up on other bits of play. If we were guilty of all the offences he saw (and some looked dodgy from were I was sat) then we need to cut it out because otherwise we looked really good.

The one thing that did trouble me was the distance we were taken back at the PTB. When your sat high up, side on, you get a great view and to me there was a big difference between Bradford's 10 metres and ours, especially 1st half. Both sides occasionally offside but no pens for that. Consistency is all we ask for.

I can perhaps see that the penalties against us were correct.

However, Bradford laid on in the tackle just as long as us and, on the whole, got away with it.

I would also suggest that they were offside far more than us yet, again, got away with it.

IMHO Mr G's display ranks alongside the worst I have ever seen for being one-sided.

Ganson's a right pleb who's only interested in showing his authority. I can only think that the reason he turned a blind eye to all the Bulls offsides and laying on was to keep the score within reach for McBanana's boys for the SKY cameras.

i think he put raleigh on report for the late tackle on orford in the lead upto gilmour getting sin binned

Rightly so, it was a shocker, and you went in late after nearly every kick.

After all the high shots Raleigh took last night he probably thought it was a free for all.

3?

Is that part of your gameplan though, to target the oppositions best player (you did it last year with Deacs aswell). Noticed that Leeds do it a fair bit, dirty, but clever coaching to eliminate the threat.

you must of been really dissapointed last night after getting so excited over your signings, you had ganson and we played with 12 men for 20 minutes ...still couldnt win

Disappointed, yes. But not overly worried. Its only Orford and Kearney's second game together, they need time to gel and the whole team needs time to get accustomed to Orfords plays. We've made a habit of losing the first game of the season now anyway.


Btw, you were the ones getting all excited about doing the double over us last year, which didn't happen

. So see you all at Odsal later on.

yeh keep pinning your hopes on this 'time to gel' line... probably still be saying it next season

If we'd have targeted your best player last night. Ganson would have had to have been taken out by Fa'alogo

The more games we play the more monkeys we are getting off our back. There are a few still there but winning at Odsal last year was a biggie. A double over Bradford would be nice but I'd take a win at Knowsley Road or Headingley.

My problem last night was not so much the decisions against us but more the lack of inconsistency from Ganson


i've watched the game back and Bradford could have been penalised as much as if not more than us for exactly the same things - its alright laying a marker down at the start of the season but you have to be fair and equal with it and not just hammer 1 team !

Both teams challenged the kickers. There were equally 'late' hits on Hodgson and Robbo.

Didn't Sheriffe swing a punch at Hodgson too?

ATEOTD timing is bound to be a bit of an issue in the earlier games. We are a committed team and we could certainly have been better with our discipline last night. However, I think Ganson was leaning a little bit the other way from us last night and he could certainly have penalised Bradford more than he did. He was inconsistent IMO.

Problem is that Kearney is not a half back. There is a wealth of difference between a fullback who can come in at 1st/2nd receiver for plays and a full on half back. It seems Steve Mac does not appreciate the difference. Also L'Estrange is more a wagga mark II than a Newton. With platt and haley not being good ball playing fbs it means all meaningful plays will have to go through one man!

We did expect to beat you at the Galpharm last year. Sadly Steve Mac out coached Nathan Brown.........Steve Mac cunningly had you throw your Chalenge Cup game versus Catalans with that 2nd half reversal. This gave you a week off before the Giants vs Bulls game. Silly old Brown gave us a Cup run and an excellent semi final victory over Saints the week before the Bulls game. Hats off to Steve Mac