not in the first 20 minutes no, there were 3 late shots by saints in that period, which if had been punished properly and forcefully would have meant that players from both sides wouldn't have gone around dishing the dirty stuff out.

Of course it was all Saints. Huddersfield had nothing to do with it. Naturally. Or maybe the filter on those glasses are a bit too claret and gold.

remind me of the late cheap shots that we committed in the first 20 minutes then?

we were guilty of some cheap stuff later on i admit, but the first 20 minutes we had 4 penalties given all for high/late shots

Or alternatively the players show some cojones and take things into their own hands and show the rough stuff wont work

Every team now tries it on with us and it works.

If the refs don't deal with it we have to.

Our team is full of pussies.

The only two players we have who have ever thrown a punch AFAIK in the squad are Wardle and Ferres neither were playing.

I can only assume that when Anderson was playing for the Bulls he was looked after by Fielden, peacock and McDermott because our team is full of no fight and no aggression.

If Wilkin was flattened after the first bad tackle even if we had a player sent off then other teams would think I need to be careful or I might get a crack in the mouth.
Next week I await the French kicking the out of us and us rolling over again. Elima will be planning who he is going to already


Simple as.

Hahahahahaha - you are so hilarious- you thought of taking up stand up. Hudds getting a penalty?????? Hahahahahaha diving???????? Wilkin could have earned himself an Oscar today with his antics. And how do you see offside one eyed?
After the last two refereeing spectacles the players obviously thought Id you can't beat em join em- didn't work though Durham eh?

Hard to tell maybe we would have lost by twenty if we had not done it.

Have the players learnt how to catch and pass yet ?

Anyone have the penalty count?

He was an absolute calamity as a touch judge. How on earth he managed to become a ref is beyond me. I suppose it doesnt help having Danny Brough in your face every 2 minutes

Regards

King James

How come whenever you lot lose it's always down to the ref?

Bitter, sore losers of the worst kind.

Every time ?? ddi you come on here after the defeats to Leeds, Wigan, Hull fc, etc when there was nothing but complaints about the team ???

probably higher than the final score

no one is blaming the ref for our defeats, read the thread properly.

The ref was abysmal full stop. It's not a matter of blaming, but a statement of fact. We had a far superior ref this morning at our U13s game. Child is poor to the point where it becomes an issue of player safety - he has no control and no idea.

Agreed. He is absolutely shocking. Players shouldn't have to be fighting the frustration of ignored or bad calls.
No team can find there game when he's officiating.

Child needs to be downgraded he,s not superleague standard this season, I think the players know he,s not going to control the game so it just ends up in a free for all.
At least you know he's not bias to any team he just turns the game into a frustrating mess for both sets of fans.

Penalty count Saints had 13 against them. Huddersfield had 8.

Of course all our deserved a red card and all the Huddersfield ones were mistaken identity.

You remind me of Hansel and Gretal, that programme was also full of Trolls!!!
I'm sure you'll soon get bored and do one, the sooner the better. VI

pen count was in saints favour but they should have had a man sent to the bin in the first 20, it was a joke.

masoe did two blatant late challenges, one on robbo and one on ellis, red card for me.. or does he need to do 3?

Moi a troll, I'm simply responding to your fellow posters comments on the match.

If they want to talk about the huge error count from both sides, I'm happy to talk about that, I have also posted on the anderson thread about how it seems a slight over reaction to be calling for the head coaches head, this early on.

I'm far from a troll. We've just had a game, it tends to follow that Saints and Giants posters would engage in debate on each others forums.

By all means lets talk about the lack of cutting edge from both sides or the tremedous defensive displays on show.

But if it's a topic on the ref and the penalty count then it's surely as free for debate.

Quote ="brearley84"pen count was in saints favour but they should have had a man sent to the bin in the first 20, it was a joke. masoe did two blatant late challenges, one on robbo and one on ellis, red card for me.. or does he need to do 3?'" In saints favour??? Giants: 8 Saints: 13 according to the Super league site. www.superleague.co.uk/report/11213 The you tube highlights show both challenges. If you check the counter not one second between the release of the ball and the hit, they were not that late, but the second one was a shoulder charge. Simple yellow for me. www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?6200 added for balance.

Quote ="brearley84"pen count was in saints favour but they should have had a man sent to the bin in the first 20, it was a joke. masoe did two blatant late challenges, one on robbo and one on ellis, red card for me.. or does he need to do 3?'" In saints favour??? Giants: 8 Saints: 13 according to the Super league site. www.superleague.co.uk/report/11213 The you tube highlights show both challenges. If you check the counter not one second between the release of the ball and the hit, they were not that late, but the second one was a shoulder charge. Simple yellow for me. www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?6200 added for balance.

James Child is a poor referee. I genuinely don't think it was anything to do with him we lost the game - don't drop the ball and stop repeating the same attacking move that didn't work the first 6 times - but he just ruins every game he referees. How can you attract new fans to the game and keep the ones we've got as a game when the referees continually spoil the spectacle? It's the area of Rugby League that needs the most attention.

Quote ="bewareshadows"In saints favour??? Giants: 8 Saints: 13 according to the Super league site. www.superleague.co.uk/report/11213 The you tube highlights show both challenges. If you check the counter not one second between the release of the ball and the hit, they were not that late, but the second one was a shoulder charge. Simple yellow for me. www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?6200 added for balance.'" oops i meant in Giants favour not saints!

Quote ="bewareshadows"In saints favour??? Giants: 8 Saints: 13 according to the Super league site. www.superleague.co.uk/report/11213 The you tube highlights show both challenges. If you check the counter not one second between the release of the ball and the hit, they were not that late, but the second one was a shoulder charge. Simple yellow for me. www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/disciplinary/item?6200 added for balance.'" oops i meant in Giants favour not saints!

i did a topic a few seasons ago about when we get bentham and child as ref, on games won/lost when these were in charge of us, not sure what the stats are now but cant be great

Is a t0sser

OP Could have just used a one liner