I don't think Madge should moan about it, lets get on with it and prove we are the best team.

Leave all the moaning to Gary H, John Kear.. well.... the list could go on.

The pen count will even out anyway but we always seem to get pens in the wrong positions. The other team usually gets them when they need to get out of trouble or a lucky one to get another set on our line. We get them on the first tackle in no mans land.

Yeah 3 losses from 3 with Phil Bentham. He doesn't hate Wigan, and I don't think two of those three losses can really be attributed to him, but it's obviously not a good omen. Hopefully he'll make up for the poor showing in the Leeds game.

Theres only so many Bent decisions that people can take from one ref. If he is bent again this Sunday all hell will break loose.

we want ganson!

Well its Bent ham as ref and BenT haler as VR so thats 2 Bents together

Worst possible referee

not feeling as confidant at all now

Bentham isn't bent. Incompetent maybe but I don't believe for one minute hes out to "Get Wigan".

He was harsh on us at Leeds but you can't blame the losses to Bradford and Quinns on him.

Woah, woah, woah. Let's not let facts get in the way of a good lynching.


Pitchforks at the ready boys!!!

Maguire should keep out of it, we don't need to start looking for excuses 5 days before the game. If we keep our disicpline and play our stuff we know we can win.

As much as I hate Bentham, whether we win or lose will be more down to what we do than what he does.

Got a good length of rope here now is there a high tree near the ground

If you can't find one, just ask KP to stand with his arms out straight.

We've lost, he'll make sure of that.

There must be some kind of mistake, as I was reliably informed by the bloke standing behind me at Trinity (Mr Bennett of the Wigan postal service I think he has been identified as) that Bentham the day prior to the Leeds game sent Shawn Wane a text saying that there is no way Wigan would get to Wembley and he would make sure of this.

According to said gobe Bentham is under investigation and is going to be banned from the game for 5 years, so not to worry all, I am sure it is just an administration error on the part of the RFL and a different ref will be selected come Sunday.

How the hell does he come up with stuff like that!?!

I was stood behind him at Cas and he was proudly saying that Lenegan had told him that if we dont win something this year then Maguire is out the door

The same Lenegan who didnt sack Brian Noble after years of nothing.

That Mr Bennett missed his calling as a TV writer! Brilliant stuff.

Where is Bentham from?

For anybody to suggest that the reason we lost those 3 games is because of him is a disgrace. We were in a position to win all 3 games and blew it. A few calls went against us in the Leeds game but I'm sure we will win a game due to some bad calls later in the season. We have not had the luck on our side so far this season though. The only luck we have had IMO is when Briers went off in the wire game away.

He seems to penalise us none stop for the first 20 mins, thereby killing any momentum we would like to build. It's up to the players to sort themselves out in this early period and cut out any excuse for a penalty. (I know it's easier said than done in a derby game)

*Fanning the flames*

Did you know - Overall Wigan have lost 13 of 20 games with Bentham ref
This is by far our worst record with any referee.





*/Fanning the flames*

He could be having the wrong Mushrooms with his breakfast

Where is Bentham from ?

Not confident at all now.

Wigan fans in moaning about the ref shocker!

According to Wiki he is from Warrington ! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bentham

According to Wiki he is from Warrington ! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bentham