Quote ="kt170496"The standard of the ref's are poor [uthey are putting a lot of fans off from going to see game[/u
Fans get feed up after games it's the ref who is talk about most and not if it was a good game .If has a worker you made as many errors has this lot of ref's you would be sacked .I can understand people point of view and are feed up when money is short people want value for they cash'"
What a pile of over-dramatic, unmitigated crap.
Fans have been bagging referees since the game started and will continue to do so for as long as the game continues.
Don't try and kid anyone that today's referees are any worse than the likes of Billy Thompson, Fred Lindop (both of whom obviously hated Hull FC), Eric Clay or even that humpty-backed bastad Thorpey. Ronnie Campbell was one of the fittest referees of the 70s/80s era, if a winger took an interception on his own line, Campbell would still be on the half-way line when he touched down. They may have appeared better simply because the game was played at a snail's pace compared to the modern game.
