Wish it was James Child!

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... r_ref.html Here we are reply from Mr Cummings.

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... r_ref.html Here we are reply from Mr Cummings.

Because we ain't got ten SL Grade refs you muppet

Consistent in his inconsistency

It will either be a penaltyathon or he will let everything go

Who cares who the ref is, we should be beating Wakefield at home, no excuses!

Is he a man or a muppet?

You have now put the mockers on it.

Sit down Thick 'ead and I'll explain this for you in very very simple terms.

There are 9 full time refs - Alibert, Benthem, Child, Ganson, Hicks, Roby, Silverwood, Thaler and Turley.

If we had Ailbert in week 1 then we would'nt get him again until week 10.

Is that simple enough for you MUPPET?

That's every 9th game - i.e. 1 game in every 9.

Now explain how this works given that there are two teams in every game.

Sadly he's consistently crap.

Oh dear.

What's 10 minus 1?

Plus each game features two clubs. Trying to ensure that [iboth[/i clubs only get any given ref every 9 games would be pretty difficult.

Now factor in the ref who serves as VR for the televised games and you get some idea of why the distribution of refs isn't as even as you might hope.

nail on the head - he usually blows up a lot (and don't some of us hope this happens to him

) or as demonstrated in the 2005 cup final he can let everything go in the name of a fast open game, sadly not all that frequently though

At least its not a sky game so we 80mins of rugby without it turning into the ganson show

I wouldn't believe that if I were you. Almost certain to be the Ganson show, regardless of tv coverage.

To be fair when he lets the game flow, he is one of the best ref. Didnt he ref a derby game and only give a few pens and one of them was when we kicked out on the full at the begginig of the game

Like was said earlier, when he wants to be he is the best in the business, but then he will take on another match and look like he was only informed of the rules the day before hand, and thats the inconsistency of him he can be great and he can be bloody aWFUL

He's hit and miss for me Ganson. 05 challenge cup was one of the best ref displays I've seen. He just let the game flow and even though the game still had plenty of talking points they're not about Ganson. Then you get the flip side when he seems to revell in controversy Like sending Smith off after 3 seconds or awarding dubious last second penalties. Still, I think he's one of our best refs.

and deffo not on Morleys xmas card list either

Same with Salford.

he actually gave us one of these penalties at leeds once, enabling us to tie the game

Tony Smith

got battered and Matt Crowther kicked it or did Smith kick it for a 10-10. Is that the one. Or was it Prescott, losing my way.

think it was prescott

Definitely Steve Prescott.

I remember the match well. Walking to the ground a Leeds supporter offered a spare pass voucher to my son so he went in for free.

Stood at the scoreboard end among a load of Leeds fans and kept fairly quiet until that last minute penalty when we jumped up to celebrate as the ball went between the posts

Also is he a Manly Muppet