I feel the Rugby Leagure should ask for Ganson to resign we the get rid of him for good and not before time IMO He has made enough mistakes if any normal working guy had made the same mistakes has him over the years he would have gone a long time ago

That's not what Neil Hudgell is saying.

I don't see what him quitting would achieve.

What needs to happen is an investigation as to how such a clear error can be avoided in the future.

He shouldnt be given the chance to resign , he should be sacked.
The fact that he hasnt already been given the elbow suggests to me that as far as the clown college at red hall are concerned , the matter is closed.

As a Rovers fan of more than 30 years I'm as angry at the 'Try' call as the next fan but to say Ganson should be sacked or even resign is completely disproportionate to the mistake. Contrary to some on here I'm convinced that Steve is an honest bloke who made an (unexplainable) honest mistake. I would never condone anyone wanting to take away a mans livelihood and I also firmly believe that he will improve the Refs performances over time.

We don't need an investigation as to how to avoid it, it's very simple to avoid, you look at the video replay and be 'honest'

Poor refereeing is a problem and has been for a long time, too many referees seem to let things go for the so called 'bigger teams' and use a different criteria for others. When you play Leeds or Wigan you know that you will be victim to clear forwards, offsides and PTB's that are so ridiculously illegal it's mind boggling, but rarely will they get pulled, whereas teams like Salford, Cas, Widnes, KR and the like will get no leniency whatsoever. If you watch the Leeds v Wigan game you will see lot's of incidents of Wigan players just rolling the ball between their legs while pushing away the defender, with no attempts to even appear to make an effort to play it with the foot.

While I hate the number of forward passes that go on, it is sometimes easy to understand how they are missed, especially as the players are so fit and fast the officials cannot keep up (we had an incident against Wakefield when there was a clear forward pass, but the linesman, who looked as though his legs were in pain was about 20 metres behind the play) with them, but Saturdays incident was more than a mistake in my opinion, it was far too easy to see (even live as it happened) to be just a mistake.

The argument that "the big teams get away with everything" is simply not true. When was the last time you heard our fans shout "Forward" when we have thrown one, it just does not happen. As fans we are conditioned to look for decision errors against us whilst ignoring our own errors, it's just human nature. I'd rather concentrate on supporting the team than bagging the refs, other teams and their fans. When did you last hear us applaud an outstanding try from the opposition, I seem to recall it happening a lot against touring teams and this just highlights how one-eyed and tribalistic we all are.

When I watch Rovers it's from the east stand or an away ground and I cannot see everything I must admit, but as a Sky subscriber I tend to watch 95% of televised games, which is where I base my opinion on.

Ganson's position would probably be untenable if there was a queue of other possible/qualified/suitable candidates. As it is, there isn't - so his job is probably safe and therein lies the problem with officiating right across RL in this country.

As a Sky subscriber, I tend to find the officiating at a decent level in most televised games. Strangely enough I think they're inept after a Hull game when we've been on the wrong end of 50/50 decisions, and I thought they were tip top this last weekend.
Strange that.

Agree!

He should have been sacked this time last year.

There has been much talk of accountability and transparency. With that in mind I think that Steve Ganson should be put infront of the cameras and made to view the footage and explain exactly what his thought process was and who he was actually tracking.
I am of the opinion that he should lose his job but lets see what he has to say first. The sad and quite frightening thing is that the officials department will be weaker without his knowledge and experience. Maybe some good can actually come from this in the end and the RFL pump extra resource into ref recruitment and improving standards.

That's just plain spiteful.

What would have been interesting is if Ganson talked his way though the decision live on air as he has been doing with the BBC. Anyway it's business as usual with the RFL/Super League as Ganson has been named as VR for the Huddersfield v Saints game next Monday.

The simple answer is to not leave this down to one person, why didn`t Thaler question the decision as he stood and watched what everyone else watched on the screen....so some blame should also fall on him....

GANSON MUST NOW DO THE ONLY THING HE CAN AND FALL ON HIS SWORD. EVEN A BLIND MAN WOULD OF NOT MADE THAT MISTAKE. WHEN FANS GO TO GAMES NOW BETWEEN TO EVENLY MATCHED TEAMS THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE OPPOSITION ANYMORE BUT ABOUT WHAT SIDE OF THE BED THE REF GOT OUT OF IN THE MORNING. MANY FACTORS COULD HINGE ON THE RESULT, HAS THE REF HAD AN ARGUEMENT WITH HIS MRS FOR INSTANCE. DID HE FORGET TO PAY HIS GAS BILL. DID HE FEED THE DOG BEFORE HE LEFT FOR WORK. ITS SCARY WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. WITH SECONDS TO GO AND ROVERS NEEDING A TRY I WOULD INSTRUCT CRAIG HALL TO STAND UNDER THE POSTS AS DOBSON DOES AN UP AND UNDER FROM THE HALF WAY LINE. IF THE VIDEO REF IS GANSON AND STILL HAS NOT VISITED SPEC SAVERS WHO KNOWS!!

Bejezzus. It's over. Done. Move on.

Nothing further will be done with Ganson, and rightfully so, it was a mistake. They happen unfortunately. Sometimes they cost more than other times, but no matter how much improving happens, human error will still always be there.

Incidentally, the day we have a perfect human-less game, it will become a complete bore. I'm an F1 fan, and would be the first to say that sport is afflicted by its own perfection at times.

^ Can anybody else read any of that?

Yes , I can. Perhaps you should have paid more attention at school then you'd be able to as well.

It's not worth reading though, to be honest

MAYBE YOU SHOULD BOOK YOURSELF IN WITH GANSON AT SPEC SAVERS

Couple of tweets from Steve Ganson this evening as part of the weekly Q&A with the panel of referees:

RFL Referees @RFLReferees

I’ve reviewed my decision and I admit that I made the wrong call. SG

I have spoken with the coach and chairman of Hull KR and my conversation with them will remain private. SG

We know that.
But why is what we're after.

But at least The Collective is amusing again.