I think you've got a point. Okay, a couple of times maybe. But I was getting a tad embarrassed in the North Stand next to the Giants fans.

if it was only a couple of times i would be embarrassed but it seemed like it was 1 every set and i don't think they were ever onside .don't get me wrong hudds were the better side and deserved the win but it was just a typical thaler game for us

[i'the worst display of officiating I have seen in 20 yrs'[/i

Not my words, but the ones from a qualified referee stood near us.

The policing of the Hudds defensive line was at best incompetent, they were offside at 90% of all the plays, so much that Crabtree managed to get to the first receiver as he caugt the ball, which makes him quicker than Usain Bolt.

I also estimate at least 20 forward passes, including two in the build up to Wilds try, how they were missed was unbelieveable. JM said on Humberside that the officiating was diabolical, I personally thought it was so biased it was bordering on cheating by Thaler.

Why the hell was Robinson not sent off for his professional fould on Cooke, we have seen a minimum of sin-binning for this most of the time.

Thaler is a disgrace, I hope the club put in a strong protest to the RFL, he is also a coward, he left the field after shaking the hands of the some Hudds players and never attempted to do the same for any Rovers player.

I think the RFL are fully aware of Rovers standpoint on this one from Justin's very public and sustained rant at the press conference:

"It is the Easter weekend. It is difficult for everyone and it didn't help that they were allowed to get away with blue murder.

"I am going to teach my side this week to throw forward passes, stand offside all day and tackle round the head because every time we get him, we get the raw end of the stick.

"If I had a player that wasn't up to standard he gets dropped.

"He needs to spend some time learning the rules and getting in a position where he can understand the game better.

"It is absolutely disgraceful every time we get him.

"He is not up to this standard at all. He needs to spend some time at another grade, just like my players would.

"We turned up with the right attitude but got caned by the bloke in the middle and that is not acceptable in my eyes.

"Next time we get him we know what to expect - a substandard performance."

He added: "There is no excuse for our errors and I am not saying we deserved to win but there is a very common denominator every time there is a poor game of rugby league and that is Mr Thaler."


Of course, he could have made a measured and private complaint instead, but I'm sure the RFL will appreciate this public tirade against one of its officials.

TBH, Thaler deserves it, he was awful today. I know Morgan is likely to get a fine, but he spoke the truth, the bloke is either incompetent or cheating, there can be no other explanation.

I dont like it when coaches start on the ref, but it just goes to show how bad Thaler was to get Justin to rant on as he usualy is very media savy. It would have been better to shut up & go through the propper chanels as the video of the game will show how bad he was at keeping the 10 meters.

Thaler (and Silverwood for that matter) doesn't deserve to earn a living from our game.

Ganson, Alibert, Smith and Bentham play what they see, even though they make mistakes.

Well said!

I know Justin has kept a lot of opinions about Silverwood and Thaler away from the media and raised issues with Stuart Cummins.

It would now appear he's lost patience with the system in place and it's understandable considering some of the tripe spouted from Cummins in the past.

You lost, get over it. Your coach's diatribe was embarrassing. He's nearly as bad as you.

Do you REALLY expect a former referee to side with a complaint about a current referee. I would bet that Thaler refs our next match and the appointment will be because of the criticisms against him.

Can't wait until you lot cop for what we got today from a ref, goalposts beware

Hudds where the better team and were really impressive.

Just had a gut full of Thaler and Silverwood.

To be honest, I'm surprised it's took this long for people to realise this about him.

It's happened plenty times before.

He messed us around in the National Leagues too.

Thaler senior must have a word in his ear to his dearest and tell him all about the times Rovers used to hammer his team in the past.

Are we going to get the same reward that Saints got? As in, not appointing him for the foreseeable future games? Daniel Anderson seemed to get his wish when he publicly outspoke against a particular ref.

For the record, I agree with rover49, it's mostly the decisions that he doesn't award that is infuriating.

Well fair play for saying that at least. However Morgan's rant wasn't very clever. He is experienced enough to know about the poor standard of refereeing and how best to raise concerns.

Poor even by your standards. Not been on the Hull message board for a few hours I note.

I've seen enough evidence over the years (including when we were in the National Leagues) to know that Thaler is not an impartial ref.

I bet youv'e won every match he has officiated for you

Penalty count was extremely low. Mr T hardly gave any penalties and what he gave were correct. He let the game flow - as he has done all season.

I'm sure that you lot are correct when saying that we were offside quite a lot. I'm also convinced that your team were far from angels and were also offside. However, being seated in the £20dump I have no way of telling.

Our holding down waas shorter than most teams - and KR held down just as long/short.

The tackling issue has been all the way to Mr Cummings. Even Boots & All has done a feature on it. Nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing.

From what I have seen of Mr Thaler this season [twice before today he treated us no different to the opposition, & the opposition no different to us. He lets the game flow - none of your stop/start Mr Ganson stuff - ignores the 'minor' offences but pulls up the 'major' ones.

He is by far the best referee I've seen for a long time.

vs Wakefield he awarded them a penalty try because "he saw it that sam obst (4ft and a peanut) would have outjumped chaz i'anson (6ft+) to a ball in the air.

vs Huddersfield he was an absolute disgrace to rugby league. How he had the cheek to pull us for offside after more or less EVERY play they were offside. And not one head high was pulled, and I'm not even gonna comment on forward passes, cos I'll be talking forever

These are just two of the matches where he has been woeful, I'd rather have that french ref than him, and that is saying somethin

Ganson's performance in the derby on friday was hardly stop start, think the only penalty rovers got was a techinical one from the kick off going out on the full. And hull got five I think.

And your last comment is an absolute ridiculous statement

Precisely.