Why would anyone want to, when they'll be subject to abuse and unfair criticism from those whose knowedge of the Laws of the Game could be written twice on the back of a postage stamp?

Your brand of pitchfork justice is hardly a credible recruiting tool

Your come back is actually quite funny when read back in the voice of a spoilt school kid trying to be witty on the fly.

Cab man, the longest running Hull FC troll account ?

Whatever.

It has to be realised that I reckon about 75 per cent of referees are wannabee rugby players but they were never good enough.
All thanks to them though for trying to get involved in the game.
But what is obvious is that most referees have some sort of ego or try to excercise some sort of dominance . A lot of Refs like to be noticed or even to be the centre of attention because as I said most refs were not good enough to play rugby.

Having said all that when we analyse the mistake that Ganson made last weekend that wasnt about referee skills, it was sheer stupidity or maybe some sort of mental failure. It wasnt about refereeing ability.

I think it would be a good idea if he stepped away from completely from officiating now, even as a VR. Another one even half as bad and his credibility as custodian of standards, already pretty ragged, will be in tatters before he's even properly got his feet under the desk.

I don't see any point in any sort of witch hunt - it is gone now and we need to ensure officiating is something that people continue to want to do. When things have calmed down a bit, they need to look to see if there anything that can be done to the system to improve things - another ref on the pitch or in the booth, perhaps.

Changing tack a bit, I rewatched the end of last year's game to ease the pain.


Now obviously I'm very biassed and Lovegrove's pass was definately forward (though if Lynch had done his job and wrapped the ball up...

) , but it struck me how different in looks from different angles. From the main fixed camera, on Rovers right and behind the play it looks miles forward, seeming to come out at almost 45-degrees from Lovegrove's hands. But that is in part due to foreshortening. You get a clearer idea of [ihow[/i forward it is from the camera behind the in-goal area, which is closest to Ganson's view, but we have the advantage of looking down from a decent height. 'A yard - yard and a half' is Eddie's (IMO reasonable) estimate, but it goes sideways maybe 5 yards. From where he is stood, I can just about see that he might have needed help from his touch judge - and the camera of the far touchline, up with play shows clearly that he should have got it. It was wrong, but IMO SG himself probably deserves a pass on that one.

Whatever their psychological flaws, whether they were weaned too early, or not all, they're as crucial to the game as players. We [ineed[/i to be nice to them. Well, nice-ish.