IA No-one is blaming the officials for winning or losing nor are we dissagreeing with most of the calls made against us or at least i certainly are'nt.

We were told when they went pro they would improve and help the SL become a better product yet they are clearly inconsistent at best and at worst Alibert/Child incompetent.

Now like you've highlighted i fully accept they'll make mistakes but not knowing the rules and penalising one team but not the other for the very same offence is unacceptable.

There was a feature on Sky about 3yrs ago showing the Refs getting individual appraisals on a monday morning and going through video work to help them improve and point out their mistakes yet they are'nt improving and are making some ridiculous calls.

Another thing i've noticed this week was how many times Silverwood went to the VR to check how a ball had come loose/how to restart etc etc after the players protests yet in our games against Wigan and Saints this was clearly ignored ,now if he's been told to do so then lets have a public announcement so we all know what to expect and if not why not??

Errors happen that's not a problem but blatant incompetence isn't doing them or our game any good.

That was farcical, clear joke for all in the ground to witness

Leeds have been poor all season and it’s got fekk all to do with the ref, we need to look a little closer to home for the reasons for this.



Halibut has been poor every time I’ve seen him officiate. He seems out of his depth and tends to miss more obvious and blatant infringements than any other ref.



Full time ref’s have done nothing to improve their performance and the snail muncher is the worse of a bad bunch.

Alibert is up to the standard required.

Edit

The Lealuai knock on that never was.

Calling Ah Van held???



The forward pass for the JJB try???



Giving us a penalty on the line for offside and then hardly a Bradford player anywhere near the line on the next 3 or 4 plays???



Some really bizarre ones tonight.



Having watched the replay in slow motion on Sky Plus I'm sure the Ah Van try hits Halls hand in the air before he regathers which would have been a knock on. Anyone got a view on this? I have no real problem with it being given as it was such a tough one to see but I'm sure from the second angle they show that the ball moves again.

Did Elima lose control of the ball in his try?!

No, I don't think so. Certainly didn't notice at the time. He copped a cheap shot from Widnes' next full back though!

So I've read!



At the time it looked as he didnt have full control of the ball as he rolled over from where we was (however that was a fair distance away)

The penalty awards for the "ball steal" on Elima tonight was incredible. A clear case of a penalty being won.

I thought 'knock on' initially but on further review although Hall's hand hits the ball I think it's still in contact with Ah Van at that point before coming free.



All in all a close but correct call for me.