John Holdsworth.
Jim Smith.



And before you rubbish any one of those, be aware, you are being watched.

Oh dear his performance in the very same fixture last year is very much still fresh in the memory

No comment untill HJ is not looking




Oh what the hell.

Good old George.

FFS. I clicked the link saying to myself please not George Stokes. That game last year he was appalling. No penalties for holding down even though one tackle on Thackery deserved a yellow card it was such a blatant professional foul. The week after he reffed the TV game, I think Leigh were playing, and he gave penalty after penalty for holding down.

Its not that they are biased its just that they are really inconsistent.

He is consistent, consistently bad

good job moore and rettie won't be playing

It's always good to get your excuses in early.

I wonder what's gonna happen now after this news ? www.therfl.co.uk/ I reckon Jamie Leahy is the best ref in this division & Gareth Hewer not far behind. The rest are pretty woeful consistently.

I wonder what's gonna happen now after this news ? www.therfl.co.uk/ I reckon Jamie Leahy is the best ref in this division & Gareth Hewer not far behind. The rest are pretty woeful consistently.

Well we cant play we owt em so it's down to the teams, is barlow still out ?

OUT ? We'll find out tonight i imagine when the U20's play.

something about his toe ?

Nope, his toe appeared OK in the U20's last thursday at Fev.

Would you like another attempt ?

Something higher up his body maybe?

You've hit the nail on thehead there, it's the inconsistency that winds tbefans up,

Ermmmmmm, NO !

George Stokes is the worst ref i have ever come across at professional level.

Barlow is fully fit and has been for the past 2 weeks at least but has not been selected.

Ok i stand corrected, it was in the league express that he had a bad toe.

on bench tonight

Jesus, missed the headbutt and haymaker, blamed his microphone....

Jesus, missed the headbutt and haymaker, blamed his microphone....

think both will get ban when report done.

that clown is getting fast tracked to super league!!

Send him there tomorrow I say!!

i think some of his decisions tonight may slow down his fast tracking.

Honestly I didnt think Stokes was that bad last night, maybe just one or two things like late in the game when our player goes to make the tackle and the ball looked as if it just hit him but we get brought back for the knock on and Batley get the final score. Now have they changed the rules on this one because from where I were standing it looked like our player made no play for the ball and was just making the tackle so it should really have been play on unless this rule has also been changed.

Would be interesting to get someones view on that from the tv recording as that were just my initial impression at the ground.

I also didnt see the headbutt but did see their no. 19 take a cheap shot at Barlow for which I thought he should have got binned. Again though if someone has use their head it should be a sending off and with a guy on the mic in the stand should have been easy to pick up. Other than that I thought he were steady away.

Oh and did the last kick go over? A lot of our players were complaining to Stokes and the TJ`s that it didnt go over and one of the touchies looked decidedly undecided and a few Batley fans after thought it had missed and their reactions as it was going towards the posts didnt suggest it was on its way over.

just watched it on tv. cant believe he said could not make decision as mic n earpiece not working.