I think the RFL got this one pretty much spot on. Matter closed for me.

Beside Hudgy will pay his fine anyway

"It was a ridiculous decision to refer it to the video referee," said Giants football manager Stuart Sheard.
So whats this then?

Look, I'll try to type this slowly, then you might just understand:

Describing A (as in one in total) decision as "ridiculous" does not, in any shape or form, constitute calling the referee incompetent or accusing him of bias against your club.

Now read that S L O W L Y and it might just sink in

I see, if you only critisize the ref once thats OK

this has got to be the most pathetic attempt at justifying a comment ever on the board,

Far eclipsed I'm afraid by your pathetic attempts to justify the pathetically, cowardly way that your coach chose to attempt a character assassination on an official, knowing full well that the official had absolutely no means to defend or rebut Morgan's comments.

Put your handbag away and read your stupid post again, what Morgan did was not the right way to do it, but you pathetically attempted to justify Hudds doing the same thing now trot on

I'm sorry but I refuse to engage in intellectual combat with an unarmed man. You have proved the old adage that "there's no point in arguing with an idiot, all they'll do is bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience"

Did Thaler not do his talking on the pitch?

What else did Morgan expect? Ranting on the way he did and some of the things he said was always going to result in a huge fine.

Great coach though isnt he

So if Morgan would've gone down to Thaler's dressing room and planted one of him, that would've received a lesser punishment? What a stupid post.

While I understand what Morgan said, I don't approve of it. He made a mistake (it was bound to happen eventually) and he's been punished. He's not appealing the decision, so we should just move on IMO.

Has Morgan commented on the fine being unfair?

Where does Paul suggest he did?

God they really lay on the stupid in East Hull don't they?

Well I hope none of them squashed you Gaz.

Is he?

I never said he did, only the fans are having a moan. Justin probably can't afford another anyway.

Whilst I admit Morgan could have been a tad more diplomatic what else can you do when these are the guidelines of the RESPECT campaign.


In a statement, the League said: "The RFL operational rules state that it is an offence for any club official to criticise the character or manner in which a referee has controlled a game in which a club has taken part in."


In other words the ref can be as sneakily bias as he wants cos theres feck all you can do about it.

If a ref was shown to be biased, rather than just incompetent, that would be the end of him. I think Thaler and other refs have been poor on occaision, but I don't believe any is dishonest. Words like 'cheat' might slip out among fans during a game, but what we really mean is 'rubbish' or at very worst 'unduly and subconcsciously influenced', I hope.

Yeh he was 'unduly and subconcsciously influenced when he gave that penalty try to his hometown club

I stick to "". Covers all bases.

The RFL won't publicly admit if any of Justins complaints were warranted, but I wonder what's gone on behind closed doors?

Anyone notice that the following fixture Rovers got a ref that allowed a quick game (resulting in a big win) & Giants got a ref that was prepared to rule against them (resulting in a big loss).

Might turn out to be the best £2K spent in a long time.

My God with that logic you could go far. maybe primary school.

Do you not think that we played gash against the Champions contributed to it

Why can't Ben Thaler speak or write?