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?

Heard JM has received a lot of support from other S.L. coaches for his remarks about Thaler......perhaps if they spoke up on the record the RFL would have no option but to relegate him to games to test his true capabilities in the Wakefield under 9 league.

Lets hope the RFL do similar to what they did when Saints complained loudly about Smith's performances a few months ago and kept him away from Saints games for a very long time.

The best punishment the rfl have dished out is Ian smith on sunday



He makes Thaler look world class

Can't see many Rovers fans complaining after his match winning penalty at Saints

Marvelous kick

a tad harsh.
especially with his comments being spot on.

I, as you know cod'ead, are a down and through to the bones a Black & White Airlie bird, but as all others who know me, also know that I too never seem able to keep a cool head when watching my own team play, and have be heard to call the men in the middle of the game a lot worse than anything JM could have invented! I would owe the RFL thousands if they were allowed to fine me for the expletives that flow from my B&W mouth in the heat of a game and so I have every sympathy for JM for being as passionate as myself over the game we love, and would therefore wish to take the RFL to task for not having the balls to tell Sky to stuff their commentators advice re just how the game should be played. Stevo has no excuse, afterall he PLAYED the game when it stuck to the rules, apart from a bit of biff/bash and as for Eddie, well, I'm at a loss to try and remember which team he actually played for, any clues?
It's no good expecting the games to flow. if their way is to ignore the rules of the game. I honest believe that the refs are told to ignore forward passes, lying on, stepping off the mark before playing the ball, and blatent cheating by ripping the ball out when more than one man in the tackle.

Therefore I too would ask all you rocking robbins, stop talking about it and do what I'm doing.....send JM a donation of a quid (less than a pint these days) to pay the fine and thank him for at least telling it like it is. My quid in the post to him......to make sure it's arrives I'm on the way to the post office now for a certificate of posting and if you think I'd joking then check with your own true Paul the Red, he once won a bet from me and true to form I paid up.
Stop talking Reds and send your quids in to JM...For once I wish that my own club got the others too to all tell the RFL that the game belong to the fans and only the club belongs to the business people. ...... grannyfan Cindy..HFC

Good call Cindy , and hopefully there will be enough left over for a slap up binge at Mrs Miggins Pie Shoppe.

Top post, well said Cindy, its nice to know not all fans are blinded by hate (And I mean Hudds) I hope that the RFL have the balls to take action against Stuart Cummings, as it has to be him who dishes out the refs directives, I don't believe any ref sets out to cheat, but decisions like letting hometown refs officiate, just creates more problems, and sets the Hair running, In future I believe a way forward would be that any official complaint by a coach, backed up by the club, should see the coach and cummings revue the game together, then an official statement released, this I believe would pacify Coaches and Fans alike.

Over the easter weekend Stuart Cummins was the video ref in the Cats game because we simply do not have enough officals to ref the games and be the video ref when all 14 teams play on the same day as happened on Easter Monday. What would have happened had he given a try to make a decision on made an absolute mess up got it all wrong who would he answer to or who would advise him? The only answer to that is no one!!!
How can we have the referees controller officicating in a game in any capacity when surely his role is to train and advise the officals. We need a pool of at least 12 full time refs so those not up to the standard can be dropped until they are up to the required standard. Top of the list to be dropped THALER.

Thats a good point whats going to happen next weekend at edinburgh

As all 14 teams dont play on the same day it wont be a problem.