Jeez, far too simple.

I thought that foot in touch call swung the momentum in favour of Shudds - it was a very poor call and having been showed to be completely wrong on the big screen, why didn't the ref reverse it, then call Mr Roby on to the pitch and slap him upside the head?



As for stripping; it's now an art that certain players have mastered - Sinfield, Henderson, Hodgson, Elis to name a few - getting a crafty hand in during the tackle and flicking the ball loose as they withdraw. It's difficult for the ref to spot, as we now gang tackle and allow the ball carrier to be swamped by bodies, so just about every tackle is a confusing melee.



I'm not sure how you resolve it - maybe 2 ref's on the field would allow the ruck to be more closely policed; or if the suggestion of VR at every game from next season is accurate, it'll be another thing to refer upstairs.

He was at it again today, an absolutely awful display by the officials. A half decent team would've beaten Cas by 20+ points today.

I heard it the other way.

What? You heard the ref had a great game? Or that Cas were great?

I would say he means neither.

Maybe Mr B got his info from where I did:





Peter Smith @PeteSmithYEP



I don't think I'd blame him if Cas lose, but Salford have got the better of referee Tim Roby's decisions tonight. They lead by 2 late on.

Confirms what Steady said above.



Roby favoured Salford (in that we didn't get very much throughout the game going our way).



Edited - to clarify as per below

That is quite an accusation.

Favoured Salford in the sense that all the calls went their way, whether it be pens or 50/50s. We got very short shrift in that second half - I wasn't "accusing" him of anything, as you put it. Just that we got very little and, in my opinion, it was a very poor display by him.

So Roby favoured Salford in a non accusatory way?

I have never seen Roby or Stokes or Hicks look anything but poor.

Just so I know where I/we stand; a thread started by wakey fans about the ineptitude of Tim roby has now turned into a defence of Tim roby by wakey fans because Cas fans agree that he is/was poor!