Chris Kendal to ref the Toronto game , which for me rules him out of the grand final slot , it's an absolute certainty now that Hicks has got the grand final .
Chris Kendal to ref the Toronto game , which for me rules him out of the grand final slot , it's an absolute certainty now that Hicks has got the grand final .
roy litherland it's happened i told you it would
It would be an admirable trolling effort from Ganson and the RFL to appoint Hicks for the Grand Final - and I wouldn’t be overly suprised If they did it! However, Hicks hasn’t reffed a game for weeks - and Thaler and Kendall have been the 2 used in the play offs so it will surely be Thaler at Old Trafford.
"If you're going to strive for a change then you have to keep going upwards,"
Keiron Cunningham, 2016
If it is Hicks then it would be typical RL - rewarding failure and poor performance.
It should be Kendall for me, hes been the best ref all year and deserves the Grand Final, if it is not him, the next best is Thaler. Knowing the RFL we will end up with Hicks who will be terrible as always, he will make poor decisions and be unable to manage the game. I can see Eamonn really kicking off if we end up getting Hicks after his shambolic performance at Wembley and if he does i will back him completely.
I hope it’s Kendall. By far the best referee there is and he deserves it.
NEVER WRITE OFF THE SAINTS
Surely the RFL must understand the level of ill will saints as a club and saints fans have towards Robert Hicks. He is a focal point of what went wrong in the Challenge Cup final, did we play well enough to win it, no, but it doesnt change the fact his officiating in the final was not good enough for the level he is meant to officiate at. He is arrogant yet incompetent, a really bad mix to be because he makes glaringly obvious mistakes yet doesnt learn from them.
I think we need to concentrate on our own performance. If we play to our capability the referee should be quite irrelevant.
99% of the time the best team wins. Referess always have and always will make mistakes.
Hicks made a massive blunder at Wembley and the game mayhave panned out quite differently had a try been awarded early however, had we not subsequently made so many unforced errors of own own we woud have still pulled it round.
Play like we did last weekend and the I am sure that no one will mention the officials.
Either Kendal or Thaler , with the prior for me , at least we will get 10 mtrs which will allow an expansive game . As I've said from day one with Hicks , he isn't upto it he gets dominated by the bigger teams , and just loves to be "mates" with the players , just no time for him whatsoever.
roy litherland it's happened i told you it would
I dont think anyone is saying we didnt play well enough to win at Wembley, i think its accepted we were incredibly poor, what i have issue with is 1. Hicks should never have had the game, given what had gone on with Warrington. And 2. He refereed very differently to how he usually does, he goes to the screen for pretty much everything. That is where the ill feeling is coming from for me, i know i have had a bee in my bonnet about officiating but things like Hicks at Wembley do nothing but reinforce my view that the officials in the vast majority are not good enough for the standard of rugby being played.
That's 2 finals now ruined by refereeing decisions, so please don't tell me that the "ref" cannot have an influence on the game , it stinks.
roy litherland it's happened i told you it would