Is it just me or have referee's got worse since they were made full time?



Smith was a joke yesterday. Leeds' second try was from a forward yet he penalises us for a forward when it was a mile back. Radford should not have gotten red carded - it was a provoked attack. I'd want to hit someone like he did had they elbowed me in the head like that!



Referee's are usless in games now. A few years ago I only remember the odd one being like that now it's all of them.



Well done to Hull FC though - 70 minutes with a man down they played well.

No great compliaint on the sending off for me, you can't smack someone like that and expect to stay on the pitch. More than a touch niggled that the incident that started it got nothing though.

Correct, if it was both stood up face to face it would have been a yellow but because he was prone on the deck about to get up to play the ball he was rightly red carded

Well to me, Bailey did nothing wrong in this incident. He was clearly trying to get to his feet while Radford was all over him. Yes he may have caught him with an elbow or two but to hit the man when he was trying to play the ball and not even been able to see a punch thrown was a sending off offence for me.



Oh and I agree regarding the refs, I have said many times now, they should go back to been part time.

By using an elbow?





Take your blinkers off for once.

Smith was awful for both sides last night, Took laying on to the extreme!

Was they actually bad enough to provoke an attack on a player who couldnt defend himself?



And if you think his elbows where malitious, surely he will be pulled up by the RFL.

Don't hold your breath. Bailey = no case to answer. You only have to look back over his yearly disiplinary record to see what will happen.

and no one is mentioning his attempted head butt on sean long!!!



That should be end of season for bailey even tho it didn't connect

Radford's shouldn't have punched Bailey while he was on the ground but Bailey shouldn't have elbowed him in the back of the head (which is more dangerous than a thump to the forehead). A yellow card should have been sufficient as it was the start of the match and the players would have calmed down. It seems that the RFL take the same view as Sky: it's alright because its Leeds.



I would agree that Radford should probably be banned for his punching though. I don't think anyone can deny that he was a bit stupid for doing that so early in the match.

Quote PAUL M="PAUL M"Spot on. Plus what about all the other pucnches thrown this season, no red cards to be seen.'" www.skysports.com/rugbyleague/ma ... 26,00.html Opening game of the season - have a guess who the ref was. Said at the time it would be interesting to see how many more recieved red cards for punching,well he waited til the last game of the regular rounds.

Quote PAUL M="PAUL M"Spot on. Plus what about all the other pucnches thrown this season, no red cards to be seen.'" www.skysports.com/rugbyleague/ma ... 26,00.html Opening game of the season - have a guess who the ref was. Said at the time it would be interesting to see how many more recieved red cards for punching,well he waited til the last game of the regular rounds.

It got put on report I think Neil.