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I thought all the decisions where the right ones. I thought King tackling Gleeson was 50/50 to be honest, King sort of sheparded Glees into that position, when Glees was only supporting Roberts (as would be expected) Solomona's decision was bang on, he clearly dropped it, and Solomona also definatly knocked on to rule out Briers(??) effort.

Still, take it away Tony.

He's not said he thinks the decisions are wrong has he? he's said he doesn't like VR's which he has stated before.

Fail.

Wait til they win a game thanks to the video ref, then he will change his tune.

Slightly over the top comments for me, the decissions were right from the video ref so that's that.

To be fair to the Wolves they didn't really get the luck on the night but they were not cheated out of anything.

As he says, if they go like that each week, they will be there abouts at the end of the season.

*Sigh* What does he want to do? Let the video ref give tries that clearly aren't?

can't say that I disagree !!!

ignoring Saturdays match (that was a tremendous game by both sides and so far this season a rugby great) there never seems to be confidence by the match official to either award or disallow a try; the technology is there to use but we are now in the realms of frame-by-frame analysis looking at every aspect why a try should be disallowed rather than why the try should not be awarded

take Monaghan's disallowed try; how many instances have there been in the past (Warrington included) where no more than a brush of the little finger has been deemed sufficient to award a try; suddenly we have an alternate set of rules to disallow a try for insufficient downward pressure or ball control; I bet that for any non-televised match Monaghan's (and come to that most likely Solomona's) try would have been awarded

it's the inconsistency of refereeing and video ref decisions that are hardest to understand

though Wigan just about edged the match; if I had to "moan moan moan moan" however, I would say the amount of holding down by Wigan is nonsense but again so long as the referee's do not penalise this will be continued

So what is he actaully saying then?

That he'd like the Roberts try to be disallowed & the Solomona one given despite the VR making the correct decision in both?


He finds the Video Ref Boring and he wants them done away with?
I'll tell you what is "Boring!", Tony Smith!

Maybe we could do away with Him!

Wire fan thinks Tony Smith is right about Everyhting Shocker!



As for Wigan's holding Down!
I think you've all been reading Richies Tweeter a bit too much me thinks!


I said last week that all he was doing was mischieving to try & con the refs into giving more penalties, it nearly worked.

Think he just wants the ref and his assistants to make the decision and so the flow of the game isn't taken away all the time, there was a few near me at the match who were getting fed up with it taking so long for Wigan tries and just wanted someone to make a call on it for or against without 5 mins of waiting.

Seconded.

Wigan were holding down in the first half alot I don't think they could live with the pace we wanted to play at IMO.

But if they had have been allowed by the Ref with no VR in place and "Would have/Should have" been disallowed if there was a Video Ref and it cost him the game then what would "they" & Tony Smith be thinking then?

5 x tries went to the VR, 5 Correct decisions were reached.

With that kind of success rate it's hardly an argument for getting rid of it just because he finds it "Boring".