: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:22 pm  

_dyl_ wrote:

Suppose, lets face it Smithy wasn't band for the final after booting someone in the face (I forget who).

Phil Bailey and he deserved the accidental contact.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:25 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Phil Bailey and he deserved the accidental contact.

I agree, if only for that crime against humanity that he committed in the 1980's with Phil Collins, they both should have been locked up for a very long time.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:25 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Phil Bailey and he deserved the accidental contact.

Why?

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:38 pm  

RB wrote:

Why?

When you hold down and mess around in the tackle (instead of rolling away as the law dictates) you're liable to get caught up with the player attempting to regain his feet to play the ball.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:40 pm  

tvoc wrote:

When you hold down and mess around in the tackle (instead of rolling away as the law dictates) you're liable to get caught up with the player attempting to regain his feet to play the ball.

So he deserved a kick in the face (potentially causing facial injuries) because he held a player down for longer than he should? You're pathetic.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:41 pm  

tvoc wrote:

When you hold down and mess around in the tackle (instead of rolling away as the law dictates) you're liable to get caught up with the player attempting to regain his feet to play the ball.

& That's usually caused because the players have got fed up with the ref not taking action so they take the law into their own hands.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:47 pm  

RB wrote:

So he deserved a kick in the face (potentially causing facial injuries) because he held a player down for longer than he should? You're pathetic.

That is quite clearly not what he is suggesting. The point is that when there is two players in close proximity like during a tackle the potential for accidental contact is significantly increased.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:01 pm  

RB wrote:

So he deserved a kick in the face (potentially causing facial injuries) because he held a player down for longer than he should? You're pathetic.

The contact was accidental as a result of Smith trying to get to his feet. Not deliberate in any way and no intent to cause any injury to Bailey. Smith doesn't look behind him and does not know position of Bailey's head when trying to get to feet.

McLaren_Field wrote:

I agree, if only for that crime against humanity that he committed in the 1980's with Phil Collins, they both should have been locked up for a very long time.

Without Bailey and Collins Easy Lover we may never have had Fur Q's Uzi Lover though.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:09 pm  

tvoc wrote:

The contact was accidental as a result of Smith trying to get to his feet. Not deliberate in any way and no intent to cause any injury to Bailey. Smith doesn't look behind him and does not know position of Bailey's head when trying to get to feet.



Without Bailey and Collins Easy Lover we may never have had Fur Q's Uzi Lover though.

Agreed Smith doesn't look bahind him, but i dont need to look behind me to know someone has hold of my legs........I dont think Smith intended to connect with his face but he did kick out. I dont know about you but my feet go on the floor and push up to re-gain my feet. Not in the air.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:24 pm  

Is it just me or does Bailey look a lot leaner than he did last year? Looks to have lost his bulk a bit.