Re: Puletua sending Off : Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:08 am  

Saddened! wrote:

He pleaded guilty because the system is a farce. You plead not guilty and they ban you just to prove a point. In that situation they are never going to accept a denial because it would invalidate the decision of the officials and they would never allow it.

I agree, the system is sh*te, players plead guilty to reduce the punishment, even though there may be no guilt in the so called offence. They know that rulings are seldom overturned because that would mean that officials GOT IT WRONG and that would never do. It’s Popeye the Thaler-man who should be judged. Why will they (Thaler & Co.) never admit later that they got something wrong?

Re: Puletua sending Off : Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:12 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

He pleaded guilty because the system is a farce. You plead not guilty and they ban you just to prove a point. In that situation they are never going to accept a denial because it would invalidate the decision of the officials and they would never allow it.

As confirmed on the Saints website. Rush has stated that they pled guilty 'under duress' because they didn't want to risk the two match ban. He then goes on to explain how it wasn't like Sam Moa's.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:15 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote: Given that he pleaded guilty, I think you can stop your refusal to accept that there was no contact with his head. It's making you look daft. See here. It would appear that Rush and the club are as daft as me then!

Billinge_Lump wrote: Given that he pleaded guilty, I think you can stop your refusal to accept that there was no contact with his head. It's making you look daft. See here. It would appear that Rush and the club are as daft as me then!

Re: Puletua sending Off : Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:31 pm  

I think Saddened was more the point in that as the referees interpretation of a bad tackle goes worse there is some form of protectism by the disciplinary to the ineptness of a referee.
I,m pretty sure if the referee had put the incident on report, the disciplinary would have gone with a warning letter concerning shoulder technique, but as he was shown a red card the disciplinary had to show justification to it.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:49 pm  

SaintsFan wrote: See here. It would appear that Rush and the club are as daft as me then! Where does he say that there was no contact with the head there?

SaintsFan wrote: See here. It would appear that Rush and the club are as daft as me then! Where does he say that there was no contact with the head there?

Re: Puletua sending Off : Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:50 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

I think Saddened was more the point in that as the referees interpretation of a bad tackle goes worse there is some form of protectism by the disciplinary to the ineptness of a referee.
I,m pretty sure if the referee had put the incident on report, the disciplinary would have gone with a warning letter concerning shoulder technique, but as he was shown a red card the disciplinary had to show justification to it.

They could have gone with sending off sufficient.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:53 pm  

Kernel wrote:

Just seen the TP hit, i cant believe they even gave a penalty for that.... Shockingly soft, like the red cards for the millenium magic fight. What is our game becoming... Back chat to referees, no physical contact, this is like La Liga.

Agreed, the game is becoming soft.

We'll have players diving like footballers next.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:42 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

Agreed, the game is becoming soft.

And those berks in the commentary box aren't helping either.
I was watching the FC/KR game the other day. Jake Webster was struggling (albeit quite dramatically) to get the tackle off the top of him and Eddie nearly wet his pants.
"Jake Webster's elbowing *insert player's name* - oh my golly gosh!"

Re: Puletua sending Off : Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:35 am  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Where does he say that there was no contact with the head there?

An expanded statement on this from Rush and TP in this week's League Weekly. Worth a read.

Re: Puletua sending Off : Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:21 pm  

Trying to think who put the shoulder charge in last night, was it Cloughy.