Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:05 pm  

Conroy wrote:

Maybe Wellens fell back down because he was concussed or tried to con the ref into giving a penalty/stopping the game?

No, he was definitely knocked down. There was certainly a collision between Wellens and McIlorum which McIlorum could easily have avoided. What I wouldn't like to say for certain is if there was a direct knee (it didn't look like a kick to me) to the head or whether he just ran into it. Either way it was totally uncalled for.

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:09 pm  

The view I had was directly behind the incident. McIlorum could have avoided contact had he so wished. He didn't. Contact was made on Wello's head by McIlorum's knee as Wello attempted to regain his feet whilst obviously dazed. It looked nasty and cowardly I'm sad to say.

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:24 pm  

Motherwell Saint wrote:

The view I had was directly behind the incident. McIlorum could have avoided contact had he so wished. He didn't. Contact was made on Wello's head by McIlorum's knee as Wello attempted to regain his feet whilst obviously dazed. It looked nasty and cowardly I'm sad to say.

Spot on.

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:23 pm  

Conroy wrote:

Maybe Wellens fell back down because he was concussed or tried to con the ref into giving a penalty/stopping the game?

There was definitely contact, and it was avoidable. It'll be interesting to see what comes of it, if anything.

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:11 pm  

I saw it too, a lot of people around me did too because there was a loud protest from our area of the stand after it happened! When I watched the highlights back on Sky, I was pretty shocked to see it not showed or even mentioned at all. Will be interesting to see if the disciplinary panel pick it up or not..

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:38 pm  

Not sure why people think McIlorum would deliberately target Wellens. He was our best player on Friday.

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:22 pm  

P-J wrote:

Not sure why people think McIlorum would deliberately target Wellens. He was our best player on Friday.

It was more opportunistic rather than a 'targeted attack'.

And he really wasn't your best player, Crosby was easily your best player.

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:30 pm  

Crosby and Walmsley were the only two stand out players across both teams.

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:39 pm  

St. Rughead wrote:

Crosby and Walmsley were the only two stand out players across both teams.

Farrell?

Re: McIlorum 'incident'? : Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:41 pm  

the wrestler wrote:

Farrell?

Taylor, Smith and Green?