Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:22 am  

The Reaper wrote:

You mean he didn’t criticise a tackling technique that injured 4 players in the same game before the tackling technique injured 4 players in the same game? Geez you’re right, that is strange

There are similar tackles every game.

These ones are pretty close to the mark but judged legal by the RFL when examined closely.

The world isn't out to get St Helens and that club and its fans constantly throwing their toys out of the pram every time they lose a big game is really starting to get tiresome.

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:43 am  

Wellens mentioned in an interview that Asiata used this technique in round 3.
Why didn't Wellens pursue this at that time?
Obviously, being proactive is not his strength.

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:43 am  

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvJ8XtyA ... FlZA%3D%3D How anyone can defend those tackles is beyond me. Shoulder deliberately into the knee with no intention of making a tackle. The way he hits paasi, no wonder his knee has been blown to bits.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvJ8XtyA ... FlZA%3D%3D How anyone can defend those tackles is beyond me. Shoulder deliberately into the knee with no intention of making a tackle. The way he hits paasi, no wonder his knee has been blown to bits.

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:54 am  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

How anyone can defend those tackles is beyond me. Shoulder deliberately into the knee with no intention of making a tackle. The way he hits paasi, no wonder his knee has been blown to bits.

They were desperate attempts to stop the forward momentum of the Saints player, with no thought for self-preservation. I doubt he gave a second's thought to potential injury to Paasi or Walmsley, or himself.

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:18 pm  

tigertot wrote:

They were desperate attempts to stop the forward momentum of the Saints player, with no thought for self-preservation. I doubt he gave a second's thought to potential injury to Paasi or Walmsley, or himself.

If you are going to just purposely aim your shoulder into someones knee knowing full well that the only outcome is a hyper extended knee, then yeah, you have given it a seconds thought.

Thats why no one else in the league does it.

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:26 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

The issue isn't tackling the legs, why are you being so childish about it? It's the force and directness and the angle he's doing it from. He's spearing his body into the knee joint and the chances of it causing injury are horrendously high, the knee has nowhere to go and it cannot bend in that direction. Players simply don't tackle like that. Again, I'm not bothered about banning him, I couldn't care less, but we can't be encouraging tackles like that. It's madness.

I've seen your comments on Redvee also, you come across as a bit of a 'drama queen'. Poor Mike Cooper missed nearly the whole of the season because of a bad tackle by Morgan Knowles, and unfortunately you have ONE player who will miss a similar amount of time because of a 'last ditch' tackle around the knees by a Leigh player. And obviously if Leeds Rhinos beat you on Friday, all your buddies will be blaming the current dirtiest player in world rugby, John Asiata.

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:37 pm  

Right okay. No one can tackle St Helens players anymore. It’s not fair!

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:59 pm  

Well it seems the consensus is that we all want to see more of these tackles.

So be it.

But for me it's the same as a Cumberland throw, that was fine for a while until enough injuries took place.

But let's get coaching it as no one seems overly bothered.

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:20 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Well it seems the consensus is that we all want to see more of these tackles.

So be it.

But for me it's the same as a Cumberland throw, that was fine for a while until enough injuries took place.

But let's get coaching it as no one seems overly bothered.

To be fair, fans of big clubs like Wigan and Leeds (except for the trolls on this thread) agree that they were terrible tackles. It’s only fans of small clubs like Warrington and Leigh that get pleasure out of St Helens players getting maimed because that’s all they have to cheer about

Re: Tackles on Paasi and Walmsley : Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:37 pm  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

To be fair, fans of big clubs like Wigan and Leeds (except for the trolls on this thread) agree that they were terrible tackles. It’s only fans of small clubs like Warrington and Leigh that get pleasure out of St Helens players getting maimed because that’s all they have to cheer about

Go to bed...