Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:41 pm  

WHy was he binned? I missed it as I was talking to my son at the time.

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:44 pm  

Holding onto the ball in the tackle and not allowing the ball carrier to play it.

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:46 pm  

Holding on for too long.

A certain Huddersfield player did the exact same thing & didn't get sin binned & scored the Giants 2nd try, Lawrence I think it was.

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:46 pm  

Which is fair enough if you bin the Hudds players when they do it first time and not after talking to them 3 times..

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:47 pm  

ridiculous decision when you look at what they got away with..

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:50 pm  

Smith was utter dogshit today.

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:51 pm  

Mass Effect wrote:

Smith was utter dogshit today.

Couldn't have put it any better...

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:52 pm  

I thought at the time that it could have only been holding on a bit too long from the bit I saw but then when the card came out I thought something else must have happened.

Very harsh decision then IMO.

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 4:59 pm  

I don't have a problem with a ref taking an early stance to make his mark. But to then ignore other instances of the same infringement makes it worthless. We were penalised for some very dubious stuff that at other times was ignored. All we want is consistency.

Re: Riley : Sun May 23, 2010 5:10 pm  

Smith was either incompetent or trying to even things up. I have no problem with Riley's sin binning if Smith had applied the same punishment to both teams. He even called Hodgson over to warn the team, and then gave a penalty the next time, but no yellow card. The yellow card they did get was after he spoke to him 3 times.
And how can you knock on when facing your own posts, and the other team to be allowed to play on when they do the exact same thing.
Smith did his best to spoil a good atmosphere. And how pleasant was it to watch a game without wearing a coat?