: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:44 pm  

Wollagong Way wrote:

He deserved it professional foul end for stopping Mcguire quick play the ball...correct decision...i don't know can't even beat a depleated Leeds outfit while having the ref on your side also......oh dear!

youve only beaten a very poor Wigan team so far, lets see how you fair against Leeds.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:48 pm  

trys'r'us wrote:

Yep, the length of time he was on wasn't the problem, it was attempting to flip McGuire over long after the tackle had been completed that was. Bentham had no choice; it's an automatic sin-binning.

but Diskin did this earlier on and only gave a pen away, one of the many (persistant) that HE gave away.

but i think the ref had a pretty good game TBH, some poor decisions against both teams but other than that he did well, esp standing up to Sinfield like he did, some refs would have wilted.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:51 pm  

tonylRobin wrote:

but Diskin did this earlier on and only gave a pen away, one of the many (persistant) that HE gave away.

Firstly, he didn't do anything anywhere near as obvious. Secondly, Diskin's infringement didn't come after a clean break and didn't prevent a try-scoring chance. That's what made Fox's an unavoidable sin-binning.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:00 pm  

trys'r'us wrote:

Firstly, he didn't do anything anywhere near as obvious. Secondly, Diskin's infringement didn't come after a clean break and didn't prevent a try-scoring chance. That's what made Fox's an unavoidable sin-binning.

it must have been obvious cause the ref penalised him didnt he? fair point on the try scoring part thou, i also thought that Paul Cooke had tripped Maguire in the build up to Fox's sin bin but when i watched Sky this morning you couldnt tell.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:47 pm  

tonylRobin wrote:

it must have been obvious cause the ref penalised him didnt he?

Only if you're assuming both that referees don't make mistakes and that they also only see obvious things.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:57 pm  

trys'r'us wrote:

Only if you're assuming both that referees don't make mistakes and that they also only see obvious things.

to be fair to the ref i thought he was ok, a few daft calls but other than that not bad at all

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:40 pm  

trys'r'us wrote:

Yep, the length of time he was on wasn't the problem, it was attempting to flip McGuire over long after the tackle had been completed that was. Bentham had no choice; it's an automatic sin-binning.

I would agree , the attempt to turn over McGuire gave Bentham the option to reach for the yellow card.

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:47 pm  

tonylRobin wrote:

youve only beaten a very poor Wigan team so far, lets see how you fair against Leeds.

Lets see how you do against Wigan !!

Also let me correct you. Wigan were not 'very poor' as you say, we were just the better team !

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:27 pm  

As a Wakey fan who naturally doesn't like Leeds yet still wishes Peter Fox all the best take it from me Rovers fans. It was a blatant Pro foul end of story and the sending off was the only option - sorry.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:34 pm  

It was worth a trip to the bin, but what is dissapointing is that it went totally against the standard Bentham had set for Leeds who persistantly got penalised and back chatted with only McShane seeing the bin late on.