Quote BogBrushHead="BogBrushHead"Can't remember many kicks in the game where the kicker (on both sides) didn't end up on their backside ..... Silverwood always turns to watch the ball and hasn't seen (or penalised) a hit on a kicker in years .... and woe-betide any TJ that flags for anything these days ....... If Thaler had been reffing however, we'd still be there now ...... as he's never seen a ball land he's so busy looking for infringements in back play. Different refs have different ideas on reffing at kicks.... sadly neither trust their TJ's.
I'm with most on this; saw it live, then on big screen, and twice since on tv - MM mistimed the tackle on the kicker badly .... as did Ablett at least twice, and same, not even a hint of a penalty - but you don't deliberately lead with your own head if you wanted to inflict damage, you'd use your shoulder/forearm; .... 9/10 you'll split yer own nut in the process and be off getting stitched anyway.'"
To be honest, it was merely a continuation of what went on at Wembley ... A game where Lumpawood made an excellent job of stopping the late hits on the kicker from both sides.
