Quote: JWarriors "I knew this thread was coming, as you can never take losing to us.
My friend, there was no spear tackle, the referee's exact words were 'I know you put him on his back, the penalty if for lifting into a dangerous position'. That is why there was no red card, because no spear tackle occurred.
No thuggery, no cheating, you just got outplayed, deal with it.
McIlorum shouldn't have gone into the sin bin, it was just a standard high shot, worthy of a penalty, nothing more, and he was talking to Thaler when the fight broke out.'"
McIlorum on one hand can consider himself unlucky. If that incident happens after 5/10 mins of clean play then no problem. Doing it 10 secs after being talked to by the ref was dumb.
The spear tackle, regardless of what the ref said it was dangerous and he can't be taken seriously saying he KNEW the player was trying to put him on his back.