What I find simply staggering about some of the comments posted on the Wigan board is the myopic nature of them. Danny pulled Carmont back, it was a professional foul and was worthy of a penalty and 10 minutes in the bin but do they really honestly think that had it been the other way around none of the Wigan players would have done exactly the same thing?????? Are they really that stupid????

I suspect I could list a good number of players from both sides who would have done exactly the same thing. In fact I would bet my house on a certain golden balls himself, Sam Tomkins, doing exactly the same thing in exactly the same situation.

McGuire pulling back Carmont was born purely out of desperation, exasperation and passion for the win. Nothing more of nothing less, wishing a player injured is very low indeed!

It's despicable frankly. Most of these Wigan fans doing it don't post on here regularly but Ewenfork does and I hope everyone makes him feel "welcome" when he does.

Ewenfork is a kn0bhead of the highest order. He tries to worm his way in as a friend of certain posters, then lowers himself to this sort of comment when it suits.

Keep him off these boards.

Too right. The pr!ck will try and worm his back on, playing Mr nice guy, maybe even an apology and a good bit of brown nose. Can go screw as far as im concerned.

Yes they are

McGuire pulls a shirt and they wish injury on him, Tomkins kicks a player on the floor and it doesn't even get mentioned.

Complete knobends

I should also add that your mate Ferosious (Spelling) Ardvaark is also adding his twopenneth in now. Trying to alude that McGuire missing a game is probably justice, and that he should be banned anyway.

Banned for what? the offence has happened many a times this year, usually resulting in a penalty, but sometimes missed, and some of those times resulting in a sinbin at worst.

On the VT Ferocious Arsefart has said if he was Ref he would have given a penalty try.

I wouldn't worry too much about the Arsefarts ramblings, he may be detatched from reality but I don't think he's classless enough to wish injury on a player, even a Leeds one.

It was a professional foul and McGuire should have seen yellow, no more or no less. The timing (time in the game I mean) of any professional foul does not make a difference to the punishment... that is not how it works!

If, and it is still an IF, Alibert did ask Bentham to formally look at the incident then Bentham should have told Alibert to give McGuire a yellow for his record, but for some reason they didn't!

I'm glad someone else noticed that. I first thought what is Tomkins doing grounding it at the side of the sticks? Turns out it didn't matter.

McGuire pulled back Carmont and that was a penalty. Had he not done, he may not have got injured. He broke the rules and came off worst. I have no sympathy at all for him.


The "late" tackle on Richards wasn't a penalty, the Leeds player (was it Donald?) was committed.

Even so, we had a kick to win the game. We didn't make it. That's life.

Pretty fair result imo. In actual fact I am 50:50 about whether winning that game conveys an advantage to the team, but that's one of the shortcomings of the playoff system.

And thats a fair comment.

I don't see why everyones beefing about it.

Carmont had a clear run to the line from 20 metres out after hall knocked on and was still brought down.

It wasn't martin offiah backing up on the inside here. The sheer notion that carmont would have received the inside pass then sped away from the onrushing leeds defenders like some sort of samoan Usain Bolt is the stuff of pure fantasy.

Most likelt scenario would have been that he received the pass then is brought down 35 metres out and the hooter sounds.

How things unfolded gave wigan a better chance to win the game.

Thank fook though, that mcguire pulled him back and we were spared ever having to find out, and a potential wide to west moment.