We'll get by okay.

Of course we will. Right now I'm just negotiating a deal as the Wigan Pack ain't up to much.

Fair play to Briers for sending a letter in defending Wello-pity it fell on deaf ears.

I'm just waiting for the explosion that will be Saddeneds head to ripple across the atlantic

I don't think anyone has been issued with a letter this season have they? I don't remember reading about any letters this season. Either they are given a ban (and fine), just a fine, found not guilty or no case to answer in the first place, which to me is much more straightforward and ultimately fairer (as everyone knows what to expect) than the farce that has been in place for most of the Superleague era.

Wellens was so slow getting there they doubled his fine.

Seriously I thought he would have got off with it due to his previous good record.

I wonder if he had entered a guilty plea if he would have got just a fine?

It's done now so we've just got to get on with it, it's not the end of the works and still good enough to get a win.

Anyone else think Wellens waving his arms at the ref later on may have had a bearing on the outcome?

Doubt it as others before have won the appeal but had their fine made bigger instead.

I meant the Early Guilty Plea in the first instance, everyone seems to have had the minimum sentence.

we don't seem to have had a skipper that can talk to the ref decently.Joynty was too quiet for me.Jammer was well loud & now we have Wello acting like a plane.He ought to be on an aircraft carrier waving the planes on & off.Both my wife, son & i cringe when he starts doing anything like that.Maybe he thinks being the captain he should be like that but its ottp in our eyes.He is such a decent player as well.By the way where has he got this new found speed from [no not the drug] Them tackles, Pauls, well both the 3 of us went ouch with Pauls, Laffranchi's was well a tad high but niether one a ban imo.Maybe Mike & K.C.should have a word with him about the problem, its ott for us.Its spoiling a good player.

The only thing consistent about the disciplinary and appeals committee over the years has been their inconsistency.

Its difficult to work out why some are cited and others ignored.

Laffranchi put in an excellent tackle for me putting the player flat on his back. Not dangerous in any respect whether he lifted him or not. There is no common sense applied. Meanwhile , other players seem to be able to get away with hitting people about the lughole week after week. Why wasn't Carvell summoned to appear for instance ?

Anyway, we will have to take the decision and just get on with performing on Friday. Our squad is good enough to win, lets back them all the way.

Absolutely ridiculous decisions both of them. Neither were penalties in the eyes of the referee and the match review committee really stretched to find things to ban Saints players for. Had we been playing Cas this Friday they would not have even been cited, it's a decision based purely on who we're playing this weekend, to make it more interesting.

Wellens has never been banned before and he's banned for that? As ever you just roll your eyes at the stupidity of it all. There will be 3 or 4 more severe incidents in every Super League game over Easter, so are they going to ban upwards of 20 players? Of course not.

Wello has said on twitter he's got concerns about the process that saw him banned. He should air those, get the criticism out in the open and put some heat on the RFL and it's utterly farcical processes and administration.

No, he should get the club to put something in writing to the RFL. "Airing" his criticisms publicly will probably just lead to some kind of fine and accusations of whinging.

I suspect the RFL is starting to clamp down more on spear tackles (apart from when they are committed by Aussies in the WCC of course) because players need to get the message that when in defence they are responsible for what happens in a tackle. "Poor technique" etc doesn't cut as an excuse when the possible outcome is a serious spinal injury.

Personally I think RL is hard enough without shoulder charges to the head and spear tackles.