But after a game like that, where there were absolutely tons of dubious tackling techniques on display, split 50:50 for each side, where there were zero serious incidents, zero yellow and zero red cards is it really on that LMS gets pulled? If they wanted a fallguy, why not Eastmond? His high shot was far more obvious that whatever it is LMS is being banned for.

We are the Wire, we'll do what we want.

So a penalty against Eastmond equates to the 1 or 2 match ban LMS will get? Would be fitting RFL logic that.

The whole system is being used wrongly. They are looking for reasons to ban players rather than using the review system to highlight serious incidents missed by the on field officials. So if LMS had done what Newton did to Long and the ref missed it, fine, pick it up. But why are there so many bans this season that no one has a clue about? The Perry ban recently was farcical. He had a stand up fight with another player. Both swung and missed like two drunk fools, zero punches landed and the ref laughed about it. He gets banned and his dualist didn't. Same with Tuson against Saints, banned for nothing at all.

I actually thought Chris Bridge would walk for his. Proper swinging arm to the chops, I am suprised he hasnt been called up but also made up!!

Although it ended up high, the initial contact was with shoulder according to RFL so he got away with it.

It's fair enough I think, more than fair.

Maybe Rich' would have pulled LMS for it in the game but he was frightened for his life after the honey monster yelled 'Faaaaaark Off ....' at him in the early exchanges, so the RFL have dealt with it afterwards.

Oh well, gives Saddened another selection 'crisis' to talk of this week.

LMS charged.... and rightly so.

It's a case of the disiplinary commitee having to justify their exsistence me thinks.

Opps no one cited by the ref,s quick charge some one with something before we are reduced in numbers.

Moore ban a joke
Tuson ban a joke
This will be a joke too.
I've not kept track on them all but there have been a fair few call ups for incidents that have been much ado about nothing this year.



Will be interesting to see this years discipline record SL wide compared to last year. and how that has lead to more minor incidents leading to bans.


If we banned everyone for high shots, then we'd have no matches next weekend.

The frustrating aspect is that they don't pick up on the more serious incidents. It'll be interesting to see how Saints defend this charge. I'd be tempted (By a shotgun ) to go in with as many counter claims as possible and show how each of them are comparable and demand sense. Grade B is an automatic ban, given its a Saints player so why not? Or prepare fully and come up with a whole catalogue of inconsistencies, like Perry being banned for an air punch and Joel Tomkins being allowed to wade in throwing punches everytime someone tries to 'do' his brother. He's done that several times this season.

One does wonder though if he's been cited by Warrington. Smith's comments about Graham controlling the game and intimidating his side were classic mind control comments and no doubt he'll get sent off next time he questions a decision as well.

We'll do what we want.

Maybe it's the one where Mozz got poked in the eye, which was the reason he never came back on .

This.

Smith came across as a righty whiny weesel in that interview. Andy Wilson does a good piece on it in League Weekly. Bless, his poor little boys lost control of the game thanks to that Real Man who is James Graham, who intimidated the ref into giving all those penalties to Saints!