Don't be stupid, he plays for Warrington not Wigan!

5 match ban!!!

No way ,feel sorry for the kid,.He got it wrong but never appeared to be a dirty player the times ive seen him.

Very large blessing in disguise.

I can't believe that Patton has got a 5 match ban for a spur of the moment high tackle where as Watts gets a 3 game ban for a deliberate head butt

He knocked the player unconscious.

Westwood punches Blake Green in 2013 Grand Final, nothing happens.
Ben Flower punches Lance Hohaia in 2014 Grand Final, Wigan reduced to 12 men ruining the game.

Where's the justice.

Saints won!

Sorry, but that is not justice and I'd like to bet we won't see any consistency as we go through the season.

As previously stated could be a blessing in disguise as he’s been playing like the brown stuff.

I have no problem with the punishment, it looked clumsy at the time but there was no defence after seeing a replay. I agree with you regarding the consistency. You'll see incidents like that where a yellow card or just a penalty are given and almost certainly shorter bans.

If that was Sam Tompkins knocking out a wire player I think we would think 5 games about right.

It is what it is...I'm pretty sure Patton won't do that again. Tbh I don't think he'll get a bench place without further injuries to our backs.
Cometh the hour young Smith can grab the bull by the horns.

That’s an interesting point about Smith. No one seems to want to try him in his original half-back position.

I haven’t seen enough of him play there to make an opinion. In fact on a first-team basis I can only think of a couple of occasions mid-game where’s he gone there to cover injuries under TS.

I don't think there will be many other high tackles where a player gets knocked unconscious this season, high shots yes but not that result. That is why the punishment tariff is so high! Intentional or accidental it didn't look good for Dec from the moment it happened.