I think you will find Joe wardle is a centre not a forward. Hopefully he learns from yesterday's experience.

I think the long lasting effect of that incident will be on Carl Ablett. Every forward in Super Leage will have seen the image of a seventeen stone forward cowering from a man giving away a few inches and about 3 stone on him.

Big bad Carl loves to smack smaller players looking the other way, i think his attempts at niggle and intimidation are going to be much less successful in future.

... on the contrary, its very easy to niggle and back away when you get the reaction you were looking for, don't forget the whole point of "sledging" is to make the other party look like the aggressor, in fact it would be self defeating for the "sledge-ee" to go looking for a reaction and then provide one of his own too - its a bit bloody pointless if they both get sent off.

cracking player, for a few seasons now too... still only 21!

lucky to have him and cudjoe on the other side (thanks nathan brown)

really improved his attack this season too scoring plenty of tries, his defence has always been rock solid and a string runner...him and ferres running at you all day ouch.

as for the red card ..if it was a leeds player it would of been a sin bin at the worst.
not like wardle to lose his temper like that, never seen him do anything like that before but andersons comment are interesing.

early guilty plea? miss widnes game. bring dawson in and murphy to centre

I understand what you are saying JerryChicken, its just not the way I saw it, no doubt club loyalties affect both perspectives, so I'll simply agree to disagree with you on this one.

I didnt necesarily mean the punches were briliant haymakers, probably worded it wrong at the time, more a case of if your going to hit someone - do it, dont faff about with handbags and half d attempts.

I'm more than happy for Joe to miss a game or two for it, its about time someone belted one of that lot - shame it weren't McGuire but Ablett will do for now

Indeed. This is how TMFMISL hands out a bit of instant karma.....

rlrl

I must have missed him handing it out yesterday.

Yep, hitting a man when he's being pulled from behind backwards to the ground- very much baileys style.

Flush on the hairline!

We can have all these arguments that Bailey is some sort of hard man but they're about as believable as your man Lawrie L not being some short, fat, thick ginger virgin no mark keyboard warrior with a chip on his shoulder.

And even if he weren't (which is a redundant comment given he is but will be qualified by what follows); who cares?

This is the internet and we are all equally worthless. I await the scathing retorts and when my feelings are hurt I shall take comfort from the arms of my supermodel girlfriend, my decadent home & possessions and my bulging bank account....

Do you seeeeeeeee?

So it's Danril who stole my identity. Please can I have my decadent home and bank balance back please? You can keep the girlfriend - she has high running costs.

Naaa, if you get the house and bank balance then the girlfriend has to come with them!

For 5 unanswered punches? You are joking right? That'd have got you a red in the Skerrett era.

Maybe, as we usualy have 12 men anyway when we hand them their backsides ....it was a plan of ours to have a man sent off...that was probably a great tactic by Baloo cos we know they dont beat us with 12 men !