Quote: Cherry_Warrior "I have just been reading through the Cas Forum, i cannot believe how much stick they are giving Thaler. If they think that was a bad performance they obviously don't watch too many games. Not one of them has the balls to admit they were second best and their thug mentality they turned up with last night backfired on them big style. Idiots.'"
I can't say I saw any thuggery from either team. Both teams out to prove that they wouldn't be physically intimidated. Cas went over the top a bit with their manner and it probably contributed to their defeat far more than Thaler.
My complaints are generic but amplified last night in namely 1) not playing the ball correctly : 2) not playing the ball off the mark and 3) too much chelp from the players.
All of these are within the referees remit to resolve and are exceptionally easy to put right.
The amount of chelp coming from players of all teams is now beyond the pale and personally I think it can only get worse unless the RL acts. Any abuse to the officials should be a an immediate red card with no exceptions. Bleating and moaning asking for penalties and impersonating Christ on the cross (Clarke at Wire one of the worst) should be a yellow card and if repeated a red.
There are few acts of thuggery on the field these days and fans need to remember that's it's a game of rugby and that from time to time tackles will be mistimed and tackles that start around the shoulder aren't players out head hunting as Stev would have us believe.
