A red card is an extreme punishment and I think it often exceeds the crime.
Greenwood retaliated with a forearm push on Sunday after being clattered in the chops by a Saints forward. No video ref and he was wrongly given his marching orders by the referee after 28 minutes.
To play 52 minutes with only 12 men is a killer! The game is spoilt.
As a spectator I don’t want to pay good money to watch a mockery of a game.
It was the same with the Hull K R v Wigan cup semi. Was it really a red card? Did it really warrant it?
Nobody should be given a red card when the force of the tackle bounces off the ball into the face of the ball carrier. It should be a yellow.
I’m not saying a red card should never be given but only when a player is being over aggressive or vicious. We can all think of players in the past who have crossed the line.
When the judiciary meet to dish out suspensions they can make them severe so make any thugs think twice.
Have 10 match suspensions if necessary then we spectators can regularly watch 13 v 13 ( apart from the odd yellow card) and get our moneys worth.
I remember the Mills on Ashurst slightly differently. I was in the front of the stands with my dad, about 20 yards fron the action. Ashurst was tackled by a Widnes player a lying on his front. Mills was kneeling near his head and repeatedly gave him a barrage of about 5 blows to his head which shot backwards each time. It was absolutely vicious. It was horrible and I couldn’t believe what I was witnessing. Ashurst was unconscious and carried off on a stretcher and Mills was sent off immediately.
Made Cassidy seem like a pussycat!
I remember one at Central Park. I think it was Jeff Grayshon. He calmly walked out of the defensive line, floored a Wigan player then walked off the pitch before the ref had a chance to show him the red card.
I remember standing in the crowd thinking wtf just happened.
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For sale full Saints kit (circa 1989). Shirts in pristine condition, but shorts badly soiled.
For 27 - 0 you get a trophy
For 75 - 0 you get sod all.
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A couple of years ago I was in a bar in Tenerife (Tanyo's) and got chatting to a bloke in a Workington vest. Turned out he was an ex player - Billy Pattinson (just before my time) who told us in great detail how Bill Ashurst's elbow had broken his jaw.
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