Yes, six weeks! Doesn't seem right when Gildart will miss 8 to 12 weeks.
I also think that if Gildart hadn't sustained the injury he would have tackled Watkins, preventing the try. We hadn't got the speed with ISA defending.

And Thaler demoted to refereeing Fev v London this weekend.

Good! But it doesn't help Wigan.

thats always been the case, seems fair

In the grand scheme of things 6 matches is about right. I say this after every serious piece of foul play I see on the pitch and I'll say it again, I think the disciplinary are soft and consistently don't hand out long enough bans.

In the sense that it's probably the most we could realistically have hoped for, yes, I agree.

ISTR that when there was a lengthy thread on this topic not long back, there was general agreement amongst fans of all clubs that punishments were too lenient.

Yet is VR for Wigan vs Cas on Thursday.

6 games is just about right i suppose.

You do not recall correctly actually, if you watch it back McGuire's leg knocks into Carmont's (causing the injury) and he grabs out after the injury (Mags claims this was to try maintain his feet) which was still a foul and a deserved penalty but couldn't really be called 'self inflicted' injury as you state

This is of course more logical as well as a 2010 McGuire could have easily outpaced Carmont anyway

This means little to anyone except of course McGuire himself, who took great insult to be called a cheat by Phil Clarke, though I expect you dont care.

Im only posting this because I felt that Clarke was really unfair in his address after the game and it seems to have shaped the opinion of Wigan fans since, it is this attitude that he somehow deserved to be injured which I find particularly ugly

Well said

This!
Ferres' intent can't be known by anyone except ferres. But it was reckless, and deserves a big ban. As were wigans actions. They could have caused more serious damage.

Ferres deserved a long ban. I'd say there's more "intent" in a sustained action like a crusher tackle than say a swinging arm, as there's time for the tackler to realise what's going on and stop doing it (or at least try to). Its amazing how these sorts of tackles come into the game, and then miraculously disappear once long bans start getting handed out.