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Flower has been on the decline for a few years. Last year my only memory of him is standing up from a tackle pulling his face at the referee. I can't remember a single run or tackle that stood out. Add the cheap shots to his lack of effectiveness, that's when he's not injured, his time is definitely coming to an end, especially with the young lads chomping at the bit.
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Let's be honest, that was a complete sh*thouse tackle.
Very dangerous and completely and utterly unnecessary.
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Let's be honest, that was a complete sh*thouse tackle.
Very dangerous and completely and utterly unnecessary.'"
Aye, he screwed the pooch on that one. He should be banned for it, and he will be, along with Partington, who doesnt seem to have his own thread despite the tackle being worse.
He'll probably be in a home in his 80's and still getting abuse hurled at him over his red card at OT |
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| Quote: Angelus "Aye, he screwed the pooch on that one. He should be banned for it, and he will be, along with Partington, who doesnt seem to have his own thread despite the tackle being worse.
He'll probably be in a home in his 80's and still getting abuse hurled at him over his red card at OT'"
Haven't seen a vid of the Partington one, which might explain why it is getting less comment.
If it's demonstrably worse than Flower's it must be a pretty bad one. |
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Haven't seen a vid of the Partington one, which might explain why it is getting less comment.
If it's demonstrably worse than Flower's it must be a pretty bad one.'"
There is a video on twitter, it’s not the best quality but I’d say it’s worse than Flowers, he comes from a real distance and uses more force. At least Flower attacked the back of the knees at the bend, Oli looks like it was side on. |
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Let's be honest, that was a complete sh*thouse tackle.
Very dangerous and completely and utterly unnecessary.'"
Correct and you'll be very hard pressed to find anyone defending either tackle on here. |
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| Quote: apollosghost "Correct and you'll be very hard pressed to find anyone defending either tackle on here.'"
Definitely not. I hate those tackles. One positive is that Powell had stopped doing it, he was the worst for it. |
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SAINTS THE ORIGINAL AND PERENNIAL CHEATS
For sale full Saints kit (circa 1989). Shirts in pristine condition, but shorts badly soiled.
For 27 - 0 you get a trophy
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I don't think that the Partington tackle was any any worse than the Flower one. If you watch it Partington is going in to make the tackle as the HKR player is still driving with his legs. At the last second the HKR player gets turned sideways by the other Wigan players and Partington is already committed and can't pull out of the tackle. The result is Partington then hits the legs from the side (against the natural movement of the knee)
Careless yes and a ban yes but not reckless.
No problem with the Flower ban, got what he deserved.
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| Quote: FearTheVee "Let's be honest, that was a complete sh*thouse tackle.
Very dangerous and completely and utterly unnecessary.'"
but nowhere near the depths that Ben Barba stooped to |
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| Quote: Mash Butty "but nowhere near the depths that Ben Barba stooped to'"
Nonsense. No other player commits any offences on or off the field except Wigan players who are all thugs coached to be thugs |
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| Quote: Egg Chasing "Nonsense. No other player commits any offences on or off the field except Wigan players who are all thugs coached to be thugs'"
and its a good job too because when that last packet of bog rolls is on the shelf conventional tactics won't work |
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| Quote: Egg Chasing "Nonsense. No other player commits any offences on or off the field except Wigan players who are all thugs coached to be thugs'"
It'll be interesting to hear these other fans views when a story breaks in the next few weeks!! |
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Quote: Rogues Gallery "It'll be interesting to hear these other fans views when a story breaks in the next few weeks!!'"
If its a Warrington player it won't matter one jot, they have never bothered to defend the salary cap (seriously is that team within the limits?) nor defend the actions of their dirty players. I've always loved a pantomime villain on the pitch, it's rugby, players biff each other and make up but this claiming of the moral high ground is hilarious. Yes the Ben Flower incident was shocking and I genuinely hope Lance is OK but I remember Matautai trying to end the career of Chris Chester 20 years ago and that never gets mentioned. What he did was planned in advance not a reaction, it was sickening.
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"Matautia appeared to dive at the knees of Chester as the Wigan man came in to make a tackle" |
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Quote: Rogues Gallery "It'll be interesting to hear these other fans views when a story breaks in the next few weeks!!'"
If its a Warrington player it won't matter one jot, they have never bothered to defend the salary cap (seriously is that team within the limits?) nor defend the actions of their dirty players. I've always loved a pantomime villain on the pitch, it's rugby, players biff each other and make up but this claiming of the moral high ground is hilarious. Yes the Ben Flower incident was shocking and I genuinely hope Lance is OK but I remember Matautai trying to end the career of Chris Chester 20 years ago and that never gets mentioned. What he did was planned in advance not a reaction, it was sickening.
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"Matautia appeared to dive at the knees of Chester as the Wigan man came in to make a tackle" | |
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