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If you're going to rant at least try to make it coherent so we can all have a good laugh.

That's fair for me, enough to make sure 2011 is over for Mr Hock, i bet this is what they thought, if there had been a potential 6 games left i think he'd have got that, common sense, job done, move on.

Get real pal .

No pal ,guess i aint met the guy . I guess you would,nt be so keen on him ,if you worn different colour specs .

frekkkkinnn dicked,,,,,with cross out n fielden n mossop n now hock we look pretty thin n the pack...cant see us beating the wire at old trafford with coley n lima.....???????????????

I don't feel the average non Wigan fan has an agenda against Hock - he is seen for what he is and that is a good player with a discipline problem both on and off the field.
I would have in my squad if he could curb the thuggery on-field and guarantee him staying 'clean' off-field.

Putting this particular incident slightly aside, I really think the sentencing guidelines for a deliberate gouge are too lenient. Hock has been sentenced according to those guidelines, and the panel have taken a view that it wasn't deliberate, but if (hypothetical) somebody really is guilty of a deliberate gouge, is 8 matches really enough?

Fishta, I see what you're getting at with the drawing of parallels between biting and gouging, but in all honesty, a bite with a gumshield in would have to be pretty impressive to run a serious risk of infection. Teeth can, as you say, do more damage than fingers, but the difference is in the targetting of those fingers. Gouging somebody's arm would do no damage, it's the choice to target the eyes, which are both vulnerable and important, that makes gouging the worse offence. While both could cause very serious injury, I would suggest that a serios injury is much more likely from the gouge. I know somebody who lost the sight in one eye from a gouge on a rugby field, I don't know of anyone who has been permanently damaged by a human bite.

I think if it was earlier on in the season he would have probably got the full whack; uncanny how the 5 matches is the maximum we will play this year???

Let off lightly IMO, I just hope he screws his head back on for next year.

Gosh i hope i'm never in the dock with half of you lot, it seems hanging is far too good for Gaz Hock!!

You may have to explain to some of the posters that the "dock" is used in a court of law and has no conection to the Jeremy Kyle show. You may have to post after 10.30am so you do not clash with said show.

Very fortunate in response to the gouging. His excuse that he was looking for a lever to stand up on is a little far fetched.

Don't know if it's already been mentioned but Liam Prescott of London Skolars got a four-match ban last season for gouging. I remember the VT going into meltdown then aswell as he... oh hang on.

must be his good looks and previous good behaviour taken in to account
sindie would have been to good no time for druggies

More trouble than he is worth, the guys a complete numb head who will no doubt continue to give away stupid penaltys in the future, we where a better side without him and should have stayed that way