Quote: vastman "Again I totally disagree IMHO.
How is it possibly right that one player, in this case Fifita is penalised for an offence virtually none of his peers ever are. RL is a game of split seconds, those suspect PTB' can make all the difference and often do. Why would anyone want one of their players to be the only one not to take advantage, utterly bizzare especially when in this case it was incredibly borderline! If we were to follow your ethos and not take it to the limit on occasions then I hope you enjoy visiting Dewsbury and Batley.
As for CC how do you know thats what he was referring to because I seriously doubt he was. Fifita wanted a quick PTB so we could score and wrap the game up, thats what any sane person would want because the game simply wasn't won and at that point a DG wasn't on IMO. What happened next was a pedantic and imho an unjustified penalty which gifted Salford the ball. What happened next was some sloppy defending, its that which cost us not Fifita who was only doing his job.
Yours is such a negative and defeatist view and its held this club back for years, though clearly i'm not directly blaming you for that. To win you simply have to take a chance and push it but with that comes risk, thats when teams have to man up and fans have to live with it instead of pointing fingers.
I don't know where I got this stat but apperently 90% of tries are either scored because of a breakdown in defences caused by the defending team losing it's formation etc or by an illegal move by the attacking team that has disadvantaged a defender but went unseen by the ref - you simply have to push it to win most games - why do you think they scaled back the VT to just the last play? - it was getting embarrassing for refs that's why.
It's simply a case of Fifita is being picked on for this particular infringement and it's unfair, it's not a heresy to think that.'"
Chester specifically said in his interview they were setting up for the drop goal.
I think you're probably over thinking this. Fifita is a fantastic prop forward, I just think sometimes he becomes a little bit over exuberant at times and that's when the mistakes come in. I don't mind players taking a risk, but there is a time and a place.
Also, I don't think for a minute he's being picked on, but if he is then there's only one way to stop it. Same goes for any player who feels their a marked man.