Quote: K-Diddy "Imagine if none of that happened though & he was just picking up a player he knew was play acting for the penalty.'"
Who is he to decide who is play acting? What if Ben Flower decided Lance Hohaia was play acting after the first punch? What if Lomax's injury was from tweaking his hamstring from the kick rather than any contact? The only reason Gale did what he did is because he knew there was contact - players can get injured without a single finger being laid on them (especially in cold conditions like Saturday).
Any defence of a player having any interaction on the floor is nonsense. We cant scream player welfare and then say "oh but it might be okay if the player wasnt injured" - go to the ref and say theres nothing wrong with him - get your own teams doctor on and involved to prove theres nothing wrong, don't get involved yourself.