That's as dumb as Radford stating he should have head butted him properly

Six weeks sitting in the stands last season from Suspension
Four games in and already another three weeks
Is he learning a lesson? i dont think so.
Certainly now a marked man

Needs to learn fast, or he will be I danger of his career atHull

Could have him, Paea and Houghton back for the derby then. Timely boosts.

Could have been a lot worse and it will be good to have him available for Good Friday.

Just read the information on the link. Any ideas as to why Patton doesn’t hear his fate today’s? Has he contested the charge?

It's because of the severity of the grade D charge.

I was just quoting the wording used on the website that I saw the article on

patton 5 matches and £500 fine. Right decision but I'm still surprised he got more than watts

Seems harsh that.

Maybe the RL are trying to send out a message about head high tackles in particular

Lets get this decision into perspective
Patton gets a 5 game ban for a head high shot whilst the game was in full motion and he had no real time to pre meditate his actions
Where as Watts deliberately walks up to Crosby and head butts him and only gets a 3 game ban?
Maybe thoughts don't go through Watt's head very quickly but he certainly had time to change his thought process and refrain from Nutting Crosby

I suspect the fact that it wasn't a full-blooded headbutt by Watts was mitigation to its premeditation. And conversely the lack of intent by Patton was offset by the force of impact and consequences for Faraimo.

Patton fully deserves 5 matches. He intentionally smashes Faraimo in anger (fist clenched says it all) and now our player misses a game and has probably suffered some form of trauma that will have lasting effects in years to come

Watts was a fookin idiot but just sort of plants his head heavily (it wasnt a head butt) on Crosby, no ones koncked out, no one will have lasting effects - 3 matches is fair though if anything but to teach Watts a lesson