Quote Mild Rover="Mild Rover"Aye, but as when our chairman said something very similar, it's in reaction to something that affects his own club, and he very much makes it about the players involved and focuses on the relative injustices Saints have endured.
There is an issue, but it tends to get shrugged off when it goes in a club's favour with a shrug and 'about time one went our way'. So nowt much changes.
It was a bad challenge and even using an EGP, Green was fortunate to get just one game. Nobody wants to see players injured and I'm really sorry for Burns. I don't think players go out to injure other players, but I'm certain they do go out to hurt them - and that is a pretty fine line.
Wandering slightly off topic, depending on exactly what he meant, McManus should perhaps check the definition of 'definition'. Plus, he openly, if only implicitly, advocated inconsistent treatment of different clubs during the Bradford omnishambles. Basically his opinion doesn't carry that much weight for me/us and while I can definitely see where he's coming from, his perspective isn't ours and he hasn't tried very hard to broaden his message.'"
The initial contact was on the shoulder of Travis Burns
Hence the reason he was charged with
Rule – 15.1(k) Detail – Shoulder Charge – Indirect or secondary contact with head of an attacking player Grade - B
