Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 7:29 am  

Very sad to read (League Express) Mark Aston is ready to walk away from the game due to the RFL. Personally while I dont like the bloke I respect the work he has done for the game and Sheffield. He is League through and Through. He is unhappy with the RFL in a few areas including the Disciplinary setup. To qoute "This great game is being killed by the RFL and it is making people who love the game disillussioned and I am one of them. I am looking at other things away from the game"

I think Aston speaks for many fans and people with in the game. Last week John Stankovitch the Rochdale Hornets coach was also saying he isnt happy with the RFL. Looks like we could be seeing the mighty arrogant empire falling apart thanks to the idiots at Red Hall. Must say I have had enough of the game and the way I have been treated by people who are connected with the RFL/RLEF. The way the championship clubs are often treated and the way SL and the game in general is run shows that things are not right and people are getting fed up-that cant continue. For me things have to change and a massive cleanout is needed with fresh people in who respect others and are not their just for their own egos.

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 7:40 am  

Patience LBC. Patience. I feel the winds of change - and not in me trousers either!!

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 7:58 am  

Aston is using the citing of his two players after the Eagles game at Cougar Park as the basis of his complaints with the RFL.

Having seen the tackle 'live' plus in slo mo and still format from the match video I cant see where Aston has any way to complain . It was an horrendous spear tackle that Michael Korkidas was lucky to walk away from uninjured. Whether it was intentional or not , the potential for a life threatning injury was there for all to see.

There may be arguments over the RFL's disciplinary system but Astons bleatings were pretty pathetic ..

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 9:10 am  

I saw the tackle on the match highlights video posted on the Cougars forum.

One of the worst spear tackles I have ever seen - I can't believe the players involved didn't get sent off on the day

What would Aston be saying if it had been one of his players on the receiving end??

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 9:44 am  

Aston is a tool as we all know. I have not seen the tackles but sounds very bad. But he also goes on to criticize the RFL regarding help getting visas etc. Interesting thing is more and more people within the game are firing shots at the RFL which never used to be the case as everybody just toed the party line. I can see the WC being a farce next year as well. Whitehaven games now been moved elsewhere due to stadium issues. What a poor administrative setup. I bet Fax and other clubs have little say on the games played at their grounds and the RFL will do poor marketing and then blame clubs for not doing enough

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 10:11 am  

Wow what a tackle, both players should have been red carded. Aston is a tool end of.

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 5:43 pm  

It's all psychology designed to make the next big judgement call go his way - straight from the Fergie manual!

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 8:09 pm  

Fax Faithful wrote:

It's all psychology designed to make the next big judgement call go his way - straight from the Fergie manual!

Negotiating stance simpIe as

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 8:51 pm  

The guy is a moron simple as. I agree that it probably wasn't a grade C offence but if every coach started bleating the would walk away from the game about decisions that went against them there wouldn't be coaches left. The Stanky complaint was slightly different as that was directly at himself not a decision during the game.

Re: Mark Aston ready to walk away? : Tue May 01, 2012 8:57 pm  

hope he walks away then - bad technique with lifting and then the player being dropped on his head