: Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:47 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

Glimour was definitely the offender in that incident, firstly with the facial and then the punches.

Having watched it a couple of times, I think Bentham gave the penalty to Saints to distract from the fact that Gilmour hits like a girl.

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:11 pm  

Steve-O wrote:

Wilkin too I hope. You can see him getting a quite few good punches into Smith's face while he's laying on top of him.

Oh bless. It was a joke.Saints may get cited but it will be always deemed not guilty or punishment adequate. Bit like Peacocks punching power.

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:17 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

Glimour was definitely the offender in that incident, firstly with the facial and then the punches.

Having watched it a couple of times, I think Bentham gave the penalty to Saints to distract from the fact that Gilmour hits like a girl.

While Also Hitting His Own Teammates...

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:43 pm  

blakeysrobin wrote:

Oh bless. It was a joke.Saints may get cited but it will be always deemed not guilty or punishment adequate. Bit like Peacocks punching power.

He didn't get punished petal

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:19 pm  

Saint Fye wrote:

I for one am I for players smashing the hell out of each other for 80 mins, its part of rugby league, its part of our game, but what did make me laugh about Bailey was when he was able to take the ball in after the incident he bottled it and ran behind his own players then got pushed back a fair few meters aswel.
Though I`ll take me hat off to him, from what I saw on the telly, he was the first player at the end of the game to go over and shake the players hands. Thats one of the reasons you`ve got to love our game!

how many times do people need to post this

bailey didn't bottle it, he went looking for graham. granted it was stupid by him to do so, and ended up losing quite a lot of ground. but he definitely didn't bottle it

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:22 pm  

Steve-O wrote:

Wilkin too I hope. You can see him getting a quite few good punches into Smith's face while he's laying on top of him.

What bollox. He just lay flat on him and took the punches in the back from Gilmour who was, it has to be said, pretty damn fired up.

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:23 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

First off, as can be seen on Sky footage, while there was someone's hand in Smith's face at one point, it was brief and didn't go into the eyes. Secondly, I think it was Wilkin who ended up taking most of the punches, to be fair. If you watch it on Sky you'll see he flopped on top of Smith pretty quickly to protect him. That might have saved Gilmour getting binned or maybe Bentham just decided that it was six of one and half a dozen of the other and, given the temperature (and boy was it boiling at KR!), binning may have triggered more problems rather than solved any.

just because a punch doesn't connect, doesn't mean that the intent wasn't there. its like deciding a ban on how bad an injury your cause.

was a awful call by bentham/touch judge. gilmour should have got 10 at least

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:25 pm  

And what's with Gilmour's hair pulling tactic.
Bentham consistently misses stuff like that and in the end it boils over.

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:26 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

What bollox. He just lay flat on him and took the punches in the back from Gilmour who was, it has to be said, pretty damn fired up.

Watch it again

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:27 pm  

Essex Rhino wrote:

And what's with Gilmour's hair pulling tactic.
Bentham consistently misses stuff like that and in the end it boils over.

Lee Smith is an absolute 2 @ though, lets be fair. I don't know how anyone manages to keep their temper when he's around. His reaction to Bailey's hit was like watching a kid on the playground.