Re: Ownership and twists : Tue May 20, 2014 7:10 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

It was never a bloody voluntary tackle

And Withers never got a touch.

Re: Ownership and twists : Tue May 20, 2014 8:55 pm  

Interesting how the actual points deduction confirmation seemed to be delayed until we played Wakey away and now the appeal which originally was to be before Magic w/e is now scheduled for day after Wakey at home!!!! Coincidence or not?

Re: Ownership and twists : Tue May 20, 2014 9:18 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

And Withers never got a touch.

and Jamie never knocked on

Re: Ownership and twists : Tue May 20, 2014 9:23 pm  

Bets'y Bulls wrote:

Interesting how the actual points deduction confirmation seemed to be delayed until we played Wakey away and now the appeal which originally was to be before Magic w/e is now scheduled for day after Wakey at home!!!! Coincidence or not?

easy to read too much into it, always going to be a battle of the diaries, and if thats what it takes to get an independent panel and the QC of our choice, then so be it.

[Bulliac]

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed May 21, 2014 8:12 am  

Interesting choice of words, "QC of our chioce", [my italics].

I'm assuming that, as the ruling body, the RFL set up, and therefore approved of and would have had a veto over the members and terms of reference of the appeal team, rather than 'us', though nothing would ever really surprise me anymore. As I've said before, I hope we get a 'Leveson' and not a 'Hutton' figure but a Hutton type whitewash would be no surprise at all.

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed May 21, 2014 9:49 am  

Is it right Michael Carter of Wakefield is the RFLs QC for the appeal hearing,I believe FA has said that he is

It will remind me of Edmund Blackadder when he was in court for shooting Melchids pigeon,Speckled Jim. We all know who the judge was,Melchid

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed May 21, 2014 10:38 am  

When the entire panel ends up having the surname Wood don't be surprised

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed May 21, 2014 11:00 am  

When he overheard that there was going to be a carve-up, Nigel cleared his diary

[Bulliac]

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed May 21, 2014 12:14 pm  

roger daly wrote:

Is it right Michael Carter of Wakefield is the RFLs QC for the appeal hearing,I believe FA has said that he is

It will remind me of Edmund Blackadder when he was in court for shooting Melchids pigeon,Speckled Jim. We all know who the judge was,Melchid

That sort of behaviour has gone on down the centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was common for someone to appear in court charged with poaching a rabbit to feed his starving family - only to find the magistrate was the farmer from whose land he took said creature.

I'm sure that nothing even remotely like that would occur in these enlightened times though....

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed May 21, 2014 12:32 pm  

Mick Gledhill tweeted this

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