Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 10:05 am  

the-Bowtun-Warrior wrote:

When refs get caught by players (we have seen it) there is often a bit of a laugh and a sarcastic cheer. That is understandable.

some of the behaviour around me last night, i found quite disgusting actually.
it was clear as day within seconds that a man was in serious pain. yet the scream of laughter and various shouts at him where way, way OOT imo.

Didn't think we had so many idiots at Wigan. Sadly last night proved me wrong.
as i say, its sometimes understandable on initial collision but as soon as its clear someone is in some trouble, i expect it to stop.

Eddie and Stevo thought it was probably a sprained ankle at first lol, tbf without seeing a replay for quite a while it was hard to see exactly how bad it was.

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 10:07 am  

bishops finger wrote:

Eddie and Stevo thought it was probably a sprained ankle at first lol, tbf without seeing a replay for quite a while it was hard to see exactly how bad it was.

sorry but no.
we were sat 3/4 way up in the SS and within seconds of the players allerting the medical teams (and thus US noticing it) you could tell he was in some pain.
an initial laugh was just about understandable for me.

the continued hilarious laughter and jibing for MINUTES afterwards was OOT for me.

just my opinion, mind.

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 10:13 am  

the-Bowtun-Warrior wrote:

sorry but no.
we were sat 3/4 way up in the SS and within seconds of the players allerting the medical teams (and thus US noticing it) you could tell he was in some pain.
an initial laugh was just about understandable for me.

the continued hilarious laughter and jibing for MINUTES afterwards was OOT for me.

just my opinion, mind.

Tbh with the penalty count racking up against us I thought Sandercock had got his sniper rifle out.
All clubs have that small minority mate, we just have to live with it.

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 10:22 am  

I don't think you could hear his ankle crack. It was just the impact picked up on the mic.

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 10:26 am  

bishops finger wrote:

the-Bowtun-Warrior wrote:

sorry but no.
we were sat 3/4 way up in the SS and within seconds of the players allerting the medical teams (and thus US noticing it) you could tell he was in some pain.
an initial laugh was just about understandable for me.

the continued hilarious laughter and jibing for MINUTES afterwards was OOT for me.

just my opinion, mind.

Tbh with the penalty count racking up against us I thought Sandercock had got his sniper rifle out.
All clubs have that small minority mate, we just have to live with it.

Yep. Just didn't like how many was sat around me last night. B'reet

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 10:41 am  

the-Bowtun-Warrior wrote:

Yep. Just didn't like how many was sat around me last night. B'reet

I have to say that nobody at all where I was sitting took that attitude and I was very near to the dreaded Brigantes. Sounds like you were just in with a bad bunch.

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 11:24 am  

Nobody around me was laughing either, all I heard was a massive sign of respect as for the first time ever the ref got applauded off the field

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 11:25 am  

Odem wrote:

I don't think you could hear his ankle crack. It was just the impact picked up on the mic.

Listen to it on the replay, you hear two cracks. First one is the impact the other as he is falling over milli-seconds later.

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 11:43 am  

Hope Phil Bentham recovers quickly. As much as we all like to criticise referees we wouldnt have a game without them and very few of us would actually like to do their job.

Re: Phil Bentham : Sat May 05, 2012 11:59 am  

Looked nasty, hope he makes a quick recovery. Hicks taking his place long term wouldn't do anyone any good.