Leyland Warrior wrote:
Did anyone seriously ever believe that he really was injured?
This subject is getting very old & boring now.
For me that incident was very clear - Had Danny McCheat not intervened, we would have been under the sticks for 6-points.
Simples!
However.................I wouldnt deny for one second that what he did would most likely have been replicated by any other player in that same situation.
Won the Whino's a week off, and a home tie in the Semi's. End of.
I didnt see how he could have injured himself, and Uncle Festers comments on Sky later on were bang out of order.
I personally think Danny-Boy played the 'soccer' card.
I've cheated, and now i'll roll-over and play dead like i'm the victim.
He must have known that incident would warrant a straight red card, had it been seen by the officials (which it wasnt).
His actions won the Whino's the match, took him out of a heated situation (by feigning injury), and also saved him from a potential ban in the play-off's.
Not nice -- But very, very savvy.
Something our own players (JT in particular) clearly lack.
I dont like Danny Maguire -- As other fans dont like our own Sam T.
But he did what he had to do, and got away with it.
Wish we could all just move on now..........
Wearing a fairly large knee brace for an uninjured player this morning......
I am also not buying the inevitable six points stuff. Carmont was caught over a much shorter run earlier in the match, there were serveral Leeds players around, many of whom were more than quick enough to catch Richards or Carmont over the 50-60m or so to the line. I think you are allowing emotion to cloud your judgement a bit if you are really honest. I have watched the pull back this morning on a replay, and it is the sort of incident that happens pretty often throughout the season. Penalty, 10 minutes, end of chat.
I have never seen a red card given for a professional foul in RL, I think you have the wrong sport. Had Monsieur Alibert penalised him (rightly) for the pull back, you would have faced 12 men for a very few seconds from an un-kickable penalty. He (wrongly) penalised Donald instead, so you got a kickable penalty. In neither circumstance would the disciplinary be even considering a ban.
If a player was injured in an attempt to injure another player, I could understand a bit of schadenfreude (not my bag, but I could understand it). Injured in a non-violent offence? I don't see the poetic justice. What's the "natural justice" penalty for being offside? Would a broken finger be sufficient?
I think a few deep, cleansing breaths are needed on this board.
Oh, and Bluey's post-match comments allude to an incident other than the pull back on Carmont, the case for or against which remains very much un-proven.
