Re: Home v Featherstone Rovers Sunday 22nd April 2018 3pm : Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:34 pm
Stand-Offish wrote:
Alan ... nothing to do with ability.
Howden is the stand-off we need.
My criticism of any player in our side apart from the odd one is not about ability OR effort.
The lads have that in spades.
It is a pretty good side.
No ... it is to do with the other and equally important side of the game namely the mental side.
To me Howden doing what he did was on a par with the stupidest of penalties.
Of course it was worse ... it was a penalty ... AND a vital man down ... AND Fev scored twice while he was off and essentially wrapped tge game up.
That has nothing to do with not playing for a while.
I would say to all the lads ... be a TEAM player and stop petulant maverick reactions.
Howden is the stand-off we need.
My criticism of any player in our side apart from the odd one is not about ability OR effort.
The lads have that in spades.
It is a pretty good side.
No ... it is to do with the other and equally important side of the game namely the mental side.
To me Howden doing what he did was on a par with the stupidest of penalties.
Of course it was worse ... it was a penalty ... AND a vital man down ... AND Fev scored twice while he was off and essentially wrapped tge game up.
That has nothing to do with not playing for a while.
I would say to all the lads ... be a TEAM player and stop petulant maverick reactions.
Doing what Jordan Howden did, throwing the ball away when the opposition has a 20 metre restart, is common in Super League games. The ref usually stops the clock and takes no further action. The attempt to slow the game down in such a way should be outlawed. Howden was wrong and deserved a yellow card but the refs must be consistent and make that the punishment every time it is done.
Delaying tactics at a handover usually involve some skirmish when handing the ball over. This needs stopping too. In all situations, 20 metre restart and handover, the player should be required to place the ball on the ground immediately when held is called or a penalty should be awarded against them. In fact, Howden complained to the ref when a Fev player threw the ball away on a handover, but the ref took no further action.
And whilst we're on about rules, there must be a time limit for a goal-kicker to take the shot at goal. This business of drinks all round before a kick is taken needs stopping. The kicker should have 60 seconds to take the attempt at goal from when the touch judges and ref are in place. If he doesn't take it in that time, the right to kick at goal should be lost.
Three simple changes that would make the game much better to watch!