Not in Eddies world.

think things have escalated out of proportion.

Cunningham doesn't strike me as a dirty player, tough yes dirty no. he shouldn't have struck out in the manner he did but i'm pretty certain he didn't intend stosic to be injured in the way he seems to have been.
that said i don't think he can feel aggrieved if he receives a ban

as for JD, the incident looked a lot worse than it was, looked like a legal fend initially which because of the transferring of his weight turned into his arm contacting with wellens neck/face. personally dont think it was a foul but at the speed it happened old rubber face may feel he had legitimate complaint about the incident at the time.

it's a tough sport RL and these things will happen

JDs fend was not ilegal, he makes first contact with the flat of his hand on Wellens left collarbone area.
The hand then slips over Wellens shoulder and Jds upper arm contacts wellos face.

Watch it in super slo-mo its easy to see what happened.

5 match ban! Give over.

IMO and I'm being fair, I think it was a pen and nothing more.

It was wrong for KC to punch him and it was a cheap shot but much worse happen every week.

Apparently Stostic owed money to KC for the Tarmac & lucky heather he had not paid him for.

notice stevo didn't say much about the cheap shot cunningham made on stotic. possibly putting him out for approx 8 weeks with a cracked eye socket. shown himself up badly. should get banned, but won't. by the way good luck against wigan.

that in response to me Clan? if so i agree with you i dont think it was a foul, just that i can understand why at full speed wellens may have thought he had a case (incorrectly)
apologies if my post wasn't clearer

No, was just supporting your view of the incident.

It seems most Saints fans can agree/disagree with some knowledge of the game, added to a little common sense.


If the bits in bold are true then it would have happened like two men stood toe to toe, it did not so its a cheap shot.

I for one will let the RFL deal with this and any other issues during the game.

Came off 2nd best? I really don't class a cheap shot asa way to come out on top. His would have fell out had Stosic got up and asked him to do it again.

Stevo was right, it was clearly not a knock on.

As for the Pryce thing, it was obvious Korki put his hand in.

Any way the best team won on the night

I've just watched it again and still do not agree with your assessment.
It was an obvious foul, just fortunate for wakey that the ref didn't see it.

Wello from his immediate and subsequent reaction obviously believed it was a foul and he is not known for lying / cheating.

If you look at "JD's" face while the replay was being shown, he does look rather sheepish/guilty and he does have form for that sort of thing.

Yes - because that is the rules!


You can't suggest a line of argument that goes - "Well its obvious that x happened..."

The rules are clear - the video ref can only adjudge on what he is asked to by the ref. Why do you think the ref tells him what to check?

That's good of you, do you have any other choice?

When exactly??

Your going to not use your influence on this decision Al ?

Quote ="Billinge_Lump"That's good of you, do you have any other choice?'" No not really, just hope for a fair, across the board decision, maybe they will look at this too. newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugb ... 152474.stm

Quote ="Billinge_Lump"That's good of you, do you have any other choice?'" No not really, just hope for a fair, across the board decision, maybe they will look at this too. newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugb ... 152474.stm

I could but i won't

Quote ="BIGAL1"No not really, just hope for a fair, across the board decision, maybe they will look at this too. newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugb ... 152474.stm'" Yeah, but he's obviously ducked into it FWIW, I don't think Demetriou will be punished. He may be cited and get a warning letter but that will be the extent of it.

Quote ="BIGAL1"No not really, just hope for a fair, across the board decision, maybe they will look at this too. newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugb ... 152474.stm'" Yeah, but he's obviously ducked into it FWIW, I don't think Demetriou will be punished. He may be cited and get a warning letter but that will be the extent of it.

JD wil get a warning and KC will get 2 games, but we'll see.

The video ref saw it at least 6 times and dissagreed with you.

Have you an upto date link to a copy of the rules??

Mines from 2004 and makes no reference to what the video ref can judge on.

How do you know what Halibut asked him to check??

The BBC seem to think he checked the JD fend off.

Not quite that obvious as it turns out.

Not sure the video ref even looked at it as he was not asked to.

The Sky guys (with the benefit of slo-mo) were unanimous that JD fouled Wello.
However, their opinions, like mine and yours don't change the scoreline.
Just because the ref didn't see it it doesn't mean you are right.

yes we will see indeed K.C. warned for a bitch slap, but a great piece of acting by the pussy player i thought he'd been shot , players play act like that in soccer ! we dont want to see it in our game