Kear reckons "if he escapes with anything under 6 weeks then the RFL disciplinary aren't doing their job". He made the comments during commentary for BBC Radio on Friday.

Oh and Mr Bitter agrees with him. Shock Horror! He says Lima "went in to end Clarkson's season". How can he know that?

Well done John Kear







Nothing new for this bald fat w*nker, the guys an idiot. Look forward to shutting his gob again.

Not good enough to qualify for entry into cadoo's sig, though, I don't think. He'll have to do better...

If he is on record saying that then if I were Lima (and Wigan) I would be taking legal advice

It's a direct quote printed in League Express.

if you watch the super league show highlights on bbci player, in the build up to Leeds 2nd try Joel does exactly the same tackle, two players already have a hold and Joel goes around the legs (around the half way line), the only difference is the way the players fall. Also I noticed a few times as Leeds play the ball the player who plays it steps to one side and the player picking the ball up runs straight, as he runs straight the first marker makes the tackle, both are in line. All Leeds players wave their arms asking for markers not square. If the ref looks at where the tackled player is standing after he has played it he is two steps to the right or left. Tuson was penalised in front of the sticks for this in the second half and Sinfield goes for two. Did Kear notice these as well??

(edited, 2nd try not first, joel not Hoff)

As if we didn't all realise he was a t0sser before, he goes and makes these comments just to reinforce that he is. Well he'll be plying his trade with Wakey in NL1 soon.

A good thrashing at the hands of ourselves in a months time will be just deserts for comments like these.

It will be a boring game, like watching paint dry!

I was thinking exactly the same thing!

That yaaarkshire bumpkin has appeared too many times though I think

What a absolute turd that man is.

Sorry but nobody should be allowed to get away with comments like that, hope the powers that be at the DW don't let this go without responding

Right this hole Lima stuff is getting right on my t*ts , I ve just watched it over and over again on BBCi player on superleague show and its f@ck all , The 1 st impact is easy waste high and when he slides to the knee he pulls out the tackle FFS . And MR KEAR wont have a say next season because he ll be coaching a league below .

This tackling technique won us the league last yr , But because its Lima well thats another story . RANT over

The trouble is that little sh8ts like Kear, who would be nothing at all in normal life - let's face it, he's nothing at all in RL - have actually found that they have influence in this game if they make enough noise (especially if it's in that whiney Yaaarkshire accent - Red Hall always listen more to people who talk like them).

The guy has never forgiven us for not giving him a job at Wigan. All I can say about it is thankyou Maurice, that was one bullet we definitely dodged.

typo corrected

6 weeks, that should cover our away game at Wakefield then.........probably just coincidence.

The sad thing is I (and I'm sure I'm not the only one) used to like and respect Kear, he came across as being pretty honest. But the more I hear of him now, especially his comments about Wigan, the more I think he's just bitter and behind the times. A coach of a poor team, at a club that is on the decline, who wishes he had much more influence and authority than he does. It'd be a shame if his comments weren't so laughable, he ends up looking quite frankly ridiculous and if I was in anyway affiliated with Wakefield I'd be embarassed by his outbursts.

Utterly off-topic, but I have to say at this point that Lazy J has the finest signature I've seen since I joined up with rlfans.

Congratulations!

And he has a head shaped like a peanut !!!!

Its even worse than this post suggests.

I was listening on Friday, and can remember him saying something along the lines of ....

"Lima is a disgrace ...... ANYTHING LESS THAN 12 WEEKS IS A DISGRACE ..... Wigan were doing this ALL last season ...... they are a disgrace and they should be banned .... all of them"

The guy was a complete tool.
At least he was made to look a fool when he was commentating on the no of pens. He referred to the Childs performance on MM weekend, and was asked to confirm if he was the losing coach or not. That certainly made him look like the bitter and twisted loser that he is.

Hahaha, some people just don't help themselves!!!

Yet it still would have been longer than Big Fat Gary's season.

As long as people like John Kear are employed at a relatively high level in the British game, we can never progress as a sport.

The guy reeks of amateurishenss. He may have had success in the past, but everything he says now comes over brattish, twisted, bitter nonsense. He fanatically supports anyone who plays Wigan, though I suspect he may now see his future in the Leeds set-up, given that he is clearly (and deliberately) dancing to Hetherington's tune. Whichever the truth, his vision is entirely clouded by personal issues. He is no longer fit to operate at any level in the professional game.

Andy Wilson..

Unfortunately Lima had already blotted his copybook – which was messy enough anyway, only a couple of months into his British career – with the tackle on the young Leeds forward Chris Clarkson that dominated post-match discussion. It doesn't seem to have made it on to You Tube yet, but can be viewed again through the BBC's Super League Show - about 15 minutes in, with Robbie Hunter-Paul's comments five minutes later. "This sort of tackle can cause a lot of problems – you can blow someone's knee out like that, and even end their career," said Robbie, summing up the general outrage at Lima's apparent lack of regard for a fellow professional, and setting the scene for the New Zealander's latest trip to the Rugby Football League disciplinary this week.

It does seem a funny old world when Wayne Rooney can be pilloried for swearing at a television camera, even after issuing an apology through Manchester United, whereas Wigan are apparently happy with Maguire's mealy-mouthed response when asked about Lima's behaviour. "I don't think there was too much in it to be honest," he said. "At the end of the day you get three men in a tackle many times, and unfortunately he [Clarkson just happened to bend the wrong way."

It will be interesting to see if the disciplinary authorities take the same view.

Maybe if he'd have filled his expenses form in correctly he may still have been here

I didn't hear the whistle to know whether or not it was a late tackle. I don't think Lima did this on purpose as he would have had to physically put another Wigan player (whoever it was) Underneath the Leeds player trapping his legs. I can only see a warning coming from this. Think Kears comments were not called for. I like Kear and i am a Wakefield fan but feel he does pour hot water on when not wanted at times. Last season seems to spring to mind and look what that got us.