Wigan Warriors • Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE
Stu M wrote:
I'm not sure everyone is condoning such behaviour. I talk to a lot of Saints fans who are frustrated at Matautia, Knowles and Sironen constantly being banned. They do need to learn and adapt and I would say 90% of the bans I have agreed with.
I just honestly feel that the one on Saturday was a joke. I also genuinely feel that other similar types of hits are happening all across SL but not being cited.
Do I think that we are being targeted on purpose to stop 5 in a row? Is it a conspiracy? No but the lack of consistency is appalling.
I specifically said you aren't condoning it, Stu. However there is a lot of excusing it from Saints fans in general. I see the frustration with the three mentioned but I also see a lot of the "not really their fault but need to learn" or "not that sort of player" type of comments when it's quite clear that the sheer number of offences indicate they are exactly that type of player! For the avoidance of any doubt, I am not suggesting they are intentionally setting out to injure but they are clearly reckless and not learning from it.
Whether Sironen's latest example was a fraction of a second from being a good hit is irrelevant in his particular case. You could equally say it was a fraction of a second the other way from being much worse! The point is, he is constantly doing this type of late hit. Some worse than others, of course, but ALWAYS running the risk of injuring someone. That's reckless. The odd one from a player not known for this type of tackle is one thing but this is why 'previous' is taken into account.
You also get the daft conspiracy theories but we'll leave that out of an adult discussion
Statistics: Posted by Phuzzy — Tue May 16, 2023 11:37 am — Replies 794 — Views 81652