Re: Disciplinary : Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:33 pm
DaveO wrote:
Maybe it's not just Flower who is affected by the perception that if there is retaliation they will be hauled over the coals?
If the Wigan forwards are think they are under the spotlight (whether they are or not in reality) they aren't going to rush in and smack someone like Simms regardless of what he did.
Also if the club has banned retaliation as some form of PR exercise they have basically cut the balls off the forwards.
And before anyone says I am condoning violence when I mention retaliation I don't mean poleaxing players as a matter of course over nothing but what most fans would actually like to see happen if their team's halfback got punched on the ground.
Maybe I am clutching at straws and the lack of aggression isn't due to any club directive or fear of disciplinary retribution and they really have become a powder puff pack but I hope not.
If the Wigan forwards are think they are under the spotlight (whether they are or not in reality) they aren't going to rush in and smack someone like Simms regardless of what he did.
Also if the club has banned retaliation as some form of PR exercise they have basically cut the balls off the forwards.
And before anyone says I am condoning violence when I mention retaliation I don't mean poleaxing players as a matter of course over nothing but what most fans would actually like to see happen if their team's halfback got punched on the ground.
Maybe I am clutching at straws and the lack of aggression isn't due to any club directive or fear of disciplinary retribution and they really have become a powder puff pack but I hope not.
Spot on DaveO