The original post dated 14th Match 2019, post title Hull FC. Discussion over Gareth Ellis being a hit man for Hull at times.
Huge disagreement from other posters saying he doesn't do that ! He has today, he did in his last game against Catalan ! Hull supporters say he is our enforcer !
Gareth is a skillful player but in his latter years, he has this attitude in his game. I hope MCB, is ok & doesn't suffer any repercussions, we are down on numbers.

What a silly thread.

Gareth Ellis is a RL player to be respected and admired for his professionalism and integrity; he plays the game hard and is undoubtedly a tough competitor - but to badge him as a cheap shot merchant is bonkers and disrespectful.

I hate to say this but as a set of fans we are getting very snowflake. This and the constant bagging of refs isn’t good. It’s a tough game and we have been unlucky with injuries but that’s just life.

I wonder if anyone has bothered to view it the other way around. The reason teams are playing it tough with us is because we are good and we to are tough which is something we haven’t always been. The refs are just bad but not selective.

Ellis did what he had to do, that’s what he’s paid for.

I have no doubt that some players are houses and that some injuries are deliberately inflicted - I really didn't like the look of the one on Ashurst for example, when angry young man Aston bent his arm back over his body in a tackle; but I can't see any justification for putting Ellis in that category.

As for referees - I don't think that's snowflake behaviour - just frustration at the amazingly low standard of the current crop of officials; and their lack of consistency in applying the basic rules of the game. That said - I don't think they're helped by the RFL or their own boss, who both seem to have adopted a policy of ignoring or reinterpreting some rules for the sake of speeding up the game.

That was my point. The reffing is bad but it’s the idea that we get it worse than others, I’m not convinced we do. Ditto dirty players but I wear Trinity blinkers and maybe some of our players are viewed the same way by other fans. I’m struggling to think of one tbh but maybe we are a bit precious at times.

I don't disagree - perhaps that goes back to the point I made in a different thread; we see our own players in a particularly favourable way, but hold players of other teams to very different standards. The club blinkers are especially strong in RL.

For example, Hull FC fans seem to think that PP was a dirty barsteward during that game; I'm sure WT fans would disagree - unless he suddenly signed for Hull FC, in which case he would become a fat, useless, cheap-shot merchant overnight.