Phuzzy wrote:Seems my impression of the incident at the game was the correct one. I did fear a ban given the current climate but, despite the disingenuous clip doing the rounds, it was a very typical, everyday tackle. The fact that he gets pulled off his feet really shouldn't be seen as an improper tackling technique.
I'm surprised it wasn't a ban given how these things have been going this season but I think it's a rare case of sanity breaking out. I hope it isn't an isolated occurrence.
I've said previously I'd love to just focus on the cases that are judged too harshly and if any player, from any club doesn't get punished, when you expected they might, that is something to celebrate. I thought Namo was harshly treated and a good few players before him have been. In recent weeks I've now seen Nsemba not get a ban when I thought he would, Moylan not get one against us, two Catalans players not pick up bans from the Saints game and so on and hopefully it's a sign of some common sense starting to come in to play. The play acting on the field looks to be getting ignored now more often than not as well, so it's moving the right direction.