just_browny wrote:That 'remorse' mitigation is farcical. It was clearly a deliberate act that he thought he was entitled to carry out at the time.
The fact that 'lovely' Matty Peet probably convinced him to batter his eyelids, say 'sowwy' and give Bentley one of those little bottles of Loch Lomond whisky should be neither here nor there.
I agree. It was a pernicious and snide hit on a prone player's head, a player who had no opportunity to defend himself. 3 games seems low.