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    I was only thinking Smithies looks to have calmed down a bit since his ban.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Don View Post
    Watch Smithies tackling figures. Never seems to be first man in and tops up his figures with 75% third man flops. A really horrible piece of vermin and a bang average rugby player.
    They had quite a few late floppers which didn't get penalised, also the Goons style of moving off the mark at the PTB is back in fashion, a blatant one was moving forward into Bentley's legs to trap him, penalty to the Goons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by STIDDY View Post
    They had quite a few late floppers which didn't get penalised, also the Goons style of moving off the mark at the PTB is back in fashion, a blatant one was moving forward into Bentley's legs to trap him, penalty to the Goons.
    Plenty of flops going and lying on happening, not only in that game. The first couple of games after the restart the pace was electric. Now, apart from the scrums we are back where we were pre lockdown. I don't know whether the refs are just not doing their job, or whether clubs have asked for it to be slowed down??

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    Quote Originally Posted by STIDDY View Post
    They had quite a few late floppers which didn't get penalised, also the Goons style of moving off the mark at the PTB is back in fashion, a blatant one was moving forward into Bentley's legs to trap him, penalty to the Goons.
    This and the other observations of the snide stuff mean nothing really.

    If you want to be a top side then you have the ability to respond and adapt.

    That's what top side do. Can't expect everyone to play within the rules and
    not use unsettling tactics.

    Perhaps Mike Rush can write an open letter to the RFL.
    "They won't play nice and let us play our limited game the way we want".

    Saints are too soft , too gullible and locked into the robotic style to the point
    of being tranquillised by it. No smarts no ability to adapt and overcome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerry Mander View Post
    This and the other observations of the snide stuff mean nothing really.

    If you want to be a top side then you have the ability to respond and adapt.

    That's what top side do. Can't expect everyone to play within the rules and
    not use unsettling tactics.

    Perhaps Mike Rush can write an open letter to the RFL.
    "They won't play nice and let us play our limited game the way we want".

    Saints are too soft , too gullible and locked into the robotic style to the point
    of being tranquillised by it. No smarts no ability to adapt and overcome.
    Yes there is that but you end up with a 'Grey area" in applying the rules, then the sport becomes a very niggly spoiling game, once that happens then personally I would lose interest and stop watching the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Belgian Saint View Post
    Plenty of flops going and lying on happening, not only in that game. The first couple of games after the restart the pace was electric. Now, apart from the scrums we are back where we were pre lockdown. I don't know whether the refs are just not doing their job, or whether clubs have asked for it to be slowed down??
    What annoys me is when they move forward towards the marker to get tangled up on purpose and drop the ball, it's not a 50:50 call from the ref most of the time it goes the way of the attacking side. Teams lately are using it a lot against Bentley because he likes the rustle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by STIDDY View Post
    What annoys me is when they move forward towards the marker to get tangled up on purpose and drop the ball, it's not a 50:50 call from the ref most of the time it goes the way of the attacking side. Teams lately are using it a lot against Bentley because he likes the rustle.
    Me too. Also when they give a knock on at the PTB because the marker is slow and still has his foot in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerry Mander View Post
    This and the other observations of the snide stuff mean nothing really.

    If you want to be a top side then you have the ability to respond and adapt.

    That's what top side do. Can't expect everyone to play within the rules and
    not use unsettling tactics.

    Perhaps Mike Rush can write an open letter to the RFL.
    "They won't play nice and let us play our limited game the way we want".

    Saints are too soft , too gullible and locked into the robotic style to the point
    of being tranquillised by it. No smarts no ability to adapt and overcome.
    It's not a question of ''hardness'' or ''softness'', it's cheating and not cheating. The officials have a duty of care to ensure that foul play is punished. Wigan seem immune to this for some reason. Some seem to think that if certain Saints players had waded in and lamped some Pies that would've sorted things. It wouldn't, we'd have ended up getting men sent of and banned while they carried on their cheating antics in to their following fixtures with a full squad. What we need is consistent and impartial officiating.

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