Flower Charged

[The booze hound]

Nothing more than an ill timed non malicious tackle made to look worse by SKYs love of the dramatic slow motion shot

It wasn't a tackle

Nor was it malicious. It was more naughty than dirty, in my view of course. 10 minutes on the naughty step would have sufficed.

[shaunedwardsfanclub]

charging kicks down rarely presents a benefit to the side doing so. I much prefer the Aussies approach were they tackle the kicker, this reduces the risk of giving a penalty away, it stops the kicker chasing his kick and placing his teammates on side and it puts him under pressure. Flowers technique was poor and led to his downfall. Whether it was malicious only Benny will know.

[yonmon]

Fair play to the lad Patton he got straight up with no histrionics and that's the way it should be.No one injured in the attempted tackle/block so sending off sufficient.If the lad was seriously hurt then flower should be banned according to the injury sustained. You knew full well that as soon as Eddie and Stevo saw it was flower they would go into full Muppet mode.If Wellens had done the same thing he would have just missed timed the tackle so on with the game but because it's flower then suddenly it's a disgrace.Just because it looked bad on TV does not justify a long ban if there is hardly any physical contact involved IE no injuries. If you start going down the road of banning people for intent then it's a slippery slope.

[Wandering Warrior]

He'll get battered on his past misdemeanours.
Don't know what all the fuss is about? He won us the match on Friday!!

[cpwigan]

charging kicks down rarely presents a benefit to the side doing so. I much prefer the Aussies approach were they tackle the kicker, this reduces the risk of giving a penalty away, it stops the kicker chasing his kick and placing his teammates on side and it puts him under pressure. Flowers technique was poor and led to his downfall. Whether it was malicious only Benny will know.

I think charge downs are too high risk but I do think kick pressure is great so bit of a ?

[Warrior1872]

2 matches £300 fine

[medlocke]

Sending off should have been sufficient, although certain people on here with hidden agendas will no doubt make themselves heard for hours upon hours

[cpwigan]

:musi:

[josie andrews]

Sending off should have been sufficient, although certain people on here with hidden agendans will no doubt make themselves heard for hours upon hours

I agree.

[joeb]

Bit harsh I think but on a bright side some wanted him hung,drawn,and quarted