old hooker wrote:My worry is MM,he was poor and although i have never rated him as highly as some on here,surely he should have shown some gradual improvement after his injury.He was not alone though,Tomkins was dire and Williams ineffective.
Have to give time I feel it'll take the season in my opinion before he's back to his best,or not who knows.
Tomkins was dire frankly Williams ran a bit and did little with them ball while doing so.
VR46 wrote:Regarding the boot throwing incident......
Big Frank was probably thinking a player with one boot will be less effective and if he wants it back he'll have to run 30 meters out of position to get it
I'm not condoning it, but it's hardly crime of the century
Lockers couldn't stop laughing at the ref, so if he's not bothered, neither am I
The problem isn't that he threw the boot away. I've seen plenty of players do that over the years. It's how and where he threw it that's the problem. If he wants to throw the boot 30 metres away throw it behind the player onto the pitch, but throwing it into the crowd is just asking for trouble. If it was to hit anyone he'd be getting banned, and for what, to slightly inconvenience a player? In fact he might pick up a ban for it anyway.
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Players tossing another players boot to one side is common place I've done it myself on a rugby pitch but he launched it into the crowd and that is downright dangerous especially as the front rows often have children or vulnerable people in.
If I fan threw a bottle at a player he would be banned for life from the stadium
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