Ozbash, which part is mindless? Crouch's tackle was not intentional. O'Donnell's was hence he should pay the price for being an idiot.
I can't see how having a suspension equaling length of injury would work. The idea that a player has to be sidelined with suspension until the injured player is fit to play is absurd.
A player could be carrying an existing injury or the coach might just want to rest him a bit longer thereby keeping the suspended player out.
Such a system would would create more problems than it would solve.
Willow, are you really that silly? Monaghan did not have a broken jaw prior to this game and to make it easy, Monaghan could be examined by an independent doctor set by the judiciaryto determine the amount of time he would be on the sidelines for that particular injury and have that report submitted to the judiciary. We are not talking about a hamstring or a knee injury here, we are talking about a broken jaw. It's not something that can be hidden and why would a coach keep a player out of the game any longer than it takes to be back at 100% fitness?????
Why should any team lose a player to a deliberate action and not have the offender sit out the same amount of time, if not more. I think O'Donnell should have received 17 weeks, not 11. I think he should be made to miss the eleven weeks Monaghan will be out and then serve more time for intent, at least six weeks for raising the elbow and doing it to a player not in possession of the football.
This is a piss weak attempt Willow and you are just sour about losing a player due to injury. It happens to every team. Last weekend Corey Pearson broke Luke Davico's nose and only got a week. and I don't think I head you pretesting when Maddison was suspended for ten weeks last year. You can't be selective about who should and should not be suspended and expect to be taken seriously.
Stapleton did his shoulder in an on the ball incident that was not deliberate and it is part of football unfortunately. All clubs have lost players in the same manner but as usual, it's the Saints fans pissing and moaning they were hard done by and this coming from a club with arguably the worst record in the NRL for suspensions.
Where will it all end?