Barnett elbow to the jaw

[yobbo84]

Again, it was off the ball. That's the grubby part of it. Not how hard he did or didn't hit him.

An elbow. To the chin. Off the ball. He's very lucky to get away with 6 weeks.

 

[SBD82]

Us this what passes for trolling these days?

Sadly, this is some of his best work.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Kent trying to say you cant extend your arm for a push without putting your elbow up like Barnet did first, the guy is insane.

I mean, you can't, biomechanically...but regardless, it's pretty much indefensible if you do lift an arm to someone's head like that.

 

[GongPanther]

You'd suck a million dicks for a player half as talented as God Yeo

Too late...

 

[GongPanther]

The best bit of it all was Braith calling out kent on NRL360 lol. After kent was trying to justify a lenient sentence by claiming careless not deliberate Braith piped up with, "Ive played the game and telling you what you're saying is BS". Was classic and shut up kent, well for about 30secs!

NRL missed an opportunity to make a statement and the player should count himself very fortunate.

And Briath last night quipped "there is no player loyalty to the clubs" Braith BTW is a player manager.

 

[GongPanther]

Kent trying to say you cant extend your arm for a push without putting your elbow up like Barnet did first, the guy is insane.

This is Kent's usual journalistic bullshit in trying to change the viewer's perception of an event. Journalists period, been influential in all aspects of life for years. It's why governments kiss their asses around election time. What is stunning is people are still falling for their tripe.

 

[Perth Red]

And Briath last night quipped "there is no player loyalty to the clubs" Braith BTW is a player manager.

Yes he would know!

 

[ColdWetPanther]

This is Kent's usual journalistic bullshit in trying to change the viewer's perception of an event. Journalists period, been influential in all aspects of life for years. It's why governments kiss their asses around election time. What is stunning is people are still falling for their tripe.

Please don’t call K@nt a journalist. He is a tabloid gossip columnist.

 

[GongPanther]

Please don’t call K@nt a journalist. He is a tabloid gossip columnist.

I stand corrected. Sometimes he is OK...sometimes. But what brings him undone is his urge to be annoying AF to stretch his trivial agendas.

 

[Perth Red]

Please don’t call K@nt a journalist. He is a tabloid gossip columnist.

I'd say he is more of a boxing wannabee journalist.
TBF is there many proper journalists left? It doenst seem like it, cant think of the last genuine story a journalist uncovered.

 

[Johns Magic]

You are delusional. he didnt clip him at all he got flush him on the jaw it was a grubby dog shot on a player without the ball, trying to down play it by saying smith milked it just makes you look like an idiot.

It was absolutely a grubby dog shot.

It was also a nice delayed dead body impersonation from Smith when he realised the penalty wasn’t coming.

 

[Johns Magic]

This is just so disappointing and one of the reasons Why the system is broken; fans care more about their team than the game.

That coupled with a macho culture of victim blaming. ‘Smith shouldn’t have been there’. ‘He was milking’.

I don’t know the extent of Smith’s injury, but here are two facts. First, Barnett elbowed a guy in the face who wasn’t looking at him in back play. Second, Smith (a fringe first grader who doesn’t have a contract for next year) has been ruled out this week’. Do you honestly think that Smith views Newcastle and Barnett as that big a threat that he would risk his career to get Barnett a few more weeks on the sideline?

I couldn’t care less how long Barnett is out of the team. He should have got a longer suspension than he did.

But don’t try and tell me it was brute force and same intent as Danny Williams or Hoppa. That’s all I’m saying.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

I couldn’t care less how long Barnett is out of the team. He should have got a longer suspension than he did.

But don’t try and tell me it was brute force and same intent as Danny Williams or Hoppa. That’s all I’m saying.

I agree that there have been other equally cowardly acts where the innocent has been collected with more force.

But that doesn’t justify your intellectually infantile campaign to try to suggest that Barnett and Newcastle have been stitched up by Smith. I would expect more class than that.

 

[Johns Magic]

I agree that there have been other equally cowardly acts where the innocent has been collected with more force.

But that doesn’t justify your intellectually infantile campaign to try to suggest that Barnett and Newcastle have been stitched up by Smith. I would expect more class than that.

I haven’t said there’s been any stitching up whatsoever. I would expect a Newcastle player to do the same if they got the same elbow. Let me make that clear.

I responded to a Panthers fan saying the only difference between between Barnett and Danny Williams and Hoppa is that they can land a hit. That is bullshit.

Barnett hit him as much as he intended to. There was no injury and Smith held his feet. He wasn’t trying to destroy the bloke like they were, which is why it shouldn’t be an 18 week suspension.

Cue the next Panthers fan to miss the point and come in defending Smith’s honour.

 

[Smug Panther]

I haven’t said there’s been any stitching up whatsoever. I would expect a Newcastle player to do the same if they got the same elbow. Let me make that clear.

I responded to a Panthers fan saying the only difference between between Barnett and Danny Williams and Hoppa is that they can land a hit. That is bullshit.

Barnett hit him as much as he intended to. There was no injury and Smith held his feet. He wasn’t trying to destroy the bloke like they were, which is why it shouldn’t be an 18 week suspension.

Cue the next Panthers fan to miss the point and come in defending Smith’s honour.

Shit opinion from a shit fan of a shit team

 

[SBD82]

I mean, you can't, biomechanically...but regardless, it's pretty much indefensible if you do lift an arm to someone's head like that.

I don’t think your assessment of the biomechanics is correct.

If you want proof, walk up to a door. Point your elbow to the ground. Push it open.

 

[Kilkenny]

I think 6 weeks was sufficient.

Any criticism directed towards Chris Smith is delusional and rather sad.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

I haven’t said there’s been any stitching up whatsoever. I would expect a Newcastle player to do the same if they got the same elbow. Let me make that clear.

I responded to a Panthers fan saying the only difference between between Barnett and Danny Williams and Hoppa is that they can land a hit. That is bullshit.

Barnett hit him as much as he intended to. There was no injury and Smith held his feet. He wasn’t trying to destroy the bloke like they were, which is why it shouldn’t be an 18 week suspension.

Cue the next Panthers fan to miss the point and come in defending Smith’s honour.

So just so I understand what you are trying to say; when the Cowardly Knight hit Smith in the head he hit him with the exact amount of force he wanted to.

That is, enough to rule him out of last weeks’ game and this weeks’ (at least at this stage) game as well….

Here I was thinking the Cowardly Knight was a brainless thug; according to JM he is a talented neuroscientist who can administer nuanced diagnosis and treatments on the run.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

Shit opinion from a shit fan of a shit team

Don’t agree with your posts very often Smug, but I agree with 67% of this one!!

 

[Knight76]

6 weeks sounds about right to me, I was surprised it wasn't more to be honest and I believe the judiciary took in to consideration that in their opinion it was reckless and not intentional, therefore lessening the duration of the ban. I'm not going to bother arguing one way or the other as im not on the judiciary.

8 weeks would have been right also.

Smith for mine didn't take a dive. From what I saw he took the blow, and near immediately went to his haunches grabbing his jaw.

NAS one - that one was intentional. They had beef with eachother in that game and NAS took his chance to have a shot. Was looking right at his target, clenched fist and didn't miss.

I get there is some debate on the Barnett one and length of ban. But he was banned. I'm more annoyed that they get citings wrong like with NAS.

For mine, the penalties overall are too lenient, NAS should have got 4 weeks for that hit, Barny 8, latrell 6.