Quote ="Juan Cornetto"By "doing little" do you mean the "the tribunal accept the refreshing and frank submissions made on behalf of the player and take into account the guilty plea" ? And and if so do you think these were not discussed with Webb before hand? '"
Like you, I've no idea what was actually said but Webb has received the maximum penalty for a Grade B offence. It appears McDermott (often like Webb and on this occassion Jones-Buchanan's over-eager drift) did little by way of effective defence.
I would hope the discussion between coach and player (concerning Webb's overall performance on Monday) was as equally frank and contained the words - discipline and attitude.
Quote ="Juan Cornetto"Are you suggesting Webb was innocent of the charge? or is this sort of foul acceptable to you as otherwise it is "sanitising" the game in your view!'"
I'm suggesting in this case that McDermott (based on the overview posted) made a convincing witness ..... for the prosecution.
Quote ="Juan Cornetto"Would you prefer to see our coach say black is white in the light of the video and officials evidence and lose all credibility? Remember Webb pleaded guilty as charged and had no mitigating circumstances to report. At least our head coach took time out to attend on behalf of the player and perhaps in retaining his integrity he will be listened to sympathetically on future occassions.'"
What did the video evidence show, in your opinion?
The match official in charge, who appeared to have a very good view of the challenge, seemed happy to let play continue until either he noticed Kirmond had stayed down or until after he received instruction from (?)
