Given formal warning saintsrlfc.com/news/1732

Given formal warning saintsrlfc.com/news/1732

Fair dinkum, matter closed, time to move on...

hmmm would have liked to see the board be a bit stronger on this issue.

Well, I trust the club to make the right actions.

I now hope Leon Pryce has the stones comes forward and makes a formal apology to the fans for bringing our clubs good (sic) name down.

I presume you were in court and heard all the evidence then?

If not then you have to take the boards decision and hope they are correct.

Time to move on.

Spot on response from the club.

Well done Saints!

I think the only name he brought down was his own.

John McEnroe mode : "you cannot be serious"

Not at all. I think Saints is bigger than one player.

second chanch leon, draw a line now and prove the faith saints have put in you .

The board botttled it they could of handed him a suspension until his community service is completed

And why is that 'bottling it'? You mean you think Pryce should have been hung out to dry so you think that the Saints board should have shared your self-righteous attitude, that it? Thankfully, they don't.

They could have asked him to go to an under developed are, say Hull, and taught simple English, but they didn't.

That was never going to happen, realistically.
Not paying him until it was completed was an option i thought, and given the money to a charity would have been a good guesture.

Think the club has done all they could would have been different if he has got a suspended sentence i would have expected more but well done Saints

Agreed.

And then it should be the end of the matter, he has done the crime he has now been punished and its time to move on.

Is that a reasoned, non fishing response from a wigan fan? I must be seeing things!

No your not i applaud any club that takes the right decision and Saints have done.

Why did they ger rid of Millward then - because he abused a Warrington official? However Pryce has been convicted twice now I believe, both for physical assaults and not verbal assaults. Seems double standards for me and not something I had associated St Helens Rugby Club with.

Anyone who comes from Billinge but choses not to support Saints or Wigan, but wire cannot be reasoned with


oh and they were looking for an excuse to bin off millward, the new chairman didnt like him at all, and with good reason.

Much, much more to it than that.

Remember Mildred wanting to sue the club? Why didn't he? Because the stories would have been played out in open court and he would have looked an absolute tool.

Third chance surely?

indeed

When Millward was sacked, the club said the following:

[i"The club has for some time been working extremely hard to promote St Helens as a family club with family values. This is something that the club strongly believes in."[/i

[i"Ian's actions have unacceptably impacted upon the good name of the Saints and the game of rugby league. We make continued and vigorous attempts to positively differentiate our Club and our sport as a family sport. We expect this image to be portrayed by our players, all staff and our supporters."[/i

[i"The club is simply not prepared to tolerate this kind of behaviour from any employee let alone its head coach. To do so sends the wrong message to staff, players, fans and in particular young fans."[/i

So a strong response from St Helens to ensure that criminal behaviour will not be tolerated....




...this certainly isn't.


Glad to see that the Saint's board consider this a matter of no importance.