Getting a little tired of all this 'disrespect' stuff being chucked around by the Wigan fans. Get over yourselves. Simply an attempt to take the attention away from the fact that we also were missing our best halfback, our top try scorer and two of our higher profile signings. We were FAR from first choice at 1-13. If those players had played, we may have been winners by 21 points not just 1.

Ganson? Respect?

If you think that constitutes "pushing the referee around" then you've clearly got a different definition to me.

On both occasions the players were trying to get to where they needed to be in the defensive line, the contact was momentary and not even strong enough to cause Silverwood to go off balance. It's nothing like the Hock case where he physically grabbed Ian Smith after play had been stopped IIRC.

From memory, I don't recall Silverwood passing comment about the contact to either player at the time, although he did talk to Bailey about "waving his arms around" when the player went to remonstrate about him being in the way after the try was scored.

Obviously a slow week for the video review panel. If that constitutes a three game ban then the disciplinary process is a farce.

My definition is, basically, the player physically pushing the referee. I don't know what your definition would be of, if it didn't involve that.



I understand your objection: you think that, because the referee was stood between Bailey/Webb and where they wanted to be, the player has a right to physically move the referee out of the way. I'm sure that you supporting the team for which those players play has nothing to do with your opinion. I don't think it matters that Silverwood doesn't go off-balance. I don't even think it matters that the push changed Silverwood's position or the course of his movement (which it certainly appeared to, from the video). I suspect the disciplinary panel don't think it matters, either.

I expect the disciplinary panel do think that it matters that there may have been no obvious intent to intimidate or hurt the referee, and an element of not being able to change their own direction, which is why it's currently a grade C, and not D-F, as the sentencing guidelines would suggest.



It's [idifferent[/i to that case, but it's [ilike[/i it in that the players deliberately make physical contact with the referee - which is the description of the offence. Also, Hock's grab at Ian Smith didn't cause him to go off-balance, so it's like it that way, too





That counts for nothing. I don't remember Alibert making a big deal about Chris Bridge's elbow to Ben Jeffries' chest, but the disciplinary panel still thought he had something to answer for.

Yet earlier silverwoods poor positioning saw two warrington players barge into him. He got himself into poor positions all night

I guess it's the thin end of the wedge - they'll want to send a strong message out about respecting the official; for me, no player should be putting their hands on him and that includes Lee Briers little pats on the back when he's conned them into yet another penalty.