Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:38 am  

I8pies wrote:

See you failed to mention the numerous head shots from Cas ..... still why interrupt a typical Yorkshire moan

Oh dear!! Take the focus off the discussion point and make it a regional issue. A bit pathetic really.

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:46 pm  

The third man tackle on the standing leg has almost disappeared.
Lima got binned at Leeds for a tackle on Clarkson and was accused of tackling the standing leg. As Clarkson was running at the time and not stood up and stationary, therefore not standing, it seemed a curious interpretation.

What appears to be happening now and was done by both Wigan and Cas in last night's game is that when two men hold the ball carrier a third man, it seems, is now allowed to come in and tackle around the ankles. This has been done by Wigan and all teams they've played over the past number of weeks.

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:51 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

The third man tackle on the standing leg has almost disappeared.
Lima got binned at Leeds for a tackle on Clarkson and was accused of tackling the standing leg. As Clarkson was running at the time and not stood up and stationary, therefore not standing, it seemed a curious interpretation.

What appears to be happening now and was done by both Wigan and Cas in last night's game is that when two men hold the ball carrier a third man, it seems, is now allowed to come in and tackle around the ankles. This has been done by Wigan and all teams they've played over the past number of weeks.

I think you've probably hit the nail on the head there tbh.

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:59 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

The third man tackle on the standing leg has almost disappeared.
Lima got binned at Leeds for a tackle on Clarkson and was accused of tackling the standing leg. As Clarkson was running at the time and not stood up and stationary, therefore not standing, it seemed a curious interpretation.

What appears to be happening now and was done by both Wigan and Cas in last night's game is that when two men hold the ball carrier a third man, it seems, is now allowed to come in and tackle around the ankles. This has been done by Wigan and all teams they've played over the past number of weeks.

The point with the Clarkson one was that it looked worse than it was and to me at the time hoffman and Hansen (I think) were as guilty as Lima for the position they put his body in, they seemed to take him in the same direction from where lima was coming, I didn't think there was much wrong with what Lima did as all players are coached to take the legs of a player if he is still driving forwards. The reaction of the leeds players didn't help and it was at a time that this type of tackle was being hightlighted.

Bailey did the exact same thing last week on mossop but yet nothing was said.

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:01 pm  

Vectrabeast wrote:

The point with the Clarkson one was that it looked worse than it was and to me at the time hoffman and Hansen (I think) were as guilty as Lima for the position they put his body in, they seemed to take him in the same direction from where lima was coming, I didn't think there was much wrong with what Lima did as all players are coached to take the legs of a player if he is still driving forwards. The reaction of the leeds players didn't help and it was at a time that this type of tackle was being hightlighted.

Bailey did the exact same thing last week on mossop but yet nothing was said.

Bailey - that's no surprise.

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:02 pm  

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Bailey - that's no surprise.

Well, I know but you see my point

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:17 pm  

Wigan leading the way again!!!!

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:26 pm  

Ian Roberts Closet wrote:

Wigan leading the way again!!!!

By copying Melbourne, so following...again

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:28 pm  

Watch the game again, Cas used the 3 man tackle as well. When Wire beat Wigan at the DW they used the 3 man tackle all the time and beat us at our own game. Everybody is whinging about serious injuries caused by this tackle technique but where is the proof and stats to prove it, there are none.

By the way congrats to Cas for the way they played, the youngsters stood up and should be aplauded.

Re: Dirty tackle : Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:23 pm  

Geordie wrote:

The technique is coached right through the wigan club from there 15s scholoras all the way up. The call is to "Snap the Pole"

2 tacklers hold the player up and a 3rd man comes in from the side and attacks the standing knee with the shoulder.

It can only be designed to injure

I heard one of the Wigan coaches at an under 20s game earlier in the season rollock a player in the warm up with this sentence "Dont leave him standing, snap that f**ing pole"

It needs to be outlawed.

Actually we've moved on to shooting opposition players, and drowning all their children.
We're Wigan you know, it's the only way we can win.