Yeah,because this board were responsible for it.

Three months out for Gildart. Let's see what comes of that.

Ferres is up for grade E dangerous contact.

Ferres is just a total nob head.

If Gildart is really out for 3 months I expect Ferres will not be able to fit in a shirt he is going to be out that long!!

Or 2 months. As someone who suffered a similar injury 30 years ago, & still suffers discomfort from it today, I understand the severity of the injury. I don't like Ferres but don't think he meant to injure, just to hurt, if that doesn't sound daft. But he took the risk & should suffer the consequences. 5-6 games for me.

The Roy Keane defence?

Insanity?

bet he is back playing before ferres we all no these medical reports are used to influence the panel.

The cynic in me agrees.



However, you can't defend this indefensible. It's a ban, a very long ban.

No doubts Ferres deserves a ban but i dont think it should be anymore than 4wks saying that Singleton got 6 so i expect BF to get at least the same.

Obviously don't think Ferres meant to injure him, but obviously the aggression was there with the bust up that had just happened with Golding.



The fact is, even without intent to injure, there is a duty of care to players to not put them in that position, as there is with spear tackles etc, and that is where Gildart ended up, and when that happens you are treading a fine line. I don't think he meant to do it, just tackled aggressively and was unable to control it when Gildart kind of backed into the wrong position (not helped by I think it was Delaney coming in 2nd Man and lending weight).



Having said that, I don't think it was as deliberate as Singo's elbow and though Ferres has a worse record, he did get binned. I reckon 5 games is about right.



As an aside, these incidents always seem to bring out the worst in any fans, particularly in the immediate aftermath. The situation is not made any better by the likes of Phil Clarke either.