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Re: Dave Ward
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Quote from: A222Quin on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 15:07*
For being mindlessly stupid?

Yeah? Since when has any club done that?
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I’m not being serious FFS...
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Quote from: A222Quin on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 15:25*
I’m not being serious FFS...
Calm down. 🙂
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Quote from: Brown Bottle on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 14:48*
Fine. If it was dealt with correctly at the time why have the club punished him?

Because it was dirty and really stupid.

On the spit thing: Again, he clearly spits. But there's no evidence of where he spits, no sign of him aiming, no sign of who it hits, and no complaints from Wasps. What exactly do people want here? Ward - who I think is a liability, for the record - to be tried and convicted because BT want us to believe that it was deliberate on the back of no evidence?
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Quote from: Brown Bottle on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 14:48*
Fine. If it was dealt with correctly at the time why have the club punished him?

That wasn’t the issue. I was answering “it’s a stamp because treading isn’t an offence”.

Which isn’t true according to the match officials.

The club have presumably punished him because it’s a humiliatingly awful thing to have done and damaged our reputation on the day that should have been about a discord HQ crowd.

But it could also be for laughs.

Either way the slow mo clip everyone bangs on about proves nothing whether you think he did it or not.

It’s one angle and you can’t tell where he is in relation to the player or anything - which everyone at BT knows well.
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Quote from: JammyGit on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 16:14*
Because it was dirty and really stupid.

On the spit thing: Again, he clearly spits. But there's no evidence of where he spits, no sign of him aiming, no sign of who it hits, and no complaints from Wasps. What exactly do people want here? Ward - who I think is a liability, for the record - to be tried and convicted because BT want us to believe that it was deliberate on the back of no evidence?

Andy Goode has already completed a thorough online investigation and found him guilty by opinion. Nick Abendanon did say in reply that yes he did spit like most players but did say there is no proof it was aimed at anyone.
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Quote from: Brown Bottle on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 14:48*
Fine. If it was dealt with correctly at the time why have the club punished him?

At a guess, I'd say it's to teach him a lesson and to send a warning to others. It also shows that we are getting our house in order and won't tolerate foul play; better to address it immediately than to wait for possible citing and (maybe) get away with it if there is none. It won't do the club's reputation any harm, and if it sets a precedent that's a good thing IMO. Self-policing was very evident in the days pre TV cameras...
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Well, Quinky, that's probably the most balanced response, but I certainly don't think this is over.
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I think there's a chance he gets cited for the ankle tread, and a very tiny one he'll get cited for the spit, but only if there's some proof that BT have so far failed to provide.
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Wards not the sharpest tool in the box, also has a particularly bad rep for some other unsavoury incidents

Also, he’s a rubbish hooker. Great round the pitch but his throwing a abysmal. We really need a top class hooker

Marler is equally dim, getting warned he might get a red card. Just be quiet

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Quote from: JammyGit on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 19:00*
I think there's a chance he gets cited for the ankle tread, and a very tiny one he'll get cited for the spit, but only if there's some proof that BT have so far failed to provide.

I think the club are worried about the ankle.
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No further action by citing committee,

Harlequins hooker Dave Ward escapes citing for spitting at Twickenham
Ward appeared to spit in the direction of Thomas Young before stepping on the prone Welsh flanker’s ankle in victory over Wasps
The Irish Times · irishtimes.com
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Quote from: Thegp on Sunday 30-Dec-2018, 19:38*
Wards not the sharpest tool in the box, also has a particularly bad rep for some other unsavoury incidents

Also, he’s a rubbish hooker. Great round the pitch but his throwing a abysmal. We really need a top class hooker

Marler is equally dim, getting warned he might get a red card. Just be quiet

Yellow, not red. The only time I can remember a player being red carded for words to the ref was Hartley when he called Barnes an effing cheat. As it happens, Marler didn't even get penalised, so probably nothing too much to worry about there.
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I think Easter once got red carded at Bath for swearing at the ref.
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