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I agree there’s an issue of inconsistency. How Stephens gets a red and Chambers a yellow is beyond me. The same with the shirts coming off and having different punishments. Yet that doesn’t get away from the fact Stephens’ challenge was still a red card offence.

Unconscious? From a body check? That’s some serious blue and white specs you’ve got on lad.

I totally agree with you. But for me it’s more that you need to move to harsher penalties for Cunningham’s type challenge than lessening the punishment for Stephens type challenges because Stephens’ challenge was reckless and dangerous, irrespective of the fact that it was a 50/50.

It’s irrelevant that it’s 50/50. It’s not that he’s gone for the challenge, it’s how he’s gone for it with his studs up. If it had been the other way around I’d have been furious if they’d not had a man sent off. Atkinson made a lot of very bad calls today ie not booking Bamba for taking his...

To be honest, my natural instinct in the game was that two players were offside and CH apparently agrees but I’ve not seen it again so won’t judge until I have.

It wasn’t worse. It was more cynical. There’s a big difference. Stephens’ challenge can injure people, whereas Cunningham’s just pisses people off with his cynicism.