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Post by RedBird on Mar 22, 2013 11:48:10 GMT
Regardless, such a late decision is uncalled for. The team obviously hadn't expected the ban, evident in the prematch video. Not the first time JP has lost his cool but very unprofessional by the elite league decision makers, i hope the club at least lodge a complaint. In contrast to this decision, Clouts got off with his behaviour in the Dundee game. Late announcement is poor but for me it's not the league but the club and JP who have acted unprofessional. The club and players know the rules regarding the totting up of penalties, and it is up to them to keep an eye on this. They should have know JP was sitting on a suspension and he should have been warned so. Lets hope it doesn't come back to hurt us at the weekend.
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Post by CraggyP on Mar 22, 2013 11:53:46 GMT
EIHL statement - In addition, Fife Flyers forward Jason Pitton has been banned for one match following the accumulation of three 10-minute misconducts for abuse of official this season.
Well if the previous list of JP abuse calls is correct then it is a 10min in Feb and a 10min March 17th and a GAME (20min) March 17th. He does not have three 10-minute misconducts for abuse of official ? *** only if previous message of his penalties was correct *** If the rule is written like this then we may have a case ?
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Post by tomo on Mar 22, 2013 11:54:23 GMT
We played fairly well without JP before, hopefully same again!
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Post by finchy on Mar 22, 2013 12:14:21 GMT
EIHL statement - In addition, Fife Flyers forward Jason Pitton has been banned for one match following the accumulation of three 10-minute misconducts for abuse of official this season. Well if the previous list of JP abuse calls is correct then it is a 10min in Feb and a 10min March 17th and a GAME (20min) March 17th. He does not have three 10-minute misconducts for abuse of official ? *** only if previous message of his penalties was correct *** If the rule is written like this then we may have a case ? He got two 10 minute penalties on Sunday resulting in the game misconduct. So he's actually got 4.
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Post by zico on Mar 22, 2013 12:14:52 GMT
EIHL statement - In addition, Fife Flyers forward Jason Pitton has been banned for one match following the accumulation of three 10-minute misconducts for abuse of official this season. Well if the previous list of JP abuse calls is correct then it is a 10min in Feb and a 10min March 17th and a GAME (20min) March 17th. He does not have three 10-minute misconducts for abuse of official ? *** only if previous message of his penalties was correct *** If the rule is written like this then we may have a case ? He got 2 penalties on sunday 3rd 71 20:00 Game Misconduct-Abuse 3:34 3:34 20:00 3rd 71 10:00 Misconduct - Abuse 3:34 3:34 13:34
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CraggyP
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Post by CraggyP on Mar 22, 2013 13:21:16 GMT
Ah ok that explains it then ............. 1 game ban
Cheers
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Post by nobabody on Mar 22, 2013 13:35:08 GMT
pretty kak considering he got 2 abuse calls pretty much for the same rant that continued but then again maybe that is fair in quantifying the severity of abuse. He'd already had 10 minute abuse penalties against Belfast and Dundee. from the eihl site, i trawled the gamesheets and all 3 abuse penalties are against edinburgh
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Post by flyers4eva on Mar 22, 2013 13:36:49 GMT
Bigc, what utter nonsense. It's not up to the club to keep track of penalties. The league is there to enforce the rules and if they take this bloody long and have known all along it's an absolute bloody joke!
All I will say is: Neil Black, Braehead, playoffs, conspiracy
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Post by ckbell63 on Mar 22, 2013 14:00:53 GMT
Players and the club have a responsibility for their players actions. I have seen too many poor penalties from Flyers players this season. Next season I would expect that we fine players/coaches who give out verbal abuse. It achieves nothing positive for the club at the end of the day.
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Post by finchy on Mar 22, 2013 14:12:42 GMT
Bigc, what utter nonsense. It's not up to the club to keep track of penalties. The league is there to enforce the rules and if they take this bloody long and have known all along it's an absolute bloody joke! All I will say is: Neil Black, Braehead, playoffs, conspiracy You honestly think someone within the club shouldn't have realised when just about the whole fanbase knew? The league should have confirmed it earlier but to call it a conspiracy is embarrassing. Why do some Flyers fans try to excuse everything by blaming someone else?? Did you see the incident? If it hadn't happened we wouldn't be discussing this!!
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Post by Dirkster23 on Mar 22, 2013 14:14:29 GMT
He'd already had 10 minute abuse penalties against Belfast and Dundee. from the eihl site, i trawled the gamesheets and all 3 abuse penalties are against edinburgh Nope- Dundee on 19/1 and Belfast on 8/12 he took 10 min abuse pens.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Mar 22, 2013 14:18:29 GMT
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Post by nobabody on Mar 22, 2013 14:44:50 GMT
from the eihl site, i trawled the gamesheets and all 3 abuse penalties are against edinburgh Nope- Dundee on 19/1 and Belfast on 8/12 he took 10 min abuse pens. sorry i canny read, did post it was 8/12 but thought that was Caps game for some reason, and totally missed the Dundee one what a nugget i am!! so anyway he has 3 x 10 mins and 1 x 20 mins for abuse then or am i reading that wrong too? should've gone to specsavers!!
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Post by RedBird on Mar 22, 2013 14:52:58 GMT
Bigc, what utter nonsense. It's not up to the club to keep track of penalties. The league is there to enforce the rules and if they take this bloody long and have known all along it's an absolute bloody joke! All I will say is: Neil Black, Braehead, playoffs, conspiracy Clubs in all sports know about players who are close to a suspension and to suggest otherwise is ‘utter nonsense’. How many times has a footballer been left out of a game due to the chance of picking up a yellow card and a suspension. If the club doesn’t keep track (and they may do) then this for me is a lack of preparation, most fans knew after all! The league should have announced it quicker but it still doesn't change the fact that they shouldnt have had to announce anything.
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Post by ronniemac on Mar 22, 2013 14:53:44 GMT
Maybe it was a ploy to get banned so it wouldn't have happened on Saturday then missing a play-off game, there's one for the conspiracy guys. lol
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