scottmac
Suspended
Or...... he needs to hand in the armband because he's not worthy of it and sit on the f**king bench. If he watches that back tonight and sees himself mouthing off at the Adelaide defender (that eventually causes him to get the first yellow) in front of the ref and doesn't feel major guilt then he can f**k right off and wipe his ccm record from the books.Both of Simon's cards were clear bullshit, and I think the 2nd was just unfortunate - barely even a foul, and there was no malice or anything there.
But the first one showed why he's not captain material. Now, I still maintain it wasn't a card - but it was a foul, he stepped back and into the opponent.
But he's having argy bargy with him before, he's mouthing off at him in front of the ref, he's chased him across the park - at this point, he has one thing on his mind and that's painfully clear.
So...okay, maybe it's justified as the sort of card where the foul itself wasn't worthy of a card, but that it was clearly the culmination of a few minutes of f**kwittery and intent.
But the captain needs to be better than that. He can't be so immature that he runs around mouthing off at players and chasing them into the box to ruin an attack on a cheap shot.
Simon also needs to realise that every referee despises him. We see him constantly get fouled off the park, nothing - and he only has to look at a player to cop a card.
He needs to be professional and smart enough to realise he can't fight that, so he needs to change his behaviour to be impeccable.
The second yellow is clear as day. Jumps across the defender leading with his forearm and collects his mouth. Clear yellow.