My verdict is online at last.

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As usual Bilko "excellent report" thank you.

Great report, as always, and I agree strongly that yellow cards would have sufficed after the punch-up.

Thaler overreacted badly for me. Aside from that incident, the game was not played in a bad temper and rarely threatened to boil over, so why the red cards I've no idea. Even Wilkin's high shots in the second half incurred nothing more than pats on the shoulder from his opposite numbers.

That's the first time I've seen Thaler looking to make himself the centre of attention, a la Ganson.

What is amazing is how many of the 2 teams back in 2008 played at the etihad

Wigan Saints

Goulding Wellens
Carmont Gardner
Tommy Meli
Hansen Flannery
Lockers Wilkin
Roby
Clough

Both Richards and Prescott played as well even though they were injured on sunday.