Marler seeking psychological help

[trendylfj]

Marler is having psychological help and has realised that he has a problem. Good to see he has taken this step but I wonder who else "should" do the same?

http://www.aol.co.uk/sport/2016/05/01/m ... ical-help/

[Stu_F]

Presumably you are thinking of a "gentleman" originating from a place known for its hot springs who plays for a club based in the county in which you live?

[fortysix]

Its obvious to anyone with half a brain that a guy who changes his hair style weekly has massive personal issues.

[trendylfj]

Presumably you are thinking of a "gentleman" originating from a place known for its hot springs who plays for a club based in the county in which you live?

My address is Braybrooke, Market Harborough, Leicestershire - but some fool built it on the next door county's bit of earth - but yes, he did come into my mind.

[ourla]

Good for him.

You have to learn, and if necessary get help, from your mistakes.

[strawclearer]

Its obvious to anyone with half a brain that a guy who changes his hair style weekly has massive personal issues.

I change my golf swing every week - sometimes several times during a round! Does that count?

If he's genuine then "fair do's" to Marler - hope it works for him.

[BengalTiger]

Sorry but do Hairyqueens not employ sports psychologist already to help channel aggression in the right direction? I assumed all the top teams would.
Slightly off topic but the reduction in his ban for kicking an opponent in the head does not make any sense to me, he was allegedly subject to 'the foulest of abuse' so the kick to the head was deliberate and premeditated, in my book that should increase the ban not reduce it.

[TomWeston]

Sorry but do Hairyqueens not employ sports psychologist already to help channel aggression in the right direction? I assumed all the top teams would.
Slightly off topic but the reduction in his ban for kicking an opponent in the head does not make any sense to me, he was allegedly subject to 'the foulest of abuse' so the kick to the head was deliberate and premeditated, in my book that should increase the ban not reduce it.

The article cited in the OP is a partial cut-and-paste from a much longer article in The Sunday Times.

I'm no great fan of Marler, I still can't forgive him for tugging at Marcos' scrum cap and inciting Marcos to retaliate, for which Marcos was carded. We know that all props wind each other up, some go further than others, and our own Saint Julian is, correctly, revered here. There is a bit in the ST where Lee is said to have called Marler 'a posh :censored:', which given Marler's antecedents caused the England pack to micturate laughing apparently. Marler clearly realised he had gone over the top at half time.

His frankness in admitting the offence with no mitigation offered is what got his ban reduced, and rightly so imo. Let's hope the treatment works because since the Marcos incident he has become a better prop.

[Robespierre]

.... caused the England pack to micturate laughing apparently. .

thus causing the Welsh pack to defecate in fear?

[rocktop51]

Perhaps this just confirms what may think

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36263272

[Robespierre]

OK, so maybe he shouldn't have said that to his opponent - but it was said "in the heat of the battle", not that I'm condoning it, but good man, Joe, for doing what you're doing, having realised that you're only human like most of us (there are exceptions!!!) and we all have our frailties.

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After his fight with Alex Tuilagi during an England v Samoa match where Lewis Moody became the first England player to be sent off. Moody went to a sports psychologist to sort his 'emotions' out.

So Marler isn't the first, and before we condemn him as a thug we need to remember that a few Tigers have not been saints in the past.

I don't think Marler is a great player but say, fair play, to him for trying to sort his situation out. He's probably hoping it keeps him on the right side of the refs.

[TomWeston]

After his fight with Alex Tuilagi during an England v Samoa match where Lewis Moody became the first England player to be sent off. Moody went to a sports psychologist to sort his 'emotions' out.

So Marler isn't the first, and before we condemn him as a thug we need to remember that a few Tigers have not been saints in the past.

If I recall that incident correctly it started with Moodo trying to contain Alesana from behind and escalated from there.

[L Smith]

So Marler isn't the first, and before we condemn him as a thug we need to remember that a few Tigers have not been saints in the past.

Can anyone think of a Jamie Gibson joke?

[L Smith]

After his fight with Alex Tuilagi during an England v Samoa match where Lewis Moody became the first England player to be sent off. Moody went to a sports psychologist to sort his 'emotions' out.

So Marler isn't the first, and before we condemn him as a thug we need to remember that a few Tigers have not been saints in the past.

If I recall that incident correctly it started with Moodo trying to contain Alesana from behind and escalated from there.

This may help with the memory...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0l91f28J_Ng