Gee it is not at if he hasn't been booed in the past and that was basically looked at as not out of the ordinary, part of being an NRL player in the spotlight, but once it involves us it becomes something "sinister". No one can say anything at all that is negative about the bloke without it becoming "racial" Criticism has come from many directions on and off the field, and indeed from one of his "brothers" in one instance, so how come now it is?
For heaven's sake. Why do people continually insinuate that the booing Latrell receives is racially motivated. They are the ones who are stirring the pot and pushing the agenda in this direction. No one I spoke to on the weekend at the game and indeed after were thinking "We are going to ( or did ) boo Latrell because he is indigenous" Simply put it was due to his behaviour in our last meeting and in subsequent games against other sides. The JAC incident was simply the icing on the cake.
Many great indigenous players have graced the footy field over the years and we as a club have had a few; Tony Currie, JT, Jamal Idris, Ewen McGrady ( my personal favourite), Rocket Rod Silva, Willie Tonga, Gavin Lester and of course JAC.. How many of them have been booed? If race was a motivation everyone of those players would.
The way in which someone behaves and acts can most certainly dictate the way in which they are seen and colour of skin doesn't come into it, unless someone insinuates it.
He has rubbed fans of a lot of teams up the wrong way simply because of the way he behaves on and off the field. He has a habit of trying to rub opposition fans up the wrong way with a "shoosh" , he milks penalties and uses grubby tactics and he polarizes many with things he says and does off field.
Someone tells him he needs to show respect (Gould) and everyone gets their knickers in a knot. He wants to be respected , okay that is a two way street, so he needs to understand that some of the things he says and does are disrespectful.
Fans are upset that just recently he was excused for using a tirade of expletives commenting that he would not apologize for doing so. In fact the spin was put on the whole thing that the broadcaster should bear the brunt of the blame because there was both audio and visual record of the whole affair. Perhaps if he had directed those words at someone in the NRL he might have been punished just as Brandon Smith was with a three match suspension. Other players have sworn but the difference being that they have stopped themselves, apologized and not continued with it. Ask Roosters fans how they feel about the Tedesco incident this season. Ask the Souths fans how they reacted to his laziness and lack of urgency in the same game which cost his team. They were ropeable and showed their displeasure but has the possibility of any of that being wrong been brought up?
I am so over the agenda driven comments of certain parts of the media.
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2018
In the NRL 2018 finals series, Mitchell was handed a one match suspension after being charged for a crusher tackle on Josh Dugan in the Roosters victory over Cronulla.
2019
In Game 1 of the 2019 State of Origin series, Mitchell was sin binned for a professional foul on Matt Gillett in the 58th minute,[29] and dropped for the subsequent games.[30]
2020
On 27 April 2020, Mitchell was fined $1000 by the NRL and placed under investigation after he broke strict lockdown protocols with fellow NRL player Josh Addo-Carr by going on a weekend camping trip during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 28 April, Mitchell was fined an additional $50,000 by the NRL for breaching strict self-isolation protocols and for bringing the game into disrepute.[103] On 9 November, Taree Local Court sentenced Mitchell to a 12-month conditional release order after he pleaded guilty to giving a firearm to a person not authorised by a licence or permit.[104]
2021
On 20 April, Mitchell was suspended for four weeks after being charged over two incidents during South Sydney's victory over the Wests Tigers in round 6. The incidents involved Mitchell lashing out at Wests player Luke Garner with his boot, and a late hit to the head of David Nofoaluma. Mitchell was also fined $3000 by the NRL[46] and ruled ineligible for a 2021 Dally M Medal due to this suspension.
However, his season ended when sin-binned for an illegal shoulder charge on Roosters player Joseph Manu, who left the field with a fractured cheekbone.[52] Mitchell subsequently took an early plea after being charged with a grade two reckless high tackle charge and was suspended for six matches (675 points).[53] Without his prior offences, Mitchell would have been offered a four-week ban.[54] Consequently, Mitchell missed playing in the 2021 finals series and the 2021 NRL Grand Final against the Penrith Panthers.
On 1 September 2021, NSW State of Origin coach Brad Fittler warned that Mitchell could "end up shortening his career" if unable to stay out of trouble on the field.[55]
2022
In round 17, Mitchell stood in as captain and kicked six out of eight goals for South Sydney in their 40–28 victory over the Newcastle Knights at McDonald Jones Stadium.[66] In the 18th minute, he was placed on report for high contact to the head of Newcastle winger Dominic Young.[67]
In round 25, he successfully kicked two of three conversion goal attempts for South Sydney in their 26–16 loss to the Sydney Roosters at Sydney Football Stadium.[70] In the 70th minute, Mitchell was sin-binned for ten minutes for deliberately impeding the play the ball off the back of repeat set restarts.[71]
2023
A few days before round 25, he was filmed shotgunning beer onstage at a concert.[88] Apart from successfully kicking one of two goal attempts, "two crucial errors" in round 25 led directly to opposition tries in South Sydney's 10-29 loss to the Newcastle Knights, and in the final minutes Mitchell was sin-binned for an elbow to the back of Tyson Frizell's head.[89][90] Mitchell later conceded that this "grubby act has no place in the game".[91] An early guilty plea to a grade two dangerous contact charge resulted in a one-match suspension that ruled Mitchell out of playing in South Sydney's last game of the season.[92][93
