Never said he was dirty, never said he can't tackle well or play out from the back well... but what I did say and I stick to this, is the way he often speaks to the ref is a poor example to young players when we talk about showing respect for officials - no one needs to be a lip reader to know that Durante at times has been very colourful with his language.
Do I understand how it happens, of course I do, does it justify it, not it doesn't.
If we saw a 13 year mouth off like he does at a ref we would be appalled - he should (as all others) be held to a higher standard than what we place on kids.
I rate the new rule being trialed that allows the ref to sin-bin player for 10min for dissent. It happens far to often you see players mouthing off at the ref. It's about time it got dealt with and our kids learned that this kind of behavior is not tolerated at any level.