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but he didn't hit above the shoulder

it was the accidental following head clash after the bump that caused a glancing blow which didn't even faze selwood

minor clash, deserved a free kick, that's all

harvey may be a plick but doesn't deserve to be reported/convicted for that or we'll end up with players missing games every week for trivialities

Must admit watching it it didnt look like much...just a bump

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    Looking at the vision again, to me Harvey hit Selwood, some distance from the ball, lined him up in a clumsily disguised effort to 'shepherd' and jumped at the point of impact. Can only point to one thing ...... guilty. As has already been made patently clear, unlike the old tribunal days, you can't use precedent as a defence. Harvey was dill for doing what he did and will get his just desserts. Mind you, the "finals discretionary power" may come in and save him. By the way, how's your nose Pedo?

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    Must admit watching it it didnt look like much...just a bump

    He lined him up some distance from the ball!!!!

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    It was an off the ball incident Harvey also was in the air when contact was made. He lined him up. Yes it wasn't huge contact, but Selwood was jogging off the play.

    He has to go

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    It was an off the ball incident Harvey also was in the air when contact was made. He lined him up. Yes it wasn't huge contact, but Selwood was jogging off the play.

    He has to go

    so what.....a free kick

    contact off the ball happens all lot through a game. it wasn't forceful enough to warrant a report/conviction

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    so what.....a free kick

    contact off the ball happens all lot through a game. it wasn't forceful enough to warrant a report/conviction

    No. Harvey lined him up. Left the ground and half got him. He was aiming for more.

    GAWN

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    so what.....a free kick

    contact off the ball happens all lot through a game. it wasn't forceful enough to warrant a report/conviction

    Under the current MRP rules it does. The incident, together with his carry over points more than suggest he's stuffed. You might not like the rules which govern the current judicial framework, but right now, that's what we have and we are stuck with them.

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    well my money says he gets off tonight

    and that will be the right decision

    My money says he will get off, but it won't be the right decision.

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    If Harvey gets off tonight then it makes the head a fair target this weekend and next.

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    If Harvey gets off tonight then it makes the head a fair target this weekend and next.

    rubbish. selwood's head wasn't targetted

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    Nothing in it, but I hope he gets two weeks.

    Can't stand the little snot

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    If Harvey gets off tonight then it makes the head a fair target this weekend and next.

    why ?

    The only consistent thing with the MRP is their inconsistency.

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    rubbish. selwood's head wasn't targetted

    Maybe, maybe not, but Selwood was targeted without a doubt, hence Harvey has to take the consequences, whether the ensuing contact to the head was accidental or not. The charge on Selwood was clearly premeditated.

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    Maybe, maybe not, but Selwood was targeted without a doubt, hence Harvey has to take the consequences, whether the ensuing contact to the head was accidental or not. The charge on Selwood was clearly premeditated.

    premeditated or instinctive? that's a question for the jury

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    Maybe, maybe not, but Selwood was targeted without a doubt, hence Harvey has to take the consequences, whether the ensuing contact to the head was accidental or not. The charge on Selwood was clearly premeditated.

    the accidental contact to the head was not forceful

    watch the replay, selwood gave no indication of being hit in the head nor did harvey

    it was only a little later when he felt a trickle of blood he raised his hand to see what it was

    it was also the side of his eyebrow away from harvey

    it doesn't take much contact to make an eyebrow bleed

    selwood has come out himself and said there was nothing much in it

    harvey was a dill and did the wrong think, but it only warranted a free kick

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    Festival Hall clearly bashed a fellow off the ball a few years back in a Prelim. the AFL stepped in so they could manufacture a Sydney Premiership, let me say the games corrupt.....

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    premeditated or instinctive? that's a question for the jury

    Some players premeditate so often that it becomes instinctive.

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    Don't like Boomer at all but I reckon he was a tad stiff and with Selwood's help could well got off this evening.

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    the accidental contact to the head was not forceful

    watch the replay, selwood gave no indication of being hit in the head nor did harvey

    it was only a little later when he felt a trickle of blood he raised his hand to see what it was

    it was also the side of his eyebrow away from harvey

    it doesn't take much contact to make an eyebrow bleed

    selwood has come out himself and said there was nothing much in it

    harvey was a dill and did the wrong think, but it only warranted a free kick

    Unfortunately for him the system; the very system which provides the sanctioning power to the MRP do not agree, whether we like it or not. I'm afraid its a touch of the caveat emptor here.

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    Festival Hall clearly bashed a fellow off the ball a few years back in a Prelim. the AFL stepped in so they could manufacture a Sydney Premiership, let me say the games corrupt.....

    Different system back then.

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    the mrp's inability to apply common sense, as against rigidly sticking to some formulaic process is legendary

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    the mrp's inability to apply common sense, as against rigidly sticking to some formulaic process is legendary

    Cue Adrian Anderson.

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    Boomer cleared.

    some sense shown

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