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13 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

I just saw the Redpath one. Aaahahaha 2 weeks! Surely he's being Punk'd, where's Ashton hiding? Come on, reveal the joke. You must be [censored] kidding me. That is just... I don't even know. Please. 

Wines getting off is also a joke. He jumped and hit the head. Absolute blueprint of what not to do. If Vince did it he'd be sent to Florida for lethal injection. 

I have no problem with Greene getting off. Instinct and accident. 

As you say, had Vince or Lewis done that they would be out for quite a while ....)"duty of care..etc..blah, blah, blah...) but they are not important players in an interstate team struggling to make finals.

And I take issue with your comment re Greene ...... didn't get off.    IMO should have been either  "nothing to see here, move on" with no penalty, or, 3-4 weeks for recklessly endangering life.   A half hearted response from a deeply flawed body run under instruction from HQ.  Must protect a vital player in the AFL / GW$ premiership push. 

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    1 hour ago, Wunders said:

    Vision is up. I can't see anything untoward at all, but we accepted it.

    http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2017-08-14/vfl-christian-salem-incident

    that's what i thought seeing that vision. though the video angle was not very good. given the guy was out cold there must have been something in it but it's not as though he lined him up or anything. i couldn't even work out what part of himself he hit him with. looked maybe a fist he was trying to knock ball out with, but it wasn't too clear

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    1 hour ago, SFebey said:

    You serious? Is that all it bloody was? Soft as!

    But, but, but... what about all of those saying it was a trading offence?? Surely they can't all have been guessing wrongly, having not attended the game.

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    1 minute ago, hardtack said:

    But, but, but... what about all of those saying it was a trading offence?? Surely they can't all have been guessing wrongly, having not attended the game.

    Haha, that's funny. I think he's super important to our future and one of the very few who can hit a target. 

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    39 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    that's what i thought seeing that vision. though the video angle was not very good. given the guy was out cold there must have been something in it but it's not as though he lined him up or anything. i couldn't even work out what part of himself he hit him with. looked maybe a fist he was trying to knock ball out with, but it wasn't too clear

    Interestingly enough no North player remonstrated with Salem....It didn't look intentional to me.

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    6 hours ago, monoccular said:

    As you say, had Vince or Lewis done that they would be out for quite a while ....)"duty of care..etc..blah, blah, blah...) but they are not important players in an interstate team struggling to make finals.

    And I take issue with your comment re Greene ...... didn't get off.    IMO should have been either  "nothing to see here, move on" with no penalty, or, 3-4 weeks for recklessly endangering life.   A half hearted response from a deeply flawed body run under instruction from HQ.  Must protect a vital player in the AFL / GW$ premiership push. 

    Yes Mono, very odd, the MRP trashed their own brand by giving Greene a fine. This means he transgressed the rules in some way and given his record, the third transgression this year, he would have to pay a price in games,  most would think. 

    He either did nothing or he was reckless, inflicting a medium impact, head high use of my boot studs to protect his space, not to allow him to mark from a kick but to just receive an errant handball. The boot was used to fend off a tackler, to gain time and space for a release, not to protect his body in a marking contest. There is a difference I think. The precedent set is I can lift my feet to fend off a challenger at any contest with perhaps only the threat of a fine if you collect their face. 

    Still remember Steven King got off Scott free after kicking Jeff White in the face with a crazy head high hoof at a bounced ball! Jeff needed cosmetic surgery and a face reco as a result but apparently it was not negligent, high and high impact back then. 

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