Tommy Bugg on report

[Go the Biff 3,208]

3 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

You just don't want to remember. 

Most games in the 80's had a single camera coverage provided by the TV News crews. 

Players belted each other all the time off the ball, some got caught

bugg is fool for what he did, but don't change history

I agree Bugg is a fool

I'm not changing history. I don't need to. ! was there watching it mate. I'm sick to death of the 70's & 80's being made out to be worse than they were, Clowns making out footy to be a weekly bloodbath. If that cap fits.......

"Rod Grinter did that every week"

That was your statement. I still call bullshite.

[Sir Why You Little 34,937]

4 minutes ago, Go the Biff said:

I agree Bugg is a fool

I'm not changing history. I don't need to. ! was there watching it mate. I'm sick to death of the 70's & 80's being made out to be worse than they were, Clowns making out footy to be a weekly bloodbath. If that cap fits.......

"Rod Grinter did that every week"

That was your statement. I still call bullshite.

Goodnight

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

Channel 7 comentators overplayed this incident big time and just wouldn't shut up about it all night.  [censored] off.

I think Dermie actually got it right, it was a stupid act, but probably not intended to make quite the contact that eventated.  Scofield's could have been just as bad.  All about the intent and the realitive needlessness, which was similar in both cases.  If anything at least Bugg's was actually in gametime and far closer to being in-play than Scofield's.

[loges 6,245]

Want to know what Bugg will get, just think Barry Hall

[beelzebub 22,330]

9 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

And the fact your quick to defend him is disgusting. Your probably one of those flogs that was calling Oliver weak as [censored] during the week.

I did exactly the opposite.

For you to know that would require literacy and comprehension skills. Maybe go get some

[Wiseblood 24,636]

Maybe it's because I have a soft spot for him, but I don't feel as though Buggy intended to get him as he did.  A whack to the neck/top of the chest may have been his intention, but if you take the risk then this is what can happen.

Doesn't excuse what he did and he will get weeks (4 sounds about right), but doesn't deserve the high level of criticism on here at the minute.  Buggy will be back.

[jacey 333]

4 weeks for the dog act.

Plus 1 because it's a week after houli. Media will drive that.

Plus 1 because he is a pest. Media will drive that.

6 weeks bugg. Just cop it.

[beelzebub 22,330]

30 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Maybe it's because I have a soft spot for him, but I don't feel as though Buggy intended to get him as he did.  A whack to the neck/top of the chest may have been his intention, but if you take the risk then this is what can happen.

Doesn't excuse what he did and he will get weeks (4 sounds about right), but doesn't deserve the high level of criticism on here at the minute.  Buggy will be back.

Of course he didn't.  He flung out reactively. He did clock him a cracker but that was more luck ( bad ) than intent or aim.

Agree...the vitriol, the hyperbole, almost laughable.

 

[Number of the Beast 80]

Buggy made a mistake, a reckless act like Hogan like Lewis, like Fidge, like Grinter, like O'Dwyer, like Hughes like Pike like another 50+ MFC players have done.

He will probably be lucky receiving only 6 weeks. He probably won't get another gig this season in the seniors.

If he did that in King Street he would end up arrested - lucky for him it is on a sports field.

Society and the AFL have a different view on this type of incident from bygone days - but the Bugg hating on here about get him out of the club, not what this club stands for etc  is such an over reaction  and typical on this site of people turning on their own players like something akin to the Roman mob in the arenas

[Ted Lasso 17,125]

It's not a good look and it sounds like the club are not happy. Just cop whatever whack they give you, don't argue 

he apologised to mills as soon as the game ended at least 

[Biffen 12,432]

I thought it was an accident.

Maybe unduly rough play,perhaps taking into account his services to boy scouts,the rspca and and his sponsorship of amnesty international we could get him off with a reprimand.

 

[Number of the Beast 80]

2 minutes ago, Abe said:

It's not a good look and it sounds like the club are not happy. Just cop whatever whack they give you, don't argue 

he apologised to mills as soon as the game ended at least 

Yep don't disagree with that, probably get internally fined as well, he was remorseful, he played a very poor game after that. 

He's not in the realm of Leigh Matthews, David Rhys Jones or Barry Hall.

[Number of the Beast 80]

7 hours ago, Go the Biff said:

I agree Bugg is a fool

I'm not changing history. I don't need to. ! was there watching it mate. I'm sick to death of the 70's & 80's being made out to be worse than they were, Clowns making out footy to be a weekly bloodbath. If that cap fits.......

"Rod Grinter did that every week"

That was your statement. I still call bullshite.

The 70's and 80's were worse than now, I clearly remember Matthews taking out Giles and Smith  and remember Jarrot dropping Matthews in retaliation for his dog act on Giles at the MCG. I clearly remember the 10 minute all in brawl against Carlton at the MCG in the second quarter after Rhys Jones shirt fronted Elshaug. I clearly remember Big Carl 's last game against Collingwood where he laid out Kevin Morris and we were all joking about it. I remember Ted fidge taking tony shaw out, Grinter' s indiscretions,against Eagles, Essendon and Footscray in 87-89, O'Dwyer was lucky not to be suspended in 88 in the finals against Collingwood where he punched Fellowes to the jaw and then moved off before he could get reported. He got caught the following week against Sartori.and missed the GF.... More cameras now more tv exposure, if that was the case in those days there would have been more suspensions.It was very much a different game then.

 

[Go the Biff 3,208]

Just now, Number of the Beast said:

The 70's and 80's were worse than now,....It was very much a different game then.

 

Not disputing that

[Scipio 5,868]

Deserves the 4-5 weeks he'll get. Disappointing.

[whatwhat say what 19,717]

6 weeks minimum

Such a dumb thing to do

[spirit of norm smith 13,423]

6 weeks. Off the ball. Head high. High impact. Dumb. Stupid. Embarrassing to our jumper.

[Vineytime 784]

An absolute disgrace to the MFC jumper, get rid of him permanently. 

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[Stretchyourself 42]

Could we put Titanic music to Tom Bugg's punch? 

[chook fowler 18,392]

Should get a character reference from Toby Mitchell 

[dees189227 11,016]

I reckon Bugg would wake up this morning feeling pretty ordinary. It was dumb what he did but coming from Buggy Im not surprised. It looked wrose when when I got home and saw it on the replay. 

It's just something we didn't need. In the past week we have seen Oliver questioned about staging, Houli cop it after his whack, Hall and Staker face each other about what Hall did and now we have to have our team in the media again for the wrong reasons. 

The worst thing is this will drag out to tuesday when Im assuming he will have front the AFL tribunal. 

[Scipio 5,868]

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Pathetic act. And then he flops trying to win free kicks in the aftermath.

I've had enough of Bugg's faux tough guy act.

[Jibroni 4,239]

I would be surprised if it less than 5 weeks given recent events. He is a player the pushes the boundaries and annoys the crap out of opposing players. I doubt he would plays seniors again this year.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

2 hours ago, Abe said:

It's not a good look and it sounds like the club are not happy. Just cop whatever whack they give you, don't argue 

he apologised to mills as soon as the game ended at least 

I do really like Bugg, along with the agreesion, niggle and bit of moungrle and dare he brings to the side.

But he has been on the cusp of something stupid and completly out of line like this for a number of weeks now, because he hasn't been smart and moderated, adapted and controled his outbursts of agression in a way which is acceptable to the current state of play and tolerance for impact type asults (flying fists and palms) on opposition players.  Any player who throws around their arms and punches/slaps etc opposition players is bound to make contact and result in something serious sooner or later.  The club should send him to Judo lessons to learn how to wrestle better in his absence from the game as a new acceptable way for him to exert physical dominance and intimidation on the opposition.

I actually thought his attempt at an apology came across as scripted, staged and a bit insincere.  He had to do it and I'm not saying he wasn't sorry at all, but it didn't come across very well.