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43 minutes ago, dpositive said:

Sort of agree with you

But

the AFL is saying the head is sacrosanct and must do due to concussion issues. Therefore any head contact deliberate or accidental that causes head injury must be penalised.

The recent ignoring of the strike to Clayton jaw and the Selwood incident shows the difference applied to individual incidents. This incident will just add to the inconsistency.

The AFL must support its "sacrosanct" statements with a meaningful minimum penalty irrespective of subjective analysis. Not likely to happen so see Tex playing next week.

Vineys contest with Hurn went unpenalised as it should. Sanity needs to prevail in such circumstances it is after all a contact sport

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On the Tex Walker incident it is important to consider the proximity and inherent danger of the goal post.

If you take the view that the proximity of the goal post increases the duty of care then there may be a  case to answer. On the other hand if you merely consider the proximity of the goal post an "unlucky co-incidence" then no case to answer.

To me the goal post is similar to the boundary fence and there is an inherent duty on all players to consider the damage that it can do. We have lots of rules in AFL that are designed to protect the player not to mention the rules protecting umpires.

It is at least worth serious discussion. I would hate to see such actions given the green light.

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Posted
12 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Bulldogs have four very winnable games in the next few weeks:

Carlton, Suns, Bombers and Lions .... will decide their finals race ... but not out of it

All (ok three of them) are very losable games too! Based on their form they will be lucky to win one of them. They are gone.

Posted
11 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

pies v peptides is a massive game for both sides

Unfortunately I will have to hope the Pies win but it could easily be a massacre and the end for Nathan

Posted
1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Unfortunately I will have to hope the Pies win but it could easily be a massacre and the end for Nathan

If the last ten minutes of the first quarter are any indication, wow wee. Pies were absolute PUS!!!


Posted
2 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

gee pies lift your game. Im barracking for you today. Beat those losers. At least there is still time for the bummers to drop away like the past few weeks. 

Another Choke would be wonderful, even if it means a Filth win..

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Posted
4 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

On the Tex Walker incident it is important to consider the proximity and inherent danger of the goal post.

If you take the view that the proximity of the goal post increases the duty of care then there may be a  case to answer. On the other hand if you merely consider the proximity of the goal post an "unlucky co-incidence" then no case to answer.

To me the goal post is similar to the boundary fence and there is an inherent duty on all players to consider the damage that it can do. We have lots of rules in AFL that are designed to protect the player not to mention the rules protecting umpires.

It is at least worth serious discussion. I would hate to see such actions given the green light.

The AFL, when convenient, talk of "duty of care" as well as intent.

Did Tex exercise required duty of care?  I guess it will depend entirely which MRP decides to turn up on Monday.

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The first ten minutes I thought that they were doing it for Bucks, but obviously not.  Surely he can't survive if they don't lift now.

And the other game - I thought that there was something wrong with my colour scheme - WTF Hawks jumpers?  I seriously though that there could be nothing worse than their regular one, but OMG that is just disgusting.

Posted
8 minutes ago, monoccular said:

The first ten minutes I thought that they were doing it for Bucks, but obviously not.  Surely he can't survive if they don't lift now.

And the other game - I thought that there was something wrong with my colour scheme - WTF Hawks jumpers?  I seriously though that there could be nothing worse than their regular one, but OMG that is just disgusting.

I just saw the jumper WTF??

What have they sold their soul for this week?

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Posted
12 minutes ago, monoccular said:

The first ten minutes I thought that they were doing it for Bucks, but obviously not.  Surely he can't survive if they don't lift now.

And the other game - I thought that there was something wrong with my colour scheme - WTF Hawks jumpers?  I seriously though that there could be nothing worse than their regular one, but OMG that is just disgusting.

Cancer council jumper.


Posted

GW$ look like pretenders despite remaining 2nd

Posted
1 minute ago, brendan said:

Cancer council

Thanks. 

Wish they could promote it a better way

It really looks disgusting, although all Whorethorn jumpers do i guess!

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Posted
10 minutes ago, DaveyJones'sLocker said:

Reckon merret exaggerated contact there 

I wonder if he will cop criticism like clarry, greenwood went the bump his elbow hit him in shoulder then slid up, Merrett through his head back like he had been hit by a train 

Posted

wow hawks 20 points up. I know the giants have a lot of injuries but hawthorn are missing key players to. The giants have some great players in still. 

Come on pies you can mow them down in the final term. I want to see what Xavier Campbell will tweet out this time. 

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