9 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The only positive I take out of this is that it gives Viney a break to freshen up before finals especially with his lingering foot problems.

Will be cherry ripe and hungry for finals.

And still make the same mistakes aka taking every opponent on, trying to beat tackle after tackle. Nothing will change from that viewpiont Dazzle!

On 8/4/2021 at 7:24 PM, Flemo56 said:

And it always seems to be one of ours, JT, JV, ANB, to us dee supporters anyway ?

You forgot Beamer, who got 2 weeks, for no contact at all with a Cats player.

Every new, weird decision, does seem to involve us.

Well, at least Taylor Walker copped it - 6 wks + $20k 

 

1 minute ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Well, at least Taylor Walker copped it - 6 wks + $20k 

 

Media making put he's the victim now..

10 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Well, at least Taylor Walker copped it - 6 wks + $20k 

 

A link for those interested.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-06/adelaide-crows-taylor-walker-banned-by-afl-for-six-games/100355276

Good to have him out for us! Smart cat, that one.

16 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

This is the very reason why once upon a time, TV & radio were not permitted to show/talk about reported incidents.

But of course, the mighty money making machine, ie TV, has decreed that we even get to hear the umpires blathering to the players. So of course we see every incident over and over, from every angle, and the "expert" commentators, usually undistinguished by any "expertise" one would suppose was lent them by their on-field experience, crap on and on, free from any restraint, self discipline, or independence from club allegiances.

Not to mention the umpires never report anyone anyway, having been neutered by a succession of umpires directors, in turn compromised by their buy-in to the AFL concept of rule "interpretations" and umpiring "to keep the game flowing".

Does all the extra vision & microphones add to the viewing experience?

Not to me. (I watch with the sound off anyway.) I prefer the old system.

Good post. But you forgot to point out that the expert and not-so-expert commentators seem to go out of their way to say that the very program they are on "probably" should not be re-showing or referring to the incident and then continue to talk about it ad nauseum. 

23 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Well, at least Taylor Walker copped it - 6 wks + $20k 

 

It’s easy to whack a miscreant player biggly if his team is out of finals contention. Imagine the hoops the AFL would have leaped through to minimise his punishment if he played for Geelong or Bulldogs.

43 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Good to have him out for us! Smart cat, that one.

Well, football smarts perhaps.
Life skills are clearly not his forte.

Wonder if/when AFL Players' Association president Patrick Dangerfield will have anything to say about the Dangerfield matter.

 

 

Like you needed another reason to consolidate the wildly held opinion that Walker is a moron and a scumbag. 

Edited August 6, 20213 yr by Jaded

12 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Walker is a moron and a scumbag. 

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Thanks. This is going straight to my footy chat I have with mates. It’ll rate highly. 

On 8/4/2021 at 10:03 AM, Demons1858 said:

Not if precedents have been set. Like with umpiring you want consistency and fairness. It was convenient to finally make a statement on elbows now that a smaller club was involved

Wow! How true! What a disclosure that couldn't (eventually) be hidden/closeted. What will be the next one? 

How many weeks for Toby Greene! 

JV didn’t even leave a dent, Danger is out for 3/4 a match!

15 hours ago, Kiss of Death said:

How many weeks for Toby Greene! 

JV didn’t even leave a dent, Danger is out for 3/4 a match!

Greene will cop nothing, as will Selwood for his head bump. Sailor Vee, as they say in the Navy. ( Then again, I felt a sense of satisfaction that two of the biggest thugs in the business - Dangerfield and Greene - were the main actors in this little scenario of the pot and the black kettle. ) 

I thought that Dangerfield slipped at the last moment and that Greene's fend-off would otherwise have contacted him in the chest.  Not guilty in my opinion, but I stopped trying to predict the Tribunal's decisions a long time ago.

14 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Toby should be safe.

Commentators so keen to condemn him they failed to notice that Danger started to squat to tackle but his left leg slides out from under him.  Had he not slid the elbow/arm would have got Danger in the chest.  

Also Fritsch got off on something similar (the forearm).  The Tribunal set a precedent in the recent Buddy case of accepting similar incidents as evidence so they will have to accept the Fritsch decision.

#tobyplayson

 

24 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

I thought that Dangerfield slipped at the last moment and that Greene's fend-off would otherwise have contacted him in the chest.  Not guilty in my opinion, but I stopped trying to predict the Tribunal's decisions a long time ago.

 

Snap!!

The Green/Dangerfield incident is almost identical to the Fritsch incident without the damage. Player going low for the ball, tackler coming in hard and low at same time. Both were reaction incidents. To me Green should get off as incident appears accidental and unavoidable.

Selwood on the other hand exhibited a classic run past the ball, chose to bump a player bending down for the ball and hit him squarely on the side of head. This is the kind of premeditated incident that has caused numerous concussions and the AFL have punished severely to stop them happening. In this case he should rightfully be suspended. He did everything wrong expect hurt Taylor but as well included  the bad “optics” that sunk Viney for 2 weeks. Selwood deserves the same. For the sake of the integrity of the rules Selwood should not get away with it because he didn’t cause serious damage. 

Edited August 7, 20213 yr by John Crow Batty

7 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

The Green/Dangerfield incident is almost identical to the Fritsch incident without the damage. Player going low for the ball, tackler coming in hard and low at same time. Both were reaction incidents. To me Green should get off as incident appears accidental and unavoidable.

Selwood on the other hand exhibited a classic run past the ball, chose to bump a player bending down for the ball and hit him squarely on the side of head. This is the kind of premeditated incident that has caused numerous concussions and the AFL have punished severely to stop them happening. In this case he should rightfully be suspended. He did everything wrong expect hurt Taylor but as well included  the bad “optics” that sunk Viney for 2 weeks. Selwood deserves the same. For the sake of the integrity of the rules Selwood should not get away with it because he didn’t cause serious damage. 

good luck with that. Sadly

 

Typical, Greene gets 2 & Selwood doesn’t even get cited

Has this been officially announced Billy, or is it just your prediction?

edit:  It's official.  Is anybody surprised?

 

Edited August 7, 20213 yr by Demonstone
updated

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Has this been officially announced Billy, or is it just your prediction?

edit:  It's official.  Is anybody surprised?

 

Yet another fine for the protected one

Duckwood like Buddy is a protected species

20 minutes ago, Deesprate said:

Duckwood like Buddy is a protected species

Just so friggin predictable.  
Christian must be in on it. 

The protect the head notion is laughable. 
 

A millimeter either way….

Selwood had choices and he chose to bump…how often do we need to hear this before a “star” gets cited.

I’m not one that thinks the MFC gets a horrendous trot ( I think stars get off) but this is so clear cut.

it’s shameful