14 minutes ago, 640MD said:

Just look at Mathews and the Geelong player (?) at least the ball was within an arms length of Wallace

Neville Bruns

Got hit so hard it even rearranged the letters in his surname

On 8/17/2021 at 8:06 PM, Demonstone said:

What Grinter did was indefensible.

It was a dirty, unprovoked coat-hanger behind the play that caused serious damage to Wallace.   

It was not behind play at all

13 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

It was not behind play at all

You're the third person to pick me up on this!

I acknowledged my mistake early this morning after viewing the footage which shows that my memory of the incident is faulty.  You'll find my mea culpa way back on page 2 of this thread.

4 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

You're the third person to pick me up on this!

I acknowledged my mistake early this morning after viewing the footage which shows that my memory of the incident is faulty.  You'll find my mea culpa way back on page 2 of this thread.

I hadn’t read the thread when I quoted, I was shocked that you said it was behind play and responded immediately 

Looking at footage, Mason throws a backhander that misses, Majak responds and lands...in some trouble, but not worth 3 weeks 

On 8/17/2021 at 6:36 PM, Demonstone said:

What Grinter did was indefensible.

It was a dirty, unprovoked coat-hanger behind the play that caused serious damage to Wallace.   

I think you’ll find that it wasn’t behind play. 

7 minutes ago, Ethan Trembley said:

I think you’ll find that it wasn’t behind play. 

Surely not Ethan, or somebody would have mentioned it by now.  

It’s already the night before team selection for the final round and we’ve heard nothing official about the incident. Has this been put into the too hard basket or is it being dealt with behind closed doors? 

Eddie to talk about this incident on FC on ch 9 in a couple of mins

Edit. Just Ed with his arms in the air wondering why little has been done about it. Lyon says its 1 or 2 weeks, but didn't know if there was more to the reason for  Daw's reaction

Edited August 18, 20213 yr by Stiff Arm

4 hours ago, 640MD said:

Just look at Mathews and the Geelong player (?) at least the ball was within an arms length of Wallace

 

4 hours ago, 640MD said:

On 8/17/2021 at 8:50 PM, dieter said:

Indefensible or not, it was bread and butter stuff in those AFL days. Grinter's coat hanger was de rigeuer, especially when practiced by many Hawthorn players.

 

 

On 8/17/2021 at 11:49 PM, DEE fence said:

He adds mayonnaise to everything, and sets himself up as an expert football commentator. Yes he is a journalist doing his job, you're not wrong, but all the extra sensationalism makes me loathe him. 

But he was adamant there was nothing in Selwood or Hawkins cases. If he’s a sensationalist then he’d hype that up as well right? 
 

I think he’s got a score to settle with the Dees board. 

11 hours ago, AC/DeeC said:

 

 

Poor Leigh he's bleeding.

Typical bulldust commentary. They say, Jackson started all this.

Watch the 5 minutes prior to Matthews sniping Bruns and you'll see Geelong attacking repeatedly, Jackson flying for the mark and Ayres and Langford are behind him belting the crappers out of him. The umpires did sweet F.A about it. But, Jackson started it all of course, because he finally retaliated. You ask the commentators. 

What a beat up. There's no way he can receive any weeks for that

12 hours ago, Elwood 3184 said:

It’s already the night before team selection for the final round and we’ve heard nothing official about the incident. Has this been put into the too hard basket or is it being dealt with behind closed doors? 

Without a shadow of doubt there are things happening behind closed doors - this is how the MRO "system" works.

If it's true that Cox has a bruised larynx then this will and probably should get weeks. It looks like a pretty mild hit, but it's difficult to tell.

What was said or done beforehand is a separate issue.

If he gets weeks, will it be VFL or AFL weeks? If VFL and he gets say two weeks, he could be out until the middle of next  year!

It wasn't a sanctioned match, what competion was it? Not the AFL or VFL or NFL, what will he get suspended from, the next scratch match?

The AFL didn't bother reviewing it themselves but let social media do it for them.

But the AFL will enforce misdemeanours with suspensions. So it is sanctioned? AFL half pregant.

Maybe any ban should be from social media.

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

The AFL didn't bother reviewing it themselves but let social media do it for them.

But the AFL will enforce misdemeanours with suspensions. So it is sanctioned? AFL half pregant.

Maybe any ban should be from social media.

the afl have had a few days to review this, yet have said nothing publicly

i'd expect they need to decide by cob today, cob tomorrow at the latest

apart from sen article it seems the rest of the media don't want to touch it

14 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

the afl have had a few days to review this, yet have said nothing publicly

i'd expect they need to decide by cob today, cob tomorrow at the latest

apart from sen article it seems the rest of the media don't want to touch it

Surely if they act they have had to do it before now given Melbourne has to name a side tonight.  The AFL cannot assume that a  player on the list will not be selected - who knows - we might want to rest Gawn of whatever (I'm not suggesitng it, just that the AFL cannot dismiss the possibilty).  Furthermore if they banned him now, where is his right of appeal before we select a team? 

So maybe they are waiting to see if he is not listed in the team or even as an emergency. Then it would be 'fair' to begin proceedings in time for next week.

Unusual to be taking so long ... for this reason only, it makes we wonder whether there is some form of mediation going on

5 hours ago, monoccular said:

Without a shadow of doubt there are things happening behind closed doors - this is how the MRO "system" works.

No. This is an incident that happened outside an officially sanctioned game so doesn’t come under the MRO framework.

Therefore, it gets dealt with by the league’s football operations officer and his team. At the moment, Andrew Dillon is standing in on that job. I believe he has a legal background so I wouldn’t be surprised if that means there is some mediation going on in the background and a result notified soon enough. 

Earlier in the week, I was thinking that the club might rest Max Gawn for the final round if the Bulldogs beat Port Adelaide (meaning that we couldn’t miss out on a top two placing). That eventuality might have allowed for Majak to be picked at least as an emergency in tonight’s squad so that he could take on the Cats. 

We’ll know soon enough if that’s going to happen. 

The plot thickens.Are the US Embassy involved as well🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

 

 

40 minutes ago, willmoy said:

The plot thickens.Are the US Embassy involved as well🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

 

If Mason is "spirited away out of the country" there will be more questions raised than answered 🤭

But, seriously, were he charged with anything now it would be a denial of natural justice.

Unless some "secret deal" (and of course that would never happen in AFL) then MFC should names as at least an emergency and force their hand.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

47 minutes ago, willmoy said:

The plot thickens.Are the US Embassy involved as well🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

 

 

They always are. It's called the CIA.