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Steven May Suspended by the Club

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6 minutes ago, gs77 said:

Are they a Pies supporter?  I'd hope the club would have reached out to the venue today.

The Club may well have. 
But free publicity is gold. 

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    Whether you want to believe robbo or not but apparently some of the players did question May on why he was drinking in the first place.

     

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    1 hour ago, Demons11 said:

    What a load of [censored].   Players had a 9 day break between games, they are surely allowed out for a drink.  

    We’ll have to agree to disagree. There is a time and a place for consuming something that negatively impacts the senses (even something as innocent as a beer). Maybe if he wasn’t affected by alcohol, he wouldn’t have said such a belittling and arrogant comment.

    May is all too happy to lambast other teammates in open play, yet he ignores his own behavioural patterns that seemingly cause him to chastise others. Hypocrite.

    A gifted player, yes. An integral part of our back-line and team, absolutely. Not a great teammate or leader it would seem. It appears with May it’s do as I say, not as I do.

     

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    15 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    If it's true what May said to Melksham then that's an absolute cheap shot and a half. 

    Probably one of the worst things you could say to a bloke that's just missed out on a flag. Can't be saying [censored] like that regardless who it is.

    I mean, what did you expect in return when Melksham was an undefeated amateur boxer back in the day.

    Really poor comment by May, but if that's all it takes to get a 30 year old grown man and parent to throw punches in a public place then Melksham has some issues to deal with himself.

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    No May, a banged up Petty, an out of form Lever and with what Tomlinson served up on Saturday night I will backing the Pies heavily. 

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    8 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

    This sucks. Seems the clubs lost its way a hit this year and the standards we had in 2021 have slipped. I reckon it’s rubbish Mays out, should’ve been a fine or community service type punishment. Now it’ll impact the team and we’ll continue to struggle.

    Mark us down for losses to Pies and Lions. We’re in poor form and now missing key personnel for even longer. Here’s hoping May comes back and repays us onfield and we can get back on track leading into finals.

    Can't see much upside....but treating it as a shared stuff up is the way imo.

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    Ok, so if I have it correctly players questioned why May was drinking, Melksham probably amongst them, they then threw a few cheap insults at each other for a laugh, May went too far with his cheap shot and Melksham (justifiably) didn’t like it and clocked him. It doesn’t sound like the end of the world.

    The real question here is what is Glenn Bartlett texting about this? Can’t wait to find out in the Herald Sun in October 2023.

    #breakingnews

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    2 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Really poor comment by May, but if that's all it takes to get a 30 year old grown man and parent to throw punches in a public place then Melksham has some issues to deal with himself.

    I agree, it’s stuff you’d bait a 10 year old with. Plus he said it was some banter so seems like a bit of an overreaction unless they were both blind drunk. 

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    Finally a positive news story - reminding people Melbourne won the flag

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    I hope the team shows the same fighting spirit against the pies

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    8 hours ago, Macca said:

    Just give the bloke a fine, not suspend him

    Hurts the team more than the player. 

    I'm all for doing the right thing off the field but would we suspend him on the eve of a GF?

    Suspension!???

    Surely a fine and/or community service or whatever would suffice.

    More than likely just handed the match to the Pies and possibly a top four spot if it gets tight at the top from here.

    Crazy decision IMV that, as you say Macca, punishes the team more than the player.

    The filth will all be jumping for joy as we type.  Expect less Demons to turn up also given it hampers our chances of winning.  You know how fickle our lot are (bar most of the rusted on minions here).

    WOKE alive and kicking in the Demon pit!?? 🤮  FM what has the world come to!

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    2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    I won’t eat there again. They are just trying to capitalise on this now. Why would you go out of you way to publicise that footballers fought at your $$$$ restaurant?

    If you are looking for French in the area Bistro Gitan is romantic and very charming, or their sister restaurant l’Hotel Gitan is more relaxed and does an excellent traditional chicken rotisserie special on Wednesday nights.

    I can assure you at both locations any punches thrown at the table will be handled discreetly, and the respective wine lists are very good.

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    17 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

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    Managed to get a small snippet of the CCTV footage. 

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    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    sigh...

    https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/melbourne/steven-may-suspended-after-melbourne-players-clash-at-posh-french-restaurant/news-story/92d4d50ed7797b8fa1c22c6d1e045581

    Melbourne footballer Jake Melksham allegedly “floored” teammate Steven May in an ugly dust up at a posh Prahran restaurant.

    Sources claim that May had made a slur about Melksham missing out on last year’s drought premiership, which sparked the reaction.

    May allegedly said: “If you had have played in the granny (grand final) we would have lost.”

    It is claimed that Melksham then “floored” 190cm May with one punch in retaliation

    Are these words factual or just a figment of someone's imagination.

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    Melksham in for May for one last hurrah

    Your role son:  Take out at least five Magpies with your trusty left to make up for no Maysie!

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    30 minutes ago, McQueen said:

    No May, a banged up Petty, an out of form Lever and with what Tomlinson served up on Saturday night I will backing the Pies heavily. 

    We'll win easily after all this!

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    If it's true what May said to Melksham then that's an absolute cheap shot and a half. 

    Probably one of the worst things you could say to a bloke that's just missed out on a flag. Can't be saying [censored] like that regardless who it is.

    I mean, what did you expect in return when Melksham was an undefeated amateur boxer back in the day.

    This is how all blokes banter, no? 

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    39 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Really poor comment by May, but if that's all it takes to get a 30 year old grown man and parent to throw punches in a public place then Melksham has some issues to deal with himself.

    Sounds very familiar to an incident when a Hollywood celebrity thought it was ok to walk up on stage and slap someone in response to a very poor joke at someone’s expense - I think the violent response is being underplayed here  quite a bit , and all the focus is just on the star player involved 

    poor form all round - and when we least needed it 

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    2 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

    This is how all blokes banter, no? 

    Pretty sure there's a line WA.

    A pool cue across me ribs from a good mate (splitting it in two) tought me that lesson as a young fella.  Yes we are still mates.  What happens in the man cave stays in the man cave!

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    What the [censored] happened to this club all of a sudden.

    It's not the losses. Something has been off for over a month.

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    9 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

    This is how all blokes banter, no? 

    No

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    4 minutes ago, Delusional demon 82 said:

    Sounds very familiar to an incident when a Hollywood celebrity thought it was ok to walk up on stage and slap someone in response to a very poor joke at someone’s expense

    Steven 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' May

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    7 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

    This is how all blokes banter, no? 

    What awful banter. I had to drop a mate for a GF and it burns still, nearly a decade later.

    Also, the team has built their culture around positive respect for each other, and not bringing each other down through ‘banter’. Gawn goes into it here. 

    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-imperfects/id1476501557?i=1000563169151

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    10 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    What awful banter. I had to drop a mate for a GF and it burns still, nearly a decade later.

    Also, the team has built their culture around positive respect for each other, and not bringing each other down through ‘banter’. Gawn goes into it here. 

    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-imperfects/id1476501557?i=1000563169151

    I've heard plenty of banter that goes below the belt. There is never an excuse to get violent though. Can't believe May is the bad guy here

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