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1 hour ago, pineapple dee said:

Honestly, this is going to seem ridiculous but probably not  any more than the original penalty applied to Van Rooyen.

If the penalty stood for this incident, then, in an instant, 75 % of all actions on a football field become a potential source of a suspension for every single player in the comp.

And the next logical step would be to allow only one player to go for a mark to remove the possibility of any injury to any player. Perhaps the single player allowed to go for the mark should be the one who first calls out " IT'S MINE !!! "

Any other player attempting to compete for it concedes a free kick and a 50 metre penalty.

This might not be so far from a probable outcome as people might think

With the AFL as it's currently run, anything is possible

I see the future of Footy

Two teams come on to the field 

Two teams shake hands

.Two teams go off the field

Game over

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    1 hour ago, Superunknown said:

    MRO process needs to be a committee

    Or else Michael Christian needs a new job , or some performance management 

     

     

    Very very harsh treatment to expect someone to leave the AFL. He/She would only be paid market rates, would not have a product that sells itself and basic competency would be expected.

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    36 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    I just came off AFL website, I was looking for their statement regarding JVR and you are right, Rif, Zero, Zilch nothing to see here folks, a bit churlish I think. Biggest story of the week has disappeared leaving no trace.!!!

    As wsw said it was there but mysteriously disappeared later - which is odd because less news-worthy articles seem to have had more staying power. I can't think why.

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    56 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Not even mentioned on the AFL site. Clearly the biggest news of the day and nada, talk about useless

    one must follow one's masters

    or give unto rome what is theirs

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    It's 24 stories down in the latest news: "Young Dee learns fate in suspension appeal". 😀

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    51 minutes ago, Kent said:

    I see the future of Footy

    Two teams come on to the field 

    Two teams shake hands

    .Two teams go off the field

    Game over

    No tiddlywinks to determine the winner? Or ... more in line with the AFL's sponsorships ... one roll each on a pokie machine.

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    8 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    No tiddlywinks to determine the winner? Or ... more in line with the AFL's sponsorships ... one roll each on a pokie machine.

    win the toss, win the game

    simples

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    10 hours ago, Cyclops said:

    Winners and losers.

    WINNERS

    Football, MFC, Jacob van Rooyen 

    LOSERS

    Adrian Anderson, Will Powell.

    You forgot in the LOSER category - Michael Christian 

     

    Edited by monoccular

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    How interesting 

    Looking at the AFL home page on the phone just then.....   no mention of Roo... no mention of having their derriere kicked !! Who'd da thunk 

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    2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    win the toss, win the game

    simples

    I don’t like that daisy, Hawthorn would be unbeatable because they’re a bunch of tossers 

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    16 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

    I'm curious to know why it took 2 hours of deliberation to come to a conclusion that 99% of people took about 2 minutes to get to.

    Lawyers charge in 6 minute blocks. 

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    13 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    No tiddlywinks to determine the winner? Or ... more in line with the AFL's sponsorships ... one roll each on a pokie machine.

    Perhaps we need some rules regarding duty of care when shaking hands

    The AFL will demand a set Im sure

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    14 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    No tiddlywinks to determine the winner? Or ... more in line with the AFL's sponsorships ... one roll each on a pokie machine.

    If you ‘ tiddle’ when you should be ‘winking’ , there ought to be a free kick against your team downfield for that offence !!

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    8 hours ago, Demonland said:

    Not bad for an injured player

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    Obviously someone knocked some sense into this kid.

    Good game! 

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    2 minutes ago, Demonsterative said:

    Obviously someone knocked some sense into this kid.

    Good game! 

    Charlie didn't really need any sense knocking into him, he's a solid player.

    Makes me wonder if we should consider him a target to poach to shore up our key backs down the track.  The GC has been a good development club for the MFC in this area in the past.

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    1 hour ago, Kent said:

    Perhaps we need some rules regarding duty of care when shaking hands

    The AFL will demand a set Im sure

    People have been known to have fingers broken in a firm handshake so the AFL owes players a duty of care to ban handshaking both before and after games because of the possibility that the practice could cause injury, albeit that the contact might not be high.

     

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    43 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

    If you ‘ tiddle’ when you should be ‘winking’ , there ought to be a free kick against your team downfield for that offence !!

    That was last week's interpretation of that rule.

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    9 hours ago, Demonland said:

    Not bad for an injured player

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    make that a "high impact" injured player

    really shows how poorly researched are such silly classifications. reminds me of the dangerfield sling tackle

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    On 5/12/2023 at 5:20 PM, daisycutter said:

    win the toss, win the game

    simples

    If the decision went against JVR i was thinking of a game where players drop to the ground and roll

    around clutching their heads!

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    Another solid though not spectacular game in a developing tall forward.   Will take time but remains ultra competitive and not deterred by the “events of the week”.

    Keep up the development and team things and he will go a long long way. 

    Edited by monoccular

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