I swear to god if this Neanderthal gets off I’m done with football. It’s as if he was born with a dropped cumquat for a brain.

Biomechanist not helping our cause here.

Just now, leave it to deever said:

Biomechanist: I do not believe Maynard's body position at the time of impact can be considered part of any conscious decision

Why?

Not liking the biochemist at all 😩

4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Except he won’t apologise. He’ll just disappear into the ether, only to return for next year’s trolling season. 

at least we all will know he was wrong. :)

The biomechanist’s evidence is going to exclude any consideration of him deliberately turning to bump

this whole thing is going to turn on his decision making and his failure to take a safer path

I have a bad feeling about this

I hope we anticipated this and have someone to provide opposing position 

Edited September 12, 20231 yr by Superunknown

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Not liking the biochemist at all 😩

Presumably they are saying it's physically impossible to turn the way Maynard did.  But he did.

At least we know if 48 hours we will still be none the wiser waiting on the 7 hour appeal

makes you feel better right?

 

This seems strange. It's a known human reflex to put out your arms and hands to break your fall. It's not a reflex to rotate your hip in the direction of the player you're hitting. That Maynard didn't put out his hands indicates some level of conscious reaction. In fact Maynard even admitted he saw Brayshaw and knew he was there.

2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Not liking the biochemist at all 😩

That "expert" is paid, tainted Witnesses shouldn't count.

22 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

this

it's pretty clear he's likely to be found guilty at the tribunal

and then equally as clear get off on appeal

On what grounds?

Just now, WalkingCivilWar said:

Not liking the biochemist at all 😩

it actually could bode well for us, if he had no concious time to reposition his body, then he conciously made the decision prior to jumping off the ground that he was going to make bumping contact with the player, whom he got head high

Biomechanist definately a Pies fan.

"Biomechanist: Based on the numbers and research, it's difficult to conclusively say Maynard would've been able to make any conscious decision to reposition his body."

So his unconscious decision was to turn his shoulder into Gus's head.

Should have premeditated it, and known that the collision would occur and be able to mitigate it based on duty of care requirements.  

Edited September 12, 20231 yr by kev martin

2 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

The biomechanist’s evidence is going to exclude any consideration of him deliberately turning to bump

this whole thing is going to turn on his decision making and his failure to take a safer path

I have a bad feeling about this

I hope we anticipated this and have someone to provide opposing position 

"we" dont have anything as its the afl vs pies

6 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Biomechanist: I do not believe Maynard's body position at the time of impact can be considered part of any conscious decision

Why?

Because he just appeared there from the ether.

His body just flew in the air and turned its shoulder to bump by itself without any brain direction.

Wow, is this person serious?

Just now, danielE288 said:

Biomechanist definately a Pies fan.

💸💸💸

3 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

I swear to god if this Neanderthal gets off I’m done with football. It’s as if he was born with a dropped cumquat for a brain.

My biggest questions are.

1. While deliberation has continued, have they provided Maynard with a colouring book and crayons?

2. Is it a Collingwood colouring book so he only needs one crayon and doesn't get confused having to choose different colours?

Curious as to what 'research' the biomechanist is referring to.

1 hour ago, Dee-monic said:

The Dutch referee, Charles Corver, was widely and rightly condemned world-wide at the time. His weak excuse was that he was watching the flight of the ball and didn't see the collision. No such excuse for an AFL player under the scrutiny of multiple umpires and TV cameras. The similarity between Schumacher's violent challenge and Maynard's is striking. 

This is typical of the Dutch who have always tried to ingratiate themselves with the Germans because they were never taught to speak German properly. ( That was a German joke, okay!.)

1 minute ago, bandicoot said:

On what grounds?

No duty of care, as a result of a football act.

4 minutes ago, danielE288 said:

Biomechanist not helping our cause here.

Not addressing the issue

It was impossible to adjust because he chose to leave the ground in a manner that attracted a dangerous outcome

ie a careless act

3 minutes ago, Chook said:

 

This seems strange. It's a known human reflex to put out your arms and hands to break your fall. It's not a reflex to rotate your hip in the direction of the player you're hitting. That Maynard didn't put out his hands indicates some level of conscious reaction. In fact Maynard even admitted he saw Brayshaw and knew he was there.

Difficult but it can’t be excluded

he didn’t need to put his hands out as he turned to bump

The AFL needs to make some strongly-worded statement about the utter bull****t dishonesty of Maynard's replies, and hand down a more severe penalty, because of the insult to the intelligence of everyone connected with the game. Otherwise, my prediction is that intelligent people will walk away in their droves.  AFL will be reduced - thanks Braydon and Collingwood's cynical bull****t-spinning lawyers - to the irrelevant and artless nonsense of the old TV wrestling. 

Want Collingwood to be on the TV, whatever it takes?  Ok, but unless we are as stupid as they suggest (when they dish up this drivel with a straight face), we won't give a rats.  I won't be back, for one. Enough is enough.  Thugs picnic, and a TV rating extravaganza?  Is that what we are passionate about?  Psss off.

2 minutes ago, kev martin said:

Biomechanist: Based on the numbers and research, it's difficult to conclusively say Maynard would've been able to make any conscious decision to reposition his body.

So his unconscious decision was to turn his shoulder into Gus's head.

Should have premeditated it, and known that the collision would occur and be able to mitigate it based on duty of care requirements.  

Doesn’t that establish a pattern / intent for him? They’re trained to not do that, the fact that was his instinct speaks to a deeper inclination 

1 hour ago, Ouch! said:

Actually as much as I'd like to string up Tom Browne (who I thought had given up AFL journalism) It was Tom Morris who reported this initially.

So much complexity between the two teams on this incident.  Corey as a former player, Peter Maynard the GM (or CEO) of the Casey Demons FC, as someone else mentioned Kate Hore is dating Brayden's brother too.... Then there is the whole aspect of Brayshaws/Frawleys etc....  

Mea culpa: got my Toms cornfused.

Edited September 12, 20231 yr by Monbon