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Just now, Deebauched said:

This biomechanist sounds like a real [censored]. I hope the AFL is taking notes. Hes helping us more than the Filth.

3 weeks   Pies appeal biomechanist fired.

They are paid witness.

 

Jack Dyer writing in the book, Wild Men of Football. I ran at him at max revs.  Same here i launched myself at max revs. Except its not the 1940s anymore

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    1 hour ago, Demon4ever said:

    Laughable! 

    “[censored], he was there,” Maynard said. “I was surprised he came into my way.”

    Maynard said he was looking at the football the whole time.

    Just one show look at the replay should make it a case of Bull...t, 3 weeks, stop wasting our time. Yep. 'looking at the ball the whole time? What ball was he looking at? Brayshaw's eyeballs?

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    Hang on half a sec.  400 millisecs is nearly 1/2 a sec.  Any decent footballer can do things in that time.

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    57 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Looking at the running upvotes/downvotes on each blog post there is a 3:1 Collingwood to Melbourne supporter ratio.

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    Please could send a link to voting, I am in a super boring conference and need to vote a LOT

    2 minutes ago, wisedog said:

    What is this evidence from the biochemist? The game is played in milliseconds. Players turn opponents in tackles, dodge opponents when their head is down. They’ve even learnt to drop their shoulders when anticipating contact. I’m sure lots of elbows have been raised within 400 milliseconds as well. But no, the players are seemingly not conscious of their decision making?

    I demand a free-body-diagram that proves what she is claiming, biomechanics expert my a**.

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    Lots of Pies also not understanding that the biomechanist didn't really help their case.

    While he said Maynard would not have had any time to react and became an airborne frisbee with legs - it leaves the conclusion, then, that he willingly put himself in a position for which he had no ability to correct, despite the risk of harm to the oncoming Gus (who despite Maynard's Neanderthal grunts indicating he didn't see Gus - which is weird from a guy who admits he was trying to smother a ball leaving Gus' boot)...

    ... which

    IS

    CARELESS

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    4 minutes ago, Loose Men Everywhere said:

    That’s nonsense - in other sports you can alter position while airborne e.g. diving, gymnastics, trampolining

    And in basketball its very common. Guys a fool.


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    Maynard’s defence 
     

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    Surely the response to the biomechanist's evidence is that he was therefore either premeditating the action or just careless in his duty of care, as graded.

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    If this [censored] gets off, the AFL are essentially rendering players sitting ducks.

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    Yes, players act in milliseconds and he would have known instantly Gus had the advantage and won the piece of play before impact. Its really the same as a late spoil from behind. Dont worry Pies need to still play 200 minutes of footy. Who knows what may happen in those two games. 


    2 minutes ago, Half forward flank said:

    And in basketball its very common. Guys a fool.

    Ice skating, the amount of spinning they can generate with momentum. This biomechanics expert went to the same uni as this guy 

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    in the appeal, the afl will have to get their own paid biomechanist to tear theirs to pieces

    they have shown their hand to early

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    19 minutes ago, Brownie said:

    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?

    I believe it’s a colouring book of words Deb Brayshaw called him on the phone - so he’ll need all the shades of blue as well.

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    Just now, sue said:

    Hang on half a sec.  400 millisecs is nearly 1/2 a sec.  Any decent footballer can do things in that time.

    And if 400 milliseconds is enough to create plausible deniability, then how many other suspensions fall over?

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    7 minutes ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

    The Pies lemmings are in full force on twitter, saying the biomechanist is 'cooking'.

    These guys are drongos. Wouldn't have read a damn thing of any educational value in any of their graceless, sad sack lives. abut  all of a sudden, an 'expert' fitting into their agenda is 'cooking'. They are all for science now (unless it concerns concussion). 

    Righto.

    I did predict an expert but this is out of left-field. AFL lawyers ambushed and forced to react on the fly. Appeal points galore.


    Of course ... Gus should have had one of those full length training pads that the trainers use to protect themselves at training. /s

    1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

    in the appeal, the afl will have to get their own paid biomechanist to tear theirs to pieces

    they have shown their hand to early

    I get the feeling he was an AFL witness.

     
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    5 minutes ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

    Lots of Pies also not understanding that the biomechanist didn't really help their case.

    While he said Maynard would not have had any time to react and became an airborne frisbee with legs - it leaves the conclusion, then, that he willingly put himself in a position for which he had no ability to correct, despite the risk of harm to the oncoming Gus (who despite Maynard's Neanderthal grunts indicating he didn't see Gus - which is weird from a guy who admits he was trying to smother a ball leaving Gus' boot)...

    ... which

    IS

    CARELESS

    I think I saw this biomechanist in the Castle movie.

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    You're nearly there mate…who initiated the inevitable contact?

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