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1 minute ago, Stiff Arm said:

JVR gets a week and Maynard gets off.

FMD now I've seen it all

Not...quite... more to come...

 
12 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

Well that has opened a can of worms. Anyone can take out an opposing player in the guise of smothering the ball🤬

In the guise of a football act.

JVR gets a week and disgraceful tribunal lets Maynard off. Tells you all you need to know about the thugs  running the AFL, not to mention their goons and cheer squad in the media. Bring on class actions and get these glass box execs into a courtroom where they can  defend their  "footy actions" in a public forum.

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1 minute ago, Emerald said:

I'm glad I moved to Byron Bay where no one gives a [censored] about AFL and I can forget about football for a while. 

Oh that reminds me of Uncle Byron Pickett. And I thought we had moved on but we haven’t. 

Melbourne player suspended.

Collingwood?  No worries.

100% corruption in all major sports around the world but for different reasons.

We all new this was the likely outcome.

The media will back the AFL 100%.

Theyre all corporate people .

This marathon tribunal will be forgotten very quickly.

Finals start again in 4 days.

Brace for impact.

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1 minute ago, Emerald said:

I'm glad I moved to Byron Bay where no one gives a [censored] about AFL and I can forget about football for a while. 

I’m the same (and nearby, just past Bangalow en route to Lismore). There’s a few of us Dees around.

This makes familial relations hard given in laws are all Pies as is wife

 I’m done with this sport. So disheartening. Emailing Pert. 

How about we give the AFL and every other team the old FU and win the next 3!!!

Really starting to question whether I can be bothered following this competition any more. So disillusioned with the double standards to the point of corruption where the power brokers in the AFL manipulate everything from the draw to the tribunal outcomes to maximise profits. This is a prime example.

 

Feel sorry for the 12,000+ schoolkids who will get poleaxed next season 

I just cant fathom this.

Weve been beaten up on again by a bunch of thugs and fully sanctioned by the AFL including several other incidents in that game.

 

1 minute ago, Superunknown said:

Incompetent or else they were drawing out all their arguments against which to appeal 

What would Occam say?

It was a stunningly poor prosecution.  Gleeson is often like a ferret after a rabbit ... but not tonight.  Soft as butter

If you were trying to lose you couldn't have done a better job of it

They should appeal but judging by tonight's effort, is that going to happen?


3 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

JVR gets a week and Maynard gets off.

FMD now I've seen it all

Extremely skewed, nothing about the optics, or the spirit of the game.

5 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Suspect we'll see some rule changes next season.

 

For me this was the point of the joint referral by Kane and Christiansen. Under the current rules a player does not owe a duty of care to another player, which was tested in the Van Rooyen / Ballard report. I think the AFL knew the report would not be upheld but needed to put it through the process and will change the rules going into next season.

Glad that [censored] show is over.

Can now totally focus on Friday night and hope like hell we win!

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ZERO respect for the AFL now. They were losing all credibility before this but this is last straw for me. No integrity whatsoever. Players welfare, integrity of the comp matters zero to them. As long as the media and cash machine keeps chugging along. Go and get stuffed
 

10 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

[censored] off Howe. You feel sorry for that thug??? Oh my god. You’re a bigger piece of [censored] than I thought you were. How about feeling sorry for Gus? What a despicable person you are. 

Howe is a scumbag, shown his colours since joining the filth


It’s done. Laws will be changed in the off season to ensure this act is penalised going forward.

I disagree with the verdict but we need to move on. The team have a huge game and can’t afford to dwell on this.

I really hope Gus is ok. My thoughts are with him.

And I hope Maynard gets his comeuppance someday. Can't stand the bloke.

I've never been this flat about footy before. It's all just so unjust. 

How can the bad guys keep getting away with it all.  

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6 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

May as well have brought JVR to the tribunal seeing the tribunal will be throwing cases out like hard rubbish.

Nothing surer than Martin being free to play.

Your right, it's pardons a plenty.

I'm am piss3d off. Imagine how Gus's family and mates and he feels.

Sounds like Carlton are just trying to get Martin's strike downgraded from 2 weeks to 1 so will definitely miss our game.


6 minutes ago, Seraph said:

The fact that the AFL themselves (Gleeson) instructed the tribunal to consider the fact that Maynard may miss finals/important games says all you need to know about the whole case.

Are you fair dinkum? Did he say that?

 
3 minutes ago, BoBo said:

However frustrated you and I feel, wishing physical harm on a player is not called for. 
 

Reverse the roles an imagine what you would say if other teams wished harm on one of our players. 

They did. They cheered and chanted at him whilst being carried off. 
I know where you’re coming from but the outcome isn’t just.  

[censored] i wish we were playing them again this week


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