23 hours ago, sue said:

Ha - no myth.  The first time I played in a serious basketball team I crashed the pack and was sent off.  Never played again.

Sue I took the best spekky ever in a basketball match, not paid and sent off! I prefer footy 😄

1 hour ago, ManDee said:

Sue I took the best spekky ever in a basketball match, not paid and sent off! I prefer footy 😄

i breathed on a guy whilst playing bball and got fouled

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

i breathed on a guy whilst playing bball and got fouled

Did you have  halitosis issues at the time dc ?

4 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Did you have  halitosis issues at the time dc ?

foul breath, uncle ... fouled out in first qtr

Edited April 24, 20241 yr by daisycutter

No good bloke defense for Marlon Pickett this week. He's a certified piece of [censored].

3 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

No good bloke defense for Marlon Pickett this week. He's a certified piece of [censored].

If he gets off it will be daylight robbery.

MRO and Tribunal are so inconsistent that its almost corrupt.

So if Pendles gets a fine for EXACTLY the same thing, then I'm afraid Pickett does too.

But its the AFL, and Pickett isn't a BIG name, so don't be surprised if he gets a week cause of the 'NO NAME' factor.

Watch for the Oliver went down too easily defense.

12 hours ago, YearOfTheDees said:

If he gets off it will be daylight robbery.

he'll get a fine

13 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

No good bloke defense for Marlon Pickett this week. He's a certified piece of [censored].

Agree, but he will still get a fine.

20 hours ago, Redleg said:

Agree, but he will still get a fine.

A  $6250 fine reduced to $3750 with the early plea for the strike.

something is very cooked when you can punch someone off the ball (no matter how hard) and only get a fine. 

 

5 hours ago, biggestred said:

something is very cooked when you can punch someone off the ball (no matter how hard) and only get a fine. 

 

Somewhere I recall there have been suggestions that the MRO and tribunal are corrupt incompetent institutions.  There has certainly nothin happen this week to suggest otherwise.

6 hours ago, biggestred said:

something is very cooked when you can punch someone off the ball (no matter how hard) and only get a fine. 

Correct.

All intentional strikes should be a minimum week.

It is as disgraceful an aspect to the MRO box-ticking system as there is.

Fines are a crock anyway.

Mean nothing to these guys.

Who knows who actually pays them anyway.

Higgins should have just punched aliir in the guts

16 minutes ago, biggestred said:

Higgins should have just punched aliir in the guts

Would have saved him 3 weeks suspension.

I remember one time at the MCG, I think it was 1989, when Grinter squarely laid a punch in the guts of a Richmond player and got 7 weeks for his efforts (he had some suspended penalties on him).  If he played today he'd be the most heavily fined player in the AFL.

Higgins 3 weeks?! No sling just brought him to ground. Held his arm so maybe a week. Allir is twice the size of Higgins, too

WTF is happening at the MRO

glad they are challenging

5 hours ago, DubDee said:

Higgins 3 weeks?! No sling just brought him to ground. Held his arm so maybe a week. Allir is twice the size of Higgins, too

WTF is happening at the MRO

glad they are challenging

Two weeks ago Lever is in the wrong for flopping his head and Cameron gets off because he’s a good bloke. 
Higgins does the same thing, Aliir unfortunately is knocked out and he cops 3. Madness. 
 

Both actions deserve one week. 

5 hours ago, DubDee said:

Higgins 3 weeks?! No sling just brought him to ground. Held his arm so maybe a week. Allir is twice the size of Higgins, too

WTF is happening at the MRO

glad they are challenging

That question Dub, is the AFL equivalent of "What is the meaning of life" ?

( Or any other unanswerable conundrum that comes to mind )

25 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

That question Dub, is the AFL equivalent of "What is the meaning of life" ?

( Or any other unanswerable conundrum that comes to mind )

42?

 The answer is… Daniel Turner!!

3 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

42?

 The answer is… Daniel Turner!!

Well err .... thanks for that saywhat.

I'll take The Manor's vintage Ford Prefect for  a run and contemplate.

54 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

42?

 The answer is… Daniel Turner!!

are you sure it's not svr?

4 hours ago, daisycutter said:

are you sure it's not svr?

don't panic