I thought Kozzie was the victim of a blatantly high tackle right in front of goal very early in the game.

Apparently I was hallucinating.

Clearly around his neck. No free play on !

I reckon it will be looked at and we might need to argue the case but that it will ultimately be graded as low impact.  The action started as a smother and finished with a brace with the shoulder contact being pretty light.  We might also argue the other player ran into Kossie and therefore the contact was reasonable. 

24 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I thought Kozzie was the victim of a blatantly high tackle right in front of goal very early in the game.

Apparently I was hallucinating.

Yep and the free against him for insufficient intent on the Wing was comical 

He is clearly out of favour with the umpires 

8 hours ago, Lou C. Fur said:

Fine. $3750 downgraded to $2500 with an early guilty plea.

 

I'm tipping this because that's the outcome I want!

6 minutes ago, Sydee said:

Yep and the free against him for insufficient intent on the Wing was comical 

He is clearly out of favour with the umpires 

That was the worst of the lot, I'm glad the players don't go off their nut like me at home with decisions like that.

33 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I thought Kozzie was the victim of a blatantly high tackle right in front of goal very early in the game.

Apparently I was hallucinating.

no you were not,almost torn his head off

I preface this with saying I love watching Kossie play. But I’m not going to be able to watch him play next week because he will deservedly be sitting in the stands. His bump last night was dumb and unnecessary. Let’s face it, he has form and should be trying to eradicate that stuff from his game. If you look up the word mercurial I’m pretty sure there’ll be a photo of Kossie. We need him on the field, not watching form the box. I hope they have a pretty stern chat with him. 

It should be all about the result. If Soligo was hurt he should get 3-4 weeks if Soligo wasn't injured he gets nothing.

14 minutes ago, chookrat said:

I reckon it will be looked at and we might need to argue the case but that it will ultimately be graded as low impact.  The action started as a smother and finished with a brace with the shoulder contact being pretty light.  We might also argue the other player ran into Kossie and therefore the contact was reasonable. 

Yes, but unlike where you actually knock out a bloke early in a final and end his career and get off, this light impact will see potential to injure invoked and he will cop a week.

Kozzie is not a Pies player.

44 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I thought Kozzie was the victim of a blatantly high tackle right in front of goal very early in the game.

Apparently I was hallucinating.

Yes on 4-5 occasions Dees were grabbed high and no free.  Howes, Kozzy and Clarry to name 3 obvious ones missed.  

Kosi has to learn, and I rather he misses games early on in the season and realises the MRO will come down hard on him, than get suspended ahead of or during finals again.

He is still young, but gees he has to just cut it out. He is not achieving anything except hurting the team.

And for those who say it's laughable if he gets suspended, well if the shoe was on the other foot and Maynard did that to on of our players, you'd be out for blood.

It is just not a necessary action, especially to leave the ground and then raise the elbow. That is, and will continue to be a suspendable action! 

 

I love Kozzy.

He's a huge talent and such an important player.

I really wish he could get rid of some of that behavior.

Look at May. He used to get in trouble.

Kozzys young so he can surely do it.

Needs to start now.

He's letting his team and his good self down.

Hell get at least a week. If you think otherwise you having been paying attention  to what's going on in the world of footy.

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I'm a bit disappointed there are many on here that have the red n blue glasses on given what we've been through in this area. 

Yes, Maynard was a bit worse and I was one of many here who wanted him gone for a long time. No two incidents are the same but this is a similar action - one difference Koz has led with the point of the elbow to the temple. He is lucky the player wasn't hurt more badly as there is potential for serious harm here whether it looks innocuous at regular speed or not. 

Gus retired due to an accumulation of hits - most of them different to this, some self inflicted, but some were actually a bit like this. 

We should know this lesson better than any and we should aim to be a better supporter base than what is being shown on here - he deserves at least a week and will get it. 

If it was Maynard you'd be asking for four. 

To anyone having a crack at Kozzy saying he needs to change, I have seen numerous occasions this season where he was running towards a player and pulls up at the last second, so he has definitely changed the way he goes about it.

This incident was a bit different to the previous bumps, given he was going for a spoil and then made glancing, side on contact.

Will either be a 1 week suspension if deemed medium contact or a fine if deemed low. Going off the Max King one the other day which was similar I would say they will grade as medium, but who knows with the MRO.

4 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

I'm a bit disappointed there are many on here that have the red n blue glasses on given what we've been through in this area. 

Yes, Maynard was a bit worse and I was one of many here who wanted him gone for a long time. No two incidents are the same but this is a similar action - one difference Koz has led with the point of the elbow to the temple. He is lucky the player wasn't hurt more badly as there is potential for serious harm here whether it looks innocuous at regular speed or not. 

Gus retired due to an accumulation of hits - most of them different to this, some self inflicted, but some were actually a bit like this. 

We should know this lesson better than any and we should aim to be a better supporter base than what is being shown on here - he deserves at least a week and will get it. 

If it was Maynard you'd be asking for four. 

Asking for 4! c'mon mate that's ridiculous. Even if that was Maynard I would not be calling for 4

59 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I thought Kozzie was the victim of a blatantly high tackle right in front of goal very early in the game.

Apparently I was hallucinating.

Didn't see a replay of it, so you must have been "seeing things" Bitter 😁

4 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

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Gus retired due to an accumulation of hits - most of them different to this, some self inflicted, but some were actually a bit like this. 

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If it was Maynard you'd be asking for four. 

The 'accumulation of hits' line was disputed in what Angus said when he retired.

If it was Maynard I'd definitely be asking for mroe than 4, say 8,  as back-payment for what he did last year which was so many orders of magnitude than anything I've seen in recent times.

But yes, Kozzie should be in trouble.   Sadly, I can imagine if he was in a 'top' club (as defined by AFL corporate) he'd be much more likely to get a fine than a suspension.

1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I thought Kozzie was the victim of a blatantly high tackle right in front of goal very early in the game.

Apparently I was hallucinating.

That was a f'ing disgrace....

And not one mention from Channel 7 showed who they were barracking for on the night....

Just now, DistrACTION Jackson said:

That was a f'ing disgrace....

And not one mention from Channel 7 showed who they were barracking for on the night....

That amazed me also - total silence from the commentators!

34 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

That was the worst of the lot, I'm glad the players don't go off their nut like me at home with decisions like that.

That was a shocker. He was clearly trying to actually kick the ball forward and collect it, something he dies often - usually successfully.

The whole idea of umpires being directed by the AFL to favor a team is ridiculous.

But if you are the conspiratorial type, last night was smoking gun standard grist for the mill.

Big SA club, needing a win in front of a sold out home crowd at the start of the AFL's annual cash grab from the SA government. 

And right from the get go - Kozzy getting his head taken off dead in front and no free - it was as if the free fix was in. 

8 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

That was a f'ing disgrace....

And not one mention from Channel 7 showed who they were barracking for on the night....

It was the same all night.

No comment about that obvious missed free, Rivers being shoved in the back, maxy getting shoved in the back, any number of dropping the ball we weren't paid, or the stupid insufficient attempt free against koz.

And no comment about Walker blatantly staging for a over the shoulder free.

If we had lost that game, it would have been be hard to argue the umpires were not a major reason why.

i don't see how it can be graded as 'medium'

the crom player didn't go off to be assessed - shirley it has to be graded as 'low'

2 minutes ago, binman said:

It was the same all night.

No comment about that obvious missed free, Rivers being shoved in the back, maxy getting shoved in the back, any number of dropping the ball we weren't paid, or the stupid insufficient attempt free against koz.

And no comment about Walker blatantly staging for a over the shoulder free.

If we had lost that game, it would have been be hard to argue the umpires were not a major reason why.

Fair call bin. And a claim that every team could make at some point during a season.

For a billion dollar industry operating the highest profile sport in the country, the standard of adjudication of the rules of the game is just plain ****ty.

As to what should be done about that ? I have NFI !

FWIW Riley Beveridge in his AFL website match report said a fine was likely because the impact was so minimal. Hopefully the MRO agrees.

Absolute worse case he’ll have a two week rest, be back for Anzac eve and be freshened up for season defining games against Geelong and then Carlton off a 5 day break.

Edited April 4, 20241 yr by Bring-Back-Powell