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31 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

I love Maysie, but this was one of the more blatant stages I’ve seen in recent times, and some of the “whataboutisms” and excuses being hurled around on this thread are borderline delusional. 

They're not delusional when the AFL selectively applies their click bait outrage machine.

Seems like it has worked in your case

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    1 minute ago, jnrmac said:

    They're not delusional when the AFL selectively applies their click bait outrage machine.

    Seems like it has worked in your case

    I’m talking about the posts trying to defend his actions, and others that are drawing an equivalence to ducking. 

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    Clearly Butters has already won the Brownlow - he simply cannot buy a suspension. Corrupt AFL.

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    18 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    good; looked fake as and i was 150m away

    (i'll take the free)

    Agree 100%. If you can put one over the umpire and get a free, why not. Been going on for 100 years. Well done, Maysie. Small fine to pay only.

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    44 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Friend texted me and said Kate Roffey was just interviewed on the ABC. When asked about this her response was “I haven’t seen it so I can’t comment”. 

    Can someone here confirm this? If true that is an appalling response. 

    Further to this, I was at the game with two Roos supporters and was genuinely embarrassed when the replays were being shown on the screen. I love Maysie, but this was one of the more blatant stages I’ve seen in recent times, and some of the “whataboutisms” and excuses being hurled around on this thread are borderline delusional. 

    she's the president; what is she meant to say?

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    6 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    she's the president; what is she meant to say?

    As President, it would be wise to not convey to the supporters of your club that you have better things to do on a Saturday night than watch the game. 
     

    “We’ve copped the fine, and we’re moving on. Next question”

     

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    15 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

    As President, it would be wise to not convey to the supporters of your club that you have better things to do on a Saturday night than watch the game. 
     

    “We’ve copped the fine, and we’re moving on. Next question”

     

    so you implied from it that she was not at the president's function, or in attendance at the game?

    perhaps, like the maggot, she was blindsided and presumed from may's reaction he got knocked in the noggin

     

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    I would fight the fine on the grounds that physics tells us that a body travelling will continue to travel after it stops therefore the head continued to travel after the body stopped causing his head to hit the ground.

    Its like when people don't wear seatbelts the continue to travel after the car stops.

    Unfortunately the MRO person/s are uneducated dills.

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    19 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    so you implied from it that she was not at the president's function, or in attendance at the game?

    perhaps, like the maggot, she was blindsided and presumed from may's reaction he got knocked in the noggin

     

    She can’t watch a five-second replay of an incident she’s about to be asked about on national radio??

    There are ways to handle a question you’d rather not answer without being dishonest  


     

     

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    17 minutes ago, durango said:

    I would fight the fine on the grounds that physics tells us that a body travelling will continue to travel after it stops therefore the head continued to travel after the body stopped causing his head to hit the ground.

    Its like when people don't wear seatbelts the continue to travel after the car stops.

    Unfortunately the MRO person/s are uneducated dills.

    I know the side’s form is currently in a downturn, but does the collective intelligence of Demonland have to plummet with it? 

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    Didn’t look great for a so called “hard man”. Take the fine, don’t do it again and move on. Next.

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    9 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

    She can’t watch a five-second replay of an incident she’s about to be asked about on national radio??

    There are ways to handle a question you’d rather not answer without being dishonest 

    She just said what Chris Scott says. 

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    2 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

    She just said what Chris Scott says. 

    And how do we feel about Chris Scott saying such things? 

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    [censored] ...  he got a small fine

    move on

    no conspiracy here ... more important issues to waste your ip on

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    With Leigh Matthews on this one. It's a joke.  Sure he milked it a little. So what? Whose to say he didn't wrench his neck slightly in the tackle and holding his head was an instant response? Either way the AFL has caved to media pressure.  Highly doubt the MRO would have picked this up otherwise.  Finally, does May have a staging record? Methinks not. Multiple other culprits have gotten away with far worse. The fact that Tom ' The Tool' Morris is outraged at May's actions is all one needs to know. 

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    38 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

    With Leigh Matthews on this one. It's a joke.  Sure he milked it a little. So what? Whose to say he didn't wrench his neck slightly in the tackle and holding his head was an instant response? Either way the AFL has caved to media pressure.  Highly doubt the MRO would have picked this up otherwise.  Finally, does May have a staging record? Methinks not. Multiple other culprits have gotten away with far worse. The fact that Tom ' The Tool' Morris is outraged at May's actions is all one needs to know. 

    The only consistent attribute of the MRO and tribunal system.

     

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    18 hours ago, Ted Lasso said:

    I am not at all defending what Steven May did because it was clearly staging, but far out, there are dozens of incidents every single game that fall into the catagory of staging ignored. blokes raising their arm to draw high contact, diving forward to draw in the back, throwing their heads back. 

    if they're going to issue fines for staging i completely support it but it just looks ridiculous when there was probably 100 staging incidents this weekend and they've fined 1. 

    Some blokes would probably end up in the negative by the time they paid all their fines if it was officiated consistently.

     

    All for Maysie being fined as he absolutely staged a hurt head. Not a good thing.

    I think it was a very poor call by May in that the Afls and umps are trying their best to protect the heads of players and this kind of thing makes it harder.

    That said I get May trying to do the team thing and milk a free kick .

    Players have done this since the very first bounce.

    Now my only hope is for consistency. But there hardly ever is. 

    And while we are fining players, can we please start emptying their pockets for all infringements.

    Including the ducking of the head for milking frees. Some players at some clubs are so good at it almost seems they have been coached how.

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    20 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    I reckon Rivaldo still has Maysie covered.

     

    And Ronaldo has got him covered

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    Carlton has got 18 players that stage in turn for free kicks.

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    7 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

     

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    Including the ducking of the head for milking frees. Some players at some clubs are so good at it almost seems they have been coached how.

    Fine them? hah! Didn't the AFL declare a couple of years back they would pay frees against a player who ducks his head regardless of the tackle.  This was in order to discourage ducking so as to protect the head, nothing to do with milking frees?   As usual with the AFL it is a rule/interpretation that lasts as long as a lettuce (with apologies to Liz Truss).

    The only problem I have with the May's fine is he's about the 50th example this year. If the AFL was fair dinkum why not go through all the tapes and fine the other 49.

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    Take the general staging element out of it for a sec. Yes there's plenty of it that goes unpunished blah blah I agree.

    Opening up the phone lines and specifically zeroing in on staging in a sling tackle...

    A) Can you differentiate between this and say a ducked high tackle from a small forward? Was this simply easier to catch him out on as you can disguise knew dropping better than banging your head against the ground?

    B) Secondly is this the first fine for staging in a sling tackle?

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    51 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

    And Ronaldo has got him covered

     

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    4 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Friend texted me and said Kate Roffey was just interviewed on the ABC. When asked about this her response was “I haven’t seen it so I can’t comment”. 

    Can someone here confirm this? If true that is an appalling response. 

    Further to this, I was at the game with two Roos supporters and was genuinely embarrassed when the replays were being shown on the screen. I love Maysie, but this was one of the more blatant stages I’ve seen in recent times, and some of the “whataboutisms” and excuses being hurled around on this thread are borderline delusional. 

    If true..i want her head. We, as a club, are under attack. You have Buckley slamming May this morning and also pot shottinv Brayshaw on the way through. Last week it’s the medicos. More stories on Oliver. It’s a barrage, and this weak President has been nowhere for months. I’m done. Spineless

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    15 minutes ago, dice said:

     

    Can't stand the bloke. 

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    17 hours ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

    May put a heap of mayo on it, deserves the fine. However, it was not holding the ball. He had no prior and was making an attempt. The umpire should have blown a ball-up quicker, but the incessant whinging from North fans had spooked him. 
     

    secondly, where was Daicos’ fine for this incident? I haven’t read the outraged media reports:

     

    Was he fined? 

     

    Exactly!

     

    This happens 100x every week. Why is this the one to be picked out? Because some peanut on Fox pointed it out

    What's more it will be ignored for the next 10 years unless its Melbourne

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