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2025 MRO & Tribunal

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I have tried to look at this rationally and logically but .... no matter how hard I try .... I just can't get angry or indignant at a player getting off for whacking that POS, Mason Cox. 

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    We all know what has happened here.

    Back to the grassy knoll theory.

    Crisp should have got a week, but he is a Pie going for an AFL record, so let the other guy off for a blatant punch to the face and everyone will be happy and let it slide.

    Think back to Sparrows’ suspension for a tackle, a couple of years ago, which was less or the same as Crisp.  No Pies’ player going for a record that week.

    I still cannot get over or reconcile Kozzie’s latest 3 week suspension, involving the Pies’ Captain, dished out by a Pies’ Premiership player and then dismissed at a Tribunal headed by a self declared Pies’ fan.    Oh yeah!

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    So .... Danger elbows a player to the head and only gets a fine???? Park me, KOZZY would have got 4 weeks

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    On 22/03/2025 at 20:55, monoccular said:

    Can anyone honestly swear that having an ex Collingwood player as MRO passes the pub test?

     Sunday Herald Sun page 91 shows a photo of Darcy Moore shoulder charging Sam Darcy in what was referred as a “marking contest”.

    Does anybody know if this has been under the spotlight?

    Nb. I haven’t seen the video.

    Ps. I think this is now No.4 of questionable incidents by Moore since KB.

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    On 23/03/2025 at 07:34, Bitter but optimistic said:

    I have tried to look at this rationally and logically but .... no matter how hard I try .... I just can't get angry or indignant at a player getting off for whacking that POS, Mason Cox. 

    Yep, it was gunna happen to him sooner or later.

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    I read that Viney has been charged “for an incident” and offered a fine. 
    Did anyone see anything?

    Surely the low IQ MRO should be required to be more specific 

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    43 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    I read that Viney has been charged “for an incident” and offered a fine. 
    Did anyone see anything?

    Surely the low IQ MRO should be required to be more specific 

    Maybe something to do with his kicking efficiency?

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    Umpires door

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    3 weeks for Mansell, always interesting when the AFL make an example of someone, we’ve been on the other end of this a few times.

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    10 minutes ago, roy11 said:

    3 weeks for Mansell, always interesting when the AFL make an example of someone, we’ve been on the other end of this a few times.

    While pushing can be dangerous as we have seen and I am not a Mansell fan, this is ridiculous.

    They were wrestling and he pushed him away and then Lynch hits him with an arm I think, clumsily at the end of the contest. How is Mansell meant to see that happening from his action?

    It wasn’t even a hard push.

    Because the Saint got concussed they are looking for a player to penalise.

    Lynch is actually the one who struck and concussed him.

    Players are punching each other and getting a fine.

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    28 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    While pushing can be dangerous as we have seen and I am not a Mansell fan, this is ridiculous.

    They were wrestling and he pushed him away and then Lynch hits him with an arm I think, clumsily at the end of the contest. How is Mansell meant to see that happening from his action?

    It wasn’t even a hard push.

    Because the Saint got concussed they are looking for a player to penalise.

    Lynch is actually the one who struck and concussed him.

    Players are punching each other and getting a fine.

    Mansell nearly pushed him into taking the mark - Lynch stopped that. Free against Lynch.

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    Surprising that Yze thought they couldn't change the rules mid-season. From his time at Melb you'd think he knows they change anything when if suits the AFL. (I expect he does know, but said what he said regardless)

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    Some bloke pushed the number 1 draft pick (Lalor) into a collision that broke his jaw and got nothing in a practise match.

    I get the MRO is a tough gig but consistency can't be that hard

    Nobody thinks Lobb should have got off for punching Cox in his goggles but he did.

    Don't even get me started about a dog ending the career of a hero of the MFC.

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    Yeah this Mansell suspension is disgraceful. If it had happened to an MFC player this thread would be going bonkers right now.

    This wasn’t punishable conduct in the pre-season but is now?

    The MRO system is beyond a joke.

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    We were all wondering who would be the comparatively low-profile expendable player who would cop the disproportionate ban to affirm that the AFL 'meant it all along' with the rule they weren't enforcing.

    Mansell should sue. Straight up. Get at 'em.

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    1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

    We were all wondering who would be the comparatively low-profile expendable player who would cop the disproportionate ban to affirm that the AFL 'meant it all along' with the rule they weren't enforcing.

    Mansell should sue. Straight up. Get at 'em.

    Don't know about suing but it was only a matter of time for this to happen to a lower ranked player...

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    Mansell pushed a guy in the side, to get separation. The guy goes forward and actually starts to run forward. The guy misses the contest, avoiding contact with the two guys in it. But, as he goes past the second of the two players, that player collects him with an arm. At that stage he is actually past the two guys in the contest.

    How in hell should Mansell predict that?

    This is a terrible decision, even given the reason for making this type of action reportable.

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    5 minutes ago, biggestred said:

    no pies player is being rubbed out for that in september

    Hopefully that's because they won't be playing finals.

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    Of course, had it been Kozzie, Nibbla, Chin or any host Melbourne players, 3 weeks as a minimum….

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    35 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    If it was Rod Grinter he would have got 6 weeks. AFL are a joke!

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    44 minutes ago, Call Me What You Will said:

    Of course, had it been Kozzie, Nibbla, Chin or any host Melbourne players, 3 weeks as a minimum….

    Kozzie would be done for life

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    Let's play the old game -

    https://www.afl.com.au/news/1292232/match-review-collingwood-magpies-recruit-dan-houston-learns-his-fate-for-high-bump-on-carlton-blues-lachie-fogarty

    https://www.afl.com.au/news/1203210/match-review-kozzy-pickett-learns-fate-for-high-darcy-moore-bump

    Favouritism. Clearly.

    I do wonder if Maynard hadn't come along and bulged his forehead vein and created a drama, would it have been 3 weeks?

    The theatre is the thing.

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