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The Melksham incident

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Jake ‪Melksham fairly nudges (with his hip) McGovern to protect the drop zone AND MARKS THE FOOTY. Umpire clearly GOT IT WRONG. Melksham was right to protest that.

Cannot believe the West Australian media are calling for a Melksham suspension. Eagles are the worst losers in the AFL. ‬

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    IF MELKY IS RUBBED OUT I’LL MARCH ON CITY HALL!!!

    Who’s with me?

    crickets GIF

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    If he's dudded... club needs to push back ( appeal )

    That was totally fair.. TOTALLY

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    Schofield desperately needs to stick to podcasting. I had to take two panadol tablets at half time because of that bloke

    Edited by burnthefushias

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    1 minute ago, burnthefushias said:

    Schofield desperately needs to stick to podcasting. I had to take two panadol tablets at half time because of that bloke

    Dude’s a try-hard. He has the personality of a bowl of cold spaghetti and it’s so cringe hearing him try to sound quirky and offbeat. It’s all contrived. You’re naturally ho-hum, Schofield… deal with it.

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    the push of the player into another is the flavour of the month.

    We may be in luck given the furore over last week's suspension.

    In short who knows

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    Outcome based decisions have been a norm for the MRO.

    Melky worked him away from the ball drop area and McGovern flails to get the umpires attention, and takes no reasonable steps to reduce impact with the oncoming players.

    MFC players are often used as scapegoats and examples of new interpretations.

    He will possibly get the undeserved 2 weeks.

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    Melksham had eyes for the ball and protected the drop and took the mark.

    However, Reuben Ginbey pushed Petty directly into the oncoming contest of McGovern and Melksham despite not being in the contest himself.

    Ginbey had no possible way of marking that ball. He had lost the positioning battle to Petty who could have dropped in front of McGovern to attempt to mark. And when he lost that battle, he chose to simply push Petty to a) stop Petty taking the mark, and b) to make sure that his opponent (Petty) was off his feet/unbalanced while Ginbey remained ready to crumb off the pack.

    It's against the rules to push a player attempting to mark a ball if you aren't trying to mark yourself. Ginbey pushed Petty into oncoming traffic while not trying to win the ball, resulting in concussion of both McGovern and Petty.

    And Ginbey has priors for pushing players into oncoming traffic once he loses the contest - it resulted in Lalor breaking his jaw preseason.

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    It shouldn’t be but it almost certainly will be a suspension for Melk.

    Big club outrage + media pushing a narrative = small club non-superstar player suspended.

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    6 minutes ago, deanox said:

    Melksham had eyes for the ball and protected the drop and took the mark.

    However, Reuben Ginbey pushed Petty directly into the oncoming contest of McGovern and Melksham despite not being in the contest himself.

    Ginbey had no possible way of marking that ball. He had lost the positioning battle to Petty who could have dropped in front of McGovern to attempt to mark. And when he lost that battle, he chose to simply push Petty to a) stop Petty taking the mark, and b) to make sure that his opponent (Petty) was off his feet/unbalanced while Ginbey remained ready to crumb off the pack.

    It's against the rules to push a player attempting to mark a ball if you aren't trying to mark yourself. Ginbey pushed Petty into oncoming traffic while not trying to win the ball, resulting in concussion of both McGovern and Petty.

    And Ginbey has priors for pushing players into oncoming traffic once he loses the contest - it resulted in Lalor breaking his jaw preseason.

    All likely to be totally ignored by a certain mro [censored]

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    This is a case of something that was nothing for a long time and then one MRO verdict deviating things in another direction and then ever so slightly changing the way some people see it going forward.

    I can't even be sure that Gov didn't flop. The slight extension of Melk's arm makes it look worse but that's what they will look at.

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    Gibney caused not one but two players to get concussed yesterday by being the last man in the contest, and pushing Petty into McGovern.

    He is the only one with a case to answer, and form in this area having done the same thing to Lalor.

    Melksham took a perfectly legal mark, by using his forearm to protect the fall of the ball. It wasn’t even a free kick, let alone a suspension.

    True to form, Melksham will get 6 weeks for breathing in a Melbourne jumper tho.

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    Better get that Carlton wig on the blower.....

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    21 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Gibney caused not one but two players to get concussed yesterday by being the last man in the contest, and pushing Petty into McGovern.

    He is the only one with a case to answer, and form in this area having done the same thing to Lalor.

    Melksham took a perfectly legal mark, by using his forearm to protect the fall of the ball. It wasn’t even a free kick, let alone a suspension.

    True to form, Melksham will get 6 weeks for breathing in a Melbourne jumper tho.

    Well said, and awesome to see you back on here 💕

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    FWIW David Zita from Fox Footy, who’s a tribunal and MRO expert, doesn’t expect him to get booked.

    Didn’t Schofield and Oliver have a dust up some years ago and perhaps he still has a bit of bad blood towards us?

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    2 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    great use of the body, robbed of a great mark and shot on goal

    also, will not be suspended according to ralph in the little paper

    Also according to every non ex Eagles player in the footy media.

    Btw, Petty was pushed into the contest by Ginbey possibly causing both concussions.

    Only Goody has commented on that.

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    1 hour ago, deanox said:

    Melksham had eyes for the ball and protected the drop and took the mark.

    However, Reuben Ginbey pushed Petty directly into the oncoming contest of McGovern and Melksham despite not being in the contest himself.

    Ginbey had no possible way of marking that ball. He had lost the positioning battle to Petty who could have dropped in front of McGovern to attempt to mark. And when he lost that battle, he chose to simply push Petty to a) stop Petty taking the mark, and b) to make sure that his opponent (Petty) was off his feet/unbalanced while Ginbey remained ready to crumb off the pack.

    It's against the rules to push a player attempting to mark a ball if you aren't trying to mark yourself. Ginbey pushed Petty into oncoming traffic while not trying to win the ball, resulting in concussion of both McGovern and Petty.

    And Ginbey has priors for pushing players into oncoming traffic once he loses the contest - it resulted in Lalor breaking his jaw preseason.

    Will be interesting to see if Gibney is put on report especially given Goody's comment in the post match presser re Petty. If he is reported does the AFL review each Melksham v McGovern and Gibney v Petty separately or as a single incident.

    Also fully agree that Melksham is competing only for the ball and is allowed to use his hip to protect the ball drop.

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    What about the player who hit Viney, do we think he’ll b suspended?

    Don’t think there was any malice in it, just a very clumsy spoiling attempt. But I’m assuming because Viney got up they won’t pay much attention to it

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    34 minutes ago, deegirl said:

    What about the player who hit Viney, do we think he’ll b suspended?

    Don’t think there was any malice in it, just a very clumsy spoiling attempt. But I’m assuming because Viney got up they won’t pay much attention to it

    I thought this was pretty bad as he didn't seem have eyes for the ball and was watching Viney, and then got him with a round arm fist.

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    37 minutes ago, deegirl said:

    What about the player who hit Viney, do we think he’ll b suspended?

    Don’t think there was any malice in it, just a very clumsy spoiling attempt. But I’m assuming because Viney got up they won’t pay much attention to it

    "He was just a bit late"

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