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May to Tribunal

Redleg
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This MRO and tribunal are a farce.

But then the whole competition has become a farce.

Watched the start of Collingwood / Hawks game.

What an absolute bore. Luckily the I could switch to the Storm game.

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    7 hours ago, Golden fist said:

    There was no doubt Newcomb would get off.

    Should a been 3 weeks minimum. Well if he had red and blue on his jumper and not p 1 5 5 and 5 h 1 t stripes. Corruption.

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    5 hours ago, Pates said:

    This Shiel/Jezza shove that resulted in Lual being tunnelled is an interesting one. The AFL article puts forward the question, "can a player be cited for injuring his own teammate?" For me the answer is 100% yes, and to me the incident with Petty and McGovern set a bad precedence. The media at the time was hyper focused on Melksham protecting the space while McGoverns own bloody teammate shoved Petty into the contest causing the concussion of both players and the retirement of McGovern.

    This one looks even worse and could've had a catastrophic outcome. He should be given 2-3 weeks because he showed no duty of care to Cameron and Lual.

    https://www.afl.com.au/news/1383481/essendon-bombers-dylan-shiel-shove-on-luamon-lual-leaves-mro-with-interesting-dilemma-after-friendly-fire

    Did Geelong get the free for push in the back or EssUndone for tunneling.

    Shiel was definitely guilty of creating an extremely dangerous situation.

    Sadly this is way beyond the limited intellectual capacity of the MRO.

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    Pretty much agree with all of the above comments.

    The AFL is an absolute basket case. It is a self vested hypocritical commercial entertainment industry.

    I also totally agree that in this day and age that we must try and look after the physical welfare of our players. You can manage risks by trying to reduce them but practically speaking you can’t totally eliminate them. Football is a contact sport and there are risks and accidents will occasionally happen.

    I can only keep saying that in my opinion both May and Newcombe’s unfortunate collisions should not have been cited nor should they have been suspended. Neither player showed malice or intentionally tried to hurt the other player.

    All four players (in both incidents) were just trying to win the football. Simple as that.

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    Ironic that May should be back to face him next week. Let's hope at some stage there is a "loose ball", May and Newcombe "approaching it from opposite directions", and May puts the little [censored] on his [censored].

    Geez I hate Hawthorn... their supporters were hiding in a cave between 2020 and mid-2024, but as soon as finals look a chance, they waddle out like an animal from hibernation and start chirping again. Then the moment you criticise their club or a player within it, they sook up because they've got zero resilience. Absolutely intolerable club.

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    8 hours ago, Pates said:

    This Shiel/Jezza shove that resulted in Lual being tunnelled is an interesting one. The AFL article puts forward the question, "can a player be cited for injuring his own teammate?" For me the answer is 100% yes, and to me the incident with Petty and McGovern set a bad precedence. The media at the time was hyper focused on Melksham protecting the space while McGoverns own bloody teammate shoved Petty into the contest causing the concussion of both players and the retirement of McGovern.

    This one looks even worse and could've had a catastrophic outcome. He should be given 2-3 weeks because he showed no duty of care to Cameron and Lual.

    https://www.afl.com.au/news/1383481/essendon-bombers-dylan-shiel-shove-on-luamon-lual-leaves-mro-with-interesting-dilemma-after-friendly-fire

    2 hours ago, monoccular said:

    Did Geelong get the free for push in the back or EssUndone for tunneling.

    Shiel was definitely guilty of creating an extremely dangerous situation.

    Sadly this is way beyond the limited intellectual capacity of the MRO.

    He (Shiel) put both players in extreme danger and should get a minimum of 3 weeks, personally I think it's worth 5 to 6.

    This needs to be abolished from the game.

    Unfortunately allowing players to push in the back has had these type of unintended consequences.

    It started with hands to steady and progressively led to pushing.

    Go back to umpiring the rules, hands in the back is a free kick...there is a reason the founders had this rule in the first place.

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    12 hours ago, rjay said:

    He (Shiel) put both players in extreme danger and should get a minimum of 3 weeks, personally I think it's worth 5 to 6.

    This needs to be abolished from the game.

    Unfortunately allowing players to push in the back has had these type of unintended consequences.

    It started with hands to steady and progressively led to pushing.

    Go back to umpiring the rules, hands in the back is a free kick...there is a reason the founders had this rule in the first place.

    They could even apply the logic (tough for the MRO i know) of the potential dangers to Cameron. If the Lual was in a different body position he could've cleaned Cameron up and caused concussion to him, instead it was his own teammate that copped it but it shouldn't mitigate the circumstances. If they are suggesting that May could've and should've done differently to protect his opponents safety the same theory should be applied in this play.

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    14 hours ago, rjay said:

    Unfortunately allowing players to push in the back has had these type of unintended consequences.

    It started with hands to steady and progressively led to pushing.

    Go back to umpiring the rules, hands in the back is a free kick...there is a reason the founders had this rule in the first place.

    Quoting myself here but heard Gerrard Healy say almost exactly the same thing earlier today.

    Whately was trying to say the tribunal need to stamp this out, Healy basically said it never happened until they started allowing hands in the back.

    Enforce the original rule & you have no problem.

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    14 hours ago, rjay said:

    He (Shiel) put both players in extreme danger and should get a minimum of 3 weeks, personally I think it's worth 5 to 6.

    This needs to be abolished from the game.

    Unfortunately allowing players to push in the back has had these type of unintended consequences.

    It started with hands to steady and progressively led to pushing.

    Go back to umpiring the rules, hands in the back is a free kick...there is a reason the founders had this rule in the first place.

    Couldn't agree more. The AFL keep seeing players getting injured and I hope someone sues them seriously.The Commissioners are a bunch of aloof wimps, and the parasites they appointed are Luddites.

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    MATCH REVIEW: Bombers veteran learns fate for 'unreasonab...

    The Match Review Officer's findings are in from Friday night's game between Geelong and Essendon

    "The MRO has sent Shiel straight to the Tribunal and left the length of any sanction up to them. However, the AFL has said their view is a one-match ban is appropriate."

    At least A Farcical League is being open about it's blatant corruption of the "judicial process".

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    I'm sure he will go around again but I kind of hope May announces his retirement before the last round against Collingwood. That will give the MRO something to think about

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