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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.