Monbon

I was gonna say [censored]..

Dum Dums are more efficient.

Please refrain from showing lollies: I'm on a diet.

No politics, please: this is an adult discussion about Flake and Violet Crumbles: please stick to the issue!

wid salt and vinegar: a proof there's a God.

Even more very ordinary monarchies in history.

You mean law-err!

Exactly!!!!!!

Also, van R actually punched the ball away: he must have been looking at it!!!!!!!!

And Roger Dean was THE prima donna stager of all time...

That's for the 'law - errs' to work out: I posted the footage just to once again prove how corrupt and inconsistent the AFL Industry is. In essence, I don't think it's 'quite' that different': both players were attacking the ball, and, as quite often happens in contact sport, especially AFL - player from the opposite side is contesting the same ball. In other words, a bit of consistency instead of verbal Jesuitry and sophistry, not to mention the sheer inanity of making up new laws as it suits them to cover their backsides. And to have Mike Christian playing Pontius Pilate every week is yet another farcical aspect of the circus.

No we're not. We're saying that if Cripps is not guilty, then so is JVR.

By the way, another poster - obviously comes from Romsey - used the word 'egregious' yesterday, on the very same topic. Is it a Romsey Mansion Buzzword of the month? Remember when everything was 'substantive'? BY the way, what does it mean? My wife has burned all of my books, including my Dictionary...

The Cripps incident: what's the difference????

In a high contact game like AFL, you cannot ever hope to avoid contact to the head: it is basically unavoidable: that's one of the risks you take for playing the game. JvR did not deliberately make contact with whoever it was, and, to repeat, had he not tried to spoil he would have been derided by his team mates and coaches. Like I say, there is a difference between deliberate contact and accidental contact.

Always look on the bright side of life....

That face slap was a mistake: if you notice, I've also entered a 'clap'. A, being an alte kaker means my keyboard is always 159,000 steps ahead of my ability to use it, and B, I'll ask the question: What can you give a man who has everything? Answer: Penicillin. This comment is in relation to 'the clap'.

Kev: please! This is a contact sport. Every time you step out to play there is the possibility that someone will make contact with your head - many spoils from behind mean some kind of head contact. Had Van R's contact been malicious or intended, sure, you do the crime, you do the time. However, this was a clear example of accidental contact and to punish a player who accidentally makes contact is criminal. The other aspect is that spoiling someone from taking a mark is one of the fundamental aspects of AFL. What was Van R supposed to do- just allow him to mark the ball uncontested? It doesn't work that way. Sure, in closing, 'the head should be sacrosanct' but we need to distinguish between deliberate and accidental contact.

Does anyone have the footage of the Cripps incident?

10: The commentary was a bestial joke.

1: The Suns are a VERY talented team. They beat Geelong a few weeks ago. 2: That is about the most inconsistent umpiring I've ever seen. One push in the back at a marking contest paid, the next three not etc etc 3: Please, keep Petty down back. 4: The May bashing by Demonlanders is pathetic. 5: You will probably never again see Fritsch, Langdon, Chandler, Jordan and Neale Bullen play so quietly in one match again. Jacob Van R needs to hold his marks. 6: That Melbourne won this game is testament to their determination to keep at it, to not give in. 7: We forget that Van R., Mcvee, Turner, Bowey to a lesser extent, ditto Rivers, have not played all that many games. 8: I'll take a win like this any day. 9: Van Ruyen should not get cited by Christian. He tried to spoil, actually got a fist to the ball, and in the process hurt the Suns player accidentally. There was absolutely no malice or intent to injure.

And he actually DID connect with the ball...

6: Viney 5: Gawn 4: Petracca 3: Oliver 2: Rivers 1: Bowey

Not to mention his assault - alongside his other hero Don Thug - of 19 year old Brad green in that match.

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