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Fagan whinging about last 12 minutes saying we had longer warmup and they had nothing to play for and didn’t want injuries. That is pathetic. Goody won’t use excuses like Gawn, May and Kossie you can bet. He isn’t into that. We are on DL though.

JJ dominating. Using the ball beautifully too. Schache putting his hand up for the senior side. Seston has good hands. JVR eyeing Tom’s spot. Strong kid will get his chance.

Anyone got a torch?

Yep. Wonder if we trained with greasy footies? Clearly not. Our ball handling as bad as I can recall and that started the rot.

For the 10th time. One of his worst games.

But one trains in it all season. Of course there is a difference.

It’s a strain and he will be back. Just doesn’t look an ACL. I should know I am a Lawyer and I am watching on TV. Seriously fingers crossed it’s just a few weeks. We are really missing Kossie. Ball handling is as bad as I’ve seen. Get that right and we are in it.

Maybe if the umpires do their job it won’t hurt either. 10 frees to 2 since we got the first few in the first 5 minutes.

I haven’t given up this game.

That’s probably it actually.

Can’t understand why May flew up there. Surely it would be better for him to have stayed in Melbourne if there was doubt. Can’t see how being stuck in a plane for 5 hours return is beneficial.

I was hoping for a draw tonight, as it is painful to see Blues or Cats win.

Then why fly May up there?

Funny watching a game where you can’t stand either team winning.

Exactly.

He will play anyway.

I suppose Schache and JVR will be very interested in the outcome.

If I remember correctly he was pushed from behind which got Viney off.

We agree again, though the Lawyer in me is annoyed.

They need a tag to sell it. It’s like Uncle Bitter’s wine casks being labelled “aged” or “premium “.

It's great when there is nothing happening and we can all just relax.

And there you have it. Exactly. What makes it go from low, past medium, to high? That is all we are asking. Was the bump too hard, fast, high, amount of body on body, without warning or not enough warning, inability to avoid, what type of injury was likely, etc,etc,etc, while ignoring actual facts, like, the victim got straight up, wasn’t attended by doctors or trainers, didn’t go off, didn’t rub any area in pain, didn’t sustain any impact injury, didn’t argue with aggressor, played very well after the incident getting 27 possessions for the game, etc, etc, etc. In other words what factors led to an increased grading by 2 levels to the highest possible, given the above factors. Plainly put, explain the decision, so next time that the same gets less, we will have some idea why.

Well if that’s what the rule is, I change my view. So if I understand correctly now, it’s one guy’s opinion of what level of danger was in the action. That’s a wonderful rule, that will see a lot of consistency in decisions.

Yes it was dumb, but you don’t get weeks for being dumb, you get weeks for actual rule breaches. This is a terrible adjudication of the rules. It’s simply not high impact.

Rubbish. How can no damage be high impact? What then is concussion/broken jaw, WW3? I would challenge high impact only and take one week. TBH I am sick of us being made examples of without any argument from us. One week was fair. If he caused injury of course he deserved more, but he didn’t and no damage can’t in any way be high impact. How can you have high impact on high contact ( the head ) with absolutely no damage and not even medical attention or a test of any kind. Ridiculous. Too many on here have reacted to the opticals and yes it wasn’t a great look, but it still must be dealt with properly not just made up.