Redleg

Here is an interesting fact. The tribunal has run 3 hours, to decide if a bloke did the wrong thing in a split second. The player has a split second to do something and yet it takes 3 hours of evidence watching the incident from a hundred angles, multiple times and at multiple speeds and then hours of deliberation to decide that he should or shouldn’t have done what he did in a split second. This is a f’n joke. They have turned the game into a joke.

There was an obvious 10th ground. May is not running at Evans, he running to the ball and it is only when Evan’s comes from the side in the last split second, that there could be any knowledge or chance of a collision. For good measure here is another. If May was concussed and Evan’s wasn’t in this collision, would Evans be up before the Tribunal, as he would have done exactly what May is being accused of.

The quiet Jim Durnan was lethal and how could you leave out Ray Biffin and Cameron Clayton.

Add the Camporeale twins and Dean's son to come and a nice batch of F'S's for Carlton.

Yes, May was concussed and Dees wanted him to have another day to recover, before giving evidence in a stressful environment.

Sounds like he is pretty grounded boy.

Would definitely have a go at him as he adds outside run, which we need badly.

Then if I was the Coach and felt that he deserved a game now, I would say that he is getting a game, on his current form, with us knowing that he has was sick over summer, has never had a proper AFL pre season and that he is getting a taste only and that we know he will be better in the future, after an uninterrupted pre season. That should kill the fan expectation. PS: I would tell him the same privately and that we wanted him to end the season as an AFL player, who could now go on and have an AFL career.

I agree unless he is given a game with no expectation.

Finn Maginnes who suffered a lacerated kidney from a knock might be very interested in that ruling. Darcy is now a recidivist in injuring players with his knees and yet escapes punishment every time. Jack Reiwoldt, Garry Lyon and even Nathan Buckley said he should have been suspended.

Darcy Moore and Brayden Maynard not cited by ex Pies premiership MRO. Nothing to see here. Dropping the knees into a guys back just fine. Pushing a guy into the dugout just fine.

I think that fractured eye socket was caused by a Tom Hawkins elbow to the face, which of course was deemed accidental. May said he lost vision in the eye for a while. Has Moore been cited for the knees into the back of Treacy? Has Maynard been cited for pushing Murphy Reid into the dugout?

With 5 weeks to go in the season, it is concerning, that a player is still not signing, after having an Offer from the club since last year and obviously several negotiations since. Hopefully we get some good news soon.

Agree. Pearce charged at the player from a distance and while attempting to correct at the last moment, he knocked the player out and into the air, spinning around. It was a far more violent incident and outcome, but as some have said it is May, not Darcy Moore. Ed Richards raised his forearm and hit a player in the head, knocking him out, but got off because he had the footy. One thing that may help him, is that nearly all of the ex players are saying he actually did nothing wrong. He doesn't brace, turn his shoulder and is running straight at the ball. Contact is made to the top of May's shoulder, not his bicep. Evans is also not in front of him, but coming from the side and Evans also owed May a duty of care too and could have protected himself by deviating, or putting an arm up, as Barrett said on the Sunday Footy show. It will be interesting, but as I said in another post, May could need a couple of weeks off anyway, given his concussion history, so we might be talking about one extra game if he gets three, as the AFL seems to be seeking.

Ed Richards knocked out an opponent with a forearm and they called it a football act, so May has a chance. Best thing is he didn’t turn his shoulder to Evans and he was running straight at the ball and then didn’t brace or lift his arm.

No need to get nasty.

There are 5 rounds left and we play Pies in the last, so in your premise May gets 5.

Given his concussion history maybe he should miss 2 games anyway.

Sent straight to the Tribunal.

I can see the Bombers using our traded pick with their own, to target Harley Reid.

Just as an exercise, can somebody calculate the free kicks and goals from frees and 50 m penalties in the last 4 games we played against Carlton.

We will say nothing as usual. 6-7 goals from frees and 50’s. 11 to zip frees in last quarter at one stage. Blatant frees ignored to us and doubtful ones paid one way to them all night. Commentators even were bewildered several times.

I don’t know who is worse us or the umpires.

Congrats Clarry. My favourite player and the best contested ball player I have ever seen. Get back to your best and we will be congratulating you on your 300th for us and maybe a couple more flags.

GWS “reserves” leading goalkicker.