daisycutter

i reject the notion that sicily was careless and had other options when sicily made the tackle he was already in a non standing, somewhat unbalanced position. he had to leap at the player and tackled around the hips. at the time of the tackle he was off balance and couldn't have much control over how the tackle ended up. he was not standing and had nowhere to go except down toward the ground. he even said he tried to be under the player so he brought him down on top off him, which he largely achieved. because there was an angle between their respective directions there was always going to be a certain amount of twisting. on top of this another player went over the top of them making contact with the lions player which must have influenced the fall to some extent. now the whole sequence from tackle contact to being grounded was pretty quick maybe about 1 second. It was not prolonged and there was no double action. given sicily was off his feet and had too little time to react he couldn't change what was already in motion. if you have played the game at a decent level, you would realise it was just an unfortunate football accident that couldn't be controlled. i'd even commend sicily for being able to make the tackle in the first place when he was himself unbalanced it wasn't nasty or careless and he didn't intentionally try to hurt. accidental injuries do happen in a contact sport. to suspend him for 3 weeks is terrible and sends no meaningful message to other players

dorks to appeal. good.

and take out the filth player

went to dorks' web site. couldn't find a single article on sicily's report/suspension. strange. heard on radio, dorks still to decide re appeal. other club is appealing though.

wow! you met mr. fence? 🤣

any news on appeals to appeals board? is there a cutoff time?

out of curiosity ftb, what happened to all the standing room areas for kb. i didn't see any options for ga members to upgrade to "standing". did all those standing room areas just go unallocated. i'd much prefer standing to level 4.

i can't see what sicily did wrong he only tackled him around the waist then the other dork came over the top of them accidentally mid tackle what was sicily to do? dorks have to appeal this ... just crazy logic at play here

time marches on 64,492

i played football with john salvado in 1970. east malvern, federal league. he played full forward. think salvado kicked a ton that year or maybe the year before/after?

And, Daisycutter, I feel so sorry for John Crow Batty because you have labelled him an Anglophobe. How do you know he is not directly descended from Sassenachs? Which, in itself, is a quandary, because if he was a Sassenach then he may well be an Angle Phobe, because the Sassenachs was the Scottish term for Poms, i.e. Saxons. Therefore, if he was descended just from Angles, the other German tribe - which it delights me to say was what England was named after, ha ha, just as France was named after another German Tribe - the Franks, well, ya gotta get some pleasures in life as a German immigrant, then he wouldn't by definition be an Anglophobe. See how complicated all this can get?????😋😍😎 here ya go

if you read his post you will see he was talking about a "win at all costs" culture specifically using violence. he gratuitously introduced british colonial culture into the discussion for some strange reason. I merely pointed out many other cultures who employed win at all costs and violence at times in the past it's not that hard to understand ... even for you

i understand monbon ... sometimes your brain just doesn't function well 🤣 get better soon

"what ever it takes to win Anglocentric colonial/settler culture" puleeze ... get your hand off it what would you say to the russians, germans, romans, mongols, japanese or the ottomans?

and the afl will say 'nothing to see here'

strangely this pic was used as the last pic for the aflw team training galley on mfc site i wonder if he trained with them or it was just a pic mixup?

nah, "filth" is the best all-round and most accurate descriptor 🤣

i think the football commentariat have joined the ranks of real estate agents, used car salesmen and reality show producers. when i was young i seem to remember that the footy press was much more humble, more positive of the game and the players. now they are arrogant self-promoting rabble rousers looking to highlight negatives and criticise clubs, players and coaches whilst over-accommodating their masters at afl house. part of the problem is that there is just way too many of them fighting over the same scraps like seagulls.

not sure that the word culture is apt in a collingwood context

hate is just too mild a word ... i abhor and despise them ... and that's just for openers

gave up about 11:30 so missed the last 200 run feast. Went to bed hoping for a decent partnership. woke up and was very pleasantly surprised 😃👍

every little drop counts 64,253

maybe he's just wearing his cloak of invisibility.

no, more confused than ever seems to be most accurate

what's so interesting that you got the urge to post about it know something we don't?