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Makes it hard to argue the sport is not turning soft when a young player with a clean record is wipped out for three weeks for a tackle.

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Richards got off.... Trenners up next.

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He is a smaller bodied player who puts his weight into the tackle to bring the player down. He has an arm free to protect himself but chooses to try and get a kick away instead.

Dangerous Tackle!? What is the game coming to when you can't bring a bloke to the ground who feels and tackle and tries to get a kick away. Not in the back, not too high, doesn't pin both arms. Its a contact sport where sometimes players accidently get hurt. Trengove does absolutely nothing wrong.

My God is AFL being serious!?!?!? When are they going to wake up and realize that the fans want their players going hard for the ball!! I understand that a lot of the big hits are a thing of the past but this was a tackle laid by a young player with clean record and they give him a suspension like that!! Can you believe that he would have actually been better off taking him out behind play like Brown?? What kind of a message are they trying to send?? MFC must challenge.

OUT: Melbourne IN: Rowville Under 12's. They have more heart.

We are a rable with no heart, no respect, no leaders and no game plan.

You speak of Scully as though he has already left. I for one am very confident that he will re-sign with Melbourne. You also mention that Watts is a poor choice however just about the entire AFL community agreed that he was either the best or second best kid in the draft that year. I know I would not change the pick for Naitanui.