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Bachar Houli - بشار حولي,
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Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
I'd agree on the act if there wasn't as much precedent set from other decisions.
Yarran lines up Chapman and punches him in the face - 3 matches
Hogan punched Sam Rowe off the ball - 2 weeks
Lewis in the same game fractures Cripps jaw - essentially gets 2 weeks, only upgraded to 3 because he's been a bad boy before
B1 and B2 said:
I'd agree on the act if there wasn't as much precedent set from other decisions.
Yarran lines up Chapman and punches him in the face - 3 matches
Hogan punched Sam Rowe off the ball - 2 weeks
Lewis in the same game fractures Cripps jaw - essentially gets 2 weeks, only upgraded to 3 because he's been a bad boy before
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
100%. If the Tribunal had given him 3, no appeal, it would have been 3. Total dogs breakfast. So much reactive, racist, trial by media bullcrap.
saigon tiger said:
100%. If the Tribunal had given him 3, no appeal, it would have been 3. Total dogs breakfast. So much reactive, racist, trial by media bullcrap.
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
I feel exactly the same, except I'm a tigers junkie so I can't help maintaining my enthusiasm. But I hate the AFL, corrupt, and accountable to no one.
taraba said:
I feel exactly the same, except I'm a tigers junkie so I can't help maintaining my enthusiasm. But I hate the AFL, corrupt, and accountable to no one.
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
Drag it out some more? Really? Move on.Given what he did leaving the player immobile for the rest of the game you want to appeal? I just wonder IF the guy died like the surgeon did with the ONE punch what the reaction would be around here?He needs to cop it sweet and the fans as well because this could turn out to be very much a distraction that the players do not need.tigertime2 said:
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
geez, watching 360, makes me want to chuck. These bloke are dumb as fenceposts, or just AFL yes men.
geez, watching 360, makes me want to chuck. These bloke are dumb as fenceposts, or just AFL yes men.
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
Wonder how many brown paper bags Carlton forked over to the AFL for this.
Wonder how many brown paper bags Carlton forked over to the AFL for this.
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
We all know how the gestapo run their organisation.
the bend their won rules to suit their propaganda at the whim of the lap dogs in the media.
Move on I say and go out on Saturday night and beat that mob from SA.
We all know how the gestapo run their organisation.
the bend their won rules to suit their propaganda at the whim of the lap dogs in the media.
Move on I say and go out on Saturday night and beat that mob from SA.
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
I can't agree with this on the grounds that when we're talking about "behind play" we're usually talking about a player being sniped from behind completely outside of play.
In Houli's case, he's trying to get into play, and being held from doing so, thus affecting "play". In fact, the reality is that if his opponent wasn't at full stretch trying to hold on, his head wouldn't have been as low as it was and he wouldn't have been knocked out.
I again go back to the umpire who witnessed the incident and said "it didn't look intentional" and ask "if you're watching what's going on, how could you not blow the whistle in which case none of us are even having this conversation. The 85kg of useless dead weight that Houli is expected to cart around a footy field and still get a kick, doesn't get knocked out, and Richmond still has Houli in it's team against Port, StKilda, GCS and GWS.
Interesting that the AFL can rule that Hall's hit on McGuire was "in play" when play was over 50m away, thus allowing him to line up in a GF, but in Houli's case, being held from joining play, isn't in play. Interesting that this is so abhorrent to them, that they do something that hasn't been done in 112 years, but in the case of a Swans player 50m off the ball it's "Nothing to see here, move on please"! Same team that gets to play us off a bye, Essendon off a bye and then Melbourne off 3 consecutive 6 days breaks, the last of which is off a trip to WA.
I'm guessing Essendon's record off the bye is about as good as ours.
While I'm ranting...........
How many jumper punches have been thrown in the last 12 months? How many media circuses is there.... just Cotchin's!
Media urges AFL to review Rance for diving when he's hit in the chest neck area quite forcibly by a player who's around 110kg in weight, yet all I hear from the media in Clayton Oliver's case is how even the slightest contact to the chin can shock you enough to fall over!!!!
And now the media circus over Houli, but nothing on Jordan Lewis putting more fractures in a jaw than the Libs have debating gay marriage, and that was an intentional act, aimed to do as much damage as he could get away with.
Just look at the decision last week when it apparently can't be proved as intentional when Joel Selwood drives someone's face into the ground by dropping his elbow and full body weight onto the back of Mitchell's neck! You want the potential of serious injury. then look at that for an example! Watch that incident and tell me that wasn't intended to hurt a player as much as possible, with time to consider one's actions before performing the act.
Where was the media circus last week?
The AFL has to decide whether it's running a genuine competition or some sort of theatre production or pantomime
B1 and B2 said:
I can't agree with this on the grounds that when we're talking about "behind play" we're usually talking about a player being sniped from behind completely outside of play.
In Houli's case, he's trying to get into play, and being held from doing so, thus affecting "play". In fact, the reality is that if his opponent wasn't at full stretch trying to hold on, his head wouldn't have been as low as it was and he wouldn't have been knocked out.
I again go back to the umpire who witnessed the incident and said "it didn't look intentional" and ask "if you're watching what's going on, how could you not blow the whistle in which case none of us are even having this conversation. The 85kg of useless dead weight that Houli is expected to cart around a footy field and still get a kick, doesn't get knocked out, and Richmond still has Houli in it's team against Port, StKilda, GCS and GWS.
Interesting that the AFL can rule that Hall's hit on McGuire was "in play" when play was over 50m away, thus allowing him to line up in a GF, but in Houli's case, being held from joining play, isn't in play. Interesting that this is so abhorrent to them, that they do something that hasn't been done in 112 years, but in the case of a Swans player 50m off the ball it's "Nothing to see here, move on please"! Same team that gets to play us off a bye, Essendon off a bye and then Melbourne off 3 consecutive 6 days breaks, the last of which is off a trip to WA.
I'm guessing Essendon's record off the bye is about as good as ours.
While I'm ranting...........
How many jumper punches have been thrown in the last 12 months? How many media circuses is there.... just Cotchin's!
Media urges AFL to review Rance for diving when he's hit in the chest neck area quite forcibly by a player who's around 110kg in weight, yet all I hear from the media in Clayton Oliver's case is how even the slightest contact to the chin can shock you enough to fall over!!!!
And now the media circus over Houli, but nothing on Jordan Lewis putting more fractures in a jaw than the Libs have debating gay marriage, and that was an intentional act, aimed to do as much damage as he could get away with.
Just look at the decision last week when it apparently can't be proved as intentional when Joel Selwood drives someone's face into the ground by dropping his elbow and full body weight onto the back of Mitchell's neck! You want the potential of serious injury. then look at that for an example! Watch that incident and tell me that wasn't intended to hurt a player as much as possible, with time to consider one's actions before performing the act.
Where was the media circus last week?
The AFL has to decide whether it's running a genuine competition or some sort of theatre production or pantomime
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
Which is more than can be said of his victim, who apparently 'liked' someones tweet that the initial verdict was weak as *smile*.
Harry said:
Which is more than can be said of his victim, who apparently 'liked' someones tweet that the initial verdict was weak as *smile*.
Re: Bachar "The Nice Guy" Houli
Go along to any sentencing in a criminal court and you will hear the judge mention the things he has taken into account to reach his sentence. At no time do you hear oh, it's just 4 years. This game puts itself up on a pedestal as being different from other sports such as rugby league. Well how about influence from the AFL about decisions because of a media beatup. Guess what everybody, we're no different ... it's dishonest.
Go along to any sentencing in a criminal court and you will hear the judge mention the things he has taken into account to reach his sentence. At no time do you hear oh, it's just 4 years. This game puts itself up on a pedestal as being different from other sports such as rugby league. Well how about influence from the AFL about decisions because of a media beatup. Guess what everybody, we're no different ... it's dishonest.
