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Paddy Dangerdive
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Yeah, this seems right to me... I can understand trying to protect yourself, I've raised the elbow plenty of times in similar situations but never at someone's head.
Yeah, could be the case TBR. I think its more a lack of duty of care than a deliberate dog act. What I can't abide is Danger's total lack of remorse or concern. Maybe I missed it but I didn't see him check on Tigger or go over to the cart, I guess he could have and they didn't show it.
I reckon Vlas doesn't care too much about whether Danger gets suspended or not, he's got a premiership medallion - his third. Probably unhappy he couldn't be out there to help the team more.
Agree with this. I don't think it was deliberate but in the very least it was careless; possibly even reckless. It was high contact with extremely high impact and resulted in a player concussed and missing virtually the entire game. And Danger looked like he couldn't give a *smile*. I have no issue with that per se but he had other options. He could have grabbed the ball instead of punching it. I don't think he had to raise his forearm/elbow.
I just can't fathom how that can not result in a suspension. Especially when you consider that, as someone posted earlier, how Soldo was rubbed out after instinctively raising his arm to protect himself when Hawthorn player charged at him unexpectedly out of play after a goal. Clipped him under the jaw and gets a week?? Tom Lynch pushes Hurley; who is trying to retard him illegally, in the neck and it gets sent straight to the tribunal??
Madness. SHocking and Christian are just woeful.
Towner or Caddy would have fixed him up. I saw reckless /head high / high impact. He had a choice.
Imagine for one second that the roles were reversed. Tigga would have got weeks multiplied by 2.
Rodney... no case to answer! I call BS.
Imagine for one second that the roles were reversed. Tigga would have got weeks multiplied by 2.
Rodney... no case to answer! I call BS.
I think our players were instructed before the game to be on their very best behaviour.
But I will throw this back - ok, impossible to say if it was deliberate without Dangerfield coming out and saying one way or the other.
How is this not reckless, high contact and how does this follow the previous advice from the AFL that the head is sacrosanct?
Almost identical to Cameron's one above.
DS
perhaps its 'mindfulness' by the players? maybe they're thinking if we get messed up about this it will only mess us up more and we'll get exhausted by expelling energy on something that's occurred rather than using it for future power within the game. it's what Emma Murray talks about. Control.
You can suggest whatever you like, that doesn’t make it fact.
Yeah 21 teammates saw it or the replay, do you actually expect them all to run up and remonstrate with the perpetrator minutes after, or when the medical staff or medical was on the field.? Or when play was restarted?
How do you what the coaches instructions were prematch?
”no tomorrow”. the ultimate prize was on the line. I know I’d rather them keep focussed on the job at hand rather than give a heap of penalties away or even if it ended in an all in brawl, one of our key players is injured.
Any player who inadvertently or accidentally injured an opponent and caused such an injury would have walked over to check on his well being. Well 99.9% would have if it was an accident. Except this flog.
Well researched Althom.
You took the passionate Tigers emotion away from the issue and simply cited the AFL Counsel.
Surely, the MRO is aware of the precedent set by his organisatio’s judicatory body.
The decision by MRO is contemptible.
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And the goal he did get, he was very lucky to receive that free kick.
I personally think at the very least, it should’ve been referred to the Tribunal. The mere fact that Christian didn’t even refer it to the Tribunal just reinforces that the process is broken, is a farce and is even corrupt. We have had reason this season to question Christian’s ability to make the hard calls. (Think Lynch’s “hit” on Hurley. His inability to make the call on his own was laughable).
And I know if we trusted the AFL’s processes we wouldn’t even think it possible, but I do ask the question “does dangerflop get a immunity card because he is AFLPA president?”
This is surely a reasonable question to ask given the AFLs romance with certain untouchable players. I honestly believe if it had been Parfitt, or Miers, or Atkins and not the big name player they would’ve been referred straight to the Tribunal and would’ve been suspended for 2-4 weeks. Just one of the inequities the AFL expect us to just accept.
And I know if we trusted the AFL’s processes we wouldn’t even think it possible, but I do ask the question “does dangerflop get a immunity card because he is AFLPA president?”
This is surely a reasonable question to ask given the AFLs romance with certain untouchable players. I honestly believe if it had been Parfitt, or Miers, or Atkins and not the big name player they would’ve been referred straight to the Tribunal and would’ve been suspended for 2-4 weeks. Just one of the inequities the AFL expect us to just accept.
