no free kick
We should have had 2 frees in that pattern of play, the high on Vlastuin and then HTB against Ablett. Ball was out of his left hand and in free air when he actually got his handball away.
no free kick
Didn’t one of them eat 2?He gets off KO'd a bloke, Sydney and Callum get 10 weeks for eating a kebab.
For me, the showpony isn't a great kick. Not even a good kick. It's reflected in his DE over the years.People forget he had 1 good game in the finals against a finished Collingwood.
As a forward he was average.
Dangerfield 1/4/0/1 total 6
Mudguts 0/4/2/1 total 7.
Us
Jack 2/0/1/2 Total 5
Lynch na/2/1/1 Total 4
Correct weight.My take. He has his arm outstretched for the ball. All fine up to there. Arm then started to drop. He saw Vlastuin coming, arm again raised with elbow out. At best, its reckless. I will give him the benefit of the doubt but reckless, high impact to the head is still a suspension. That it was let go with no case to answer is disgraceful
Yep. Was almost at the stage of hoicking a can through the t.v. when it happened n still pissed off that it did. But there's not a player bothered to remonstrate n raise a fuss so have to take it as one of those split second moments that went horribly wrong.I'm interested in how the people who see it as 'deliberate, dog act, blatant, lifted his arm etc' explain the complete lack of any remonstration from any Richmond player, despite the game being completely stopped for over 7 minutes and the incident being replayed multiple times?
Doesn't seem very Richmond man to watch one of your team mates be intentionally knocked unconscious and just stroll off into the huddle for a chat? The photo shows Nathan Broad standing next to Dangerfield right afterwards, and he certainly isn't backward in coming forward to fly the flag for his team mates.
To me the logical explanation is they all felt it was a normal footy collision with a really unfortunate outcome.
Love his game face after the siren when he realises he's lost again.Elbowfields 'Game Face' has overtaken the 'Power Stance' as the stupidest finals gimmick I've seen.
I know. It’s ridiculous.Love his game face after the siren when he realises he's lost again.
He was doing it during their previous finals wins too. Trying to prove something. Now he’s got egg all over that game face. Flog!I know. It’s ridiculous.
Look how serious I am, no really, I am really serious. Do Not Smile.
Pelican.
Guess he thought the power ranger thing worked for his old team when they lost to them in the prelim. Mustn’t have watched the GF.He was doing it during their previous finals wins too. Trying to prove something. Now he’s got egg all over that game face. Flog!
I actually come at that from the opposite position. I don't want the players getting anywhere near those situations, it's a medical emergency, no room for non-essentials.
I was impressed with the umpire barking at players to move away and not touch Simpson when he was ko'ed, only for Brian Taylor to start insisting they should be trying to remove his mouthguard.
Menagola marked itSpeaking of which, after Simpson was taken off, why wasn't there a ball up the same as when Vlossy went down.
The Cats player was playing on after the incident happened, there was no free kick or mark paid so surely there should have been a restart of the game.
But for some unknown reason the Cats player was allowed to have his kick when play resumed.
Love his game face after the siren when he realises he's lost again.
I'm interested in how the people who see it as 'deliberate, dog act, blatant, lifted his arm etc' explain the complete lack of any remonstration from any Richmond player, despite the game being completely stopped for over 7 minutes and the incident being replayed multiple times?
Doesn't seem very Richmond man to watch one of your team mates be intentionally knocked unconscious and just stroll off into the huddle for a chat? The photo shows Nathan Broad standing next to Dangerfield right afterwards, and he certainly isn't backward in coming forward to fly the flag for his team mates.
To me the logical explanation is they all felt it was a normal footy collision with a really unfortunate outcome.
Clearly... 2 arm movements:
1. To punch the ball away
2. To raise his elbow to connect with Flossy's jaw (rather than dropping it down to absorb the contact/impact)
Clearly... 1 leg movement:
1. To raise his right leg to brace for contact
Dangerfield:
"I didn't think there was much in it."
"I was trying to tap the ball away, there were three Richmond players coming towards me."
"Had it been something there would have been repercussions on the field and for everyone it is just play on, it is a contact sport."
Let, by Christian, go through to the keeper... bewildered!