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Welcome to the Tigers Nathan Broad
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Agree.
That it happened the week after 2 ridiculous hits and the media uproar about not protecting the head was unlucky for Broad.
King's simply a media squib looking to generate clicks, he's not the tribunal so therefore irrelevant. Still didn't answer my question Ian4. If it was Texas dumped Broady how many would you be calling for??
Hopefully this is the new minimum. AFL needs to get to 2-3 concussions a season, not each week.
Hoping no long-term affects for Parnell.
Hoping no long-term affects for Parnell.
Of course not because they're two completely different scenarios to start with. Once the stabbing starts is when the scenarios become similar.
More chance of Eliza Gonzalez hitting me up tonight on Raya than the AFL applying anything consistently.
This is an example of why following AFL in this space is so difficult.
One week after dangerous bumps attracted lesser penalties, one of which the perpetrator was off the ground whilst delivering it , an in play incident is deemed worse.
Don’t get me wrong if the AFL deems such actions as this as worth 4 weeks then that’s fine but don’t be so inconsistent as to make a mockery of the system.
Of course the inconsistency also affects the club who watched their best midfielder at the time in 2022 get polaxed by a player off the ball and get the same penalty. They are going to feel aggrieved.
I am with the afl on the aim but is consistency really so difficult ?
One week after dangerous bumps attracted lesser penalties, one of which the perpetrator was off the ground whilst delivering it , an in play incident is deemed worse.
Don’t get me wrong if the AFL deems such actions as this as worth 4 weeks then that’s fine but don’t be so inconsistent as to make a mockery of the system.
Of course the inconsistency also affects the club who watched their best midfielder at the time in 2022 get polaxed by a player off the ball and get the same penalty. They are going to feel aggrieved.
I am with the afl on the aim but is consistency really so difficult ?
Made all the right apologies to all the right people.
Said all the right things.
It's a very dumb mistake but all will move on quickly now.
You owe us when you get back though Broady..
Said all the right things.
It's a very dumb mistake but all will move on quickly now.
You owe us when you get back though Broady..
Broad has never been a dirty player, hard at it yes but not dirty. He went over the top on this occasion for whatever reason so has copped the penalty.
Hard to say it wasn't premeditated. It only took a second but in that moment his actions in picking up, pinning and flinging Parnell to the ground were totally reckless. He is an experienced and gifted player. He has let his team mates and himself down. Hoping for 3 but can't complain given the vigour of the tackle.
He seems like a ripping bloke and this won't sit well.
Mystified again by the reaction to the Buddy hit. He has been getting away with his crap for years.
If Broady was a serial offender like Buddy Franklin, then yes there could be some doubt on whether it was premeditated.
Broady has a near impeccable playing record, and he has my confidence in it not being intentional.
Yes, but the point is that it wasn't 6 weeks, they gave Stewart who ran past the ball and elbowed a player in the face the same penalty as a sling tackle.
They gave a sling tackle twice the penalty of a player who jumped elbow first into another player's head.
There has to be at least some small resemblance of consistency from these clowns, the way they dish out penalties at the moment is just a joke. Watch someone get knocked out in maybe round 15 and see how the penalty is less than 4 weeks.
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Deserved 3 weeks.
Got 4 due to media speculation and optics.
And everyone has to cop it on the chin and move on.
Not me. I believe in fairness and consistency.
Got 4 due to media speculation and optics.
And everyone has to cop it on the chin and move on.
Not me. I believe in fairness and consistency.
According to the paper this morning he received a reduced sentence.
The media wanted more it looks like.
I have always been strong on intent being the primary trigger for harsh penalties over the end result. I don’t think what Broad did was deliberately malicious, but I think he could have slowed his own momentum and avoided concussing the player. For that I would have given him 1-2 weeks. De Goey got a week for a similar sling tackle 12 months ago.
As for Tex… are you alluding to some sort of Richmond bias on my part? Maybe. I do think we tend to cop the raw end of the stick compared to other teams, especially when our player is on the receiving end of incidents. Everyone talks about Stewart last year, but I still can’t get past Dangerfield in the 2020 GF.
I got home at 6:30 last night and the media had already reported the suspension. It seems like they just pled guilty and threw themselves at the mercy of the tribunal. We had nothing to lose, so I would have preferred the club at least try to challenge the grading. Other clubs would have. Adelaide themselves did this last week.
Sometimes we are too nice for our own good.
