Nothing in either of them, what an absolute joke.
Continues the trend of AFL doing their best to bend Richmond over as with general umpiring.
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Continues the trend of AFL doing their best to bend Richmond over as with general umpiring.
Does he also not realise if they lost by 2 goals but were robbed of 2 goals it’d be a draw?
This is why I really hated these charges.....
I watch virtually every game, every round, and there are numerous occasions where umpires motion to blokes and also if you hear them they'll often say ..... "C'mon, Get Up"!
For instance, when Butler was pushed after marking by Neal.... it was either 50 or staging and since he didn't get 50, he too should have been sighted using the Christian/Hocking rule.
If they go hard on everyone, soon, only complete knuckleheads will get rolled!
I watch virtually every game, every round, and there are numerous occasions where umpires motion to blokes and also if you hear them they'll often say ..... "C'mon, Get Up"!
For instance, when Butler was pushed after marking by Neal.... it was either 50 or staging and since he didn't get 50, he too should have been sighted using the Christian/Hocking rule.
If they go hard on everyone, soon, only complete knuckleheads will get rolled!
That was a joke. Neale shoved him for no reason with 2 hands into the chest. Butler, having taken the mark about 5 seconds earlier, was not expecting that, was quite reasonable that he lost his balance. The worst was Ling and then McAvamey having a go at Butler for 5 minutes and not one criticism of Neale’s undisiciplined weird action. I purposely went to the replay to watch this one after hearing about it. Should have been 50 for aure, could not believe Ling. Was a bit like them not mentioning Bellchambers but actually worse.
Obviously pleased with the outcome but more so that the club saw fit to challenge.
The players need to know the club has their backs.
Contrary to some commentary along the lines of, "the fines are so small it's not worth fighting for, best not to draw further attention to the matter," there was a principle at stake.
The outcome takes the wind from the sails of disaffected supporters, the odd stilted media-type and the game's officials with regard to player/club pile-ons.
The bigger picture here is be slow to judge and be measured in your response. P Dangerfield was very sensible in his comments yesterday and the broader AFL community would do well to pay heed.
Media harassment, knee-jerk decision-making and pumped-up over-reactions serve nobody's interests.
The players need to know the club has their backs.
Contrary to some commentary along the lines of, "the fines are so small it's not worth fighting for, best not to draw further attention to the matter," there was a principle at stake.
The outcome takes the wind from the sails of disaffected supporters, the odd stilted media-type and the game's officials with regard to player/club pile-ons.
The bigger picture here is be slow to judge and be measured in your response. P Dangerfield was very sensible in his comments yesterday and the broader AFL community would do well to pay heed.
Media harassment, knee-jerk decision-making and pumped-up over-reactions serve nobody's interests.
If Neale shoved him after the mark is completed, it is 50 whether the player who marked the ball puts some Mayo on it or not.
There is a simple solution: don't push (or hit) a player after they have completed their mark.
DS
The Big Richo might need to re-evaluate his outlandish theorising on the Vlastuin incident. I guess he would be "less certain" about it now?
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Shocking and his MRO has just demonstrated to be incompetent. How the hell Lynch went up and Grimes and Vlaustin staging was not investigated properly is a farce.
Gill the dill needs to get in his car again today find some wifi and give both a FaceTime call to let them know their time is up
Gill the dill needs to get in his car again today find some wifi and give both a FaceTime call to let them know their time is up
Shocked too at the time merveille that wasn’t a 50.
Should have been.
Butler marked it.
No need by Neale to ‘use both his hands’ to shove him in the chest AND not fall down.
Disappointed in the commentary.
I would like to see them hold their balance when you are not expecting contact and not ‘flinch’ or ‘lose your balance’.
But because it was Neale ‘a good guy’ nothing to see. Betcha if Dusty had done it, 50 and they would have called it an undisciplined act’.
Be fair.
So happy these charges were thrown out. An absolute joke all three of them of them; considering what goes on at every game and no other charges for staging get laid; or for pushing an opponent in the chest.
This was trial by media at its worst and a manifestation of the media driven agenda against Richmond. It's not all media but a substantial portion of it. The Channel 7 commentators (Darcy, Brayshaw especially) during the game were scathing of the supposed actions of both our players. The Fox commentators (Lewis, Ralph, Morris etc) after the game were just as bad. Not too mention Kane Cornes etc. Witch hunt and hatchet job in the extreme. The independent AFL tribunal has seen fit to rectify the situation and all credit to them. Those commentators should hang their heads in shame.
I'd love someone to publicly question them all about it now that our players have been cleared; just to see them squirm.
This was trial by media at its worst and a manifestation of the media driven agenda against Richmond. It's not all media but a substantial portion of it. The Channel 7 commentators (Darcy, Brayshaw especially) during the game were scathing of the supposed actions of both our players. The Fox commentators (Lewis, Ralph, Morris etc) after the game were just as bad. Not too mention Kane Cornes etc. Witch hunt and hatchet job in the extreme. The independent AFL tribunal has seen fit to rectify the situation and all credit to them. Those commentators should hang their heads in shame.
I'd love someone to publicly question them all about it now that our players have been cleared; just to see them squirm.
I got a notification from RFC on my phone well before published on the AFL site.
With the AFL cutting costs, you would think Christian's job would be looked at very closely.
They could save a lot of money by offering the job to zips on the minimum wage........he'd do a better job too
Couldnt believe Langdon didnt get off. Also couldnt believe Nat Fyfes hit on Mills wasnt even looked at.
Yep. Cant be that hard.
Christian will find himself in a slightly less cushy job on slightly less money if he doesnt lift.
#jointhedolequeuelikeeveryoneelseChristian
