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When was the last time a person was killed on the footy field from a blow to the head?
You’re sensationalising your claim.
Dangerfield? What penalty should he have received for his hit on Vlastuin?
haha. I like them cos they seemed to just hand us the 2019 flag! I just find umpires a bit too protected, completely understand you're point of view though. Its 4 weeks minimum everytime, just think its harsh.
I think you meant to say “Danger was lucky he didn’t kill Vlaustin”…..
Season.
But it was almost worth letting him off, just to be able to enjoy the look on Clench's face as they lost the flag n then backed it up by losing this years Prelim to Smelbourne.
I'm not sure, perhaps call me an *smile* if you must. But there's just something extra speshiaaaaal about seeing the Clench, Duckwood n Tommy the Hawk trudging of the ground when they've been knocked out of another finals series.
You were talking about the possibility of killing someone from a blow to the head.
Why is this the possible in Houlis case but not Dangers?
What Bachar did was far more accidental than what Dangerfield did to Vlastuin in the GF last year. Yet you condemn Houli and condone Dangerfield.
Houli threw his arm back without looking, he didn't aim a blow at the Carlton guy. Dangerfield on the other hand DELIBERATELY cocked his forearm before the impact on Vlastuin.
I honestly can't take you seriously on this.
Houli flung his arm out BEHIND him, Danger hit Vlaustin straight on. With an elbow.
why you’d base your outcome on the response of the nearby team mates is absurd.
with an elbow that was raised just before contact I might add
Naturally I don't think my statement was ridiculous whereas your comment certainly is, I wasn't looking at either incidents from a "biased" point of view. I can tell you that quite a few of my mates (who don't support the Tigers) are of the same opinion as me on both incidents.
As for the media's reaction I won't comment on my reading of that other than to say the inconsistency of their reactions to the various footy incidents is laughable.
The players reactions can also vary widely on different incidents, I can't remeber how the Carlton reacted to Houli, but I can recall that the Richmond players were more shocked & stunned with what happened to Vlastuin leading to a delayed reaction.
You're welcome to your opinion I just don't agree with it.
Just going by your statement that a head high hit could kill. What penalty? Or if Vlastuin was (heaven forbid) killed, do you think it was still play on?
TBR is correct, the incidents cannot be compared.
In one incident the player who made the contact had full view of the player he ironed out.
In the other incident the player who made the contact could not see the player he hit.
Nope, no comparison at all, Houli would barely have known which part of the opposing player he would hit, Dangerfield knew exactly, exactly, which part of Vlastuin's body he was going to hit and he knew it would be Vlastuin's head.
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In one incident the player who made the contact had full view of the player he ironed out.
In the other incident the player who made the contact could not see the player he hit.
Nope, no comparison at all, Houli would barely have known which part of the opposing player he would hit, Dangerfield knew exactly, exactly, which part of Vlastuin's body he was going to hit and he knew it would be Vlastuin's head.
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Houli was also extremely sorry for what he did unintentionally, whereas I don’t think Danger ever has even said he was sorry.
Houli contacted Jed Lamb after the incident to enquire about his health, I can't recall hearing that Dangerfield did the same.
