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[TrialByVideo]

Well Kingee doing some of his best work for Hawkins....

"At first I thought it was a week.... but having seen it again. ... I'm going for the lesser penalty"

The expert KING of hindsight strikes again!

 

[bowden4president]

Well Kingee doing some of his best work for Hawkins....

"At first I thought it was a week.... but having seen it again. ... I'm going for the lesser penalty"

The expert KING of hindsight strikes again!

How can anyone in their right mind think that is less than a week. King hit, behind play, not expecting it, he goes down and stays down and then finally gets up looking dazed.

 

[acatman1]

How can anyone in their right mind think that is less than a week. King hit, behind play, not expecting it, he goes down and stays down and then finally gets up looking dazed.

...King hit,???? dont think so, sure a week is pretty accurate, if it was a king hit the bloke would have been knocked out at the very least

 

[Aegean Tiger]

How can anyone in their right mind think that is less than a week. King hit, behind play, not expecting it, he goes down and stays down and then finally gets up looking dazed.

It really is a strange world when tapping the arm of a player is considered "not in the spirit of the game" and yet we have a commentator suggesting a technicality that may get a player off after a round house punch to the face that landed with a certain degree of venom. Ludicrous!

 

[frickenel]

Well Kingee doing some of his best work for Hawkins....

"At first I thought it was a week.... but having seen it again. ... I'm going for the lesser penalty"

The expert KING of hindsight strikes again!

No doubt the AFL simply approaches their band of sicophants to change the narative in order to soften the public view before the inevitable reversal of the decision.

 

[lamb22]

...King hit,???? dont think so, sure a week is pretty accurate, if it was a king hit the bloke would have been knocked out at the very least

Houli got 4 for a reckless arm IN PLAY.

I think the closest examples are Gaff on Brayshaw (reckless swing BEHIND PLAY) 7 weeks and Hall on Staker ( was that 7 or 8?)

Tomahawk is lucky Schofield has a tough noggin and he didn't milk it. Joel Selwood would still be on the ground with head involuntarily jerking backwards every 19 seconds.

Anyway Tribunal's decision will be nothing to see here. Severe reprimand and Tommy be a good boy and stop whacking blokes from behind when the ball is nowhere in sight. Ooh and here's a balloon before you go and good luck against those nasty tigeeees... weeeehhh!!

 

[Jason King]

It really is a strange world when tapping the arm of a player is considered "not in the spirit of the game" and yet we have a commentator suggesting a technicality that may get a player off after a round house punch to the face that landed with a certain degree of venom. Ludicrous!

Baby Huey punched him clear as day. The damage shouldnt matter - the act of punching a bloke on field is what the AFL (should) want to stamp out of the game.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

...King hit,???? dont think so, sure a week is pretty accurate, if it was a king hit the bloke would have been knocked out at the very least

Not a king hit in the classic sense. Was Schofield expecting to be hit, though? Was he looking at Hawkins? Wasn't the cleanest punch,. otherwise he might've been KO'd.

In some important respects it fits the definition.

A lot like this infamous one, except the ball wasn't anywhere near them.

 

[lamb22]

I wonder if hitting a bloke from behind is a good look for the game.

 

[lamb22]

Baby Huey punched him clear as day. The damage shouldnt matter - the act of punching a bloke on field is what the AFL (should) want to stamp out of the game.

What about the good bloke discount? Is Lingy on this panel?. He'll set them straight.

 

[lamb22]

I'd go with the Sideshow Bob defence if I was Tommy

 

[Smoking Aces]

No way it gets overturned tonight. 1 week will stand.
Although I think Greene is a grub. I hope his appeal works. Anything to not let Collingwood an easy run to the GF.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

No way it gets overturned tonight. 1 week will stand.
Although I think Greene is a grub. I hope his appeal works. Anything to not let Collingwood an easy run to the GF.

Greene's a grub alright. Even speaks like a gangster. But they have to catch him in the act, and they didn't quite manage to do it.

 

[Baloo]

Greene is a grub but if the AFL let him off with a fine last week then they can't ban him this week.

Hawkins deserves more than a week IMHO. Cowards punch and he has form.

 

[tigerman]

You watch both will get off.

I have no faith in Christian or the AFL as a whole.

Toby shouldn’t have played last week= Brisvegas wins

He will cop a fine again.

Hawkins will get off too! Downgraded to careless and they will argue in play. Wasn’t how Hall got got off?

I think there's a good chance that they'll both get off too.

Gil is desperate for GWS to be successful, and Greene will need to play for them to have any chance against the Filth.

So to prevent a meltdown at G&GFS, Hawkins will get off too.

 

[Baloo]

I think there's a good chance that they'll both get off too.

Gil is desperate for GWS to be successful, and Greene will need to play for them to have any chance against the Filth.

So to prevent a meltdown at G&GFS, Hawkins will get off too.

While Gil wants a successful GWS, the thought of a Tigers v Pies Grand Final will have Gil weak at the knees. Massive revenue generator for the AFL.

Let the GWS Grand Final be against an interstate side or a poorly supported Vic team like Norf or Geelong

 

[Tigers of Old]

Hawkins suspension will stand, reckon Greene will get off though.
Hawkins is indefensible off the ball.
With Greene's the mistake was made last week. Stupid AFL gits set the precedent of what's acceptable.
It was no worse.

 

[AngryAnt]

Apparently Neale was treated for an injury around the eyes so that might count against young Tobes

 

[The_General]

Can we please stop calling it a "king hit"
It is a cowards punch. Schofield wasn't expecting it. It was behind play.

Hawkins should have got a couple given where the punch occurred. The fact Schofield wasn't wrapping his arms around Hawkins after the game should be enough to see it was a *smile* act.

 

[tigerman]

Apparently Neale was treated for an injury around the eyes so that might count against young Tobes

It's an interesting one.
Fagan told Whateley this morning that Neale said that contact was around the nose area.
It shouldn't matter, Greene had no right to be reaching under a pack to make contact to Neale's face.