IMHO Cotchin should've gone and was only let off because it was a GF.I think you would find exactly the same with Cotchin & Shiel
IMHO Cotchin should've gone and was only let off because it was a GF.I think you would find exactly the same with Cotchin & Shiel
I’m a bit the same. The lack of enforcement of the rules is just giving me the *smile*. The game has not changed for the better this year IMO.Hocking got off as mooted by Arse Browne. The game has become too contrived for me, won't be attending games until further notice.
BUMPS OR MAKES FORCEFUL CONTACT TO AN OPPOSITION PLAYER FROM FRONT-ON WHEN THAT PLAYER HAS THEIR HEAD DOWN OVER THE FOOTBALL
Do these *smile* read their own *smile*?
Duncan bumped Baker in the head too. Bakes took 30 seconds to get up, so we know he was hurt.
media narrative is that Finlayson will get a fine.
even though the footage shows him running 20m and gritting his teeth and trying to detach ferrets ear from his head, with his elbow.
so he'll get a fine
what is Deliberate/high Contact/low impact worth?
cause thats unequivocally what it is.
in English, he tried to take his head off and missed
NopeI think you would find exactly the same with Cotchin & Shiel
Normally its a free as a minimum, how many times have we seen a player get hit in the legs by another getting the ball and giving away a high free. Nankervis in round 1 or 2, stood up as he was going to make high contact gets hit by the opponent and still gives a free against.Yep, that's a week I reckon. You can't crash into a bloke's head when he is picking up the ball.
But Christian suspended Fritz, it was the tribunal that over turned the suspension.Christian is clearly incompetent.
Cotchin & Selwood's bumps exactly the same, both went lower and harder, both had hands on the ball at time of impact. The correct outcome is no suspension, the only difference is that they will not still be bringing up Selwood's hit on Mansell 4 years later every time someone gets bumped in the head
My thoughts as well.
I disagree they were the same.Cotchin & Selwood's bumps exactly the same, both went lower and harder, both had hands on the ball at time of impact. The correct outcome is no suspension, the only difference is that they will not still be bringing up Selwood's hit on Mansell 4 years later every time someone gets bumped in the head
Why wasn’t it even paid a free kick. No matter what your intention you can not hit a player in the head. There are three umpires on the ground. How is it possible that n one of them saw fit to pay a free kick for high contact?Agree. The angst over conspiracies here is OTT.
In the PF of 2019 a Geelong player was moving forward with his head down to pick up the ball. Soldo came from the opposite direction but stopped as the Geelong player kept charging forward with his head down. He ran into Soldo’s leg with his head; free kick Geelong. What Cheatwood did the other night was worse than that yet no free kick. He had a duty of care to not hit Mansell in the head but ignored it.I disagree they were the same.
Cotchin comes in from the side when the ball was in dispute. Cotchin collected Shiel’s shoulder.
Selwood come from front on. He had to make contact with Mansell’s head. And he knew it.
Agree. Selwood went in the right way and was also attempting to pick up the ball. If anything Mansell endangered himself by leading with his head. May as well give up if players are going to get suspended for incidents in that circumstance.It was pretty marginal, I agree. Could have gone either way.
You are wrong about the umpires not paying a free kick when a Richmond player gets belted in the head. Remember when KMac got hit in the head and was concussed against the swans? The umpires paid a free kick then........................... to the swansApparently in the AFL the head is sacrosanct. Unless that head is on the shoulders of a Richmond player.
Forget about the MRO. Our players get belted in the head but can’t even get the umpires to pay a free kick!!
And Baker on Friday night. Duncan should be cited but I bet it's not even mentioned.Vlastuin (twice), Grimes and Mansell have all been taken high in the past nine games and not one was paid a free kick. Two of the incidents have resulted in concussions that forced players from the field or forced them to miss the next game.
What do you mean cited?And Baker on Friday night. Duncan should be cited but I bet it's not even mentioned.
There was also a lot of angst over Shiel going off and not being able to play after getting collected by DTLD as well.There's a fairly significant difference in the attention given to them because of the stakes involved though. Selwood's not in danger of missing his club's first Grand Final in 30 years.