Nathan Fyfe Suspended

[Bardo State]

Am I completely on my own in thinking this is not such a ridiculous decision?

You choose to bump a player, you should make sure there is no head high contact.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Actually this appears to be the precedent, because they changed the rule this year to include head clashes after Lindsay Thomas got off last year.

Don't think so. Several players went last season for that precise thing. I recall Franklin going, as well as a few others.

 

[Donakebab]

I literally don't know what the point of that rule is.

a) both players ended up injured.

b) a tackle would not have affected the kick

So are you supposed to just stand back and watch as your opponent kicks it? Tip your hat to him and say good day sir?

Fyfe didn't leave the ground... it is of a completely different character to the ones last year. Joke.

MRP will argue he could have smothered.

 

[CakeEater]

Am I completely on my own in thinking this is not such a ridiculous decision?

You choose to bump a player, you should make sure there is no head high contact.

Daaannn, by head high contact you mean head to head contact yeah?

 

[Spirit Level]

Laughable, pathetic decision, and anyone who thinks the 2 weeks is warranted should probably find a sport more suited to them.

Like netball.

Or pillow fighting

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

Such a shame.... Oh well

 

[Bardo State]

Daaannn, by head high contact you mean head to head contact yeah?

Any contact to the head

 

[mike91]

Instead of doing something effective like smothering, he took the soft, cheap option and went the bump. Now he has to pay the price, not sure why people are complaining.

Soft/cheap? Lol ok, the shinbonner spirit runs deep within you.

 

[mike91]

Fremantle's chances of a win just skyrocketed, especially if Fyfe's replacement kicks accurately

As long as you got guys like Lewis taking dives, I'm sure we're in trouble.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

LOL. Never change at being wrong, Timmy

Could have put his body on the line and attempted a smother. Instead he chose to bump and excecuted it crudely.

 

[rumply]

It may be an offence under the current rules, but that does not deserve 2 weeks.

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

I literally don't know what the point of that rule is.

a) both players ended up injured.

b) a tackle would not have affected the kick

So are you supposed to just stand back and watch as your opponent kicks it? Tip your hat to him and say good day sir?

Fyfe didn't leave the ground... it is of a completely different character to the ones last year. Joke.

You could smother, which he chose not to do. Yes it's soft and yes it was accidental, but the rule has been in place for a while.

He made the decision to bump and caused a head cut on his opposition player. Always going to go. 2 weeks seems a bit rough though

Why does he have a bad record??

 

[Bender571]

Don't think so. Several players went last season for that precise thing. I recall Franklin going, as well as a few others.

For actual head on head clashes?

 

[CakeEater]

Any contact to the head

So you are saying you would be comfortable with a hawks player getting suspended for doing the same thing, for executing a fair bump?

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

To me the clash of heads was 2ndry movement on both players behalf on the shoulder on shoulder contact . Ridiculous - I am certain there are red faces at AFL now in the cold hard light of day , there wasn't even murmurings about this !!

The person initiating the contact has to be responsible for the consequences. Thems the rules. It wasnt an accidental headclash, it was a negligent head clash.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

I literally don't know what the point of that rule is.

a) both players ended up injured.

b) a tackle would not have affected the kick

So are you supposed to just stand back and watch as your opponent kicks it? Tip your hat to him and say good day sir?

Fyfe didn't leave the ground... it is of a completely different character to the ones last year. Joke.

Smother maybe?

 

[CakeEater]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...against-essendon/story-fni5f8ge-1226862195617

This was cruder and nothing got done about it.

The inconsistencies in the MRP confounds me.

 

[Bardo State]

So you are saying you would be comfortable with a hawks player getting suspended for doing the same thing, for executing a fair bump?

It's not really a fair bump if the player who is bumped gets hit in the head

I expressed the same sentiments in the Brisbane/Geelong game day thread

 

[CakeEater]

It's not really a fair bump if the player who is bumped gets hit in the head

I expressed the same sentiments in the Brisbane/Geelong game day thread

Nice sidestep of the question I asked, would you be comfortable with a Hawks player getting two weeks for a similar clash?

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Exactly. Blatant anti-Freo/Geelong pro-Hawthorn bias.

If that was the case they would not have rubbed out Dawson.

We need him playing !!

 

[mattis117]

Late, high, crude, unneccessary and carry over points.

Ticks all the boxes.

Late? No, he still had the ball.

High? Only cause both their heads moved in the collision. Fyfe was barely moving, crouched down and kept his feet on the ground.

Unnecessary? Should he just let the guy run past and kick it uncontested? It was in an awkward position to initiate a tackle.

Crude? How? Fyfe isn't a dirty player, pretty standard contact in an AFL game I would have thought.

 

[Bardo State]

Nice sidestep of the question I asked, would you be comfortable with a Hawks player getting two weeks for a similar clash?

Yes

I wanted Lewis to recieve a reprimand for his staging

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Good. Now we might get within 8 goals

 

[wild side]

Laughable, pathetic decision, and anyone who thinks the 2 weeks is warranted should probably find a sport more suited to them.

Like netball.

Or pillow fighting

Or pillow biting!

 

[Rip255]

I'm a freo fan so I'm extra pissed off about this decision. Forget about the rulebook....we're rubbing out one of the best and most popular players in the league, ahead of a grand final rematch for what is nothing more than an accident. No-one should be happy about this.

The bump has always been part of the game and the head clash was an accidental secondary motion after a body-to-body bump. He didn't make contact with his head initially and despite a bit of blood, the impact wasn't like hitting someone directly on the head with the shoulder.

The sticklers for the rules will win out on this occasion and these people seriously need to get a life. Rubbing someone out for 2 weeks for this rubbish is against the spirit of the game and these handbag supporters and officials are the ones ruining it. High flying marks have almost disappeared, now the bump.

Sick of this bull$h|t by the AFL and the fans in this thread that are taking the AFL's side are pissweak nancies who need to accept that players get injured in an unlimited number of ways. Suspending people for accidental headclashes after an otherwise legal bump is a disgrace.