MRP / Trib. Yeo offered a week

[sedders]

Challenge will would have been successful:

Legitimate attempt to spoil
arrived 0.2 seconds after the ball was marked, if the ball were hit it would have been called play on, so not a 'late' hit
missed the ball by less than an inch, due to Webster carrying it forward
Umpire did not reward 50 and said 'its in the contest. no second action'
No injury
blood nose can happen with the slightest impact, and so can a broken nose for that matter. nose not broken.
player came back on after being checked by medical staff
the concussion attributed to this incident in the media is incorrect
Incidental contact
the incidental contact to the nose was in part caused by Webster's turning his head to the right after marking the ball

 

[ep2018]

Challenge will be successful:

Legitimate attempt to spoil
arrived 0.2 seconds after the ball was marked, if the ball were hit it would have been called play on, so not a 'late' hit
missed the ball by less than an inch, due to Webster carrying it forward
Umpire did not reward 50 and said 'its in the contest. no second action'
No injury
blood nose can happen with the slightest impact, and so can a broken nose for that matter. nose not broken.
player came back on after being checked by medical staff
the concussion attributed to this incident in the media is incorrect
Incidental contact
the incidental contact to the nose was in part caused by Webster's turning his head to the right after marking the ball

Who wants to be the bearer of bad news?

 

[Suma Magic]

I guess they thought not worth the risk.

Oh well.

 

[mick06]

well whats the point in going sunday now if dont get to see yeo

 

[Masto]

A travesty. The MRP needs an overhaul.

 

[dajesmac]

*. Will probably tip the Cats now.

 

[Bender_]

****. Will probably tip the Cats now.

Yeah unfortunately I feel the same.

 

[Quinz]

Have we heard official confirmation?

I'm seething if they don't back the players in. This was a challenge every day of the week, scalps should be taken from the MRP.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Bullshit decision, glad I've got the Cats in my multi because now I really see us struggling inside.

 

[MWPP]

So sorry to get your hopes up . 92.9 DID state that we would challenge this morning , but in hindsight , they didn't elaborate and maybe they were just copying The West's headline (it was only speculative article) and reading into Simmo's comments last night. Disappointing but typical of our conservative club

 

[DickDunn]

Have we heard official confirmation?

I'm seething if they don't back the players in. This was a challenge every day of the week, scalps should be taken from the MRP.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Have we heard official confirmation?

I'm seething if they don't back the players in. This was a challenge every day of the week, scalps should be taken from the MRP.

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2015-05-26/eagles-accept

 

[Quinz]

* off. Weak, spineless and gives the MRP a sliver of legitimacy that they don't deserve.

 

[Falco]

What a joke of a decision. This makes me sad.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Oh for * sake. Pussy's the lot of them. Masten could teach the club to man up on this one.

 

[The Dodger]

Can't fathom how this is a reportable offence. I thought this nonsense was going to be stamped out and he gets rubbed out due to a straight arm spoil that was another coat of leather away from the ball.
As the ump said there was no second motion meaning that he didn't do the old "i can't see the ball but I am going to blindly swing my arm around in front of your face to see if I can make a connection".

 

[SpaceClef]

*

Now we will lose by even more than we already were going to due to their talls.

There will be some revision of a few threads on here after the weekend.

 

[lmach]

It actually shouldn't have even been talked about at all after the free kick. There's just no way that anyone should be suspended or even reported for this kind of incident. Tim Watson can EAD.

The fact is, Yeo has been suspended for slightly mistiming a spoil. If he went to mark it instead and hit Webster with an open hand it wouldn't have been looked at. How can you suspend a bloke for mistiming a spoil?

 

[lmach]

****

Now we will lose by even more than we already were going to due to their talls.

There will be some revision of a few threads on here after the weekend.

I reckon we'll win by 1-2 goals instead of 4-6 now.

 

[Quinz]

Johnson gets off for whacking a player in the pills- "accidental in the course of attempting to gain possession"

McVeigh gets off for whacking a player high who doesn't have the ball- "in the course of a legitimate tackling action"

Sam Mitchell, fine, "careless". Fyfe, fine.

Multiple players have been let off for deliberate, non football actions outside the course of regular play. And the guy who gets 2 weeks is the one making a play for the actual ball.

The MRP has been ok this season. This suspension though is manifestly excessive given the results of others, and given any modicum of common sense, which you'd expect a bunch of ex AFL players to have, given they've played the ******* game.

And the club doesn't want to risk two weeks so doesn't challenge? Show some stones, the players are doing it on field so why are you dogging us with this off field bullshit? The coach wanted to challenge, the decision is wrong, back him in. Not "please sir can I have another".

If we get bent over with more poor MRP decisions you can take it to the club and say that's what you get for enabling this

 

[Ochre]

We've been more than happy to challenge decisions in the past so I highly doubt this is just the club being weak.

 

[Biggie]

* this.

Where's that ******* filing cabinet.

Its getting a beat down.

******* s**t

 

[Dark Sharks]

Don't just blame the MRP, the club should have known what a joke of a charge this was and went in to bat for Elliot.

 

[Avalor]

I understand the decision, from the Eagles perspective, but a bloody terrible decision ... bending over again.
A genuine spoil ... the mrp (vic centric) is getting more pathetic, not better.
Fix it AFL!

 

[Underdog]

Whilst it's bullshit, I'd hate to potentially lose him for both the Geelong and Kangaroos game.