What the heck? Eagle Sam Mitchell denies spitting allegation

[_Mike_]

SAM Mitchell has denied any suggestion he spat at or near Port Adelaide's Sam Gray during the third quarter of West Coast's thrilling elimination final win at Adelaide Oval.

The alleged incident occurred during the last minute of the third term of the epic clash. Mitchell gave away a free kick after falling onto Gray's back on the wing and hunched over as the Power forward was face-down on the ground near his feet.

Mitchell spat as Gray slowly got to his feet but his saliva didn't make contact with the Port player.

You can clearly see from the picture he was hunched over that the action was not directed at Gray

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-10/eagle-mitchell-denies-spitting-allegation

 

[StillAtLarge]

*Sam Gray. A 2d image made him seem closer than he probably was, the umpire was right there and didn't say anything.
I didn't particularly like Mitchell standing over him and mouthing off but I don't think he spat anywhere near him

 

[baldandbroke]

Agreed. Such a load of sh!t ... yes he spat, but he would never spit ON anyone.

 

[Chuckie357]

Couldn't getting his knees into him so was this the next best option? Probably nothing in it

 

[freo1]

Load of crap. Media just beating this up for no reason at all.

 

[Holy Rioli]

Clearly an optical illusion as a result of a 2D image. I bet he's missed him by more than a metre, is clearly not looking at Gray, so I don't know why this is even being mentioned.

 

[pantskyle]

Media response to him calling them out after the game in regards to the Shuey free kick.

 

[Xtreme]

Was there a second spitter ?

 

[smasha]

Wouln't have made headlines if it wasn't for Kane Cornes.

Thank God it wasn't a Tiger,twenty page liftout about it.

 

[Arctic fox]

Agreed. Such a load of sh!t ... yes he spat, but he would never spit ON anyone.

We are talking Mitchell here. Why didn't he turn to the right and spit away? Wouldn't put it past him tho.

 

[Hahndozer]

Was there a second spitter ?

If there wasn't, it must've been one magic loogie.

 

[Tazmania]

If you look at the video though it looks like it would have landed on Gray's head where he was lying on the ground...if Gray hadn't moved at just the right time. This shot if after Gray started getting up.

 

[randall boner]

Was there a second spitter ?

yeah behind the grassy knoll

 

[Thedeftouch]

Who are the jokers making these silly allegations against Mitchell?

 

[Das2Blue]

Clearly Sam never Spat on him....So i think 1 Week suspension to improve his Aim should be Satisfactory

 

[Aramis]

Give us a photo of a front on angle shot of Mitchell, you will find he is a lot further away from Gray than the OP photo purports.

 

[Toump Ass]

Disappointed he didn't spit on him really.

Sportmanship is for the weak.

 

[mellowyellow]

Kane Cornes is trying to build a media reputation on the back of sensationalism and head grabbing headlines The guy is a grub

 

[The_Reaper]

Who are the jokers making these silly allegations against Mitchell?

Kane Cornes

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Run repetitively, and you feel like you're going to throw up. You don't pay attention to who is or isn't around you. Slowest spit if he's aiming at an opponent.

I suppose it is Mitchell, the only guy who can knee somebody who he doesn't know is there

 

[Sherrinator]

Kane Cornes

When will that grub just disappear into irrelevance????

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

We are talking Mitchell here. Why didn't he turn to the right and spit away? Wouldn't put it past him tho.

Why would he need to, he's clearly not spitting on Gray by bending over and dribbling a slag to the ground.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Few people on the gameday thread thought he did. But it's all just conjecture

 

[Illinois Nazi]

TV pictures are well known to foreshorten images i.e. make things that are behind each other look a lot closer than they really are. That's why we all scream at the TV "COME ON TACKLE HIM MAKE AN EFFORT YOU WEAK LAZY *er TRADE HIM!!!!" before they switch to a wider angle where we realise the player is actually about 15 metres away.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Few people on the gameday thread thought he did. But it's all just conjecture

Probably the only group of people around with less credibility than Kane Cornes.