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Are you seriously comparing Andrew Gaffs punch to the tap Jordan Lewis did?
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Are you seriously comparing Andrew Gaffs punch to the tap Jordan Lewis did?
and then you immediately recover if the umpire ignores your pleas, apparently
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Hes a tough campaigner, what else is he going to do? roll around? He got to the mark and smothered the kick
don't care one way or another, but Gov can count himself lucky.
Hawkins gets a week for thinking about doing this.
Right in the soft spot of your throat too.
Both were punches. My point is, unless there is a strict crackdown and 'no punches' rule, we will see the gaff incident again and again lament the AFL's inaction
Edit: to clarify, Gaff's punch was much worse, and he deserved his suspension; there's a reasonable chance it will cost him a premiership. However, there was more than a bit of bad luck involved (Brayshaw significantly lowering his body, resulting in a chest punch becoming one to the face). Subsequently, Gaff's punch drew wide-spread condemnation, and rightly so, and yet the Lewis punch was complained about as a free. What if Rioli had slipped over at the time of impact and Lewis had broken his jaw? Punches in general don't have a place in the game.
Simple solution; dont want to get suspended or give a free kick away? dont punch.
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i'm not doubting he's a tough campaigner, i'm just saying it was obvious to everyone he was laying on the mayo
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Push to the chest with incidental contact to the throat that was way oversold. Play on
Pretty lucky considering this club has issues with wayward punches doing damage, but it is the GF so play on.
Mitch is definitely not playing.
Jack Redpath got 3 weeks for virtually the same action - deserved a fine at most as Jeremy received.
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Issues? You make it sound like there been multiple Eagles suspended this year for Gaff like incidents
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Viney got pushed forcefully in the throat, which somehow caused his legs go stiff, and is body to collapse like he'd been shot. It might have hurt a bit in the moment, but his reaction was a sell job that would have made Shawn Michaels proud.
Viney quite obviously milked it for way more than it was worth, attempting to con the ump for a free kick, but it didn't work. Viney then jumped up and continued on like nothing had happened when the jig was up. #sobrave, I assume?
You can take the boys out of Albany but you can't take the Albany out of the boys.
You should think yourself lucky Viney didn’t injure himself with his flop. Your serial flopped Oliver apparently needs two shoulder ops. It can be dangerous throwing yourself backwards
Falling like a sack of s**t begging for a free kick isnt tough.
Yeah all the talk about the toughness or otherwise of Viney is irrelevant. You get someone in the right spot, it hurts.
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Lol / Viney flopped and was looking at the ump for a cheapie - can see where o’diver gets it from
Surprised christian didn’t pull out the height/weight ratio and rub him out for a month
Surprised christian didn’t pull out the height/weight ratio and rub him out for a month
Not sure if any here have copped a hit to the throat before, but Viney showed none of the tell tale signs of even light contact directly to the throat. The movies don't lie - it can be quite stunning and makes it difficult to breathe in the moments afterwards. It's also a very difficult spot to hit.
Leads me to conclude that the force in the above picture is through the palm and to the sternum, with very little if any forceful contact hitting higher. The angle of McGovern's wrist supports this.
That said, it was a very, very silly thing to do. An inch or 2 higher and McGovern would be missing a gf.
Leads me to conclude that the force in the above picture is through the palm and to the sternum, with very little if any forceful contact hitting higher. The angle of McGovern's wrist supports this.
That said, it was a very, very silly thing to do. An inch or 2 higher and McGovern would be missing a gf.
