Past #10: Ben Cunnington - will retire from the AFL after * game - 238 games/95+ goals/2x Syd Barker Medalist/Shinboner - thanks for everything Cunners

[Snake_Baker]

Inside sources tell me Ben doesn't like men who wear their caps backwards.

It's no mistake you never see him in a photo with the "sockless" posse.

There'd be uppercuts for all concerned.

 

[jess_1804]

Terrifying.

 

[kangaspurs]

Any chance he plays in the VFL praccy for a half or three quarters this week to get some game time before round 1, or is he experienced enough now to mean that it would be an unnecessary risk?

 

[Snake_Baker]

 

[shintemaster]

Any chance he plays in the VFL praccy for a half or three quarters this week to get some game time before round 1, or is he experienced enough now to mean that it would be an unnecessary risk?

I wouldn't bother unless he needs it fitness wise. He's a champion and will do what he does from the get go IMO.

 

[SMaturin]

Would vote for pm.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Grogg]

“I feel good and the two-week break has actually freshened me up a fair bit, so I will be ready to go in Perth against Fremantle.

Fresh off a spell?

b.o.g comin' up

 

[The Warlord]

Hope he rips Fyfe's arm off at the elbow.

 

[shintemaster]

Hope he rips Fyfe's arm off at the elbow.

His good arm - make sure he knows who is boss.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

Our most important midfielder gut punches Nathan Wilson behind play when we're down by 80 points, with three minutes to go and in the first game after the AFL announce they're going to crack down on all striking.

So not only was he part of the most insipid performance I've ever seen from a North Melbourne side, he's most likely condemned us to another loss next week after the MRP gives him a suspension for that cowardly, unnecessary cheap shot.

Bravo, Cunners.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Looked like a player that had played no pre-season games.

It’s not surprising that our un-fittest player played bad in round 1 off the back of limited training for the last 4 weeks.

 

[Harris 10]

that punch in the last 2 minutes was one of the dumbest acts we’ve seen from a North player in a long time.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Acts like this dont just happen.....there's frustration and then there's a much higher level of frustration. Theyre cracks you cant just paint over.

 

[tazaa]

Up there with one of the dumbest acts I can recall in a long time.
Boomer missed the beginning of 2013 but that was in a final and rightly so.
This is in red time in round 1 against s**t opposition

s**t form Cunners

 

[Snake_Baker]

He's the only bloke with any mongrel on the entire list.

The rest of them are "sanitised"

 

[sketcher]

Stupid, selfish act. Deserves a week for stupidity and it’s not the first time he’s done it. But surely can’t go if Liam Jones got off the other night? Intentional, body contact and low impact?
Would have suggested both should have been classified “medium” impact so they both get a week and stamp this crap out, but that would be far too logical for the AFL.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

He's the only bloke with any mongrel on the entire list.

The rest of them are "sanitised"

Standard drivel from you. I'm sure that mongrel will come in handy from the stands next week.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Standard drivel from you. I'm sure that mongrel will come in handy from the stands next week.

People who think like you are the reason this club has become a joke.

You're a Melbourne supporter who got lost on the way to the footy when you were a kid.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

People who think like you are the reason this club has become a joke.

You're a Melbourne supporter who got lost on the way to the footy when you were a kid.

I know this is difficult to understand for someone whose beliefs are stuck in the 1950s, but you can't actually punch blokes behind the play anymore.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I know this is difficult to understand for someone whose beliefs are stuck in the 1950s, but you can't actually punch blokes behind the play anymore.

Get back in your sanitized bubble.

 

[Twinkletoes]

As wrong as it was, and it was definitely an extraordinarily dumb thing to do no matter how frustrated he was, I couldn’t believe how the recipient went down like he’d been shot in the gonads with a sawn off shotgun. See you in a couple of weeks Cunners.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

Get back in your sanitized bubble.

Just reality mate. Free to join the rest of us here anytime.

 

[Billy Not Really]

Big brain fade, but whoever he hit was a ******* soft utensil who fell down for what looked like a pretty standard affair hit.

This is what the game is now I suppose, dramatically acting like a bunch of soccer players.

 

[muttley45]

He's the only bloke with any mongrel on the entire list.

The rest of them are "sanitised"

I would add Garner and Anderson, and thats about it