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Would be interesting to hear Razor Ray's take on the 50m penalty against Harley and the free kicks he doesn't get. He should also look at Essendon's first 3 goals coming from 50m penalties. The 50m rule is crap, for minor infringements they should go back to 15m. The flogs at fox footy won't raise anything that is seen as pro West Coast.
That's been the season so far
Plus the out of bounds insufficient and 3 holding the ball decisions we didnt get that i noted by half time .Its evident the feel good crowd influence of affirmation was strong and was worth a few goals
Doesn't commit
Yeah this could backfire on the campaigners and I really hope it does.
The VFL world doesn't care about us.
I meant that he's "very unsure of himself" in the air for a 196cm fella.
I'm talking the proper footy fans. They know this sort of stuff.
The AFL only listens to the clickbait worms, sadly.
Part 2: Then the AFL come out with this absolute shit:
Harley's antics once again in the spotlight after Tigers clash
Harley Reid once again put on a scintillating display on the field, while providing plenty to discuss off itwww.afl.com.au
I didn't see the incident with the fan but it sounds even from the article like he was just pointing out someone being abusive etc. Really though their entire basis for the "Harleys antics once again in the spotlight" is the Ralphsmith 50m penalty. "Mired in controversy" the article says.
Mentions in the sub-heading that he put in a scintillating display on the field, then doesn't at any point in the article mention anything positive he does and instead picks apart this 50m penalty wording it like it cost us the game.
Sheezel gets the "Sheezy Ball" comment from Kane Cornes and because everyone (rightly) hates Cornes, North + everyone else in the AFL/media piles to Sheezel's defence and you wind up with Kane doing some lame backpedaling in his 'First Up' this week.
Everyone coming in in that situation with "he's a young player and you're going in too hard"
Would much rather "Sheezy Ball" than the Harley headlines week after week, from the conglomerate Victorian media blob (this article by Phoebe McWilliams for instance) who are far more powerful and harder to call out as a collective than Cornes by himself. Interestingly Cornes himself is always pretty positive about Harley in general.
I get that Harley doesn't help himself sometimes but honestly, a game like today showed the best of him, thought he played on the edge and had his regular scraps which showed he cared but didn't overstep the line or get bogged down in it all like he's done earlier this season. Yet the media narrative has characterised him almost irreversibly for opposition fans of the 17 other clubs, who rightfully don't actually watch many of our games.
If he does go back to Victoria they'll turn the narrative around immediately to "he's evolved in maturity, he's come a long way, he's learned to harness his aggression" and "he's now looked after better than he was at West Coast" when 100% it will just be that the negative spotlight is off him + he'll be 22-23 instead of 19-20.
Will not blame him in the slightest if he does leave. I probably would it I was him, don't think I'd handle this all very well. But jeez I hope he stays and sticks it up everyone's ass. Keeps being a ratbag on the field while he wins a premiership with us. **** this narrative they're trying to create.
