Preview Rd24 Geelong vs Richmond Sat Aug 23 2025 415 pm @ MCG

[allrighty]

Cannot understand why we’d not contest this

Distraction and give Neale a rest

 

[allrighty]

I know this won't happen..
But I wouldnt mind resting Stanley and play Edwards for 1 game..

Or have Edwards on the bench, play a bit give Rhys a rest for a bit

 

[thegerman]

because he chose to bump.

he wasn’t even looking at the player he clashed with.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Disappointing to lose Neale for this. He’s in cracking form.

 

[Generalissimo]

Disappointing to lose Neale for this. He’s in cracking form.

I still think we should have gone to the tribunal, won, and then rested Neale anyway. Let that grub Michael Christian sit and seethe.

 

[Munich]

How much does it cost in legals to take on a tribunal case? I usually see clubs hire KC's.

 

[cats_09]

How much does it cost in legals to take on a tribunal case? I usually see clubs hire KC's.

Taking it to the tribunal & losing is a $10k hit to the soft cap

Plus costs for those things you've mentioned

 

[CatRiot]

Where has this season gone? Last round wtf

 

[Vdubs]

Bumping the shoulder isn't allowed anymore??!

Not when it hits a head

 

[Commando]

Not when it hits a head

Was there a medical report because footage wasn't conclusive

 

[Commando]

Where has this season gone? Last round wtf

Remember the cyclone that disrupted opening round? Feels like a month ago!

 

[Catman]

Not when it hits a head

How do you know he got him in the head? The vision isn't conclusive.

 

[Cataholic]

Not when it hits a head

Which it didn't.

 

[catsfootyfan89]

The vision isn't conclusive.

Which it didn't.

Which one (or two?) of you is wrong? If the vision isn't conclusive, we can't say it definitely didn't hit his head.

 

[you pick one]

Which it didn't.

And if it did which on the evidence so far it didn't then let us see it.

 

[Cataholic]

Which one (or two?) of you is wrong? If the vision isn't conclusive, we can't say it definitely didn't hit his head.

Innocent until proven guilty.

It can't be said until there's clear evidence of contact to the head, which there isn't imo, so the charge remains unproven.

 

[cats_09]

Does the MRO use the same camera tech as the Arc?

 

[iameviljez]

Cannot understand why we’d not contest this

I think if it were to rule him out of a game against a more important opponent, without risking an extra week, we probably would.

 

[catsfootyfan89]

I think if it were to rule him out of a game against a more important opponent, without risking an extra week, we probably would.

There's no risk of an extra week under the current system - or at least that's my understanding?

 

[catempire]

The most disappointing thing about the Neale suspension is this will now be accepted as precedent on similar incidents when no one I know thinks this should be a suspension.

 

[goyoucatters]

I agree to... because just in case ( touch wood it doesn't happen) if Stanley is injured 1st final, we need someone to come in and that could be Edwards

Edwards is not playing finals unless we lose at least another three talls from the current best 23.

If Rhys is out for some reason, Blitz is shouldering most of the ruck duties. If Blitz misses as well, it'll be Scratch into the ruck and Ollie in up forward. And if Neale blows up as well, it would be SDK in the middle and Kolo in down back.

There is just no way in the world that Edwards comes in for a final off the interrupted season he has had. Would be utter madness and guaranteed to be completely unproductive. And I say all that from the viewpoint of being an Edwards believer.

Put it this way, if the #11 is playing seniors in September, I think we'll have been hit that hard by the injury stick that our chances of competing would be basically zero.

 

[iameviljez]

There's no risk of an extra week under the current system - or at least that's my understanding?

That may well be true. I'm no expert on this

 

[you pick one]

I think if it were to rule him out of a game against a more important opponent, without risking an extra week, we probably would.

3 weeks without footy for a bloke who is in the best form of his career I wonder if that was considered I don't see it being ideal going into a finals game.

 

[Cataholic]

The most disappointing thing about the Neale suspension is this will now be accepted as precedent on similar incidents when no one I know thinks this should be a suspension.

Yep, unless they backtrack like they did with the Hawkins jumper punch, which they won't because of their paranoia about physical contact.

 

[Jumping Jack]

Edwards to play on Saturday.