Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XIII

[Beerfish]

Very un-like him to drop one like that, you'd back him in 99% of times there.

I wouldn't. He hates pressure. He hates playing forward. He hates kicking for goal. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he fumbled it on purpose.

 

[sameolds33]

I wouldn't. He hates pressure. He hates playing forward. He hates kicking for goal. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he fumbled it on purpose.

In the post-match interview that's how he came across, almost relieved that he'd dropped the mark so he didn't have to kick for goal.

 

[Burzum]

So Ryan Burton is cleared for his bump on Shaun Higgins

 

[Beerfish]

lol

 

[Old Stuckup]

Sicily sent to the tribunal for apparently stomping on Atley’s leg when he was on the ground.

 

[DapperDon]

What did Sicilye do?

edite: Just saw above, What a s**t dog of a person he is

 

[Mercurial89]

Sicily referred straight to tribunal for serious misconduct. But no one knows what he did?

 

[Stopher]

I remember Bruce describing Misiti sticking a leg out and catching Cousins on the shin as 'disgraceful'. Then you see how many times Fletcher got done for tripping. Now nobody gives a * about it.

 

[DapperJong]

Burton rightly got off.

 

[Doss]

What did Sicilye do?

edite: Just saw above, What a s**t dog of a person he is

Ahem. Doge. Sicily is part of Italy afterall, it checks out.

 

[TheGrizz]

Damnit Sicily. Not only are you a hawkes thug, but now you've cost my supercoach team for the second time in 5 rounds...

 

[eth-dog]

Bloke is as overrated as they come too. Good intercept mark and good skills but useless defending one-on-one for a bloke his size.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Should have been given 4 weeks for dropping his knee into Selwood head. It was laughable that he got only one week for that, he could have easily caused a serious injury.

 

[boncer34]

Burton rightly got off.

Agreed.

It was a bloody head clash. The bump was fair.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Ahem. Doge. Sicily is part of Italy afterall, it checks out.

The resemblance is uncannye

 

[jmoo wan]

Burton rightly got off.

i noticed that too- the dirty sicko.

 

[Vander18]

Didn’t think you could dislike Thomas anymore and then he does this, has to be the most unlikebale player of the past 10 years

I’m late to this but have to respond.....he is literally the only player in the AFL who I have an issue with.

I hate the way he plays footy.

 

[Zach Package]

Agreed.

It was a bloody head clash. The bump was fair.

The point isn't that he got off, the point is that they've spent years establishing precedent that even if it's accidental, if you make completely intentional contact with someone and then iron them out you are absolutely done, then all of a sudden you're not. Wrong way of getting the right result.

The Selwood one is interesting, when I heard he got done I figured that it was for kicking his leg out and tripping Wingard

 

[Phone]

the funny thing is, it was insanely foreseeable that something like this would happen, so if michael christian was gonna completely flip the last few years of precedent on its head, maybe he should have told everyone before the season started.

 

[boncer34]

The point isn't that he got off, the point is that they've spent years establishing precedent that even if it's accidental, if you make completely intentional contact with someone and then iron them out you are absolutely done, then all of a sudden you're not. Wrong way of getting the right result.

The Selwood one is interesting, when I heard he got done I figured that it was for kicking his leg out and tripping Wingard

That point would make sense if they hadn't overhauled the system this year making it clear previous precedents didn't count. But they did so it doesn't.

This point would also make sense if he'd hit him high. He didnt. It was a headclash.

 

[Zach Package]

This point would also make sense if he'd hit him high. He didnt. It was a headclash.

Which makes it reckless high contact does it not? For the record I'm in the pro bump camp, but players shouldn't be doing it if they don't know how when and where, which Burton clearly doesn't given he had Higgins absolutely cold and could have absolutely ironed him out completely legally and got the ball as well

 

[yaco55]

Reckon if Burton was Ziebell there would have been a different verdict.

 

[Mercurial89]

Interesting that Brad Scott allows Ben Brown to have 100s of set shots a week. If the fitness staff say anything he over rules them.

Curious how many of todays forwards have that many shots.

 

[JayJ20]

Port supporters crying about SPP being found "guilty" without any real evidence. They say that the investigation hasn't finished yet and everyone is treating him as if he is already guilty. The media are apparently going on a "witch-hunt" and hanging him out to dry without knowing the full story yet.

Well I'm shocked to be sitting here.

 

[eth-dog]

Port supporters crying about SPP being found "guilty" without any real evidence. They say that the investigation hasn't finished yet and everyone is treating him as if he is already guilty.

Well I'm shocked to be sitting here.

Oh ffs. Just because Essendon went through something similar on a larger scale doesn't mean you get to be a dick about it. Grow up.