Dusty pointed, remonstrated and argued with the ump, started to walk away then came back and pushed the ump. You can dress it up however you like he deserves a week for being a knob.
Dusty's brain fade
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Sttew
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You have to think that if ever there was an issue that could not be more black and white, contact with the umpire is THE issue. The whole idea was to protect the umpire. For a guy earning $1M a year a $1500 fine is lunch money and says "Yes you can touch the umpire"
& show the whole footage. Ask him about the initial free too
Umpire clearly believed game was at the Shanty Town stadium down the hwy & Danger needed a free fir simply being Danger.
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Hot take from that poster.
I reckon It wasn't even Dusty who did it. It's his twin, while the real Dusty is still in New Zealand with his old man.
Tough t***ies. He got a fine. Get over it.
I thought there was a rule that forbid quoting posters from other boards.....
Or go after him with chopsticks
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Idiots punished a lesserlight, setting a precedent they weren't prepared to follow if a star player did the same. Carlton should ask for an explanation.
Will Whately call it a disgrace tonight and suggest the AFL have to appeal it? Why did Christian send others straight to the tribunal but has suddenly been able to come up with his own punishment since then? He knows that Gleeson would win a week off, that's why.
Corrupt system.
Will Whately call it a disgrace tonight and suggest the AFL have to appeal it? Why did Christian send others straight to the tribunal but has suddenly been able to come up with his own punishment since then? He knows that Gleeson would win a week off, that's why.
Corrupt system.
The precedent was May. Touching the umpire in the process of demonstrating what the action was. May got a fine. Move on.
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The demonstration wasn't the issue with May, it was that he didn't mean to make contact. Careless vs Intentional.
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Quoting directly from the board so that you can see the poster and follow the link back to that board.
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Interesting that when Christian asked the umpire about the incident, he said it was amicable discussion. If the umpire concerned doesn't have a problem with it, why should the media then???
May was less than a foot from the umpire. He knew exactly where he was.
How is that different? Is it protecting the poster? Gee, I wished I knew that and I've been here for over 10 years!
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I agree. He had his head down while demonstrating that his opponent lead with the head. Dusty wasn't exactly demonstrating by putting a forearm in the air and accidentally applying it to the umpire's back.
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Not so much the poster, but trolling on team boards. Started out because the Bay were quoting directly and others were following the link back to the board to troll.
I know that because I've been here 18 years.
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It's only a game
Brownlow, bookies.......any more?
You don't even know the reasons for the decision you are trying to use as a precedent... Derp.
And this is where sensible people draw the line.
It is a professional sport played by grown ups. The rules in junior footy are very different and so you cannot translate what happens here to what happens there.
I do know they are the two most comparable incidents though....Derp
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SO you haven't watched Christian on foxsports then? That's exactly what he is saying. May is the precedent.
Well that's an absolute red flag for the AFL to appeal straight away. Easy done.
