Applying the Fyfe Rule

[estibador]

But to take the prize for joke of the week, Devon Smith's is utter bullshit, you can't suspend players for that.

Yeah that was ridiculous - I'd be mad if they even gave a free kick for that.

GWS would have been laughing that it was going to get thrown out on the spot, they must be feeling justifiably gobsmacked right about now.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

If possible, May's suspension is even more pathetic than Fyfe's. Didn't even touch the guy's head.
But to take the prize for joke of the week, Devon Smith's is utter bullshit, you can't suspend players for that.

wow devon smith ... worst than fyfe's by a long shot

 

[strobe00]

I thought McVeigh was pretty bl**dy lucky having his one thrown out for insufficient force. Looked like a similar amount of force to Fyfe's (which was graded medium... for f*ck's sake), but he gets nothing for it.

Similarly, does anyone think that Matt Thomas' head-bounce sling tackle on Griffin was low force? I suppose Griffen may have recovered OK, but you see how hard his head hits the turf, and you compare that with the love tap that Fyfey's head provided Rischitelli. Seems like bullsh*t to me.

 

[caterina]

wow devon smith ... worst than fyfe's by a long shot

If you look at all the incidents this week and last, the one most likely to do harm as Strobe says was Thomas and he gets a reprimand.
As esti said Smith's wasn't even worth a free kick and it had no potential to do harm, which is surely the only justification they can use to suspend Fyfe and May.
It does your head in to try and make logic of it.

 

[Clive Diablo]

To be fair I don't think Port got many concessions either. But both clubs certainly got the short end of the stick compared to rest of the new clubs.

Port had an 18 month start up period. That allowed them to convince a heap of talented 17 year ols SA players to not nominate for the draft, which they were able to select as zone selections the next season. I think Tredrea was one one the players they did that with.

 

[Rob]

If possible, May's suspension is even more pathetic than Fyfe's. Didn't even touch the guy's head.

Rubbish, as has been stated Zorko came off with a blood nose and a cut to his cheek.

Not that it should have been reported, but there was obviously contact to his head.

 

[estibador]

Rubbish, as has been stated Zorko came off with a blood nose and a cut to his cheek.

Not that it should have been reported, but there was obviously contact to his head.

Looked like he made contact with shoulder to head.

I have less of a problem with those getting reported than the head clash ones.

 

[Clive Diablo]

Rubbish, as has been stated Zorko came off with a blood nose and a cut to his cheek.

Not that it should have been reported, but there was obviously contact to his head.

And it was only low impact as Fyfes was graded medium. That to me is bizarre.

 

[Rob]

And it was only low impact as Fyfes was graded medium. That to me is bizarre.

It is given it was a much harder hit. The impact on the player was virtually identical.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Thing that bugs me is Merrett's intentional forearm/elbow to the head is only worth 1 week more than Fyfe's accidental head contact.

Seems to me they need to redo the weighting they give to intentional, reckless, negligent - doesn't seem to be enough space between them.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

Thing that bugs me is Merrett's intentional forearm/elbow to the head is only worth 1 week more than Fyfe's accidental head contact.

Seems to me they need to redo the weighting they give to intentional, reckless, negligent - doesn't seem to be enough space between them.

they wanted to clamp down on the lindsay thomas type bumps but didn't obviously think it through properly

 

[caterina]

Rubbish, as has been stated Zorko came off with a blood nose and a cut to his cheek.

Not that it should have been reported, but there was obviously contact to his head.

Not obvious from what I saw, admittedly all I saw was on the AFL website replay as I didn't see the game. His leading shoulder and chest hit Zorkos's chest and Zorko's head thumps the ground. If any part of May hit Zorko's head it was his nonleading left shoulder after the initial impact. Stupid decision, like Fyfe's his initial contact was perfect.

 

[estibador]

Not obvious from what I saw, admittedly all I saw was on the AFL website replay as I didn't see the game. His leading shoulder and chest hit Zorkos's chest and Zorko's head thumps the ground. If any part of May hit Zorko's head it was his nonleading left shoulder after the initial impact. Stupid decision, like Fyfe's his initial contact was perfect.

He hit him fairly front on I think. The original angle made it look fine but the second angle looked like a shoulder to the face.

Possibly one of those borderline ones that would have been let off if it wasn't for the blood.

 

[go_the_dockers]

I see Matera got suspended for something very similar to what he did to Fyfe last week.

Rubbish, as has been stated Zorko came off with a blood nose and a cut to his cheek.

Not that it should have been reported, but there was obviously contact to his head.

His head hit the ground after the bump, that is what would have caused the blood nose.

 

[go_the_dockers]

MRP has said do not bump a player, because if you do you will get suspended unless your name is Chris Judd, then elbow's are fine.

 

[caterina]

And May is contesting, so perhaps he doesn't think it was obvious that he hit the guy's head either

 

[estibador]

Is GWS contesting the Devon Smith one? I'd take that all the way to the appeals board on principle.

 

[yoong]

My bet is Selwood for the Browlow.

Seriously, how is anyone suppose to defend when he gets the ball now?

Can't tackle as he will do the ducking thing and get a free. Bump him and he ducks, suspension.

"Oh Mr Selwood, you got the footy? Just run right past me here..."

 

[go_the_dockers]

Two weeks for Fyfe, and two weeks for Merrett. **** this shits me.

Roughly 325 points for an elbow to the head, and you get 225 points for an accidental head clash.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-08/shuey-adams-accept-bans

BRISBANE Lions defender Daniel Merrett will miss the next two matches after entering an early guilty plea to a charge of striking Gold Coast's David Swallow.

 

[caterina]

Is GWS contesting the Devon Smith one? I'd take that all the way to the appeals board on principle.

Smith also contesting

 

[yoong]

And May is contesting, so perhaps he doesn't think it was obvious that he hit the guy's head either

Yeah, even if there is contact it is so light. If McVeigh can get off on insufficient force he may have a chance as well.

 

[strobe00]

And it was only low impact as Fyfes was graded medium. That to me is bizarre.

For f*ck' sake, how did I manage to miss that.

That is utterly f*cking ridiculous!!

 

[caterina]

May got off, so apparently the tribunal don't think it's obvious that he hit Zorko's head either. Luckily for him he didn't face the hanging jury on the Freo board.

 

[yoong]

He is smart and claim he did not hit the head. Video is not clear. Missed the criteria for high bump

 

[Outshined]

Killing the bump, but bringing back the old fashioned flying elbow.