Ben Long hit on Darcy

[kane249]

How many weeks?



Ran past the ball and collected him high, that will go against him

 

[Testekill]

Turned body and had a tucked arm. That's two weeks at least

 

[theyellowsash]

It will be 4 at least you reckon. You can see that he deliberately chose to bump, you can even see the moment he decides to change his mind from going the ball to the man. Went past the ball, was looking at the player, flush on the head, the player was down immediately for a long time. Would not be surprised if it was more.

 

[ossie_21]

I will implode if it’s only 1 week, but guessing 4 down to 3.



So it will be 3 down to 2

 

[romeohwho]

2 weeks.

 

[Tugga27]

3 to 4 weeks I reckon.

 

[Lenny2020]

Thoughts on the Marshall punch?


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[Yojimbo]

Not so sure on this one Darcy dropped his height Ben Long had turned his back to him, Darcy seemed to collide with the hip of
Ben Long who remained grounded and in line with the ball. A convergence incident with players approaching from multiple
angles. I heard it on radio and the commentators made it sound a lot worse than it actually looks on the clip above, that said
those loose ball ones are tough to call in that who has the right to do what in line with duty of care.

 

[theyellowsash]

Not so sure on this one Darcy dropped his height Ben Long had turned his back to him, Darcy seemed to collide with the hip of
Ben Long who remained grounded and in line with the ball. A convergence incident with players approaching from multiple
angles. I heard it on radio and the commentators made it sound a lot worse than it actually looks on the clip above, that said
those loose ball ones are tough to call in that who has the right to do what in line with duty of care.

Not sure what video you were watching

 

[Yojimbo]

Not sure what video you were watching

Post number 1 on this page and you can pause and freeze it as well.

 

[Sainters08]

Ran past the ball? He never even made it past the ball lol. Reminds me of the Cotchin bump on Shiel

Will get weeks because of the fact Darcy didn’t come back on

 

[theyellowsash]

Post number 1 on this page and you can pause and freeze it as well.

It must have directed you to the wrong link for some reason

 

[PAFC_1870]

Deep s**t by today's standard

 

[Atomboy]

He will get 5 Coaches Votes from Longmuir because the Dockers dominated from that point on.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Main cause of the damage there is appalling technique by Darcy.

This is what happens when players lead with their heads. It should’ve been a harmless bump.

That needs to be the focus if we want to stamp out head hits.

 

[theyellowsash]

Main cause of the damage there is appalling technique by Darcy.

This is what happens when players lead with their heads. It should’ve been a harmless bump.

That needs to be the focus if we want to stamp out head hits.

Not Darcy's fault long decided to try and bump instead of going the ball

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Not Darcy's fault long decided to try and bump instead of going the ball

Fault shmault. Suspend him if you want. I’m talking about minimising head contact.

Sniping was taken out of the game long ago. While it’s still a contact sport players will make contact. If we want to maintain contact, there has to be an emphasis on protecting your head and not leading with it. Otherwise it’ll just keep happening.

Instead we largely lionise it as brave, which is kinda stupid.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Very similar to naughton the other week

 

[Testekill]

Very similar to naughton the other week

Except Long wasn't chasing the ball.

 

[theyellowsash]

Fault shmault. Suspend him if you want. I’m talking about minimising head contact.

Sniping was taken out of the game long ago. While it’s still a contact sport players will make contact. If we want to maintain contact, there has to be an emphasis on protecting your head and not leading with it. Otherwise it’ll just keep happening.

Instead we largely lionise it as brave, which is kinda stupid.

darcy was trying to pick up a dribbling ball in front of him. not sure how long your arms are but most people have to bend over to touch the ground.

instead of penalising the ball player, why not penalise the bloke who ignores the ball and tried to take out a player who is? this wasnt a head clash between two players going head first for the ball, or even a guy with his head down running into a stationary player. long took a run up from the side and didnt even try to contest the ball, he was just trying to take darcy out. thats just fine if he gets him legally, but if he get him flush in the head thats entirely longs fault and nothing to do with darcy.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Except Long wasn't chasing the ball.

Approaches, then tucks in when his opponent reaches it first.

That's exactly what happened with naughton

 

[theyellowsash]

Approaches, then tucks in when his opponent reaches it first.

That's exactly what happened with naughton

nope. watch the slow motion version about halfway. long lined him up, was always bumping, and jumped into him.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

darcy was trying to pick up a dribbling ball in front of him. not sure how long your arms are but most people have to bend over to touch the ground.

instead of penalising the ball player, why not penalise the bloke who ignores the ball and tried to take out a player who is? this wasnt a head clash between two players going head first for the ball, or even a guy with his head down running into a stationary player. long took a run up from the side and didnt even try to contest the ball, he was just trying to take darcy out. thats just fine if he gets him legally, but if he get him flush in the head thats entirely longs fault and nothing to do with darcy.

I’m not penalising Darcy, I’m talking about trying to stop head contact. Cheap hits have been taken out of the game successfully. If we still want to have a contact sport, the focus now needs to shift to technique so players don’t lead with their heads.

Long’s approach was far safer. Protect the ball with your body, not your head.

In a contact sport, if you run around bent over leading with your head, it’s going to get hit. It always will.

All this “running past the ball” etc rubbish isn’t relevant. It would be if Long’s ACTION was illegal, but it wasn’t. It wasn’t far away from the ball etc. The only reason he got his head was because it was hanging out.

It will just keep happening.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

nope. watch the slow motion version about halfway. long lined him up, was always bumping, and jumped into him.

Because slow-mo is always spot on. Life is in normal speed

 

[Taylor]

Fault shmault. Suspend him if you want. I’m talking about minimising head contact.

Sniping was taken out of the game long ago. While it’s still a contact sport players will make contact. If we want to maintain contact, there has to be an emphasis on protecting your head and not leading with it. Otherwise it’ll just keep happening.

Instead we largely lionise it as brave, which is kinda stupid.

Well the game is called "football", not "bump".

To me it looked like he chose to run over the ball and put the bodywork on the player, Serong was first to the ball after too.

Chose to bump, didn't contest the ball. Would have been fine if he made an effort at the ball