One minute's deliberation! What a waste of time and money this whole thing has been.
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Thegibbsgamble
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Walker was punched near the kidney from behind.
Nothing said.
But when he retaliates....
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-03/not-guilty-tribunal-clears-tex-in-a-minute
AFL was in an untenable position. You can't argue it's not about the impact, but the "look" if the action was a response to exact same action which isn't penalized.
Major stuff up from Christian.
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I like the idea of one person making the decisions. Should help with consistency.
The concept breaks down though if the person is an idiot.
He couldn't maintain consistency within the one event!
Like Mao
It’s like the video replay, good in theory, but s**t when the person making the decision makes up his own rules/interpretations.
And a Victorian who can carry forward the tradition of blithely pinging interstate clubs who are remote from any otherwise local Melbourne bad media/fan reaction and will help to keep the AFL report averages up.
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I prefer having a panel of 3 people. They can split the games to review the incidents. The majority of panel then must agree on any penalties.
360 just called the original decision to fine Tex the worst for the year & a disgrace.
I have no confidence that Christian can make sound decisions as he has been inconsistent previously, favouring high profile Victorian players.
Kane McGoodwin
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They still haven't worked out that there needs to be clear conclusive evidence to overrule a decision.
If it's a close 50/50 decision, should be umpires call every time.
Southerntakeover
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See, I think this is just a bad instinctive feel for football.
Tex is a 50/50 shot from that distance. There were three things (at least) that could go wrong if Tex passes- he misses the pass, Gibbs drops the mark, Gibbs misses the set shot. I'm not convinced that the odds of us doing all three perfectly are better than the odds of walker just hitting from there.
But beyond that, its the value of the moment. Walker was feeling it, was up and about, and wanted to put the team on his back. There's something about your captain smashing a goal from 50m out that has a lifting effect on the whole team. It creates momentum.
Thegibbsgamble
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Wonderful leadership by the Texan.
Which he did moments later.
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That's the most baffling thing. Putting aside the ridiculousness of the charge, how does a punch to a player's back not get cited but the retaliation tap to a chest does?
Shuey wasn't just not cited either, it wasn't even looked at. No scrutiny at all. It happened 1 second earlier ffs!
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Robbo said it’s the dumbest decision he’s ever seen and he’s right. How can you let off the guy who punches a player in the back and then penalise the retaliator who does a similar thing? It’s absurd.
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The AFC should ask for an investigation as was a clear injustice & put a vote of no confidence in Christian.
Need to hold AFL house accountable.
Big Gazoongas
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Not sure you have grasped the AFL concept yet.
Captain of a non Victorian team you'll get charged for misconduct for a tummy tickle.
If you're the poster boy captain of a big Vic club you can cannon into someones head/concuss them....nothing to see here/every media person in Melbourne fighting in your corner........and still get to captain your team in a Grand Final......and then claim a premiership medal.
See how it works?
Big Gazoongas
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The AFL is a rudderless ship with a complete void in leadership and ethics.
Alright, time to put some numbers on this.
Let's say tex is a 50% chance to kick the goal.
On the other hand, he is a 90% chance of kicking to Gibbs without fluffing it. Gibbs is a 95% chance of marking it. He is then probably an 80% chance of kicking the goal. Multiplied together that makes it a 68% chance that Gibbs would have kicked the goal.
Should have passed it.
And common sense.
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One problem though, is that when Tex took the mark, Gibbs was behind Tex on his blind side (and moving further away) and Tex wheels onto his right foot. Maybe Tex might have heard Gibbs calling and other players perhaps could have pointed out Gibbs to Tex but Tex is at the 50m arc and sees no one ahead of him so decides to have a ping.
