Judd Uncontested

[CursoryMercenary]

Judd will miss the Pies game after he and his team decided not to contest the one week ban handed down by the match review panel.

 

[Ljp86]

Smart move, he wouldn't have had it downgraded.

 

[eaglesgurl]

Disappointing, but was probably for the best.

 

[coasting]

It was no more than a freekick IMO. Its mildly surprising we didn't contest it, I guess it was Judd's choice in the end and I guess he didn't want it to be a distraction and/or risk being unable to play against Port. The club would have backed him either way. I just think its bulldust that he is now ineligible to win the Brownlow for throwing back his arms while he is being held. It only hit him in the head because Baker is so much smaller than Judd and if it was a normal size player it would have hit him in the chest and nothing would have come from it. Oh well, if anything good has come out of this then hopefully it is that the publicity highlights the illegal tactics used by dogs like Baker who aren't even in the same universe in terms of football ability so have to resort to holding their opponent at every opportunity.

 

[shirls]

He is lucky to get a week!!
It was not fair that he was being held but he elbowed him in his face so he should be suspended unfortunatley

 

[nearlyblonde]

Don`t you reckon that the constant scragging is now over the top?

There were a couple of photos in the West this week which illustrated the whole deal perfectly. It`s just plain illegal, and the perpetrators continue to get away with murder.

Would it not be worth an official approach to the AFL, or maybe more to the point, the umpiring hierarchy, in an effort to get some semblance of sanity back into the contest?

No wonder he spat it, poor bugger.

 

[Bestbird]

Woosha was on 6PR last night

He just came out with the same answer as usual

"The umpires should be paying a free kick if it is against the rules" in regards to the scragging

In hindsight, Seeing that Judd was getting fustrated. A good move would have been to play him up forward

Then again. I suppose with all the attention Judd was getting it allowed Fletcher to run riot and end the game as a contest

 

[kangaroo19]

He is lucky to get a week!!
It was not fair that he was being held but he elbowed him in his face so he should be suspended unfortunatley

Exactly. Quite your whinging you eagles supporters. Just because he was being held it doesn't make it any better. Baker was nagging him, like a tagger like him does, and Judd should've been good enough not to retaliate. Even if he did retaliate, it could've been like bumping him around.

It was his choice to retaliate with a reportable offence, and just because he is the reigning brownlow medallist does not mean he should have got off. It's his fault he got suspended, not Bakers. He got a week, now deal with it.

 

[Altum Volantes]

He elbowed the bloke in the chops, a week (for a good record) is reasonable and obviously the club agrees.

 

[coasting]

He elbowed the bloke in the chops, a week (for a good record) is reasonable and obviously the club agrees.

Just because they accept the penalty doesn't mean they agree or disagree with it. Its rather an admission that he is unlikely to get it reduced.

 

[Altum Volantes]

because they think he's guilty of the charge?

 

[Exeter]

The club and Judd chose to cop it sweet and good on 'em.

Whether we agree with it or not is irrelevant - it's done and dusted.