MRP is a flip flopping circus

[doberman]

I thought 2 weeks was fair for MJ given how I felt about it watching it live, and also how they've been cracking down this year.

No idea how SPS got 1 week though, looks a much worse action to my eye.

 

[nurries]

I thought 2 weeks was fair for MJ given how I felt about it watching it live, and also how they've been cracking down this year.

No idea how SPS got 1 week though, looks a much worse action to my eye.

Because if SPS got 2 weeks, WC would of bought in a QC and got him off. The AFL knew we would take it without lube

 

[doberman]

Because if SPS got 2 weeks, WC would of bought in a QC and got him off. The AFL knew we would take it without lube

Imagine paying a QC because you want to keep SPS in your team!

 

[gaskin]

The QC is probably on their board and does it for free.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Nah Johnson's tackle is worse than the other 2.

Probably doesn't help that his tackle has a clear camera angle and the other two are obscured by congestion.

 

[Vintage]

Deserved 2 weeks, and was worse than the other 2.

shame as he was really coming into some form.

 

[s_wd6]

Deserved 2 weeks, and was worse than the other 2.

shame as he was really coming into some form.

what part of it is worse than the other 2? genuine questions i haven't really watched the replays properly.

 

[DocT]

I've been ignoring this stuff a bit this year but is this where we are at? Like, * me, the only one of them that looks remotely like a "sling" is SPS. It's going to be impossible to tackle someone to the ground shortly.

Agreed Snuff. I thought that rotatory/accelerating force was the thing that made a 'sling' a sling and therefore particularly dangerous. MJ was committed to that tackling action before Zorko kicked and there was no rotation. I think once upon a time it would have been described as a 'dumping' action. At worst careless and medium impact to me and at most a week.

 

[nurries]

Imagine paying a QC because you want to keep SPS in your team!

They don’t have anyone else unless Robby Wiley suits up (probably still better than SPS )

 

[Vintage]

what part of it is worse than the other 2? genuine questions i haven't really watched the replays properly.

Zorko didn’t have the ball, other 2 did.
SPS one he still had an arm free
Johnson’s looked more forceful to me, and that it landed more directly on the head.

Put it this way, if Zorko did it to Johnson I want him to get at least 2.

 

[s_wd6]

Zorko didn’t have the ball, other 2 did.
SPS one he still had an arm free
Johnson’s looked more forceful to me, and that it landed more directly on the head.

Put it this way, if Zorko did it to Johnson I want him to get at least 2.

Zorko had the ball at the start of the tackle.

 

[gaskin]

Zorko didn’t have the ball, other 2 did.
SPS one he still had an arm free
Johnson’s looked more forceful to me, and that it landed more directly on the head.

Put it this way, if Zorko did it to Johnson I want him to get at least 2.

Considering Zorko was getting his shoulder checked after the tackle and not his head I would say it didn't land more directly on his head.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

So Willie Rioli

15

Willie Rioli

Age

30

Ht

175cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.6

3star

down to 1 game.

Genuinely feel the club needs to look at it's representation at the tribunal.

 

[Vintage]

So Willie Rioli down to 1 game.

Genuinely feel the club needs to look at it's representation at the tribunal.

Mate, you can’t seriously think that was worth 2 weeks?

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Mate, you can’t seriously think that was worth 2 weeks?

I think it was worth more tbh, but that's irrelevant to my point.

I don't think we would get that charge down from 2 games.

 

[King Tenz]

I think it was worth more tbh, but that's irrelevant to my point.

I don't think we would get that charge down from 2 games.

Oh definitely not. Haven't won a case in years.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

It's ridiculous when deliberate/intentional hits to an opponent's face are graded less than careless tackles and bumps

Also, I have seen so many tackles as bad as/worse than what JOM/Johnson have done that haven't even beeen looked at by the MRP - Switta copped two bad ones in the past month alone and neither were anything more than play-on

 

[Tonga Bob]

So Willie Rioli down to 1 game.

Genuinely feel the club needs to look at it's representation at the tribunal.

Apparently our guy Seamus Rafferty is well regarded in Perth legal circles, and was a former footy umpire at lower levels so seems like he's qualified. Could be wrong though (which I am often).

 

[ignoramus]

Apparently our guy Seamus Rafferty is well regarded in Perth legal circles, and was a former footy umpire at lower levels so seems like he's qualified. Could be wrong though (which I am often).

I think I've spotted the problem.

 

[Glaucus]

Looking at the hit on Fyfe that they graded as careless.
The Carlton player is watching the ball until he is about 2 steps from Fyfe, all good.

Then his eyes go straight to Fyfe for the last two steps with no decrease in speed.

Surely this makes it intentional?

 

[Grape Bear]

Looking at the hit on Fyfe that they graded as careless.
The Carlton player is watching the ball until he is about 2 steps from Fyfe, all good.

Then his eyes go straight to Fyfe for the last two steps with no decrease in speed.

Surely this makes it intentional?

Mate, it’s Carlton.

 

[Clemen]

Should we give him the Brownlow now or would that be too obvious? Judd, Cripps, Fogarty.


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[The Lobbster]

Looking at the hit on Fyfe that they graded as careless.
The Carlton player is watching the ball until he is about 2 steps from Fyfe, all good.

Then his eyes go straight to Fyfe for the last two steps with no decrease in speed.

Surely this makes it intentional?

Not under current MRO rules. Basically for it to be graded intentional, the ball can’t be nearby. For instance, as Simpkin had disposed of the ball within a few seconds, Jimmy Webster hit was also classified as careless even though it absolutely wasn’t. This could be solved by splitting careless into careless or reckless as it used to be but IMO any changes to the MRO generally don’t improve things but just changes what types of mistakes.

The MRO is not good but I also have no practical fixes for it.

 

[FreoGirl]

Looking at the hit on Fyfe that they graded as careless.
The Carlton player is watching the ball until he is about 2 steps from Fyfe, all good.

Then his eyes go straight to Fyfe for the last two steps with no decrease in speed.

Surely this makes it intentional?

We all know it was intentional, but it’s Carlton

 

[Purple Suit]

We all know it was intentional, but it’s Carlton

We should be happy he actually got a week. He’d be playing this week if it was Cripps or if they didn’t hand the game over gift wrapped.