Phill Matera

[Khat]

just saw the news. 2 weeks. completely fuct in my opinion

 

[Frodo]

We've taken worse AFL biased crap than this in the past and survived. Good chance to see Sampi. Let Fido rest his shoulder. It was pretty banged up by Libba in the doggies game.

 

[jod23]

It really ****s me!!! We lose our best and most consistent forward right in a stretch when we really need him. Brisbane will now be almost impossible.

 

[carlyp]

Fear not my fellow fans...we will have Merenda back. He can be good too ya know...we will get to try out Sampi..Theres a positive to every negative!!! This whole thing totally sux but ya know what theres such a thing called Karma and Everyone at the AFL is gunna get this back tenfold

 

[Goldenblue]

I hope Sampi gets a go, I am eager to see him play.....

Bad luck to Phil, but in all the AFL and especially Eddie will be happy at this result......

 

[anchor man]

All I can say is wrong wrong wrong.Yet again the tribunal got it wrong.But as Philly said lucks a fortune guess he bought a dud ticket this time.

 

[GoEagles]

Whats what bald umpires colliding with Phil Matera every game? First it was the bloke who ran backwards into Matera space giving him a broken rib and 2 front teeth knocked out, then it was Kesey (Cuckoos Nest anyone?) and Matera colliding.

From my interpretation, Matera was just trying to cover his mark. Unfortunately the Melbourne played used Cuckoo as a screen, and as Matera tries to chase down every player, made unavoidable contact with the umpire (unavoidable because Matera wasn't looking at the umpire when collision was made - TV shows his eyes directly at the Melbourne player).

Still the decision has been made and we have to cop it. Just hope that this sets the standard for future incidents this year.

 

[Goldenblue]

Originally posted by GoEagles
Still the decision has been made and we have to cop it. Just hope that this sets the standard for future incidents this year.

AFL Tribunal = inconsistency