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Potential training breach?

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The usual self righteous guff you'd expect from Reverend Whateley.....hit em' hard dock em' 4 points...
He's been a massive disappointment since starting at SEN. Instead of making them more legitimate, they've turned him into a tabloid flog.
 
Bob Murphy is right. It's a wet lettuce punishment.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if the information about other clubs training in more than pairs, whether accidental or just overlooked, was true.
I actually think that for once the punishment actually fits the crime

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He's been a massive disappointment since starting at SEN. Instead of making them more legitimate, they've turned him into a tabloid flog.
Why did he have such a good reputation in the first place? I don't understand why people like him. Is it pity likes for being ugly? I mean he was a good player and all but that doesn't explain all the love he was getting. He wasn't the first guy to do a knee.
 
Why did he have such a good reputation in the first place? I don't understand why people like him. Is it pity likes for being ugly? I mean he was a good player and all but that doesn't explain all the love he was getting. He wasn't the first guy to do a knee.
Gerard Whatley ??
 
Why did he have such a good reputation in the first place? I don't understand why people like him. Is it pity likes for being ugly? I mean he was a good player and all but that doesn't explain all the love he was getting. He wasn't the first guy to do a knee.

Aren't you forgetting the Western Bulldogs premiership win was the greatest in AFL history and Murphy was the most unlucky player in AFL history as a result?
 
I actually think that for once the punishment actually fits the crime

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I tend to agree, although it’d be a first for the AFL...

I’m more inclined to believe that we’ve come back at them with proof that other clubs have breached too and the AFL dont want to open that can of worms...
 
AFL360 hilarious viewing.

David King and Gerard are salty
I honestly believe the AFL has unearthed other clubs that haven't played strictly to the rules and want that kept from the media and public otherwise we would likely have been hit harder. I reckon our club might have used that as a defence somehow.
 

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I tend to agree, although it’d be a first for the AFL...

I’m more inclined to believe that we’ve come back at them with proof that other clubs have breached too and the AFL dont want to open that can of worms...
Beat me to the punch while I was typing the same..
 
Honestly, one game suspended for each player is too light. Not sure what I'd say is appropriate, perhaps a handful of games actual suspension served, or fine the players. Six week ban for Hart feels about right s the guy in charge out there.

Surely there have been other clubs guilty of the same or similar, which has weighed into the decision - Were we just dumb/unlucky enough to get caught and reported to a Melbourne journalist when others were doing the same? The AFL certainly likes to just sweep things under the rug, given the opportunity...

Either that or given our recent history the AFL figured we would stuff up again in the not so distant future anyway, and they could give us a proper whack then.
 

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Honestly, one game suspended for each player is too light. Not sure what I'd say is appropriate, perhaps a handful of games actual suspension served, or fine the players. Six week ban for Hart feels about right s the guy in charge out there.

Surely there have been other clubs guilty of the same or similar, which has weighed into the decision - Were we just dumb/unlucky enough to get caught and reported to a Melbourne journalist when others were doing the same? The AFL certainly likes to just sweep things under the rug, given the opportunity...

Either that or given our recent history the AFL figured we would stuff up again in the not so distant future anyway, and they could give us a proper whack then.
 
Bob Murphy is right. It's a wet lettuce punishment.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if the information about other clubs training in more than pairs, whether accidental or just overlooked, was true.
That's because it's has always been a minor breach of the AFL's "fairness" training COVID-19 policy, none of these players (except Doedee who is returning from a serious ACL and Murphy) were in the best 22 so what benefit did the club "gain"? What Murphy is pissed off is the stupid AFL tried to be seen as community leader during the COVID-19 pandemic and set a stupid expectation that they will make an "example" of the Crows so everyone expected a harsh penalty, well, they didn't even break any COVID-19 rule in SA and the players that supposedly got an "advantage" from the training haven't cemented in the best 22 (Doedee is coming back from a serious ACL and Murphy).
 
So what was our penalty? Can't bring myself to look it up and read the Victorian outage if it was soft or read it in general if it was harsh?

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That's because it's has always been a minor breach of the AFL's "fairness" training COVID-19 policy, none of these players (except Doedee who is returning from a serious ACL and Murphy) were in the best 22 so what benefit did the club "gain"? What Murphy is pissed off is the stupid AFL tried to be seen as community leader during the COVID-19 pandemic and set a stupid expectation that they will make an "example" of the Crows so everyone expected a harsh penalty, well, they didn't even break any COVID-19 rule in SA and the players that supposedly got an "advantage" from the training haven't cemented in the best 22 (Doedee is coming back from a serious ACL and Murphy).
There's 4 or 5 best 22 members, let's be honest.
 
You'd have to think the AFL have found evidence or been given evidence of other clubs.

For an organisation who were furious, they sure have gone into their shells.
Well, if that's the case and it's a Victoria or NSW club, then they broke the community COVID-19 rule. We didn't.
 

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