Review Semi Final, 2022 - Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions

[Quested]

Two things that need to be commented on: (1) the pathetic efforts by Nick "Captain Crybaby" Riewoldt to criticise Lincoln McCarthy about his clash with Harrison Petty. It almost seemed like Nick was going to cry again; (2) In today's Herald-Scum, there's a graphic photo of Harrison Petty on top of Dayne Zorko with his fingers so far into Zorko's eye sockets Petty's fingertips are in danger of sticking out of Zorko's nostrils. Where are Garry Lyon, Nathan Buckley and John Ralph when you need them,

Do you have a pic of the Herald Sun image you mentioned?

 

[Quested]

Saw the closeup vision of the Berry incident. If you look closely, Oliver bites Berrys finger right before Berry scrapes him. Surely there have to be extenuating circumstances, huge brute ontop of you, with a forearm forcibly on his throat and biting him.

Funny, my friend said this but I couldn't see a clear angle to show the biting

 

[Zhesty]

Just watched the game on delay from Cairo. Had to wait a day to find decent enough internet and had to avoid social media/anything sports related like a plague so I didn't get any spoilers and far out was it worth it. What a win!

Berry, Hipwood, Hugh, Andrews, Fort and Charlie were huge. Loved how well we tackled, I've been so frustrated the last few times we've played Melbourne with how easily they've shrugged off our tackle attempts but not tonight.

To beat Melbourne in a big game and at the G of all places, pinching myself. The belief is back.

 

[PTizzle]

Funny, my friend said this but I couldn't see a clear angle to show the biting

When I saw the replay live at the time I thought Oliver was biting him but I can't see it on subsequent viewings when I look back at it. I think if he had Berry would've kicked up more of a fuss because that's a pretty horrid/unusual thing to do on a footy field.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Wing Attendance	Semi Final	Melbourne	MCG
Names		Q1​		Q2​		Q3​		Q4​	Total​	Percentage​
	Top​	Bottom​	Top​	Bottom​	Top​	Bottom​	Top​	Bottom​
Berry	2​	3​	2​	2​					9​	16.67%​
Answerth	3​	1​	1​	3​	4​	3​	1​	2​	18​	33.33%​
Ah Chee		1​	2​		1​	1​	5​	3​	13​	24.07%​
Robertson					3​	3​	3​	4​	13​	24.07%​
Coleman						1​			1​	1.85%​

This week's big props go to the guys playing defensively at the back of the square near the end of the game who made sure to get themselves on camera in the ensuing play so I could identify them.

 

[The Zork]

Oliver’s reaction was more out of frustration that he was getting his tweeds pulled down. Making it seem all the more worse.
The frustrating part is the “he had other options” - like what? trying to talk Oliver out of putting force on his neck?

 

[Nathan Barley]

Peak Cornes and King

Why Friday night has Gawn BOG “written all over it”

The Demons face the Lions in a cut-throat final.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Saucery]

Peak Cornes and King

Why Friday night has Gawn BOG “written all over it”

The Demons face the Lions in a cut-throat final.

www.sen.com.au

Yes didn't you hear? Apparently Melbourne lost to, er, um, some team!

 

[Saucery]

I know I posted this in the Preview section but it's just prophylactic I had to run it again.


Looks a bit like Fagan, don't you think?

 

[Thomasno]

I'm saving the Dees board review thread for dessert. Has anybody else had a taste yet?

Nowhere near as spicy as the Tigers board, and it just made me feel bad for them. They’d been all calling this happening because of Goodwin’s inability to change tactics/team composition.

Sounds familiar hey.

 

[nup]

Watching the replay, SENSATIONAL

 

[Thomasno]

Something about McCarthy making fun of Petty for the tears last game.

The instant I found out there’s nothing wrong with Petty’s mother at all, I immediately stopped feeling bad for him and mad at zorko.

Toughen the hell up, good lord.

 

[Lion_LegacyXL]

Peak Cornes and King

Why Friday night has Gawn BOG “written all over it”

The Demons face the Lions in a cut-throat final.

www.sen.com.au

Gotta love when their predictions age like milk

 

[haystark]

This passage of play tells you all you need to know about Friday night. Melbourne "star" lines up and chooses to bump (and thankfully misses), whilst the Lions star goes for the ball. Wanted it more.

 

[Quested]

I've posted this on the dedicated thread but this slow footage of the whole incident, not just the point from where Berry's hand is across Oliver's face, really looks as though a Oliver bites his finger right before Bez tries to force him off...

 

[Macca225]

Do you have a pic of the Herald Sun image you mentioned?

This might be the one but not quite fingers in eye, but I think Berry got charged by the MRO with "unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region"

 

[a mayes ing]

I've posted this on the dedicated thread but this slow footage of the whole incident, not just the point from where Berry's hand is across Oliver's face, really looks as though a Oliver bites his finger right before Bez tries to force him off...

Thats the video l saw of Oliver biting him. As much as l want him to get off, l can't see it likely. It looks like a raking motion over his face, and if Oliver did bite him and Berry used that as part of his defence, then the AFL's lawyer will just say that he was angry because he bit and raked over his face. I reckon Berry knew what he was doing, he was just angry and lashed out. Fingers crossed tho

 

[a mayes ing]

This might be the one but not quite fingers in eye, but I think Berry got charged by the MRO with "unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region"

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I wonder if we could fight the charge "unreasonable or unecessary"? Huge guy on top of him, choking with forearm, biting, fearing for safety for all of these regions and just trying to get him ass any way possible. Woiuld that be classified as necessary?

 

[Quested]

This might be the one but not quite fingers in eye, but I think Berry got charged by the MRO with "unreasonable or unnecessary contact to the eye region"

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Wondering if this was before or after he drove his elbow into his head too.

 

[Quested]

Thats the video l saw of Oliver biting him. As much as l want him to get off, l can't see it likely. It looks like a raking motion over his face, and if Oliver did bite him and Berry used that as part of his defence, then the AFL's lawyer will just say that he was angry because he bit and raked over his face. I reckon Berry knew what he was doing, he was just angry and lashed out. Fingers crossed tho

The thing with the raking action though, Oliver turns his head away at the same time Berry connects, so again it looks worse than if Oliver didn't move his head in the opposite direction

 

[Macca225]

I wonder if we could fight the charge "unreasonable or unecessary"? Huge guy on top of him, choking with forearm, biting, fearing for safety for all of these regions and just trying to get him ass any way possible. Woiuld that be classified as necessary?

We only need to get it from intentional to careless and it goes from a suspension to a fine

 

[M Malice]

Flew back into Brisbane early this morning. What a bloody fantastic night it was, the most excited and emotionally involved in a game I've been for a long long time, the feeling on the the final siren was sensational.

1- Fab5 is not enough, the whole team was great but the best for me were Berry(BOG), McCluggage, Fort, Hipwood, Rich, Zorko, Cameron, Neale.

2- Berry's 2nd half was at the top end of elite footy for me.

3- Fort is every bit an AFL ruckman.

4- I thought time had just about passed Richy by but he played his best game of the season when it counted, great performance.

5- The Lions supporters out barracked the Demons supporters easily, we put them to shame.

6- Bring on the Cats.

Oh and by the way > F..k Jetstar, they sent us a text 4am Friday morning cancelling our flight and offered an afternoon flight to Melbourne via Adelaide, we ended up getting a flight with Virgin leaving at 9am.... never again Jetstar.

 

[western royboy]

Without sounding too presumptuous I thought we'd win at half time.

Melbourne have coughed it up like this a few times this year. They didn't bury us when they had the chance and that was it.

But without Berry and Neale who were both supreme in the last half we couldn't have done it.

I was amazed at how Fort was able to take Gawn on and keep going . Is Oscar better ?

Gawn was a lame duck and has been for a few weeks

 

[Thomasno]

No way that was intentional. Should be a fine only,if anything.
And no fine for Oliver jamming his forearm into Berry’s throat while lying on the ground? I thought that was rough conduct. Christian is a total joke,bases his decisions on what his mates in the Melbourne media say. Should have been sacked years ago,has absolutely zero credibility.

You just know that they’re going to bring up Duty of Care of something, very easy to turn around and say well what about Oliver’s duty of care to not go for the throat, and he didn’t even get fined for that.

 

[M Malice]

The Dockers v Pies game was over early, we left 10 minutes into the final quarter, Dockers were shocking, no dare in attack whatsoever.