MRP / Trib. Taylor Walker

[mulz]

the club got it right in not appealing the charge, it looked highly unlikely he would get off, not worth having him out for the freo match aswell, he loves playing freo.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

I ****ing hate Adrian Anderson and what he has done to our great game.

I wouldn't piss on the bloke if he was on fire

 

[ams4crows]

This could be good cos now that walker's out we can go to any number of forwards. Before Carlton knew it was gonna be Tippett or Walker. Then again i hope we don't just go to Tippett all the time.

This could be the game Porps gets back on the mutiple goal kicking list!

 

[The Karma Bus]

any footage of the Nahas tackle? Haven't seen it yet

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/free-tex-and-kick-the-afls-ass/story-e6frecj3-1226355974205

Click on the video link (Richmond vs Sydney game) above the pic and go to about 1:30..

 

[dylan123]

Got in before I did.

Clearly the club looked at all their options before deciding to either accept the penalty or challenge it at the tribunal. Looks like the club made the right choice by accepting the penalty as it would have been a long shot at getting off or getting it reduced, and the risk of it becoming 3 matches (include a bye and it's effectively 4 matches) was not worth it.

At the end of the day Walker did wrong, and has been appropriately punished for it. Given the 90-odd points he had carrying over, 2 matches was always going to be the minimum he would have ended up with.

Some people should seriously think before posting

Just like we made the right call by sticking with Rendell? Oh wait...

I still don't believe Walker "did wrong" and a few years ago most of us would have said that it was a perfect tackle. Unless you want to pull the man down on your own back, there is no real safe way to bring a player to the ground when tackling when something as accidental as that could happen which sees you miss a couple of weeks.

Would have liked the club to at least contest the force from a medium to a low which would have made it one week as I think we would have had a pretty strong case however they didn't believe so which is a shame...

I hope Walker thinks long and hard before he attempts to tackle next time.

 

[radiojake]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/free-tex-and-kick-the-afls-ass/story-e6frecj3-1226355974205

Click on the video link (Richmond vs Sydney game) above the pic and go to about 1:30..

Thank you - but for some reason Foxsports/Herald Sun/ Adelaide Now videos never work on my computer....

ah well

 

[The Karma Bus]

Thank you - but for some reason Foxsports/Herald Sun/ Adelaide Now videos never work on my computer....

ah well

No problem.. Try another internet browser maybe..

Not directly related, but i know the afl site's videos stopped working a little while ago until people installed Silverlight i think it was..

 

[JP Sauce]

This is all Craig's fault.

He's the one that wanted Walker to tackle more.

 

[cmndstab]

He's been suspended twice in two different leagues now because of it!!

 

[cmndstab]

At least now we can be relatively confident Lynch won't start as the sub

 

[headache1]

Isn't there things called precedent? couldn't we have walked into the tribunal with the other two videos of players doing the same thing that got off this week and said if these got off we should too.

But they weren't the same. Walker's was apparently a sling tackle, whilst the others, despite being no less dangerous (or far more so in Nahas' case), were not. If NLM had performed the exact same tackle as Walker, knocked Priddis out and received no penalty, whilst Walker got two weeks off for his, then we would have suitable precedent to take to the tribunal. As it stands, the MRP "views all cases as seperate incidents" so as not to be in any way accountable for their lack of consistency and all 3 incidents from the weekend were different anyway.

What is strange, is that the head is now apparently sacrosanct, but only if it's interfered with in the specific tackle the MRP deems to be inappropriate (the sling) or a hip and shoulder. I thought spear tackles were also frowned upon, but apparently not. Had Walker or NLM executed the tackle Nahas did, Smith would probably still be in hospital.

 

[pjcrows]

An utterly ridiculous suspension, but a predictable response from the club.

What it will test is our depth. Yes, he shouldn't have been suspended, but things like this are going to happen throught any given season. All the long-term good teams have periods without their best players, and now we won't have Walker for 2 weeks. It gives Lynch, McKernan and Jenkins huge opportunities.

Heading into the finals, you rarely have your best team on the park. Relying on a 100% injury and suspension-free team is unrealistic.

 

[chicane]

An utterly ridiculous suspension, but a predictable response from the club.

What it will test is our depth. Yes, he shouldn't have been suspended, but things like this are going to happen throught any given season. All the long-term good teams have periods without their best players, and now we won't have Walker for 2 weeks. It gives Lynch, McKernan and Jenkins huge opportunities.

Heading into the finals, you rarely have your best team on the park. Relying on a 100% injury and suspension-free team is unrealistic.

Good point, i guess now all we can be thankful is it's a suspension - he's not out for the rest of the season with a knee reco..

 

[relapse]

But they weren't the same. Walker's was apparently a sling tackle, whilst the others, despite being no less dangerous (or far more so in Nahas' case), were not. If NLM had performed the exact same tackle as Walker, knocked Priddis out and received no penalty, whilst Walker got two weeks off for his, then we would have suitable precedent to take to the tribunal. As it stands, the MRP "views all cases as seperate incidents" so as not to be in any way accountable for their lack of consistency and all 3 incidents from the weekend were different anyway.

I totally agree with you, there was nothing in the NLM tackle at all and it is a totally different tackle to Tex's.

All those people wanting a precedent need to watch Lonergan's tackle on Boak back in round 2, it's an identical tackle and was also given 225 activation posts.

I hate the fact that Tex is out, but the decision is in line with other decisions made for simiilar tackles.

 

[smoovy]

Its amazing how about 4 weeks ago people wanted Walker dropped after the Hawthorn game. Now we are all worried about how to cover him.

 

[mulz]

Adelaide supporters on here have every good reason to be very frustrated with the verdict. The AFL is NOT a fair and even competition, however much you may think so. Also, something tells me you're not really a true crows supporter..[/quote]

please 1990 crow, please tell me where ive called the AFL a fair competition and why im not a true crows supporter.
dont hold back.

 

[skoobydoo]

Get on the front foot like the Essendon Bombers & NLM did yesterday. Good tactic.

No MRP concern: Bomber
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/135700/default.aspx

Yep Albie!!!!

 

[BACCS]

Get on the front foot like the Essendon Bombers & NLM did yesterday. Good tactic.

No MRP concern: Bomber
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/135700/default.aspx

Helped that NLM had a scheduled PC anyway. Also, what he said made a spec of difference to his non suspension, absolute none.

 

[PCORF]

But if there is a team in the AFL that gets harsh suspensions it is us.

2002 Andrew McLeod 2 games for pretty much nothing.
2004 Simon Goodwin 1 game for nothing.

 

[PCORF]

Good point, i guess now all we can be thankful is it's a suspension - he's not out for the rest of the season with a knee reco..

But then again he could be .... you never know what the season will bring. Look what happened to Trent Hentschel 6 seasons ago.

 

[BACCS]

They are talking about the NLM vs. Tex incidents OTC, and Sheehan can't see the difference between the two but agrees that Tex should have been suspended under current rules. Roos reckons it was the perfect tackle and didn't deserve a suspension, while Healey believes NLM went to ground with Priddis i.e. what the MRP said.

It divides everyone, and if the MRP were consistent with their decisions it would shut everyone up!

 

[BACCS]

But if there is a team in the AFL that gets harsh suspensions it is us.

2002 Andrew McLeod 2 games for pretty much nothing.
2004 Simon Goodwin 1 game for nothing.

Yeah, nah, I'm sure you could pull up similar ones from all clubs over time.

 

[brucetiki]

But if there is a team in the AFL that gets harsh suspensions it is us.

2002 Andrew McLeod 2 games for pretty much nothing.
2004 Simon Goodwin 1 game for nothing.

Quoting penalties from 10 years ago, which were dealt with under a different tribunal system - this thread hits a new low

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Are the people on the Match Review Panel and who sit on the AFL tribunal in voluntary roles? Just wondering.



Lovett-Murray's tackle... seriously?

He didn't try to trip him. He hooked both his legs around him to take his own weight off the ground. Specifically so that he could put all his weight onto Priddis and drive him into the ground.

His sole intention was to hurt and he succeeded.

Let's let him off

FFS the AFC gives me the shits sometimes.

Can just imagine Trigg's prints all over this decision.

At least we didn't make Walker tender his resignation.

So a step in the right direction

 

[SydCrow]

David Pittman still on the panel?