The Report/MRP Thread

[FreeTK]

Elbows seem to be OK according to the mro though

Did you not hear that Hawkins is out from Geelong for an elbow last night?

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

Elbows seem to be OK according to the mro though

Well Hawkins just got a week but I suppose he doesn't get brownlow loading

 

[RookiePick]

The prosecution has failed to prove high contact even occured, let alone that it was a closed fist with potential to cause injury. Footage doesnt back them either. Its embarrassing to the AFL

So to avoid embarrassment they will uphold the charge...

 

[Numero Uno]

did we argue palm/open hand ?

 

[HoneyBadger35]

The prosecution has failed to prove high contact even occured, let alone that it was a closed fist with potential to cause injury. Footage doesnt back them either. Its embarrassing to the AFL

And yet it’ll be upheld no doubt. The whole process is ****ed, it’s rarely a reflection on the quality of defence.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

 

[Goldfish]

The point of the elbow is way more dangerous than an open palm .

I honestly feel both should be a fine at worst . This is the afl recouping money

In that case I think they keep the $10k regardless so he should get off .

 

[FreeTK]

And yet it’ll be upheld no doubt. The whole process is f’ed, it’s rarely a reflection on the quality of defence.

Which is why the direction from the club needs to be "don't do anything that could result in any contact with the head, whatsoever".

 

[bombard]

The prosecution has failed to prove high contact even occured, let alone that it was a closed fist with potential to cause injury. Footage doesnt back them either. Its embarrassing to the AFL to argue for suspension because player x flinched

If nothing else, we know the AFL has no sense of embarrassment. That's like telling a starving dog that they look unbecoming as they eat their first meal in weeks.

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

In that case I think they keep the $10k regardless so he should get off .

Didn't the AFL ask us to bail them out during covid ? Pay back

 

[EaglesVille]

Yeo could probably use a week's rest anyway . Watching him line up at the first bounce on the weekend , the bruises all over his legs were quite prominent... He is a battering ram...
Dude should have horns

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Which is why the direction from the club needs to be "don't do anything that could result in any contact with the head, whatsoever".

Then it’s impossible to play football. There are so many moments in a football match, within the rules, that can result in incidental high contact.

The incorrect application of the rules is the issue here, this is not a “god West Coast are so ill disciplined” issue. For every Yeo and McGovern there are literally hundreds of incidents that don’t even get a fine. It’s a crap shoot.

If we become the only midfield that doesn’t push back when people push at stoppages we’d get crucified on the scoreboard. We can’t base our entire existence on avoiding a system that nearly all in the football community agree is purely random.

 

[Ok Boomer]

Yeo could probably use a week's rest anyway . Watching him line up at the first bounce on the weekend , the bruises all over his legs were quite prominent... He is a battering ram...
Dude should have horns

We have a bye not far away.

 

[BlueandGoldforever]

Ten minutes later....not looking good.

 

[woosha24]

Yeo could probably use a week's rest anyway . Watching him line up at the first bounce on the weekend , the bruises all over his legs were quite prominent... He is a battering ram...
Dude should have horns

Too late to change his nickname to Grond?

 

[Goldfish]

Ten minutes later....not looking good.

The longer the better imo. Quick turnaround is always against.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

We have a bye not far away.

It’s not a real bye. It’s missing a round of midweek football that everybody else is playing. We play Saturday then Sunday, with a ‘bye’ on Wednesday.

 

[Smeg Head]

And yet it’ll be upheld no doubt. The whole process is f’ed, it’s rarely a reflection on the quality of defence.

If that was the case it would warrant taking further this time.

 

[Karim Abdul Yeo]

I just want Yeo in for Geelong game for TK protection. Geelong boys will try to go after him. I want the Yeo the truck available

 

[Matera92]

Staggers me that the clownshoe prosecution is allowed to literally guess that contact to the head has been made, but the alleged victim of said contact isn't even questioned.

How is it possible to mount any sort of defence when such a gross imbalance of power is put in place to favour the prosecutor. Absolute joke of a system.

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

We should have just got waleed instead of grace

 

[ZergMinion]

It’s not a real bye. It’s missing a round of midweek football that everybody else is playing. We play Saturday then Sunday, with a ‘bye’ on Wednesday.

I actually didn't realize that

 

[FreeTK]

Then it’s impossible to play football. There are so many moments in a football match, within the rules, that can result in incidental high contact.

The incorrect application of the rules is the issue here, this is not a “god West Coast are so ill disciplined” issue. For every Yeo and McGovern there are literally hundreds of incidents that don’t even get a fine. It’s a crap shoot.

If we become the only midfield that doesn’t push back when people push at stoppages we’d get crucified on the scoreboard. We can’t base our entire existence on avoiding a system that nearly all in the football community agree is purely random.

So the way to avoid that is don't make contact with the head.

Don't try and tell me that Yep and McGovern weren't completely avoidable.

 

[Dazzler9]

Give it a rest mate

So the way to avoid that is don't make contact with the head.

Don't try and tell me that Yep and McGovern weren't completely avoidable.

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[Yamumluvsbigcox]

So the way to avoid that is don't make contact with the head.

Don't try and tell me that Yep and McGovern weren't completely avoidable.

McGovern got what he deserved. Can't just jab someone