Play Nice Was that Gaffs last game for WC?

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There still hasn't been an Eagles fan who has addressed why Gaff sprints off after "accidentally" clobbering a bloke in the head. He didn't give two ****s about it and went on with his business.

All the water works on the bench would be more due to the realization that he is missing the entire finals series.
I'll give it a go.

West coast scored a goal. Every team does multiple interchanges after a goal, particularly of hard running midfielders. Nothing to see move along.
 

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Why would I be denying it's an assault? Very happy for it to be dealt with by the police if that's the way it goes.

Just calling out hypocrisy from TP who is doing his level best to whip up the hysterics and is happy to venture into the media on this in a manner that is all at odds with letting natural justice run its course.

This is the man who said serial murderer Catherine Birnie should not be kept in prison to satisfy society's thirst for revenge and argued the decision should be based on facts, not political pandering.

Can't have it both ways, but this QC whom makes his living defending criminals, apparently thinks you can.
Was it TP on SEN? I have no idea.
 

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There still hasn't been an Eagles fan who has addressed why Gaff sprints off after "accidentally" clobbering a bloke in the head. He didn't give two ****s about it and went on with his business.

All the water works on the bench would be more due to the realization that he is missing the entire finals series.
Probably didn’t realise he had a glass jaw.
 

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I'll give it a go.

West coast scored a goal. Every team does multiple interchanges after a goal, particularly of hard running midfielders. Nothing to see move along.
So you're saying that Gaff's first instinct after hitting a bloke in the head hard enough to break their jaw and displace 4 teeth is to run off to the interchange rather than check on the bloke he has accidentally knocked to the ground?
 

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To be honest I don't mind jonson get a week like May . If everybody know about his hit on GAff , everybody should know about GAff on Brayshaw .
Your forgetting Gaff’s was off the ball, massive difference when at the game with no replays.
Easily can go unseen when people are looking in the direction of the ball.
 

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IMO, it will be more like 6 to 8 weeks, AFL will make an example of Gaff this type of behaviour can't be tolerated.
My guess is we'll successfully argue down from 'intentional' to 'careless' as I honestly believe he was going for a shoulder/chest whack as opposed to a head hit and they will also factor in Gaff's non existent record. I'm thinking 6 weeks so he wont play finals this year. 5 weeks a small chance also. Could be a chance for a grand final however without Gaff I doubt we'd make it past a prelim.
 

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Flog. If you don’t know where to look in the footage you’d miss it, try attending a game for once in your life and you’ll see how difficult it can be without replays etc.
Maybe stick to playing the ball, not the man.

If you missed it at the game fair enough. But don’t speak for others who interact and are aware of what’s happening at the game through their phones and on the radio.

Not to mention just plain old common sense.
 

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Maybe stick to playing the ball, not the man.

If you missed it at the game fair enough. But don’t speak for others who interact and are aware of what’s happening at the game through their phones and on the radio.

Not to mention just plain old common sense.
Common sense would suggest eagles fans who cheered Gaff figured he’d bravely come back after being sniped for no reason by Johnson. Common sense would suggest they never saw the Gaff Brayshaw incident so their cheers were innocent and not the cheers of pigs.
 

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Common sense would suggest eagles fans who cheered Gaff figured he’d bravely come back after being sniped for no reason by Johnson. Common sense would suggest they never saw the Gaff Brayshaw incident so their cheers were innocent and not the cheers of pigs.
If GAff not caught on camera , are you saying Brayshaw punch himself because common sense nobody saw GAff hit Brayshaw .
 

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Yes. Presumably gaff isn’t blind
Occam's Razor, what makes more sense? A 170 something gamer with no history of violence, no MRP citations, purposely whacks a player in the face. Or, he was going for a torso/shoulder hit as he has done before and accidently got Brayshaw in the face as he was bending his knees to turn?
 

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Occam's Razor, what makes more sense? A 170 something gamer with no history of violence, no MRP citations, purposely whacks a player in the face. Or, he was going for a torso/shoulder hit as he has done before and accidently got Brayshaw in the face as he was bending his knees to turn?
Then notices hes clocked the kid and RUNS AWAY. You can't leave out that bit.
 

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There are going to be some epic melts on here when he gets 5-6 weeks.
Why?
6 is about right.

Similar type of incident to Bugg and Hall. Off the ball sniping king hit.

Deserves 6.

The AFL wanting to make a statement might push it higher which would be unfortunate for him and West Coast.
 

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Occam's Razor, what makes more sense? A 170 something gamer with no history of violence, no MRP citations, purposely whacks a player in the face. Or, he was going for a torso/shoulder hit as he has done before and accidently got Brayshaw in the face as he was bending his knees to turn?
Maybe he tried to punch someone and got them on the face and hence has to live with the consequences?
 

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If GAff not caught on camera , are you saying Brayshaw punch himself because common sense nobody saw GAff hit Brayshaw .
I’m talking about people accusing west coast supporters of cheering Gaff after the incident when he kicked the goal as if nothing had happened. That’s just it, at that time most never knew he’d hit Brayshaw until after the game. If we had known what he’d done I’m sure we wouldn’t have cheered like we did.
 
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