When is a hit on a player not a hit ?

[The Fireman]

He got found guilty and copped the appropriate punishment. What more would you like to have happened?

what was the punishment?

 

[skipper kelly]

what was the punishment?

Whatever the rules said it was.

 

[AnnieH]

When is a hit on a player not a hit .... only when it comes from a swans player.

Obviously.

You're just jealous we get preferential treatment from the AFL. Get over it.

 

[The Fireman]

Whatever the rules said it was.

You claim it to be appropriate , this gets back to why supporters are coming down hard on the Swans.

 

[skipper kelly]

You claim it to be appropriate , this gets back to why supporters are coming down hard on the Swans.

Did you want the tribunal to go outside the rules?

 

[The Fireman]

Did you want the tribunal to go outside the rules?

of course not , but this about the interpretation of the rules and it appeared the tribunal unfairly favoured the Swan player in this case.
Other players do time for exactly what he did.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

When you are Goodes and Hall from Sydney.
We all saw them hit players and yet they are given a reprieve .
Excuse after excuse is not good enough and the AFL has to revise its rules .

The Hall incident was a disgrace. But its a few years ago now.

But Goodes was entitled to be let off. He was being held illegally and chopped briefly with the elbow to release himself.

 

[skipper kelly]

of course not , but this about the interpretation of the rules and it appeared the tribunal unfairly favoured the Swan player in this case.
Other players do time for exactly what he did.

Throughout time we have had decisions which people agree with and dont agree with. Sydney did their best to get their captain on the park Grand Final day. If the system is wrong then challenge the system. If Sydney have better defence counsel then thats their good work.

 

[Sainters08]

Fraser Gehrig to exactly what Hall did to Maguire, smacked Jason Cloke in the stomach and got 2 weeks for it.

Tribunal is a joke. they make Different rules with Different players and teams.

 

[The Fireman]

Throughout time we have had decisions which people agree with and dont agree with. Sydney did their best to get their captain on the park Grand Final day. If the system is wrong then challenge the system. If Sydney have better defence counsel then thats their good work.

People are challenging the system because they don't believe it's just good work , as you put it, that get some players off.
this incident highlights that.

 

[lazy]

People are challenging the system because they don't believe it's just good work , as you put it, that get some players off.
this incident highlights that.

So are you saying that the tribunal is deliberately letting off Sydney players and persecuting Saints players? i just want to be clear on what you are saying

 

[Sir Robert]

Baker got done for 7 for doing everyone a favour.
and no proof.

Agreed. The wizard has had it coming for a long time. Can play tho.

 

[The Fireman]

So are you saying that the tribunal is deliberately letting off Sydney players and persecuting Saints players? i just want to be clear on what you are saying

I'm saying the tribunal made a terrible err of judgment in this case which appeared to favour a Swans player, this is why supporters are coming down hard on tribunal decisions regarding your side.

 

[skipper kelly]

People are challenging the system because they don't believe it's just good work , as you put it, that get some players off.
this incident highlights that.

If you believe Sydney are favoured at the tribunal then thats your opinion. I hope they are.

Happens in courts/tribunals every day of the week. People are at the hands of their defence counsel. Why should the AFL tribunal be any different?

 

[skipper kelly]

I'm saying the tribunal made a terrible err of judgment in this case which appeared to favour a Swans player, this is why supporters are coming down hard on tribunal decisions regarding your side.

What error did they make?

 

[Mervyn Beasley]

Does anyone think Campbell brown would have got off for doing what Goodes did?
Personally I dont think there was much in it, but I know darn well Brown would have got at least 2.

 

[lazy]

I'm saying the tribunal made a terrible err of judgment in this case which appeared to favour a Swans player, this is why supporters are coming down hard on tribunal decisions regarding your side.

Error of judgement.. Ok fair enough... but some of your fellow supporters are claiming systematic cheating by the tribunal. I thought you may be in this same boat.

 

[The Fireman]

If you believe Sydney are favoured at the tribunal then thats your opinion. I hope they are.

Happens in courts/tribunals every day of the week. People are at the hands of their defence counsel. Why should the AFL tribunal be any different?

I think you will find most believe this but not me in particular, the Hall incident was a disgrace.

 

[The Fireman]

Error of judgement.. Ok fair enough... but some of your fellow supporters are claiming systematic cheating by the tribunal. I thought you may be in this same boat.

That is not one of your strengths.

 

[The Fireman]

What error did they make?

you jest?

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Funny how everyone says our game is turning soft, yet when someone shows a bit of aggresion/mongrel everyone complains about it. Maybe the game is only evolving this way based on supporters outcrys... Unless its something like Ben Johnson got 6 weeks for last year IMO it should be left alone, let the players sort the men out from the boys.

 

[MarkT]

So are you saying that the tribunal is deliberately letting off Sydney players and persecuting Saints players? i just want to be clear on what you are saying

Forget Sydney v Saints. I have NO DOUBT the tribunal makes decisions bearing in mind AFL pressure and bearing in mind public reaction. If that isn’t true then there is some mystical unexplainable force making some decisions inexplicable. The Hall decisions for example was an invention of definition and rule. Whether that is a Sydney issue, an AFL issue or a case of the tribunal not wanting a player to miss for a relatively harmless hit I don’t know but it sure as hell wasn’t application of any legitimate “rule of law”.

 

[EatBig Australia]

Other players do time for exactly what he did.

Who?

 

[Pessimistic]

Yet Paul "Mr Spin" Roos would have you believe the AFL is out to 'get' sydney and him.

Its all a scam really - swans consistenly get the highest frees against but it should be three times as many considering the crap they play - they bet on the umps not penalisng them as much as they should because if they did it would look bad and Paul would ring his media mates up and throw a hissy fit

 

[The Fireman]

Who?

Gherig for one