Zac Merrett tackle

[Elmer_Judd]

Yeah, good one. Open your eyes mate.

Superstar is someone who is comfortably a top 10 player in the comp. Merrett is nowhere near that, somewhere in the top 30-50 range

 

[Pleasedonot]

Superstar is someone who is comfortably a top 10 player in the comp. Merrett is nowhere near that, somewhere in the top 30-50 range

Get your hand off it - he's consistently been one of the best mids in the league for years, he's just criminally underrated and played in a dogshit team. You're showing your bias.

 

[citizen-erased]

Superstar is someone who is comfortably a top 10 player in the comp. Merrett is nowhere near that, somewhere in the top 30-50 range

There are more than 10 players referred to superstars in the comp

Im happy for the line to be drawn at 10 though. Its an overused term for a lot of players

 

[Elmer_Judd]

There are more than 10 players referred to superstars in the comp

Im happy for the line to be drawn at 10 though. Its an overused term for a lot of players

Yeah it does get thrown around a lot

Think Charlie Curnow is now one, but Harry McKay (for instance) is certainly not.

 

[Ari]

Was always screwed when charged there was nothing they could appeal on. I get why you did (important game and essential player), but it was always high Contact and medium impact. Low has to be a LOT lower force and you have to be very unlucky to be charged with low

“The potential for injury made it medium impact.” That’s not how impact works. This is what frustrates me.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

“The potential for injury made it medium impact.” That’s not how impact works. This is what frustrates me.

They have used it all year don’t know what so hard about it. We as fans have to get used to it. You can’t make head contact whether it be a tackle or a bump.

 

[QuietB]

Gil is clearly pissed at the failure of AFLX and is throwing it one last lifeline before he departs

Only feasible explanation

 

[Micksy]

Superstar is someone who is comfortably a top 10 player in the comp. Merrett is nowhere near that, somewhere in the top 30-50W range

We can rule this out for being a James Brayshaw alt account.

 

[Micksy]

Where were all these Essendon fans in the first 4 rounds?
Would have loved your input on what constitutes a dangerous tackle back then.

 

[citizen-erased]

They have used it all year don’t know what so hard about it. We as fans have to get used to it. You can’t make head contact whether it be a tackle or a bump.

But you can with a knee in a marking contest, or a fist in a spoiling contest, or your forearm in an Impeding the kick action, etc etc. without a suspension.

 

[ferball]

“The potential for injury made it medium impact.” That’s not how impact works. This is what frustrates me.

They are insane. As in unable to make sense of reality.

Even saying "The potential for injury made it more serious and worthy of suspension" is less borked than deciding that intensity of impact - something that is a measurable figure in the real world - isn't dependent on the impact itself but on the whims of the AFL.

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

Ban tackling from the game , it's too dangerous, somebody please think of the children

 

[ferball]

Ban tackling from the game , it's too dangerous, somebody please think of the children

May as well ban the game.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Definitely gone too far when guys like Merrett are getting rubbed out.

But that's where we're at, with concussion lawsuits rolling in by the day, the game will only get softer.

 

[Dan]

This is a cherry picking expedition to appease people that have nothing to do with our game because the word 'concussion' has become a main steam buzzword in world sport in recent years.

If the AFL were serious about head knocks as they pretend to be......they'd outlaw aerial marking in our game too.

I've seen players be concussed and therefore miss next weeks game because another play jumped on their shoulders and cop a knee to back/side of the head. Think about it....how many times has a player like Jeremy Howe

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Jeremy Howe

Age

33

Ht

190cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.1

4star

MG

318.1

4star

D

21.5

5star

K

16.5

5star

HB

5.0

3star

M

6.5

5star

T

2.0

3star

MG

433.3

5star

D

15.2

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

jumped onto another player and by default stick his knee into the back/side of the head of another player?

The back of the head is far more sensitive than any other part due to that part of the head not being used to contact. But because the aerial marking in our game is such a celebrated part....the AFL will do nothing.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

But you can with a knee in a marking contest, or a fist in a spoiling contest, or your forearm in an Impeding the kick action, etc etc. without a suspension.

Those are part and parcel of the game. I get it you wanted him playing but a side shouldn’t rely on one player anyway. We have to get with the times head Contact is minimal. It’s not 1980

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Personaly merret and Adams should be free to play but if Adams gets off then it's ******* bs

You can't have one banned and the other not when both tackles looked dangerous and can cause injury

 

[citizen-erased]

Those are part and parcel of the game. I get it you wanted him playing but a side shouldn’t rely on one player anyway. We have to get with the times head Contact is minimal. It’s not 1980

But tackling is too

Im less concerned about Tuesday
1- a few of us have been looking for a way to get hobbs in. So there's silver lining
2- we're more about the unit than the player. Sum greater than the parts

Merrett would be up there for the brownlow. If he misses cos of this, its pretty s**t

 

[LukeParkerno1]

But tackling is too

Im less concerned about Tuesday
1- a few of us have been looking for a way to get hobbs in. So there's silver lining
2- we're more about the unit than the player. Sum greater than the parts

Merrett would be up there for the brownlow. If he misses cos of this, its pretty s**t

Tackling is and always will but not slinging blokes head first. We have to be protecting of the head as much as we can feasibly do. The game May slightly change but it is what it is.

Brownlow no chance you won’t win enough and how far is Daicos/Oliver in front?

 

[Ginnieboy]

Great call from the powers that be, Adams should get off though

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

But tackling is too

Im less concerned about Tuesday
1- a few of us have been looking for a way to get hobbs in. So there's silver lining
2- we're more about the unit than the player. Sum greater than the parts

Merrett would be up there for the brownlow. If he misses cos of this, its pretty s**t

They need to changed rules around brownlow eligibility unless its full blown thuggery then a player who cops a ban should still be able to win the brownlow

 

[LukeParkerno1]

They need to changed rules around brownlow eligibility unless its full blown thuggery then a player who cops a ban should still be able to win the brownlow

May go down the NRL route where you lose 3 points per game missed

 

[Call Me Cake]

If Merrett gets rubbed out but Adams doesn't - AND Jamie Elliot isn't cited - then it IS a conspiracy and that Magpie nuffie needs to be demoted.

 

[citizen-erased]

Tackling is and always will but not slinging blokes head first. We have to be protecting of the head as much as we can feasibly do. The game May slightly change but it is what it is.

Brownlow no chance you won’t win enough and how far is Daicos/Oliver in front?

Stranger things come brownlow night.

This wasn't a sling for me. He pulls him down. A sling is more what Green did in that the tackling player changes the direction the player falls

At the point merrett tackles, sparrow fends and leans into merrett. At that point both have the same momentum direction and fall together.

The free is because the tackle starts high, not because the ump saw a dangerous action.

And even if you cede it as a dangerous tackle, its low impact not medium.

 

[eth-dog]

No longer a perfect tackle.

Nah. The AFL are beyond ****ed.