AFL Player #20: Peter Wright - Ankle injury, out for a fortnight then reassess - 10/3

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent (?) 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 21, TheGrizz

 

[yodellinhank]

Blame Mark Harvey...that's Mick Martyn coming at him..

Difference being Harves did it in the days you wouldn't even get the free kick.

Wasn't there a (maybe Sheedy) quote about Harves being insane moreso than courageous?

 

[Nicholas61]

Got to wonder about the state of Harvs' brain - with all the big hits but he also got knocked out as Freo coach outside a pub and his head hit the concrete.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Is it still weird if we consider which shoulder he busted last year?

Nope, not weird

I wouldn't be surprised if he is still sore. Suspect at this level the gap between "fine to play" and "pain free" is pretty massive

 

[maskmcgee]

We better not be pleading guilty like that spineless Redman one last week. We should be arguing he has no case to answer for, because he doesn't, regardless of what the AFL orders them to do, even if it gets him suspended longer. Or else the AFL will keep making examples of us knowing we won't do anything about it, like how that Carlton player got off and Redman got banned.

 

[faible]

We better not be pleading guilty like that spineless Redman one last week. We should be arguing he has no case to answer for, because he doesn't, regardless of what the AFL orders them to do, even if it gets him suspended longer. Or else the AFL will keep making examples of us knowing we won't do anything about it, like how that Carlton player got off and Redman got banned.

Wright's has gone straight to the tribunal which means we need to say... something.

Redman was offered a week, to go to the tribunal you would have to think you can downgrade one of the below

The Redman incident was graded intentional, low impact and high contact

Pretty hard to argue he didn't intend to hit Newcombe, or that he didn't hit him high IMO. So you're at trying to downgrade low impact from low to... low. As soon as it's high and intentional it's at least a week.

 

[dank420_]

I reckon Pete should just run straight through Jeff Gleeson

 

[rumply]

Blame Mark Harvey...that's Mick Martyn coming at him..

My boy!

 

[mike14]

As soon as it's high and intentional it's at least a week.

Unless you're Heeney...

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Not brace for contact in a split second where he saw something out of his peripheral vision apparently.

Yep, exactly it was not a (conscious) decision. If you poke me in the eye, I'm gonna blink.

 

[Dave]

Yep, exactly it was not a (conscious) decision. If you poke me in the eye, I'm gonna blink.

This is where the AFL will eventually come a cropper with this. Not saying this case will be it.

 

[maskmcgee]

MATCH REVIEW: No case to answer for Sun, fines aplenty

The Match Review findings from Sunday's round two games are in

www.afl.com.au

Running for the ball, punches a guy in the head, no penalty.

 

[Blind Turn]

MATCH REVIEW: No case to answer for Sun, fines aplenty

The Match Review findings from Sunday's round two games are in

www.afl.com.au

Running for the ball, punches a guy in the head, no penalty.

Nah I agree with that outcome.

 

[Blind Turn]

The one I’m curious about was if the Heeney one even got looked at.

 

[Cold Sober]

Deserves 2 will get 4

 

[Yoda_]

Not brace for contact in a split second where he saw something out of his peripheral vision apparently.

Did you hear MAtthew Lloyds take on the matter? He would prefer Wright injure himself rather than injure Cunningham. Truly staggering take. Worse than anything Kane Cores has dished up

 

[Yoda_]

The one I’m curious about was if the Heeney one even got looked at.

Cleared

 

[Yoda_]

Unlucky situation really IMO.

Wright often takes those on his chest, his eyes were on the ball right up until the last moment when he turned to protect himself. Nothing malicious in it and you could tell he felt bad about hurting Cunningham from the moment it happened. He went up to him immediately after the game to apologise.

BUT

He turned his body to protect himself, leading with the shoulder, and knocked a player out. It's the exact thing Maynard did, and the exact rule change they made because Maynard should have been suspended for it. Whether it's malicious or not.

C’mon man, accidents are not allowed to happen in today’s society. We need to beat our hairy chest and take someone to task

 

[Run and carry]

I really liked Eddie's take on this on his show with Bartel.

He was suggesting that we should be looking at the issue of right of way and the onus of responsibility should be on the player going back with the flight of the ball rather than Wright who was approaching the ball.

He talked about Johnathon Brown cutting his career short because he kept on going back with the flight of the ball.

Eddie said a couple of other interesting things about it. He looked at from a mature perspective and talked about the hysteria clouds judgment.

 

[Yoda_]

I really liked Eddie's take on this on his show with Bartel.

He was suggesting that we should be looking at the issue of right of way and the onus of responsibility should be on the player going back with the flight of the ball rather than Wright who was approaching the ball.

He talked about Johnathon Brown cutting his career short because he kept on going back with the flight of the ball.

Eddie said a couple of other interesting things about it. He looked at from a mature perspective and talked about the hysteria clouds judgment.

People think Eddie is a buffoon but he is actually one of the smartest operators the game has seen. People are blinded by his love of Collingwood but when you listen to his take(s), they do make sense and this one will be an interesting listen if you’ve got a link?

 

[ant555]

People think Eddie is a buffoon but he is actually one of the smartest operators the game has seen. People are blinded by his love of Collingwood but when you listen to his take(s), they do make sense and this one will be an interesting listen if you’ve got a link?

People think he is a buffoon because he his agenda was Collingwood first. Not that I blame him. You are right he is one of the smartest operators in the game but he does sometimes have hidden motives. I agree in this case. If a player has a duty of care when he is genuinely going for the footy then blokes do have a duty of care to themselves when coming back the other way.

Getting back to Wright I am not all that happy that you can get rubbed out for genuinely contesting the footy but the AFL has changed the rules to change behavior and there will be some collateral damage along the way.

 

[Run and carry]

People think Eddie is a buffoon but he is actually one of the smartest operators the game has seen. People are blinded by his love of Collingwood but when you listen to his take(s), they do make sense and this one will be an interesting listen if you’ve got a link?

Agreed. He is open minded to all aspects of the game. He always has insightful things to say.

I just found it on youtube under "Footy on Nine". Eddie and Jimmy podcast. Weekly podcast.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

I really liked Eddie's take on this on his show with Bartel.

He was suggesting that we should be looking at the issue of right of way and the onus of responsibility should be on the player going back with the flight of the ball rather than Wright who was approaching the ball.

He talked about Johnathon Brown cutting his career short because he kept on going back with the flight of the ball.

Eddie said a couple of other interesting things about it. He looked at from a mature perspective and talked about the hysteria clouds judgment.

That makes sense.

 

[cobra land]

C’mon man, accidents are not allowed to happen in today’s society. We need to beat our hairy chest and take someone to task

100% Yoda, there will be alot of players missing games if this is the benchmark..

Surely there's room for accidental contact and whilst I'm on this is there provision for lenient sentences due to a player having a good record anymore ?

 

[maskmcgee]

Nah I agree with that outcome.

Exactly, you can contest the ball and punch someone in the head, but not contest the ball and hit them with your shoulder. They're the same thing. Evidence.

 

[Blind Turn]

I really liked Eddie's take on this on his show with Bartel.

He was suggesting that we should be looking at the issue of right of way and the onus of responsibility should be on the player going back with the flight of the ball rather than Wright who was approaching the ball.

He talked about Johnathon Brown cutting his career short because he kept on going back with the flight of the ball.

Eddie said a couple of other interesting things about it. He looked at from a mature perspective and talked about the hysteria clouds judgment.

I’ve addressed this earlier that the right-of-way encourages players to go back with the flight to draw free kicks. The better option is to make front-on contact a free no matter if your eyes are on the ball or not. That way players will think twice about being suicidal.