No Oppo Supporters 2021 General AFL Discussion

[bedford]

The amazing thing for me is the lack of any of the talking heads calling out Greene for letting down his coaches, team and supporters.

I'd be apoplectic if Papley got himself rubbed out of a final doing something so dumb and selfish.

There has been , i don't know where you are .

 

[bedford]

It’s a way better system than whats in place in the AFL atm imo. I still struggle with an 8 week suspension for a player cause as you say he didn’t do anything, opposition players & other umpires should have corroborated his evidence. But all good. You were there & I wasn’t. Cheers

I wasn't got sent the vision.

 

[hairy biker]

The amazing thing for me is the lack of any of the talking heads calling out Greene for letting down his coaches, team and supporters.

I'd be apoplectic if Papley got himself rubbed out of a final doing something so dumb and selfish.

I think the real problem is his coaches and teammates don't call him out.

This is an article from Wayne Campbell written earlier this year about Greene, focusing on the 2019 finals (Campbell was GWS footy boss at the time)

The Toby Greene I know: a competitor with a contagious will to win

Just who is the GWS Giants star, so loved internally and so often criticised by those outside the club?

www.theage.com.au

This paragraph references Bontempelli hair being pulled by Greene after an incident between Bontempelli and Nick Haynes in a previous game;

...consider how this admittedly unsightly act appeared to Haynes, who sees a teammate prepared to get himself suspended to stick up for him and his team. No amount of words can gain that respect like that inside the walls of a football club.

This was an elimination final and Campbell sees hair pulling as a way of sticking up for his teammates

Greene got fined.
Learnt his lesson?
Of course not.
Next week SF Greene gets rubbed out for contact with Lachie Neale's face, whilst Neale is defenceless on the ground.
As for the incident Campbell recalls;

Not once did Toby not tell us the truth. Or if there was a little white lie, the diverted gaze accompanied with the trademark grin told you what you needed to know anyway.

But of course Campbell and GWS forgive Greene because;

.... any boy that loves and supports their mother the way Toby does endears themselves to those around them.

And Campbell finishes off;

When Toby leads his team onto the MCG on Saturday as captain, (in April 2021) those behind him will love the fact that he’s their leader.

The acts we see Greene perform, hair pulling, eye gouging, karate kicks and bumping an umpire aren't tough, they aren't the act of a leader, they are the acts of a petulant faux tough guy and yet GWS continues to indulge Greene.

Unbelievable.

I guess, at GWS, being a good player absolves you of responsibility.

 

[BloodySwan]

Greene is the grubbiest player in a long time. Don't know why they would be easy on him. Would have thought his history should push his suspension out to 8 weeks

 

[ashep]

There has been , i don't know where you are .

Not really.

A couple of comments from Sheedy and Bob Murphy but by and large the loudest and largest reaction from those inside and outside of the AFL has been that he should be let off.

 

[bedford]

Not really.

A couple of comments from Sheedy and Bob Murphy but by and large the loudest and largest reaction from those inside and outside of the AFL has been that he should be let off.

There has i'm on sports radio all day. Pendles was way out of line , in fact he can f off.

 

[bedford]

Actually in tears with Marion Skilton , wife of Bobby passing away . A beautiful person who i'd known from being a little boy . Life is shit.

 

[Voice of the G]

Actually in tears with Marion Skilton , wife of Bobby passing away . A beautiful person who i'd known from being a little boy . Life is sh*t.

Oh for gawds sake hope you have this news wrong,there is no other news about this.

 

[bedford]

Oh for gawds sake hope you have this news wrong,there is no other news about this.

Sadly it's true . She went through everything with Bob good and bad , losing a son in an accident , always there . Even when my mum passed sent me a beautiful card.

 

[Tedeski]

Actually in tears with Marion Skilton , wife of Bobby passing away . A beautiful person who i'd known from being a little boy . Life is sh*t.

Oh no!

 

[Olian]

I’d love to have Greene at the Swans. He’s a rare talent. Umpire contact was poor form and he’s been suspended. Three weeks seems light given Williams copped 9 weeks 25 years ago. Barry Hall was suspended for 14 games during his career at the Swans. Some players just push the boundaries too far.

 

[bedford]

Back on track , what an absolute joke Heens is not in the top 3 marks of the year , the rest are chest marks

 

[bedford]

And no goal of the year , of course the Bont has 1

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Sad news about Marion Skilton. RIP.

 

[SwansProudly]

can't access the article but the headline says it all

‘They won’t let me in’: McGuire denied entry to WA for grand final

Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has been denied entry to WA for the Perth-based AFL grand final - along with his two sons.

thewest.com.au

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

SwansProudly

Couldn't read, but absolutely delighted if he has been banned, presumably over quarantining.

 

[bedford]

can't access the article but the headline says it all

‘They won’t let me in’: McGuire denied entry to WA for grand final

Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has been denied entry to WA for the Perth-based AFL grand final - along with his two sons.

thewest.com.au

He wanted himself and both sons who he said where Produces for his company .

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

The McGuire story has cheered me up no end.

During the Goodes saga, I would have backed our Club to the hilt had they banned him from the SCG.

 

[hairy biker]

can't access the article but the headline says it all

‘They won’t let me in’: McGuire denied entry to WA for grand final

Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has been denied entry to WA for the Perth-based AFL grand final - along with his two sons.

thewest.com.au

From the article;

The West Australian understands McGuire had applied for entry into WA for himself and his two sons, Alexander and Joseph, who were listed on the application as producers for his production company, JAMTV, despite them not being listed on the media company’s official website as employees.

McGuire came under fire last year when he travelled to Queensland for the 2020 grand final and was spotted partying at a Gold Coast night club, The Pink Flamingo.

At the time he said he ventured out of the Queensland AFL bubble to see how to better understand how similar venues could reopen when Melbourne was still in lockdown.

Definition of a sense of entitlement; Eddie McGuire

 

[bedford]

VFL officially done , no medal , no premier .

 

[bedford]

AFL appeal Greene decision , at GWS request it will be after finals

 

[Bloods86]

AFL appeal Greene decision , at GWS request it will be after finals

GWS bundled out this week, upgraded to 6 weeks and a Round 5 derby next year thanks where Paps and Heeney tear it up.

 

[bedford]

That James Hurd in Eddie is going to reapply to WA , who does he think he is

 

[Kapers]

That James Hurd in Eddie is going to reapply to WA , who does he think he is

Henry the third?

 

[bedford]

Henry the third?

Same, spelt different