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They are thinking double forarms at head from behind , how can we word this as to show Mckay was actually trying to tackle. Its quite the conundrum.WTF are they waiting for? The incident happened 3 days ago! They must have doubts about him getting off.
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That act against blicavs was 100% planned. He suffered an injury there which he was recovering from. It was a filthy tactic, NTTAWWTGeelong coach Chris Scott has hit out at the AFL for failing to properly address “dangerous” actions in ruck contests after Mark Blicavs was injured by an errant knee.
Blicavs was running in to compete in a centre bounce ruck contest against Hawthorn’s Lloyd Meek during the first quarter of their Easter Monday clash when Meek raised his left knee.
Blicavs went down holding the right side of his ribcage and came from the field for a significant period of time before being cleared to return by medical staff.
The officiating umpire paid a free kick against Meek for raising his knee, but he was not reported at the time.
Asked if the action warranted a suspension, a frustrated Scott replied, “Yes, it does”.
Carlton’s Tom De Koning was fined $2000 for similarly kneeing Geelong’s Rhys Stanley in a ruck contest in Round 2, leading the AFL to send a memo to clubs advising against the practice.
“You can’t do it,” Scott said.
Mark Blicavs after copping a knee to the ribs from Lloyd Meek during a rucking contest. Picture: Michael Klein
“There are two umpires right there. The AFL sent out a memo that couldn’t have been clearer, saying not only is that a free kick but it’s reportable. You cannot do it. So how they missed that is beyond me and it has to be taken out of the game.
“I’ve got no dog in the fight around the penalty for the opposition player.
“I don’t want to see the guy get suspended. It doesn’t help us, anyway. Just stop doing it. That should be the message from the AFL. The disappointing thing is they sent out a memo specifically two weeks ago saying you couldn’t do it and it keeps happening. It’s so dangerous.”
For one he could have put his arms out to tackle and/or push (even if that gives a free away anyway).McKay knows he's not allowed to bump so he leads with his forearm. Not sure anyone in their right mind can say that that is a better option to take.
But... He only had about two seconds to decide what to do so in that time he could not possibly have assessed alternatives and changed the action he was trained to do since under 11s.The other option he had, and hear me out here because this will take a while to explain, was to….do nothing.
There isn’t one legitimate reason for him to use both forearms in a shoving motion to the head of a player who had already disposed of the ball.
He gets off, it’s another tick in the box of ‘sports entertainment’.
First and only line “double elbows to the campaigners head”Carlton is now playing a slideshow with the opening title: 'Kick Accuracy Interference Technique'.