AFL Player #27: Mason Redman 🐕

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent 2028
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 24, ghostdog

 

[brendan84]

I’m dirty he still cops a fine tbh. Absolute horseshit, but at least he can play this week

 

[Phone]

How can they trot out "potential to cause injury" after letting Franklin off with a swinging elbow to the head?

Gleeson trotted it out then as well*, and Gleeson and the MRO didn't let Franklin off, the tribunal did. In the end, there's nothing special about what's happened here. Christian has again tried to make a stand at the MRO, and been knocked back because his stand is inconsistent with what he's been doing for the rest of the season. I don't see how Christian can serve next season, he's taken a beating this season. I can't be bothered to find the numbers, but I reckon he would have had more judgements over-ruled this season than in like all of 2013 to 2018 combined, and cases like tonight and Buddy were so clearly going to be over-ruled. Time to go back to the MRP

(*"Mr Gleeson argued that strikes with a forearm or elbow were not typically graded as low impact under the Tribunal Guidelines, regardless of any injury sustained, due to the risk of serious injury.


"It was good luck and not good management that there wasn't an injury to the player (Ryan)," he said.

The verdict is in: Tribunal makes call on Buddy strike

Lance Franklin is free to play Essendon after successfully downgrading his striking charge at the Tribunal

www.afl.com.au

)

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Why is he copping a fine for a perfectly executed tackle? If anything it should be a free kick to him.

 

[westking]

Despite every denial, there is an undoubting bias to his decision making. He sometimes hides behind the definition of the law but other times allows his deep bias to influence decisions made.

Be it the system he operates in, or the fact he is the only person to make these decisions, the current set up is an utter fail. In fact its never been worse. Michael Christianson is like it or not, central to the worst ever department to ever exist in AFL history.

Im not sure I should hate the guy because of the system he has to operate in, or because he has put his hand up to operate in such a dysfunctional system. I think because he continues to operate within such a biased system I dislike the guy.

 

[pepsi]

I nominate Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher

Age

49

Ht

198cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.0

4star

K

12.3

5star

HB

3.7

3star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

301.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.2

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

2.8

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

to be the next Match Review Officer.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

I nominate Dustin Fletcher to be the next Match Review Officer.

You're trippin'.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Has anyone in the media posted that footage of th seemingly legal tackle on Merrett yet?

They talked about it on The Couch tonight and Lyon said how can they book Redman and not Smith. Others agreed

 

[Ati Tude]

I nominate Dustin Fletcher to be the next Match Review Officer.

Christ, I would get Barry Hall or David Rhys-Jones to do it given the way things are.

 

[Paul Mac]

How can they trot out "potential to cause injury" after letting Franklin off with a swinging elbow to the head?

Excuse for the intrusion but how about Selwood running through a bloke with no intention of the ball. Serious "potential to cause injury". I don't care who is making the potential to cause injury statement , whether its the judge , jury, MRO, barrister, solicitor , tea lady, whoever they ALL need to be on the same friggin page.

 

[eth-dog]

Christ, I would get Barry Hall or David Rhys-Jones to do it given the way things are.

I like that idea, they know all the excuses, because they've used them all.

 

[citizen-erased]

Ideal outcome, now we don’t have to burn Michael Christian’s house down

we don't
ah ****

zero regrets

 

[fairbump_playon]

You just wonder sometimes about how it’s possible to see the game so differently.

Thank god sanity prevailed in this decision. How it got this far is truly vexing.

Now we will win the flag.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

AFL has completely lost the plot with MRO. All they had to do is admit previous mistakes. Single judge like Christian is also a mistake

 

[Albertross]

AFL has completely lost the plot with MRO. All they had to do is admit previous mistakes. Single judge like Christian is also a mistake

The AFL don't make mistakes. Remember, you can't fight City Hall. Love footy, but **** the AFL

 

[dougyboy]

"Jeff Gleeson, for the AFL, said the potential to cause injury from the tackle was significant because it could have caused a neck or spinal injury."

So HTF was his charge -medium impact- when it didn't happen?? Do they charge players now when they fly for a mark and knee someone in the back of the head as careless now? or pushing someone into a goal post (Hind). I could go on and on about this CLOWN Gleeson And Co

 

[Summer Nights]

Glad he got off. On to next week.

 

[blitzer]

Annoying he even got a fine but at least he's free to play.

 

[Falcon27]

That’s not building a case, it’s cheerleading one of the AFL choir boys.

 

[MattyB3150]

Annoying he even got a fine but at least he's free to play.

The head of umpires should be admitting the free kick was incorrect if anything. Even the commentators at the time were puzzled.

 

[raskolnikov]

"BS, They just saved face. He should have been awarded the free to be used at his discretion any time in the future", (Queensland Bombers Facebook page)

 

[Howard Moon]

Excuse for the intrusion but how about Selwood running through a bloke with no intention of the ball. Serious "potential to cause injury". I don't care who is making the potential to cause injury statement , whether its the judge , jury, MRO, barrister, solicitor , tea lady, whoever they ALL need to be on the same friggin page.

 

[Squeaky]

Why is he copping a fine for a perfectly executed tackle? If anything it should be a free kick to him.

The ump should be fined.

 

[BrunoV]

That’s not building a case, it’s cheerleading one of the AFL choir boys.

I'm continually struck by how inappropriate it is for Gleeson to be speaking for the AFL spouting whatever drivel he can think of to support a suspension. No matter how inconsistent it is with the last thing he said.

It's not really consistent what happens in real life. Many of the government bodies which are consistently involved in litigation sign up to model litigant rules. The idea is to prevent immoral/unethical/objectionable/inconsistent/stupid positions being taken in the name of the government. The extent to which the model litigant rule have a practical effect is probably questionable but it's at least a recognition of a pretty important concept.

This is the wrong way for the AFL to make rules.

 

[Lore]

I'm continually struck by how inappropriate it is for Gleeson to be speaking for the AFL spouting whatever drivel he can think of to support a suspension. No matter how inconsistent it is with the last thing he said.

It's not really consistent what happens in real life. Many of the government bodies which are consistently involved in litigation sign up to model litigant rules. The idea is to prevent immoral/unethical/objectionable/inconsistent/stupid positions being taken in the name of the government. The extent to which the model litigant rule have a practical effect is probably questionable but it's at least a recognition of a pretty important concept.

This is the wrong way for the AFL to make rules.

I don't think they care haha

The rules are there to serve the AFL, not the other way around. They have their own investigative branch, they are judge, jury, executioner and lawmaker. If the rules no longer serve the needs of the AFL then they're ignored.

 

[BrunoV]

I don't think they care haha

The rules are there to serve the AFL, not the other way around. They have their own investigative branch, they are judge, jury, executioner and lawmaker. If the rules no longer serve the needs of the AFL then they're ignored.

That's definitely true.