AFL Player #39: Vigo Visentini - Extends contract to 2025 - 16/7

[VelvetSledge]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 26, Milanista28

 

[ant555]

Pause the video and step through, the GCS player clearly gets to the ball first. Careless & High, tick tick. Severe, well that's up to interpretation I guess but the kid was knocked out.

And then did not get taken from the ground which caught my eye .

 

[naraku]

So, Vigo is more a 2MP replacement more than a ruck?

He sounds promising anyway.

 

[eth-dog]

He turned and braces for contact. Straight forward suspension. 4 weeks? Eh, not sure, but when you give 3 games for the Weideman suspension then yeah...

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I thought it looked more like he was trying to get out of the way a bit. Nothing malicious about it. Two guys running after a ball and one of them has "eyes only for the footy".

it's hard to know what he could have even done differently

 

[yodellinhank]

He turned and braces for contact. Straight forward suspension. 4 weeks? Eh, not sure, but when you give 3 games for the Weideman suspension then yeah...

Yeah, shouldn't brace. Should've went head on into the guy and awarded himself a brain injury.

 

[Milanista28]

He's a good Italian boy, I'd have got his Nonna to make the tribunal some lasagna, would get off on appeal for sure.

 

[eth-dog]

He's a good Italian boy, I'd have got his Nonna to make the tribunal some lasagna, would get off on appeal for sure.

His Nonna died not long ago unfortunately...

 

[yodellinhank]

His Nonna died not long ago unfortunately...

Maybe his nonno could make them an offer they can't refuse?

 

[faible]

Yeah, shouldn't brace. Should've went head on into the guy and awarded himself a brain injury.

At no point in the video was Visentini at risk of hitting his head. He looks to be significantly taller than his opponent, who was also bending down.

This is a really weird hill to try to die on.

 

[yodellinhank]

At no point in the video was Visentini at risk of hitting his head. He looks to be significantly taller than his opponent, who was also bending down.

This is a really weird hill to try to die on.

Exactly.

 

[84859300]

it's hard to know what he could have even done differently

• Arrived simultaniously
• Both looking at the footy
• Both shoulder to shoulder

It seems the 4 weeks comes from that he was 8-10cm taller and the CGS kid ran into his shoulder.

 

[BomberTime]

Yet again, they don’t challenge.

It’s odd, and quite frankly soft of the club to not show some fight for their players.

 

[Ambrosia]

Yet again, they don’t challenge.

It’s odd, and quite frankly soft of the club to not show some fight for their players.

They didn’t win the Weid one they’re never going to win this one

 

[eth-dog]

Yet again, they don’t challenge.

It’s odd, and quite frankly soft of the club to not show some fight for their players.

Mate we challenged Weideman when he literally had his legs taken out from under him. It wasn't a suspendable action and it was still upheld. It should have been a free kick to Weideman but that didn't matter. Go back to the Weideman thread. Watch what he was banned for. That got upheld. That should tell you about the chances of ever overturning anything at the VFL tribunal.

This was very much a suspendable action. He turned and braced. Was the ban excessive? Absolutely, but we were never gonna get anything but 5 weeks if we challenged. Would you rather fight the ban and have him miss the first 4 games next year or not fight it and have him miss the first 3? Those are your options. There is no option c.