Player Watch #50 Marlion Pickett Retirement

[beema limapep]

afl will get rid of it so we dont get access to his father sons

Exactly.

 

[Do the Dew]

Anyone got footage of the bump to the head he got against WC off the ball? Nothing in the match day report but looked to be pretty clear cut.

 

[Dr Tigris]

Fantastic player and person. We really lucked out that he had an injured finger. That he'd miss a few games meant he slipped and we pounced.

Another 50 games and 2 more premierships and I reckon we'll all be happy.

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

If he hadn't have missed that block of games he'd comfortably be leading our BnF. What a phenomenal bargain pickup must be carried to 100 games no matter what even if he loses a limb. I hope the club really looked after him his last contract. Was a disgrace that in 2020 after his covid haircut he was barely on $70k, which was less than the marquee AFLW players were getting. Reckon he could go for another 5 years since his body wasn't beaten up for majority of his early 20's. Hopefully he has a couple more sons in him too would be an awesome return on investment. Think his mate Parker will be let go end of year though.

He was on $3000 a month from the article in 2020 when the gofundme started

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

Fantastic player and person. We really lucked out that he had an injured finger. That he'd miss a few games meant he slipped and we pounced.

Another 50 games and 2 more premierships and I reckon we'll all be happy.

and 2 more boys

 

[k31th]

Anyone got footage of the bump to the head he got against WC off the ball? Nothing in the match day report but looked to be pretty clear cut.

Jamaine Jones jumped to try to block Pickett's handball with left him in the air and his shoulder hit Pickett right in the cheek/eye-socket... you'd think that would be a fine at a minimum or if Pickett had gone down that's surely a 1 week suspension.

 

[Forensi Tiger]

Still makes me laugh. Like when he wins a hard ball but is about to be tackled and he seems to forget he has the ball so he tackles the bloke trying to tackle him and forgets he has to try to dispose of the ball. Reckon he did it on the weekend.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Jamaine Jones jumped to try to block Pickett's handball with left him in the air and his shoulder hit Pickett right in the cheek/eye-socket... you'd think that would be a fine at a minimum or if Pickett had gone down that's surely a 1 week suspension.

Great work k31th . Have added this to the Marlion Pickett MRO thread on the MRO/Tribunal/Umpire/Rules board.

MRP / Trib. - Marlion Pickett, Umpires and the MRO. What is going on here?

A relatively minor but nevertheless disturbing trend seems to be developing regarding the way Marlion Pickett is being officiated by umpires, but moreso by the MRO. Marlion Pickett is an indigenous man, and as we know has spent time at Her Majesty’s pleasure, for breaking the law when he was a...

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We now have a full set of 3 incidents where Marlion has been penalised for lesser incidents than what he has suffered, where each time he was the victim the MRO ignores the act.

1. Bailey swinging arm tackle on Marlion connects fully to head, same passage of play Marlion swinging arm tackle to Starcevich free kick and 1 week from MRO. Commentary says Marlion ill disciplined for showing anger after being hit. No mention of Bailey being ill disciplined.

2. Butler pushes Marlion unprovoked, no free no MRO, Marlion pushes him back with roughly equal force, Butler goes down as if shot, free kick and MRO fine. Commentary is Marlion is undisciplined nobody questions Butler’s action in terms of ill discipline.

3. This time in separate games. Marlion hip first bump to Moore, contacts body first any head contact is after the body has absorbed most of the force, therefore no injury to Moore. Marlion get 1 week. Then wind forward a few weeks, Marlion cops a heavy bump straight to the head, knocks him over, tumbleweeds from the MRO…

What do they say? Once might be an accident, twice could be a coincidence, but three times? It is starting to look like a policy.

 

[Area51]

Great work k31th . Have added this to the Marlion Pickett MRO thread on the MRO/Tribunal/Umpire board.

We now have a full set of 3 incidents where Marlion has been penalised for lesser incidents than what he has suffered, where each time he was the victim the MRO ignores the act.

1. Bailey swinging arm tackle on Marlion connects fully to head, same passage of play Marlion swinging arm tackle to Starcevich free kick and 1 week from MRO. Commentary says Marlion ill disciplined for showing anger after being hit. No mention of Bailey being ill disciplined.

2. Butler pushes Marlion unprovoked, no free no MRO, Marlion pushes him back with roughly equal force, Butler goes down as if shot, free kick and MRO fine. Commentary is Marlion is undisciplined nobody questions Butler’s action in terms of ill discipline.

3. This time in separate games. Marlion hip first bump to Moore, contacts body first any head contact is after the body has absorbed most of the force, therefore no injury to Moore. Marlion get 1 week. Then wind forward a few weeks, Marlion cops a heavy bump straight to the head, knocks him over, tumbleweeds from the MRO…

What do they say? Once might be an accident, twice could be a coincidence, but three times? It is starting to look like a policy.

There are no indigenous people that have any roles in the tribunal process as far as I could tell. They should be called out on it by the media.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

There are no indigenous people that have any roles in the tribunal process as far as I could tell. They should be called out on it by the media.

I guess there are loads of indigenous players playing in the AFL who don’t seem to cop the MRO and umpiring decisions that Marlion does.

Not sure how many former inmates there are running around though, we probably have them all, Stack and Pickett. From where I sit the MRO in particular has given Marlion a very raw deal. From the 6 decisions he has had to make, three where Marlion was charged and three where he was potentially the victim, six times the MRO has taken the most anti-Marlion stance possible. At least 3 of those clearly wrong imo, the fine for pushing Butler, the no action when Bailey struck Marlion to the head and the no action when Jones bumped Marlion to the head. The other three, Butler unprovoked pushing Marlion in the back and then the front off the ball, Marlion’s swinging arm to the upper body/neck of Starcevich and he hip first bump with minor secondary head contact at worst to Moore, were all debatably wrong calls by the MRO.

It is starting to stink this.

 

[Area51]

I guess there are loads of indigenous players playing in the AFL who don’t seem to cop the MRO and umpiring decisions that Marlion does.

Not sure how many former inmates there are running around though, we probably have them all, Stack and Pickett. From where I sit the MRO in particular has given Marlion a very raw deal. From the 6 decisions he has had to make, three where Marlion was charged and three where he was potentially the victim, six times the MRO has taken the most anti-Marlion stance possible. At least 3 of those clearly wrong imo, the fine for pushing Butler, the no action when Bailey struck Marlion to the head and the no action when Jones bumped Marlion to the head. The other three, Butler unprovoked pushing Marlion in the back and then the front off the ball, Marlion’s swinging arm to the upper body/neck of Starcevich and he hip first bump with minor secondary head contact at worst to Moore, were all debatably wrong calls by the MRO.

It is starting to stink this.

Agree. It stinks. And it's not the only thing that stinks at AFL HQ. The sooner Benny is running the joint the better.

 

[Mr Unbelievable]

Jamaine Jones jumped to try to block Pickett's handball with left him in the air and his shoulder hit Pickett right in the cheek/eye-socket... you'd think that would be a fine at a minimum or if Pickett had gone down that's surely a 1 week suspension.

AFL is a ****ing joke

 

[Meteoric Rise]

There is only so much one man can take from corrupt powers…..


Time for Pickett to to go full Rambo:

 

[Do the Dew]

Jamaine Jones jumped to try to block Pickett's handball with left him in the air and his shoulder hit Pickett right in the cheek/eye-socket... you'd think that would be a fine at a minimum or if Pickett had gone down that's surely a 1 week suspension.

Thanks for providing this! I don't think this is worthy for a suspension as Jones is in the action of trying to spoil the ball. Very clumsy, but can't really fault him.

What is concerning is that this incident hasn't been mentioned anywhere, especially considering it was a shoulder to the head of Pickett and in regards to what happened to Sir Dion the week before.

Even if Michael Christian just put in the MRO analysis of the game "we reviewed the incident between Jones and Pickett and deemed the contact was unavoidable and thus didn't constitute a reportable offence", that would be helpful. At least then we'd know they actually looked at the bloody incident.

 

[tiger_tough]

Tin foil hats off. That's not worthy of suspension.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

It was mentioned a number of times on the weekend that he’s rated the best wingman in the competition.

Deserves AA selection but they’ll probably pick the best mids to fill the wing positions

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Jamaine Jones jumped to try to block Pickett's handball with left him in the air and his shoulder hit Pickett right in the cheek/eye-socket... you'd think that would be a fine at a minimum or if Pickett had gone down that's surely a 1 week suspension.

Think it was just a football act.
Accidental contact.
Can see Jones try avoid contact as best he could.
If we're going to suspend players for that type of act then we'd might as well put bibs and skirts on the players.
Its getting that way as it is.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Think it was just a football act.
Accidental contact.
Can see Jones try avoid contact as best he could.
If we're going to suspend players for that type of act then we'd might as well put bibs and skirts on the players.
Its getting that way as it is.

Yeah his intention was never to bump, rather smother handball.
I always get a clip from my missus if I mention players should be wearing netball skirts

 

[k31th]

Think it was just a football act.
Accidental contact.
Can see Jones try avoid contact as best he could.
If we're going to suspend players for that type of act then we'd might as well put bibs and skirts on the players.
Its getting that way as it is.

If you concuss or injure someone, then yeah, a suspension for sure, but of course that didn't happen. It's a fine for head contact, I think, as the AFL are trying to discourage anything that contacts the head, and rightly so.

You can attempt to block a handball without jumping into the pathway of a running player. It may not be as effective at the attempted block, but he missed it with his jump and reach even with the jump.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Yeah his intention was never to bump, rather smother handball.
I always get a clip from my missus if I mention players should be wearing netball skirts

I have no such problem.lol

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

If you concuss or injure someone, then yeah, a suspension for sure, but of course that didn't happen. It's a fine for head contact, I think, as the AFL are trying to discourage anything that contacts the head, and rightly so.

You can attempt to block a handball without jumping into the pathway of a running player. It may not be as effective at the attempted block, but he missed it with his jump and reach even with the jump.

Most players do jump to get a Broad finger on the ball.These things happen.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Tin foil hats off. That's not worthy of suspension.

I don’t have a big problem with what Jones did, I doubt any fair minded football watcher would. It is clear from his body language he didn’t enter the play with any intent to injure.

What my issue is here is the difference to how Pickett is treated when he is the “victim" compared to when he is the “perpetrator.”

Jones elects to bump. It is a very late decision to brace for contact but he makes the decision and gets Pickett in the head. Jones was initially trying to execute a legal football action, a smother. But once he realises he cannot smother the ball, he braces to bump, clearly. And connects nothing but head. Compare this to Pickett on Moore. Pickett also makes an election to bump. Bumping is legal in his situation. He bumps hip first to the body and any head contact in secondary. Moore was not hurt. He got a week because he elected to bump and was deemed to have made some contact to the head. Yet when a player elects to bump him - albeit an extremely late decision to brace - and contacts nothing but head, no mention by the MRO.

All the same elements were there that got Pickett suspended. The only differences I can see are that Pickett on Moore never had any intention of doing anything other than bumping where Jones initially was trying to do something else, ie smother. But Jones still made an election to bump and this is clear imo, he twists his body in mid air and braces to do so. Pickett was deemed to have contacted the head of Moore. No deeming is required in the case of Jones, he clearly contacted only the head.

I personally don’t think either should be a suspension under current rules. What I do think is that due to concussion imperatives, rules should be changed so that in both instances the player doing the defensive action needs to make contact to the body with his own arms for the contact to be legal. So Pickett must shepherd by pushing Moore’s body with his arms, and Jones must protect himself by fending Pickett away with his arms rather than bracing to bump. Players can quickly train this and adapt to it.

 

[cairo tiger]

brownlow

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

brownlow

Good call!

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Not eligible unfortunately, should poll ok though has had some games where easily best 3.