Brisbane V Adelaide @ the Gabba Round 20

[carnthemlions]

Who? Me? Rockliff has joined on in all parts of the game today, except. I have seen A LOT more worse games than his today.

Sizematters, that is.

 

[Bombers_08]

there will be no white flag above my door...

brisbane's shot, and always... will be

 

[JHF1870]

The AFL are apparently all about safety yet they bring this upon themselves by rewarding flogs like Pendlebury and Selwood with free kicks by dropping their heads into tackles, someone was always going to get hurt eventually.

Diff between Pendles and Selwood, is that Selwood jokes about the amount of high free kicks he gets. See 'the Grill'

 

[Demonalke]

Not a kneeeeeee

 

[Magma]

a bit of luck would go alright.

utter shame for it to go again

 

[Righteo]

That was bizarre, shocking luck for Otten. From a more brutal perspective it makes for a closer game now too.

 

[E92_]

Terrible luck.

 

[andrevich]

There goes Otten's career !

 

[Mister B]

Fair to say Adelaide might be cooked from here.

 

[PattoMan99]

Correct.

AFL pays frees for high contact because it is afraid of these injuries. If the player that's been injured initiated it then they need to be punished also. Don't just ignore high tackles when the umpires think you've ducked, actually pay frees against the player initiating it. Players need to be protected from themselves and the only consequences they understand is free kicks.

Well I think concussion is punishment.

 

[SloaneysDanger]

Like I said.... this club has no luck.

 

[Norwood1878]

Geezus Freekin' cripes...

 

[andrevich]

Lynch is a serial ducker, hope he is ok.

80% of the league is now after they made the head SACROSANCT and rewarded that bullshit that Joel Selwood started !

 

[JHF1870]

All you people saying its his own fault are despicable. It was blindingly obvious he had no time to straighten up after he collected the ball, he was trying to brace himself for the impact, not win a free. But no, lets just all point at him and say he got what he deserved.

This is not a Port/Crows thing, but seriously bro, look at the slo mo. no doubt about it, he plowed into the brissy player. Hope he's ok, but the umpires need to protect the players by sending a message that they won't reward those as free kicks. If you watched the Port Game last night, Buddy got done htb by ducking into a Port player. Thats how it should be done.

 

[E92_]

Good goal.

 

[Toffee Lion]

How the hell do they pluck these free kicks out?

 

[The Joker]

Well now it's game on, 2 players down bring the Crows back to the Lions level, is 23 points enough.

Edit: 35 points.

 

[Norwood1878]

Like I said.... this club has no luck.

We got plenty of luck if you count bad luck.

 

[Greasyrhys]

This is pathetic Brisbane!!!

 

[Norwood1878]

Two fast goals.

 

[Righteo]

Oh Brisbane...

 

[Archie87]

Take your blinkers off. Not even worth trying to argue he didn't duck. Got ball, stood up, saw oncoming player, lowered and ducked head.

Exactly what the afl said they would stop rewarding, but instead have encouraged via free kicks

You clearly didn't watch it closely enough then if you think he "stood up" (which he didn't have the time to do). He was hunched over with the ball, at waist height of his oncoming opponent, and had a split second decision to make. That decision was to protect himself. He couldn't do much else. Just a tragic footy accident.

 

[NinjaBear]

This is pathetic Brisbane!!!

settle down bruss

 

[DaVillaBlues]

Sauce Jacobs absolutely destroying Stef Martin. BOG for mine

 

[Effes]

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