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AFLW 2024 - Round 8 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
You continually insult the intelligence of the readership with the rubbish you expect people to believe.
By extension, your continual personal insults have zero weight.
The average Richmond supporter on this board would have people believe that Cotchin is the victim in all this.
Hopefully, the tribunal will not be as gullible.
Can someone explain to me how exactly Wright is soft?
He kept his eyes on the ball and backed in to a marking contest. Weak effort
. Which is exactly what happened, happens every week, and Cotchin shouldn't apologise for not pulling out of a contest.
He didn't just "not pull out". He clearly tucked his arm in and went at the bloke. It wasn't a spoil, he wasn't going to mark the footy like Hille and then brace himself in mid-air. He had one intention and he completed it.
That's been reportable after a mark ever since I've been watching footy.
Can someone explain to me how exactly Wright is soft?
Gary Ablett broke Dipper's ribs and punctured his lung in a grand final. No uproar. Folklore.As would the uproar if a star player was carried off before half time in a final because he was taking a mark and someone who was too late to contest the mark decided to drop the shoulder and charge him.
1. You don't know Cotchin didn't text Wright to apologise.It's all about him and Richmond.
Not one word of an apology to Sam Wright, who missed most of last weeks game, and will miss this weeks game because of Cotchins cowardly act.
I hope he ends up with 4 weeks.
I agree. His initial intention was to spoil but he got there too late. When he realised that he 'made him earn it'. Deserved to be reported and suspended, but four weeks is a bit much.He didn't just "not pull out". He clearly tucked his arm in and went at the bloke. It wasn't a spoil, he wasn't going to mark the footy like Hille and then brace himself in mid-air. He had one intention and he completed it.
That's been reportable after a mark ever since I've been watching footy.
And that was 21 years ago....things have changed a bit since then.Gary Ablett broke Dipper's ribs and punctured his lung in a grand final. No uproar. Folklore.
Then again, if you listened to Luke Darcy last night it was a joke of a report.
Talk it up mate,i was at the game and i can tell you now he WILL NOT even get looked at. The bump was in the contest and not after he marked it.
THE 50 METER PENETALY WAS JUST ONE OF MANY BAD UMPIRING CALLS
Having fought the charge on the grounds that the contact was to the body and not high, Cotchin's appeal has been thrown out. Doesn't pay to try to ride the coattails of public opinion; the AFL is deaf to it.
The four-week suspension puts this among the dozen most serious incidents in the last five years, ranking with the likes of Hall, Baker, Lloyd, Solomon, Ben Johnson, Vandenberg, Holland and a few others I can't recall (Steven King, Buchanan & McGlynn). Congratulations AFL, you're doing a great job of ridding the game of mongrels.
Hey it looks like I am not the only one that thinks it was a cowards act. Wright may miss 2 - happy with Cotchin missing double that.
His head did not hit the ground so where did the concussion come from?? Body contact my foot!
WHIPLASH, can rattle the noggin
So can a shoulder when hit from BEHIND.
His head did not hit the ground so where did the concussion come from?? Body contact my foot!
this game is sinking to new lows, if thats deserving of 4 weeks i'll go he. absolutely mindblowing. Hae ur fairy girly game afl, im just abt done wit this crap s are many other - tv ratings down 25%
You understand what concussion is right ??? Clearly not. As someone whos footy career was ended by his Neurosurgeon I can tell you clearly you do not need to be hit in the head to suffer from mild head trauma.
Concussion is regularly caused by the brain bouncing inside the head. You can take a clean hip and shoulder to the chest and if your moving fast enough your brain keeps moving while your body stops - its called inertia. Whiplash can cause exactly the same affect. The footage is pretty clear there is no high contact there... It's a contact sport, it deserved weeks but 4 lets be serious .. meanwhile firito openly belts the littlest guy on the field and doesn't even get a week.
I feel sorry for you, you share a similar mind set to Adrian AndersonHey it looks like I am not the only one that thinks it was a cowards act. Wright may miss 2 - happy with Cotchin missing double that.
His head did not hit the ground so where did the concussion come from?? Body contact my foot!
Great post. The 2nd half of it made great reading!
Let me guess you are one of the Tiger fans that throw your memberhsip at players and coaches when things don't go your way.
Great post. The 2nd half of it made great reading!
Let me guess you are one of the Tiger fans that throw your memberhsip at players and coaches when things don't go your way.
thanks for showing us where the head contact was buddy. Its alright if you cant show us, but dont ignore it and act as if it never came up.Great post. The 2nd half of it made great reading!
Let me guess you are one of the Tiger fans that throw your memberhsip at players and coaches when things don't go your way.