Anyway, as eldorado stated, the consistency/outcome vs action discussion is best left for another time and in another thread. He'll get 3 weeks min. and probably could get more. There's nothing really left to say, as the majority of you really seem to hate Danger. Like, passionate hate. Hope it's worth seeing the worst in people.
Enjoy
Anyway, as eldorado stated, the consistency/outcome vs action discussion is best left for another time and in another thread. He'll get 3 weeks min. and probably could get more. There's nothing really left to say, as the majority of you really seem to hate Danger. Like, passionate hate. Hope it's worth seeing the worst in people.
Enjoy
Agreed. And the fact that Kelly is apparently still concussed over 60 hours down the track will make for a very interesting Tribunal deliberation. I've moved from 3 to 4 weeks.
‘You have to look after yourself’: Danger claims he HAD TO bump ahead of AFL Tribunal showdown
‘You have to look after yourself’: Danger claims he HAD TO bump ahead of Tribunal showdownwww.foxsports.com.au
“It’s still a collision game,” the Brownlow Medallist said.
“I certainly appreciate and understand that looking after concussion and the head is extremely important.
“But as I said, you also have due diligence to protect yourself when you are in an environment and a game where you can collide with others … It’s a split moment decision to protect yourself with incoming opponents. That happens every week.”
The AFL updated its protocols regarding accidental head clashes after the 2018 season. Since then, any player who elects to bump has been deemed liable for injury caused, regardless of whether it’s a head clash or a shoulder to the head.
But Dangerfield’s answers on Tuesday indicate he will argue he never elected to bump and tucked his arm into his chest to protect himself in a split second decision.
“It’s a contact game but we also have to make sure we are looking after concussion and approaching that in the right way and respecting that,” he said.
“But it’s also a game that is played in 360 at high speed and it’s been a part of the game for a long period of time.”
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... oh yeah he really doesn't care or address it at all, lol.
The head of the AFLPA
Only one player
Did the same with vlastuin walked away nothing to see hear, pig of a human being
Blush it the blood was ten minutes later go back and watch the replay
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Literally came back here just to say thank you for this. Always objective in your response - and it's really nice to hear a Tiger support acknowledge that Astbury - while not a dirty player at all - should not just be able to throw elbows and get away with it because Plowman suffers no ill effects.
Nice to actually see a bit of sanity within this thread prevail. Have a good one Sterge
P.S. cheers too fairfooty , agree 100%
Yep should have leaned into Danger with his temple or jaw. Concussion, of course only happens through broken noses and straight blows to the front of the face
They could ask Kelly for a statement, but you know, as of tonight (60 hours after the impact), he is still hevily concussed.
I reckon 4 too.
Victim blaming.
They're good mates, its hardly a non-partisan opinion.Had to post this one last thing:
Sloane - Jake Kelly's captain and also his mate -, his opinion/perspective overrides all you Danger haters in here:
Sloane defends 'incredibly unlucky' Danger over bump
'I think you're making too much of this'
"Adelaide captain Rory Sloane has gone in to bat for ex-teammate Patrick Dangerfield after he was referred directly to the AFL Tribunal for a bump on Jake Kelly.
Dangerfield is facing a suspension of at least three weeks as he awaits the Tribunal's verdict, due to the fact that Kelly was left with a broken nose and a concussion from an inadvertent head clash.
Despite the fact that his own teammate came off second best in the collision, Sloane refused to be drawn into whether Dangerfield should be suspended in an attempt to eradicate the bump from the game.
"I think you're making too much of this, really," Sloane said in response a question regarding the incident on 3AW's Sportsday.
"That one was just completely unlucky. You could see Danger was hardly going for a bump. In the end, it was just a head clash really.
"It was a head clash and it was completely accidental and something that is just a part of footy. You can't control those, that's something I certainly feel for Paddy for."
Sloane shared a locker room with Dangerfield between 2009 and 2015, and said he was no stranger to heavy collisions with the bulldozing 2016 Brownlow Medallist.
"He doesn't mean to headbutt Jake in the head and unfortunately for Jake, Paddy has got quite a stiff head," he said.
"He ran into someone with a rock-hard melon and I've ran into that bloke a couple of times and you do certainly come off second-best normally."
Dangerfield will front the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night, as he looks to avoid a major suspension to start the season."
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Do what you will with it, but recognize that as captain of the football club in question, Sloane's perspective holds far more weight than my perspective, your perspective, or any obviously partisan poster in here - who just wants to see Danger burn or hates him for whatever reason
