Franklin Reported

[killerspud]

He should have applied the tackle and given himself some a chance for a free kick. Bumping, although a decent tactic when executed properly to your teams advantage has been to the game it is becoming a dinosaur with every match played. It is far too risky to hip and shoulder given the speed in the game and coaches should start looking at other methods to win the ball.

I give the Hawks a chance against Port Buddyless but I am not to sure for the week after. Roughy has to step up.

Your point on the tackle is crap - you talk about it like he had time for a cup of tea to decide his action - he didn't it is split second stuff.

Your final line is also crap. - No Buddy for another spell means NO FINALS in 2010.

 

[TAITA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afc8Owce7Q8

Pity the MRP will not have this level of common sense.

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[killerspud]

The only real option is for Buddy to not go for the ball in which case all YOU will get on his back for being soft - the guy just can't take a trick and the system is f**ked

 

[Ed_Gein]

Can't believe you lot are so pessimistic.

Purely accidental. I think i mentioned on the main board, i think he would have definitely been in strife had he hit him with his hip whilst standing. But he was low and Mattner had his head ducked after going low to scoop up the ball.

Would be a farce to sideline him yet again for a incidental high contact like the Cousins one last year.

Common sense really should prevail here. But, who knows. If Maguire gets a week for a headclash with Jude Bolton, then anything is possible. It's hard to tell where you really stand because of inconsistency.

But IMO, Franklin should be free to play next week. Report should be dropped

 

[bigbuddyboy]

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Thanks buddy. Will know next time.

 

[HyperAgressiveDonk]

Can't believe you lot are so pessimistic.

Purely accidental. I think i mentioned on the main board, i think he would have definitely been in strife had he hit him with his hip whilst standing. But he was low and Mattner had his head ducked after going low to scoop up the ball.

Would be a farce to sideline him yet again for a incidental high contact like the Cousins one last year.

Common sense really should prevail here. But, who knows. If Maguire gets a week for a headclash with Jude Bolton, then anything is possible. It's hard to tell where you really stand because of inconsistency.

But IMO, Franklin should be free to play next week. Report should be dropped

I wish!!!

The AFL don't like Buddy and he will get weeks whilst David Hille gets off 3 times in a year for worse things. Wait and see Monday night, 2 weeks for sure

 

[PottSie2]

If gets anything it's bs.

Intent : Not there. He was sliding in and Mattiner dropped his head even further at the last second.

Impact : Minimal. Mattiner got up straight away.

Common Sense : Doesn't exist within the AFL. For the commentators to be stating he is in trouble is farcical.

The 2 Andrews : FK off and stop fking with the game.

Points 3 and 4 above will be the one that decides Buddy's fate unfortunately, not his bump.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Just watched replay. Definitely gone. Will get 2-3. Should have tackled, but slid in negligently and took his head.

 

[BaliHawk]

well I just watched the same replay and not convinced he actually hit him in the head, more like the back of the neck, it was a free kick but not reportable.

 

[Messenger]

Ball was in dispute, Mattner arrived a split-second before Franklin and took possession. Franklin was already committed to sliding in to try to win possession and bump Mattner off the ball.

This happened right in front of where I was sitting but I had a sinking feeling as soon as the umpire (Vozzo, I think) looked around to take Franklin's number.

The MRP muppets have no feel for the game and Buddy was be scratched for a couple of weeks because the MRP will probably think that Buddy had a reasonable alternative. It will likely be graded negligent, high contact, low impact.

That's a fair summation, Dixie.

I was on Level 2A and my first reaction was "he's going to go for that".

Mattner got the ball sufficiently late for there to not be an option to tackle, but that won't be taken into account.

And if he gets sited for tripping someone who actually tripped himself up, the world will have gone mad.

 

[lazy toad]

There is no way he can cop weeks for that,
there was no intent and contact to the head was minimal if at all,
If he does get suspended, we can no longer call our game the toughest and best football game in the world

 

[sydney_hawka]

Can't believe you lot are so pessimistic.

Purely accidental. I think i mentioned on the main board, i think he would have definitely been in strife had he hit him with his hip whilst standing. But he was low and Mattner had his head ducked after going low to scoop up the ball.

Would be a farce to sideline him yet again for a incidental high contact like the Cousins one last year.

Common sense really should prevail here. But, who knows. If Maguire gets a week for a headclash with Jude Bolton, then anything is possible. It's hard to tell where you really stand because of inconsistency.

But IMO, Franklin should be free to play next week. Report should be dropped

We have every reason to be Pessimestic. Buddy has been rubbed out for the most BULLSHIT of reasons so far, and this incident leaves me in no way confident, he will get out of it.

Why you ask??? Because its BUDDY FRANKLIN. No other eason.

I'm sick of it.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I watched Sam's comments on the Footy Show, quite right Sam. You can always count on a Stupid comment from that prized idiot Brownless can't you? He say's, "We can't change it, time to build a bridge and get over it".

I can tell you one thing. If it were Ablett rubbed out and missing finals, Bill would have been squealing like a stuck pig about it. Whenever I hear the word "moron", I think of Brownless.

 

[lazy toad]

I watched Sam's comments on the Footy Show, quite right Sam. You can always count on a Stupid comment from that prized idiot Brownless can't you? He say's, "We can't change it, time to build a bridge and get over it".

I can tell you one thing. If it were Ablett rubbed out and missing finals, Bill would have been squealing like a stuck pig about it. Whenever I hear the word "moron", I think of Brownless.

i think u will find that every geelong supporter breathed a massive sigh of relief when buddy got done last year,
if we had made the finals, they would have been packing sh!t at the though of facing the hawks and losing again,
no secrets the pussys hate playing us

 

[darcytyler24]

well I just watched the same replay and not convinced he actually hit him in the head, more like the back of the neck, it was a free kick but not reportable.

I agree - I saw the replay and am quite certain that he didn't make head contact.What happens if they cannot determine if he got him in the head? Surely they would have to throw it out?

 

[Ledger]

I watched Sam's comments on the Footy Show, quite right Sam. You can always count on a Stupid comment from that prized idiot Brownless can't you? He say's, "We can't change it, time to build a bridge and get over it".

I can tell you one thing. If it were Ablett rubbed out and missing finals, Bill would have been squealing like a stuck pig about it. Whenever I hear the word "moron", I think of Brownless.

Glad someone else things Brownless is an absolute tool. All you ever hear from him is shit about Geeling whether it's on the Footy Show or Sunday Footy Show; totally sick of seeing his smug face.

I'm hoping Buddy gets off, i'm sick to death of the MRP and to be quite honest, getting sick of football after continually being ruined by them and the AFL.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I agree - I saw the replay and am quite certain that he didn't make head contact.What happens if they cannot determine if he got him in the head? Surely they would have to throw it out?

A person trained in the art of common sense would say yes, but who knows what the MRP will dream up?

 

[Roby]

Surely if you were smart enough come a qualifying final against Geelong for example, you would go low in hard when Ablett is about to get the ball and then feign massive sever concussion as Ablett could have chose to tackle, and therefore suspending Ablett for the finals.

Anyway our opinion does not matter. This will be deemed reckless with either low to medium impact. Will be one or two weeks. The good news is that our next 1-2 games will still be favourite and we still have the likes of Roughead who has done well without buddy. Not to mention Osborne, Peterson and Whitecross are starting to look good in the forward line.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Watching the replay, I don't actually see him hit him in the head, but Mattner went down for several seconds grasping his head, so I don't know how you argue against that. Because its Buddy he is gone, had it been Adam Goodes who hit Mattner for example, the MRP would have said.

Adam Goodes: The MRP has reviewed contact between Adam Goodes and Martin Mattner in the fourth quarter of the Hawthorn vs Sydney game. It was the view of the panel that while contact to the head was made it was the result of a late turn of Mattners own body. The MRP has formed the opinion that both players were going for the ball and contact was inevitable and of minimum contact. No case to answer.

Lance Franklin: The MRP has reviewed contact between Lance Franklin and Martin Mattner in the fourth quarter of the Hawthorn vs Sydney game. Contact was accessed as high contact (3 points), low impact (1 point), negligent contact (2 points), giving a total of 6 activation points. In summary with a previous poor record this totals to 325 and 350 points when previous points are considered, with an early plea Franklin can accept a 3 match sanction and 50 carry over points, because of Franklins poor record there is no discount for an early plea.

 

[BaliHawk]

I agree - I saw the replay and am quite certain that he didn't make head contact.What happens if they cannot determine if he got him in the head? Surely they would have to throw it out?

the MVP look at the incident per the report and the footage they have, as I understand it they watch this on a massive screan so they are in no doubt whether the collision took the head and make there assesment. It's borderline.....we now wait and see.

 

[Pessimistic]

I watched Sam's comments on the Footy Show, quite right Sam. You can always count on a Stupid comment from that prized idiot Brownless can't you? He say's, "We can't change it, time to build a bridge and get over it".

I can tell you one thing. If it were Ablett rubbed out and missing finals, Bill would have been squealing like a stuck pig about it. Whenever I hear the word "moron", I think of Brownless.

Correction - Brownless is always like that - squealing louder then normal maybe.

"Had a few froffys watched the pussies win another game downa t skilled"

We all know why they don't get beaten down there now dont we Billy ?

 

[wolvesjr34]

Consider this an over reaction if you will, but if Buddy gets suspended simply causehe made high contact, then it's actually time to challenge the consistency of the MRP (with regards to allowing other head high contact to slide) in a court of law. I am not saying Challenge any suspension Buddy gets, but to challenge the obvious bias in the interpretation of the rulings. Precedent SHOULD be allowed in defence if the AFL can't even maintain consistency with charges etcetera.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

When in doubt, Buddy's out.

 

[jazz]

He was down about as low as he could go but he will cop a week I reckon.

Just bad luck.

 

[Roby]

Lance Franklin: The MRP has reviewed contact between Lance Franklin and Martin Mattner in the fourth quarter of the Hawthorn vs Sydney game. Contact was accessed as high contact (3 points), low impact (1 point), negligent contact (2 points), giving a total of 6 activation points. In summary with a previous poor record this totals to 325 and 350 points when previous points are considered, with an early plea Franklin can accept a 3 match sanction and 50 carry over points, because of Franklins poor record there is no discount for an early plea.

So if that is the case he will be out for more than 3 weeks as the club will doggedly appeal. Could it not be seen as not to be negligent and something else?