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[Davo23]

Good to see Chris Scott has taken heed of the directive to not discuss MRP decisions publicly or say anything that may be critical/influential to the outcome.


Here's a few quotes from yesterday:


Chris Scott said he was "shocked" that Johnson had been offered a one-match ban by the Match Review Panel.

"But my views and my reaction was probably the same as most other reasoned people within the football industry"

"Given the fact that there was a 300-game umpire two metres away, and he didn't see the need to even pay a free kick, then I think that would work strongly in our favour"

"The way the system works, for us to plead our case on this one, in what is a very innocuous incident, we have to risk Steve not only missing the biggest game of the season for us this week, but missing a really big game the week after for something that is, in the way footy's played, absolutely inconsequential."

"I think the prevailing view across the competition at the moment, if I'm reading it accurately, is that given some of the other incidents across the weekend, the Steve one doesn't meet scrutiny."

"We don't live in a vacuum. We can't just isolate the Steve Johnson incident from this weekend. We've got to look at it in comparison to others.
And when we talk about sufficient force to constitute a reportable offence, and have one of the best players in the competition missing his club's biggest game of the year, then it's only fair that you have a look at other incidents across the weekend."

"According to other people in the industry, these decisions do not stand up to scrutiny."



http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-05/cats-contest-stevie-j-ban

Translation of Chris Scott's comments:

"We lost"


!

 

[Procrastinator35]

Can't see where the Cats think they are going to overturn the decision on this one: Low impact: Check! Reckless: Check! Unduly rough play: Check!

Dumb....They must be really worried about Freo!....Motlop with a hyper-extended knee & Selwood havin nightmares bout Crowley.

Desperate times call for desperate measures....Freo are their Bogey side & are already winning the psychological battle without even trying!

 

[Rioli magic]

Translation of Chris Scott's comments:

"We lost"


!

You don't even need to translate it, he literally says:

I'm shocked

Stevie is one of our best players and this is the biggest game of the year for our club

so we should compare it to other incidents like this

and then it seems pretty innocuous and he should get off, and everyone agrees with me.

Case dismissed.

 

[kimbopen]

Seems such a shame that for a bloke who was such a tough nut on the field, he now comes across as about as hard as a marshmallow off it ...

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

I don't think it's worth challenging off the play incidents, smacks of arrogance from Geelong.

 

[cryptor]

What are they going to argue? That force wasn't high enough? That would involve disputing the findings of the North medical report and I don't see how they can successfully do that at the tribunal.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

What are they going to argue? That force wasn't high enough? That would involve disputing the findings of the North medical report and I don't see how they can successfully do that at the tribunal.

I think that's exactly what they are going to argue, judging from Scott's comments to the media today.

An unnecessary off the play incident, take the one week you idiots!

 

[Davo-27]

North players do like to pretend they are hurt......i'm looking at you Petrie

 

[Cynic]

North players do like to pretend they are hurt......i'm looking at you Petrie

Pratt...Harvey...Thomas...

 

[kimbopen]

I don't think it's worth challenging off the play incidents, smacks of arrogance from Geelong.

Would we REALLY expect anything less from them?

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Would we REALLY expect anything less from them?

No

 

[Procrastinator35]

If Johnson gets off, then that makes a laughing-stock of the Lake decision from a consistency perspective alone....Though it was anyway!

 

[Max Powers]

Got this feeling Johnson will get off, hope im wrong.

 

[Procrastinator35]

He has to go....Regardless if its reckless or negligent it carries the same penalty....Only need to prove misconduct, which it clearly was!

Another trial by media farce approaching with the Cats appealing the impending decision methinks!

 

[Procrastinator35]

Just got off on negligible/insufficient force!....Joke & a Cop-Out by the Tribunal!

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Just got off on negligible force!

What a joke......

 

[Max Powers]

Just got off on negligible/insufficient force!....Joke & a Cop-Out by the Tribunal!

Absolute crock of sh*t, hope we smash Geelong in a couple of weeks so i can see the stupid look on his face..

 

[Bikefreak]

What a joke......

What a bunch of fwits.

They are undermining their own existence.

Why are they even required.

He should have gone for two weeks on intent alone.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

****ing snitch Petrie should be where the anger is directed.

They moved heaven and earth to get Johnson off...we were thrown under the bus

 

[Procrastinator35]

******* snitch Petrie should be where the anger is directed.

They moved heaven and earth to get Johnson off...we were thrown under the bus

We threw Lake under the Bus ourselves!....But I agree with you, the Scott brothers are definitely in cahoots here.

 

[LuvMyHawks]

The Whingers Bros at it again...What else can we expect?

 

[cryptor]

Johnson guilty of misconduct but the force (of dropping a knee into the chest) was deemed negligible. Free to play.

Lake guilty of misconduct but the force (of pushing a fist full of jumper into the throat) was deemed enough to see a 4 week ban.

 

[seysearles]

Just watched Open Mike and heard Stewart Lowe saying that he should have been playing at Hawthorn. Huge missed opportunity that one. He was a gun.

 

[IdiotBox]

May well work out well for us because we know his Docker mates will be right into him and he's dumb enough to fall for their niggle and will do something stupid and miss a few. you know it makes sense!

 

[Leather Poisoning]

May well work out well for us because we know his Docker mates will be right into him and he's dumb enough to fall for their niggle and will do something stupid and miss a few. you know it makes sense!

Ballantyne and Steve j to head butt each other unconscious. 4 weeks suspension each.