MRP / Trib. Isaac Heeney - High contact on Jimmy Webster

[justlookingaround]

Well, I hope for his sake he doesn’t poll the most votes on Brownlow night. Wonder if umpires will start to ‘subconsciously’ stop sending votes his way…

 

[The 747]

Obviously not a good enough bloke. All that smiling didn't fool them.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Hope he gets off . Why so many bombers fans foaming at the mouth about this ?

My guess would be because Wright got a controversial ban earlier in the year (I'd have let him off tbh). Now they're bitter about others trying to not get suspended.

 

[Underarm]

That's the thing that's hard to fathom out of this. I don't understand how they can uphold it was intentional when he wasn't looking in his opponents direction.

He knew he was there. He intended to make contact to get separated.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

That's the thing that's hard to fathom out of this. I don't understand how they can uphold it was intentional when he wasn't looking in his opponents direction.

Because that’s what the default grading of the new rule is.

If you swing an arm and hit an opponent high whilst trying to get separation then it’s automatically intentional

 

[The Mares Leg]

Reading this jumble of words gave me a headache....wrench in the works lololol

Sorry…left my Letter Blocks at home.

 

[_Mike_]

Soft suspension IMO, didnt look anywhere near as bad as some of the other stuff that gets overlooked or let off with a fine. Thought he would have gotten off

 

[The Mares Leg]

‘He knew he was there’. So where was the closed fist you’d expect with a conscious strike? Blind comment.

‘ If you hit an opponent high’ - even if they are tripping over themselves? Idiot position.

 

[Superstar swan]

Well, I hope for his sake he doesn’t poll the most votes on Brownlow night. Wonder if umpires will start to ‘subconsciously’ stop sending votes his way…

The way this league is run i imagine some votes at the start of the year get changed from 3's to 2's or 2's to 1's

 

[bloodsbigot]

Obviously not a good enough bloke. All that smiling didn't fool them.

Needs to ram more heads into goal posts.

 

[MF]

lol how can anyone, even sydney fans, legitimately argue that turning and deliberately punching someone in the face, causing a bloody nose, isn't worthy of at least a week. he's honestly lucky it wasn't more than one

you lot are seriously taking the piss haha

What you've described would deserve a suspension. Unfortunately what you've described isn't what happened

 

[_Mike_]

Heeney must be leading Bont, Daicos and Crippa, he he he. What a terrible outcome. Shouldn't have been a suspension.

Bont is done now, so effectively it's Cripps to lose from here. I dont think Daicos can get it

 

[Underarm]

‘He knew he was there’. So where was the closed fist you’d expect with a conscious strike? Blind comment.

‘ If you hit an opponent high’ - even if they are tripping over themselves? Idiot position.

Swans should hire you. Would have got him off with this wisdom.

 

[MF]

What a joke. Hope he polls the most votes so the AFL finally realise how stupid it is for players to be ineligible for a poor tackle or incidental contact.

 

[Superstar swan]

What a joke. Hope he polls the most votes so the AFL finally realise how stupid it is for players to be ineligible for a poor tackle or incidental contact.

No way they let that happen. Votes will be changed and umpired instructed to vote accordingly

 

[Elixuh]

Bont is done now, so effectively it's Cripps to lose from here. I dont think Daicos can get it

What happened to Bont?

 

[bloodsbigot]

The Victorian football league.

 

[MF]

"He won't get cited because of the AFL lovechild discount and if he does it will just be a fine"

Cops a week

"They're just citing him for show, they'll let him off at the Tribunal"

Decision upheld

"Should have got 3 weeks"

 

[_Mike_]

What happened to Bont?

needed to poll votes in the majority of games and was off the boil in Saturday's flogging at the hands of Port. He'll still poll votes for the rest of the season but I doubt he will be close enough to win it

 

[YeoShuey]

I’m glad that the Tribunal held firm on this one.

 

[Jibroni]

Would have thought the AFL Gestapo would have wanted Heeney to be cleared, given the benefits of having a Brownlow medallist in Sydney. If he wore a black and white or navy blue jumper he would have been cleared.

Like Heeney as a player, feel sorry for him.

 

[BloodRet]

If that's daicos or cripps they get off, no doubt. Disgrace afl

 

[Fadge]

The way this league is run i imagine some votes at the start of the year get changed from 3's to 2's or 2's to 1's

That surely can't happen, but keep a close eye on the voting patterns for the rest of the season...

 

[Tedeski]

Oh well.
Heens will get on with it.
Bigger fish to fry for the club.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Getting my tin foil hat on, the AFLs "betting partners" all just made bank on Heeney for brownlow losses, and now all the major contenders are Victorian, where the weight of consumers is who might have a wager on Bont or Cripps now

Entertainment league, not a sports league.

I don't think the betting agencies controlled Heeney's arm and made the choice to swing an arm backwards.
It's shit for Heeney and his Brownlow chances, but he's lucky it was graded low impact and only a week.
A whack to the face, a blood nose and the potential for injury with broken noses and concussion.
We were only told last week with the Boyd tackle that those are automatically graded medium impact.
This was always a week and lucky not to be two, but I'm also surprised that they didn't find a way to get him off, even though I couldn't see how they could.