Toast James Sicily - Hawthorn captain 2023 - AA 2023!

[Hawkspot]

So the player didn’t feel it, told everyone it was nothing, had no injury/reaction, the footage shows a light touch, and there’s no precedent for anything this light being medium impact?

Then the AFL avoided talking about the medium impact finding.

Yeh, it’s a witch hunt.

Punishing the action is fine if it’s consistent, but they’ve never done it before and likely won’t again.

 

[peetoo]

It’s all optics and branding. People are being jailed today for ‘optics and branding’

Truth is an incidental annoyance

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Each year I’m more and more disillusioned with the AFL. Just self fellating backslappers ripping the integrity out of the sport that is Aussie Rules.

Is this our punishment for the racism report? It’s hard to think otherwise.

100% it is.

 

[Iceman!]

Each year I’m more and more disillusioned with the AFL. Just self fellating backslappers ripping the integrity out of the sport that is Aussie Rules.

Is this our punishment for the racism report? It’s hard to think otherwise.

I have found myself having a similar issue, the ever shifting goal posts is just nauseating. All out comes seeming to be down to whatever pandering they need to do based off what the hot topic is at the time.

The Sicily tackle suspension from a good tackle

Maynard gets off for that bump

Sicily gets done for this 'kick'

As well as so many more and simply you have no choice but to just accept the rubbish. They will pick an outcome they want and make up whatever justification is required.

 

[hawkman]

Neale's punch in the guts of Hewitt had a genuine potential of injury yet that was graded as low

 

[Iceman!]

So the player didn’t feel it, told everyone it was nothing, had no injury/reaction, the footage shows a light touch, and there’s no precedent for anything this light being medium impact?

Then the AFL avoided talking about the medium impact finding.

Yeh, it’s a witch hunt.

Punishing the action is fine if it’s consistent, but they’ve never done it before and likely won’t again.

Yeah this is the issue, the one guy who can literally tell you there was next to no impact isn't even allowed to give evidence.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

It’s all optics and branding. People are being jailed today for ‘optics and branding’

Truth is an incidental annoyance

This case is actually a very good allegory for the justice system in Australia at the moment.

Evidence is ignored to get the desired outcome for as you say 'optics and branding'

Sickening.

 

[TheFourPillars]

Its the one part of the game that is well and truely rigged

 

[Stranglers]

Oh my God!

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I’m in utter shock.

 

[Stranglers]

Oh my God!

Tribunal actually sees sense. Downgraded to a fine.

 

[Mercy Seat]

 

[Mercy Seat]

Thank bloody god

 

[VandoHawk]

We had the worst defence in history and it got downgraded, that's how innocuous that 'kick' was

 

[TheFourPillars]

Oh my god

 

[Iceman!]

Holy shit it is an actual miracle Common sense from the AFL even if the road to reach it was as ridiculous as always.

 

[Iceman!]

I might have to actually watch 360 for the first time in years just to laugh at Slobbo crying

 

[Arrogant Frog]

#justiceforjames

 

[hawkman]

Amazing we actually won. First for everything

 

[TheFourPillars]

We had the worst defence in history and it got downgraded, that's how innocuous that 'kick' was

Any sane human being would think the same. It just could not be graded as medium impact

 

[StillAtLarge]

Happy 'Sicily Free to Play Day' everyone!

 

[peetoo]

This case is actually a very good allegory for the justice system in Australia at the moment.

Evidence is ignored to get the desired outcome for as you say 'optics and branding'

Sickening.

I was thinking of the sub postmaster scandal in the UK

Everyone knows the past and current uk post office admin are bastards, but they are still doubling trebling quadrupling down with tactics in the name of ‘optics and branding’

They should be in the slammer

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Geez David Zita has covered Sicily closer than Finn tags Daicos

"again"
What an absolute little bitch of a thing to include on that tweet.


Geez I am too worked up about this one

 

[thehardway]

I'm going to watch AFL 360 to watch Robbo's head explode.

 

[TheFourPillars]

I might have to actually watch 360 for the first time in years just to laugh at Slobbo crying

Like butter on a frying pan the melts are gonna be huge