I’m sorry, but that isn’t a suspension. Yes the action doesn’t look great, but how can you call that medium impact?
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I hope we challenge
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FMD. We have to appeal. Spargo has totally determined that outcome.
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Watching JOM I’d even go as far to say there is no actual slinging action, he just tries to pulls him to the ground but Spargo basically jumps to make it a slinging action.
Watch JOM for how he tackles him and ignore Spargo
Watch JOM for how he tackles him and ignore Spargo
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Rubbish there is no rule regarding looking bad. The guy flopped no head hitting ground. only have to show similar incidences this year where players heads did hit ground and they (afl’s darlings) have got off. We are piss weak if we don’t challenge and yeah how about we look to a different rep at these appeals as our current mob are woefull
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Should be a fine at best (worst?). See far worse get done that doesn’t even get a peep out of the MRP. The umpires were after us big time since just before quarter time. Bunch of cheats
Too many non Vic clubs on the way up ATM.. gotta do what they can to level it
There's no way we win this on appeal.
His head definitely hits the ground and his arm was pinned.
Do I think Spargo was hugely responsible for this as well? Absolutely.
Do I think the AFL will all of a sudden recognise players are doing that? Absolutely not.
His head definitely hits the ground and his arm was pinned.
Do I think Spargo was hugely responsible for this as well? Absolutely.
Do I think the AFL will all of a sudden recognise players are doing that? Absolutely not.
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Hogan hit his own head in the ground harder than this. What a ****ing joke.
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It isn't a suspension by any definition of the word, but it's a waste of time to get upset about it. We have Erasmus and Brodie in the wings ready to come in, we'll be fine without a week of O'Meara.
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I’m secretly pretty keen to finally see all of Ras, Johnson and Amiss named in the starting 22…
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I think it'll be great to see, all 3 of our pillars from the 2021 draft in one team is exciting stuff, three guys who are going to be pillars of our entire team for years to come, O'Meara being suspended sucks, but there are positives to come out of it, like this.
Yep thought this as soon I seen it .spargo the little grub was the one responsible for the “fling” looking for free kick nothing more
Spargo spun which caused the 360 “slinging” motion. Omeara was holding his hips. The final dump was spargo lurching fwd looking for the free. This makes me angry it was reported.
We have to appeal and I think will miss JOM more than some realise if we are unsuccessful
We have to appeal and I think will miss JOM more than some realise if we are unsuccessful
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Even if the tribunal thought it was a dangerous tackle, how can it even be graded medium impact??? If this is medium what does low even look like?
Insignificant impact would be more accurate to describe this one.
Insignificant impact would be more accurate to describe this one.
Don't care. The club should come out on the offensive and make a point of Spargo flopping. This behaviour needs more attention in the media. It's just as bad as the ducking and diving for high contact and push in the backs.
There's a very clear case to be made. All 3 of the following on their own should be enough to get off. In combination it should be even clearer.
(1) JOM might have had the arm pinned, but you can see he is actually trying to hold Spargo up to stop him hitting the deck.
(2) Spargo flopped.
(3) Contact was minimal.
Not saying it will work because this is the VFL we are dealing with, but it would be piss weak to roll over.
I'm not up to date with rule changes coming into this season, what did they change this time?
Maybe go with interpretation rather than rules. Just from watching other examples this year.
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They recognise that players are 'shrugging' to make a tackle slip high.
They really should recognise this, too, but this is a really weird time for the AFL. They know they are going to face massive future litigation for not protecting players from CRT. Whether anyone likes it or not, it is coming like a tsunami on the horizon.
So here we are, with the AFL shitting itself and overreacting to every minor head impact. Sad days for our sport, but maybe the 'good old days' weren't so good either.
Hopefully some common sense middle ground can be attained, but it is a tricky situation.
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