McGovern reported

[Jobe Watson]

He explained the reason he pushed- to not allow the overlap

The play was dead. He achieved nothing with that push except for putting Guelfi in danger. 1 week ban is more than fair considering it may cost Guelfi 2 games.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Yeah I must've missed the part where Shuey went to hospital and is in doubt for this week.

What a waste of everyone's time. McGovern challenges and then presents such a pathetic defence for his act of thuggery. Deserved ban.

What Bellchambers did was much more likely to create serious injury than what McGovern did. If the chair wasn't there would Guelfi have gotten 'injured'?

 

[illegaleagle]

Isn’t it amazing all the players that got suspended where from interstate clubs , all the players that got off where from vic clubs. Must be worried there’s gonna be too many interstate clubs in the finals this year

 

[balmainforever]

So I take it that there is something that is more dangerous than the hardness of the ground at Optus.
It’s those pesky white chairs inside the area

 

[illegaleagle]

What Bellchambers did was much more likely to create serious injury than what McGovern did. If the chair wasn't there would Guelfi have gotten 'injured'?

How the hell did Bellchambers only get a fine should have been 2 or 3 weeks, it’s only because shuey didn’t get injured. AFL prob let him off to give essendon a chance against another interstate club this week in GWS

 

[BG__]

I don't really think it's worth a week, especially given some of the stuff that players have been let off for.

Should have just had Gov fork out the cash for the Taxi fare and called it even.

 

[wc_eagles_since86]

When the evidence of bias is so blatantly obvious, week in, week out, us WA supporters always get accused of conspiracy.

Can you not see the overwhelming evidence? Can you not see the ridiculousness of their decisions? Actually open your eyes and do some comparing.. ffs.
If these decisions actually affected your teams, you would be up in arms, alas the VFL players are a protected species. What more proof do you need than Ablett?

 

[brabs]

Did they compare to the other instance of this happening, where it was just a fine?

 

[Numero Uno]

VFL

yet Bellchambers gets a fine

 

[balmainforever]

It is what it is.
McGoverns own words

 

[Jobe Watson]

**** you VFL campaigners. Ablett elbows heads yeh no worries. Blokes from VFL teams push into fence yeh no worries. Gov coming up against a struggling VFL side next round 1 week. Scum so corrupt.

Maybe Perth players should stop pushing players into fences and breaking teenagers' jaws then?

 

[illegaleagle]

Nice to see the AFL continues the precedent of applying a different set of rules for West Coast players. At least they're consistently inconsistent with their interpretations.

How does the one where the GWS guy get pushed directly into the fence with more ferocity only get a fine and this one a week, that one looked way more dangerous than the McGovern push

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

Yeah I must've missed the part where Shuey went to hospital and is in doubt for this week.

What a waste of everyone's time. McGovern challenges and then presents such a pathetic defence for his act of thuggery. Deserved ban.

Your own coach said he only went to hospital to be cleared to fly home .
If the game was in Melbourne he wouldn't have .

Enjoy missing finals you cheating scum

 

[Big Cox 88]

Maybe Perth players should stop pushing players into fences and breaking teenager's jaws then?

Maybe Essendon should stop fabricating medical reports.

 

[frenchconnection]

Yes. Everyone is out to get you.



This incident has been covered widely on TV and social media from a variety of sources. It has generated a lot of discussion because it is divisive. I dont really have an opinion on it - I can see both sides.

But to say Eddie was generating the discussion on the panel after it because Pies play West Coast in 3 weeks is just utter rubbish. It was a talking point like all reports that come out of a game. The most this incident was going to get was a week - did Eddie think he could get him done for 3 by raising it? Or get the week which will cause an issue for the Pies game in 3 weeks?

Take the tin foil hats off boys. Laughable.

Think the comments may have been made with tongue in cheek, as last time I looked Guv has only 1 weeks suspension and we don't play Collingwood for another couple of weeks! Think you need to lighten up a bit and take the comments just as a bit of banter. No need to be so precious when anything is said against Eddie.

 

[frenchconnection]

It's not low impact and it's not low intent. He's giving it everything he's got. Using such force, where did he think Guilfi would end up.

They like playing teams that are men down. It makes them look so much better.

Why would I expect anything different from a Freo supporter! Always negative re anything to do with West Coast.

 

[FireKrakouer]

 

[frenchconnection]

The play was dead. He achieved nothing with that push except for putting Guelfi in danger. 1 week ban is more than fair considering it may cost Guelfi 2 games.

I will be interested to see if Guelfi gets selected and to play this coming weekend?

 

[Woody15]

Think the comments may have been made with tongue in cheek, as last time I looked Guv has only 1 weeks suspension and we don't play Collingwood for another couple of weeks! Think you need to lighten up a bit and take the comments just as a bit of banter. No need to be so precious when anything is said against Eddie.

Lol no they werent. Its was inevitable that Eddie was going to get dragged into it along with the normal Vic conspiracy rubbish. Always happens.

Also, I'm far from Eddie's greatest fan, in fact, I'd almost like to see a change soon so I'm certainly not precious about Eddie.

 

[Numero Uno]

Keeps WC's perfect conviction record from mrp/tribunal intact

no guesses why

 

[Jobe Watson]

I will be interested to see if Guelfi gets selected and to play this coming weekend?

It would be an act of sheer bravery if Guelfi was to take the field this round.

 

[Numero Uno]

It would be an act of sheer bravery if Guelfi was to take the field this round.

a few jabs should do the trick

 

[Numero Uno]

Yep... West Coast have been really harshly done by.. it's all a big conspiracy against you guys... you're so right !

and if you multiply this by a thousand it nearly compares to the advantage of having a GF played on your home ground

 

[Benno_900]

Would have thought the defence was to argue against high contact rather than blame a foreign object...

 

[Plugger35]

Not surprising that West Coast's "blame it on the chair" defence failed, that's like pushing someone in front of a car and then blaming the car for killing them.