Hawthorn lost but, looking at that post, I think grammar and common sense are the biggest loser.
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If players were reported everytime they made contact with a players arm then there would be 1000 reports each round
Contact below the knees. Bartel will miss 3-4 weeks for this one.
Umpire was going to ping him for holding the ball too until Hodgey grabbed it.Contact below the knees. Bartel will miss 3-4 weeks for this one.
Cats fans:
It has been widely reported that Mitch has been reported for some contact with Luke Hodge.
There was a free kick paid and Hodge got right up and did not leave the ground.
However, post match, it was reported and confirmed that Hodge has a broken arm from that event and will be out for 6 weeks or so.
Discuss this here and if/once the official word comes out this thread title will be ammended according.
GO Catters
Doubt it as he's a good blokeWill Hodge be looked at for knee to the head of Bartel?
Hodge did nothing there.that's damning - Hodge has considerable form with taking out blokes who put their head over the ball, unf*ckingfortunately though he is never cited; his list of priors should be extensive.
weak effort, and Bartel was left bleeding from the ear, had to come from the ground for treatment.
Hodge did nothing there.
And I liked how he went to Bartel when the umpire said he had to go off due to the blood rule.
Some of you are soooooooo one eyed.
Awful, isn't it? Couldn't happen to a nicer fellow. Hopefully hawthorn don't win any games while he's not playing. I wouldn't want him to feel like he missed out on anything.Broken arm huh, that's a shame, a damn shame I say.
From the sounds of CS , they would appeal that to the max. Whatever it takes this time.If it does not and he gets a week or two, after comments made the coach sticking up for his player, I would be livid if we do not appeal the decision handed out by the MRP. Over the years, our club have been very timid when it comes to challenging decisions. This would need to be one of those times where we stand up and fight it because Hodge was not hit in the head, his arm took the full brunt of the contact and Duncan can count himself one very lucky boy because had he made contact to the head, he'd be spending a few weeks on the sidelines.
Gibson would be fine.Tom Lonergan, James Frawley, Easton Wood and pretty much every defender would be on report each week. Josh Gibson would be sidelined permanently!
Hodge did nothing there.
And I liked how he went to Bartel when the umpire said he had to go off due to the blood rule.
Some of you are soooooooo one eyed.
Never want to see any players get hurt.
Game is hard enough as it is without adding injuries to it.
Keep the posts classy about injured players or you will get done for it.
As for the Hodge knee, the still photo looks damning in isolation and as much as the contact is in complete character with Hodge's history of cheap shots. sucker punches and blows to the head and throat, its hard to classify the knee as dliberate. The force is there but the intent, which histiry tells us is there, would be hard to prove in this case.
GO Catters
Better to give the $5000 fine to charity......In regards to Duncan this will be laughed at by the MRP surely. If this gets weeks ill streak spotless stadium.
Yeah in fairness I'd say nothing in it but if it was any other player their knee wouldn't of been there.Yeah, Hodge is a great bloke.
If this was an isolated incident then I would be content enough to give him the benefit of the doubt, but as it stands, he has form with regards to not putting his head over the ball, and being reckless when others do.
We'll see what happens.