Certified Legendary Thread Patrick Cripps and Ah Chee

[Art Vandelay_]

Maybe but the tears and melts from opposition sooks tonight have been well worth it!!!

Congrats on your last win for 2022.

 

[Greggy]

Did you feel for Shiel back in 2017?

Why? He didn’t get hit in the head. Hurt his shoulder. Concussion came from a later incident. Our 3 time premiership captain is actually a ball player who has achieved something in his career. Good luck scraping into the finals.

 

[Sea fog]

Rioli was a marking contest and he hit the ball

And Rowell played on.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Tim Kelly gets a week for a tackle that ‘had the potential’ to cause injury.

Cripps chose to bump, and actually did cause injury. Zero weeks.

How does this work?

He didn't choose to bump. He was going straight at the ball.

And if you don't like the Kelly decision, appeal it. This is an afl ruling

 

[JyeDye]

You realise they got him off because the AFL lawyer was trash right not because the action was allowed

 

[FourthTimeAround]

I don't see the problem here.

The AFL established a precedent with Willie Rioli. If Rioli got off, so should Cripps.

Blame the AFL and the tribunal for being incompetent idiots in the Rioli incident.

Willie RiolI, as marginal as it was, was contesting a mark.
Cripps approached a contest, saw he was beaten to the ball, jumped in the air and hit a player in the head.

it’s an absolute farce that it hasnt Merited a suspension, as it was for Cotchin all those years ago.

People losing their s**t about Ginnivan and needing to protect the neck/head worried about the image of the game, and yet this action is given a green light? Seriously?

They’re basically agreeing that you can leave the ground recklessly and hip and shoulder any opposition player in the head whilst contesting the ball. Doesn’t matter that you wouldn’t jump off the ground like that any other time, but if there’s a player there then it’s acceptable. Farce.

 

[adammania9]

well it must be time to go see an optometrist then.

I know you’re happy because you support Carlton, but it’s an appalling decision and you cannot say otherwise

 

[Worm4]

Tim Kelly gets a week for a tackle that ‘had the potential’ to cause injury.

Cripps chose to bump, and actually did cause injury. Zero weeks.

How does this work?

You got it all wrong. He didn't choose to bump. You need to change your mindset.

 

[harmesy 37]

Disgusting decision. AFL only looks after its golden children. Carlton are a blight on the sport

Says the supporter of a team -Collingwood- that only has to travel interstate at most five times a year.

 

[Whiskers]

Tim Kelly gets a week for a tackle that ‘had the potential’ to cause injury.

Cripps chose to bump, and actually did cause injury. Zero weeks.

How does this work?

Cripps got 2, Kelly 1.
It’s not hard to work out.
If you wanted Kelly to play you just keep appealing.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Why? He didn’t get hit in the head. Hurt his shoulder. Concussion came from a later incident. Our 3 time premiership captain is actually a ball player who has achieved something in his career. Good luck scraping into the finals.

So you're saying Cotchin was attacking the ball? Am I right?

 

[adammania9]

Says the supporter of a team -Collingwood- that only has to travel interstate at most five times a year.

The same as Carlton?

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

There will need to be a rule change or a procedure change to eliminate the possibility of someone getting concussed from that kind of action and it being overturned. Either they need to specify what a bump is or that a bump and contesting a ball are able to happen simultaneously and if the result is a concussion the player needs to be sanctioned. The AFL needs to fix this because otherwise the CTE damages that will be paid out will be even more extortionate. Players welfare is at stake. Can't have this outcome given Venables etc.

 

[SplintWhisky]

Didn't need to out stretch his arms. The ball was about to land in his hands

He has his hands in a position to take the ball at waist/low torso level which would of necessitated the jump. It was always going to cause contact and Cripps left the ground which is always historically a strike against the player (unless in a marking contest)

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Cripps got 2, Kelly 1.
It’s not hard to work out.
If you wanted Kelly to play you just keep appealing.

No. Cripps got 0.

 

[theyellowsash]

Didn't need to out stretch his arms. The ball was about to land in his hands

was his hand poking through the back of ahchees head like some kind of witchdoctor?

 

[GoBlues!]

Wonder how much the Lygon Street Mafia contributed to this?

Cripps QC after the decision..

 

[FourthTimeAround]

He didn't choose to bump. He was going straight at the ball.

And if you don't like the Kelly decision, appeal it. This is an afl ruling

Chose to jump. Had time to turn his body, and protect himself whilst knocking an opposition player in the head.
Apparently not reasonably foreseeable. Not reckless. Just an accident that he had time to avoid, and didn’t.

 

[Murraj1966]

Absolute disgrace.

Imagine his name was Ben Long

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Ben Long

Age

26

Ht

186cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.9

3star

K

6.2

2star

HB

4.7

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.7

4star

MG

166.8

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.3

3star

MG

129.0

2star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.2

5star

MG

223.0

4star

 

[JyeDye]

The amount of clowns in here that still don't get that the tribunal ****ed up is why he got off. The AFL aren't saying the action was okay but their lawyers shit the bed and Cripps got off on a technicality.

 

[JustaBattler]

I know you’re happy because you support Carlton, but it’s an appalling decision and you cannot say otherwise

Well yeah I can and have ...

The only appalling decision was the MRO - and ex Collingwood flog and the 'tribunal' nuffies who were split on it until they got a call from Gill the Dill - there wasn't even a free paid and if you watch the video that wasn't played on TV - Cripps was all eyes for the ball ...

far worse 'incidents' have been let go by the MRO monkey

 

[carlton_99]

The same as Carlton?

Not sure why people are discussing fixtures suddenly but Carlton travel interstate 6 times this year

 

[HereComesJuddy]

He has his hands in a position to take the ball at waist/low torso level which would of necessitated the jump. It was always going to cause contact and Cripps left the ground which is always historically a strike against the player (unless in a marking contest)

So sorry that contact is part of the game!

He jumped at the ball, which if you played the game, you'd know that's what you are meant to do

 

[theyellowsash]

"The appeals board found the findings of the tribunal jury were unreasonable due to a failure to afford procedural fairness which resulted in an error of law."

so basically, he gets off on a technicality.

is there any wonder the public has no faith in the judges of the justice system....

 

[Munga]

We all know how it works...