Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 18

[FishingRick04]

And inturn absolving themselves of any corruption

 

[JimmyBC]

There's nothing in that Garry Rohan swinging arm Neale hammed it up, clear as a bell there was no head contact.

 

[PatientMental]

There's nothing in that Garry Rohan swinging arm Neale hammed it up, clear as a bell there was no head contact.

Good thing high contact constitutes anything above the shoulder

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Joel Selwood retiring would be so good for the game

I can't wait until he retires, suffers from concussion related issues afterwards, then tries to sue the AFL. And they just roll out highlight after highlight pointing out how he created the high contact through his own actions.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

There's nothing in that Garry Rohan swinging arm Neale hammed it up, clear as a bell there was no head contact.

It'll be careless, low impact and high contact anyway which is just a fine.

Because the AFL still doesn't have any MRO guidelines that punish non-footballing actions more heavily

And you just know, one day someone is going to be charged with intentional, medium impact to the body and be coping a suspenion. They'll then successfully appeal the ruling by arguing that it was careless because they were trying to punch them in the head.

 

[GoPorts]

AFL should invent more subjective rules to fix the problem of umpires bit being able to call the foundation rules of the game

 

[JimmyBC]

It'll be careless, low impact and high contact anyway which is just a fine.

Because the AFL still doesn't have any MRO guidelines that punish non-footballing actions more heavily.

I'm no Garry Rohan fan but Neale deserved it.

 

[Doctor Feel]

 

[GranFormaggi]

Sadly it does because they own their own stadium with no one leaching off their gate takings. Unlike former SANFL and now the SMA.

Not having to fund an entire state league helps

 

[Boxx]

It'll be careless, low impact and high contact anyway which is just a fine.

Because the AFL still doesn't have any MRO guidelines that punish non-footballing actions more heavily

And you just know, one day someone is going to be charged with intentional, medium impact to the body and be coping a suspenion. They'll then successfully appeal the ruling by arguing that it was careless because they were trying to punch them in the head.

All punches are now classified as International.
So, this should be classified as
INTENTIONAL
HIGH CONTACT
LOW IMPACT
= 1 match

IF they deem that there was no contact made to Neales head, then they must charge him with staging... will be interesting.

 

[tribey]

Oh come on mate.

You and I could exercise in an old school gym over summer and come out looking like Brutus Beefcake and SGT Slaughter by preseason.

‘We got Gary up the front and as a group we said ‘instead of being a mercurial small forward who can’t blow out a candle, be a full-time onballer with a tank bigger than Robert Harvey and Shane Crawford’s combined’, and Gary said ‘ok’’

 

[JimmyBC]

All punches are now classified as International.
So, this should be classified as
INTENTIONAL
HIGH CONTACT
LOW IMPACT
= 1 match

IF they deem that there was no contact made to Neales head, then they must charge him with staging... will be interesting.

If they are gonna class across the shoulders as high they also need to sight Neale for the clenched fist push to Rohan's neck which caused the reaction.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

‘We got Gary up the front and as a group we said ‘instead of being a mercurial small forward who can’t blow out a candle, be a full-time onballer with a tank bigger than Robert Harvey and Shane Crawford’s combined’, and Gary said ‘ok’’

Exactly what I said to finbarr and look at him now!!

 

[Relativity]

Why is the holding the ball/holding the man/dropping the ball rule so hard for umpires to interpretate? This shit should have been cleared up long before the AFL felt a need to fcuk around with any other rule.

 

[Boxx]

If they are gonna class across the shoulders as high they also need to sight Neale for the clenched fist push to Rohan's neck which caused the reaction.

It depends if they agree with Neale that the punch hit him in the head after the shoulder - it really makes no difference if it first hit the shoulder.

If theydon’t think it made contact with Neales head - then he has to be charged with staging.

 

[PatientMental]

Why is the holding the ball/holding the man/dropping the ball rule so hard for umpires to interpretate? This sh*t should have been cleared up long before the AFL felt a need to fcuk around with any other rule.

It can't be that hard.

 

[proman_x]

Ouch!

 

[TeeKray]

BRISBANE HAVEN'T WON IN GEELONG SINCE 2003!!!

Yeah, I wonder ****ing why lol.

 

[Relativity]

It can't be that hard.

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I'd be getting rid of the 18.6.3 (a) at the very least. If the tackler forces an illegal disposal, genuine attempt or not, it should be to the tacklers advantage.

 

[TeeKray]

2021 is all about givig back to Victorian footy after the year they had in 2020.

Yep.

Even though Richmond's 2020 premiership win meant 12 of the past 14 premiership teams have come from Victoria since the post-2006 AFL inquiry into the state of Victorian football.

I do feel sorry for them not having the grand final at the MCG last year. Must be so difficult to have a once in a lifetime pandemic rob you of an event for one year in your lifetime that you have no actual fair or reasonable entitlement to hold yet hold every year for eternity anyway.

 

[PatientMental]

I'd be getting rid of the 18.6.3 (a) at the very least. If the tackler forces an illegal disposal, genuine attempt or not, it should be to the tacklers advantage.

Problem with it, the rules are there to benefit the one willing to win the ball, not the Kane Cornes sweating off for a tackle.

 

[Macca19]

Can only assume the umpire thought he got a handball away.

 

[PatientMental]

Can only assume the umpire thought he got a handball away.

The magical no handed handball.

Far more impressive than the one handed handball.

 

[I Dont Care]

It depends if they agree with Neale that the punch hit him in the head after the shoulder - it really makes no difference if it first hit the shoulder.

If theydon’t think it made contact with Neales head - then he has to be charged with staging.

Easy way to fix it is give them both two weeks. One for being a dickhead and the other for pretending to be a dickhead

 

[Duck Farmer]

Can only assume the umpire thought he got a handball away.

They'll defend the decision as no prior opportunity with the ball being dislodged by the tackle.