Player Watch Rookie Pick #45 (2015) - Dan Houston

[agmsy]

The VFL pile on has well and truly commenced.

Does that mean "keeping one of our best players available to improve our flag chances" doesn't hew close enough to pure self-interest for the likes of CD and Peter Blucher to get in the ear of their media mates?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Grand final is still potentially in play with 4. Especially if we go out Western Sydney week 1.

Saw Tom Morris on Footy Furnace mention that, it's a conditional option but they seem committed to getting Houston 4 weeks.

Leigh Matthews tied himself up in knots trying to equate Houston's bump to Rankine's that saw him go for 4 weeks. He thought that made it equitable. He did kind of concede that Houston's was 'a bit closer to the play' than Rankine's ... no Leigh, it was in the middle of the play, whereas Rankine's was so far off the ball you needed cinemascope to pick it up.

Honestly it was nothing like Wright's bump or worse still Webster's, they were virtual decapitations. Wright was suspended for 4 and that was worse than Houston's.

I think 3 games is reasonably achievable.

 

[Ropable]

If I've learnt anything from the fallout of this game, Is that he simply should have tunneled Rankine.

Apparently that's legal and doesn't warrant a report

 

[sobrave]

Under normal circumstances I think it gets 4+ but they might try to give a discount for finals. Probably not tho.

Remember SPP got 4 for something very minor and incidental

 

[Ford Fairlane]

If I've learnt anything from the fallout of this game, Is that he simply should have tunneled Rankine.

Apparently that's legal and doesn't warrant a report

Depends what guernsey you're wearing. Big Sav was done for sliding into the legs early in the game.

 

[Pat07350]

Concussion essentially can't happen without a whiplash injury - the two go hand in hand and that's why as part of any good concussion rehab protocol includes neck strengthening exercises (particularly of the deep neck flexors).

In this case there is a good angle (I don't have the tech to make a video cut up) of the hit which clearly shows Rankine alert following the hit, but upon his head hitting the ground, he exhibits a tonic posture which is indicative of concussion.

Any half decent lawyer should be able to present a solid case for Dan at the tribunal. But I don't necessarily trust Port's lawyers given their history MrMeaner

Exactly, is eyes are open and alert after the bump. Port need to argue it was a body shot. Ball in dispute. He is allowed to bump just not to the head.

Under normal circumstances I think it gets 4+ but they might try to give a discount for finals. Probably not tho.

Remember SPP got 4 for something very minor and incidental

Spp made contact to the head.

 

[SonOfKek]

Here's two fair and equitable trades:
1. We swap Houston for Petracca.
2. We keep Houston and the city of Melbourne can sink into the ocean.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

I hope they give Dan a suspension on what is actually warranted rather than going with the easy '4 weeks because that might be how many games Port have remaining huh duh'

 

[PowerLil]

Does that mean "keeping one of our best players available to improve our flag chances" doesn't hew close enough to pure self-interest for the likes of CD and Peter Blucher to get in the ear of their media mates?

You have my vote for POTY.

 

[Pat07350]

Saw Tom Morris on Footy Furnace mention that, it's a conditional option but they seem committed to getting Houston 4 weeks.

Leigh Matthews tied himself up in knots trying to equate Houston's bump to Rankine's that saw him go for 4 weeks. He thought that made it equitable. He did kind of concede that Houston's was 'a bit closer to the play' than Rankine's ... no Leigh, it was in the middle of the play, whereas Rankine's was so far off the ball you needed cinemascope to pick it up.

Honestly it was nothing like Wright's bump or worse still Webster's, they were virtual decapitations. Wright was suspended for 4 and that was worse than Houston's.

I think 3 games is reasonably achievable.

Rankines bump was graded as intentional, and high. Dans is careless and high, get the high down graded to body and we could push for 2.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Rankines bump was graded as intentional, and high. Dans is careless and high, get the high down graded to body and we could push for 2.

There's nothing to lose, we're going to the tribunal anyway. Then challenge if they give him 3+.

It's not like it's a distraction, we'll be planning to pick a side without him anyway.

Plus it will give cRowie and crowies an apoplexy.

 

[backtozero]

Has Houston been lowered into a vat of acid yet?

Yes. Awaiting the burial at sea.

 

[JimmyBC]

There will be no finals discount he doesn't play for an MCG tenant.

 

[Spadge]

I dont see how they can grade it as high when he didnt hit him in the head? it was shoulder to chest
Careless and severe i cant argue but it was not high

Careless / Severe / Body - 2 to 3 weeks

 

[OneGreatClub]

Do we have good QC?

 

[Jojay]

Lol no worries Leigh Matthews. There wasn't even a free kick awarded and you're still shirty about 2004. Let it go man

 

[sobrave]

Do we have good QC?

 

[chachi11]

 

[sobrave]

Lol no worries Leigh Matthews. There wasn't even a free kick awarded and you're still shirty about 2004. Let it go man

Lol, the bloke who was renowned for king hits off the ball, when a regulation shirt front like Houston's would have been applauded, says we need a send off.

Maybe you should have been sent off to jail when you tried to kill Neville Bruns

 

[sobrave]

Ok, we're definitely in trouble

 

[Spadge]

Lol, the bloke who was renowned for king hits off the ball, when a regulation shirt front like Houston's would have been applauded, says we need a send off.

Maybe you should have been sent off to jail when you tried to kill Neville Bruns

Yep was going to say this myself

what sort of bizarro world do we live in when the games biggest sniper in history calls for the send off rule for legitimate bumps

What a ****ing hypocrite

 

[scotty13]

Reckon them grading Careless is trying to give us a chance of Dan playing the GF.

I think it was because it was in play, where intentional is left for behind play acts.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

And that's coming from former crows champion Wayne Carey.

 

[JUSTWORK]

We should absolutely be challenging on the basis that this wasn’t a high bump and was a genuine football incident. I.e. Houston trying to get the drop of the ball and running into a player coming back against the flight.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Lol no worries Leigh Matthews. There wasn't even a free kick awarded and you're still shirty about 2004. Let it go man

This is the world we live in, where Leigh Matthews is the arbiter of on-field violence.

I want to go back to the 1970s and warn people. But I would just be laughed at.