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Whateley is a good commentator of the game.
As an anchor of an opinion show, he is insufferably pompous and tedious.
As an anchor of an opinion show, he is insufferably pompous and tedious.
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Nah he's legit just shit at commentary as well. Hides behind overwrought scripts that he prepares and doesn't have any feel for the moment or spontaneity. Him on the Olympics was painful, should just stick to his safe place SEN.Whateley is a good commentator of the game.
As an anchor of an opinion show, he is insufferably pompous and tedious.
It wasn’t careless
Nah he's legit just shit at commentary as well. Hides behind overwrought scripts that he prepares and doesn't have any feel for the moment or spontaneity. Him on the Olympics was painful, should just stick to his safe place SEN.
He was trying way too hard to be Bruce McAvaney. It was embarrassing and cringeworthy.Nah he's legit just shit at commentary as well. Hides behind overwrought scripts that he prepares and doesn't have any feel for the moment or spontaneity. Him on the Olympics was painful, should just stick to his safe place SEN.
1.That was a perfect bump
2. Bring back that shade of teal
When is the tribunal date?
The grading of high contact is even more absurd when you consider that a free kick wasn’t paid due to the contact not being high. Figure that one out![]()
Tuesday night at the Tribunal.When is this all happening? Can’t believe it’s Monday night and penalty isn’t even handed
Until (if) Dan leaves us, he’s still Port Adelaide to me, and I'll be invested till then.Unpopular opinion but there's no point in being invested in this. He's going to be out for the season and there's nothing we can do about it. He's also now for all intents and purposes a former Port player so my investment in him as a player is effectively nil.
Yes we all know it would be different if it was a Victorian club. That's just part of the institutional bias in this league that is well told. Move past it and get on with business.
The risk is that you take a certain action that causes the other player to hit their head in a reasonably foreseen circumstance.
It’s written into their guidelines that contact between players does not have to be between the players to be classified as high contact or severe. Causing another player to have severe contact with the ground is classified as high contact still.
It is a reasonably foreseeable circumstance that given the actions Houston took, that it could result in impact to Rankine head. Which it did.
The fact it was the ground or Houston makes no difference here. It’s written in black and white in the tribunal classification.
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This one isn’t an example of us being the victim as a little club.
There's still a bit of grey area with tackling, but can you recall a single bump this year that resulted in a concussion but didn't end in a ban? Because I can't.You can say this is the case all you like, except in reality you’re wrong.
What you’re saying means every single marking contest where a player gets concussed should result in a ban, when in actual fact that never happens.
Let’s be real, the afl decides when and where to apply this rule. There absolutely is not, never had been and never will be a blanket, your contact caused this concussion whether by head hit or not Banhammer.
There's still a bit of grey area with tackling, but can you recall a single bump this year that resulted in a concussion but didn't end in a ban? Because I can't.
Unpopular opinion but there's no point in being invested in this. He's going to be out for the season and there's nothing we can do about it. He's also now for all intents and purposes a former Port player so my investment in him as a player is effectively nil.
Yes we all know it would be different if it was a Victorian club. That's just part of the institutional bias in this league that is well told. Move past it and get on with business.
Sorry this is a terrible post! Are you Koch in disguise? Let's be the good guys and give in to any decision the MRO? And your investment in Houston is nil because you think he's leaving? That's absolutely embarrassing coming from a Port Adelaide supporter! Absolute Zero loyalty, pathetic... go get a crows membership!Unpopular opinion but there's no point in being invested in this. He's going to be out for the season and there's nothing we can do about it. He's also now for all intents and purposes a former Port player so my investment in him as a player is effectively nil.
Yes we all know it would be different if it was a Victorian club. That's just part of the institutional bias in this league that is well told. Move past it and get on with business.
Unpopular opinion but there's no point in being invested in this. He's going to be out for the season and there's nothing we can do about it. He's also now for all intents and purposes a former Port player so my investment in him as a player is effectively nil.
Yes we all know it would be different if it was a Victorian club. That's just part of the institutional bias in this league that is well told. Move past it and get on with business.
Unpopular opinion but there's no point in being invested in this. He's going to be out for the season and there's nothing we can do about it. He's also now for all intents and purposes a former Port player so my investment in him as a player is effectively nil.
Yes we all know it would be different if it was a Victorian club. That's just part of the institutional bias in this league that is well told. Move past it and get on with business.
There's still a bit of grey area with tackling, but can you recall a single bump this year that resulted in a concussion but didn't end in a ban? Because I can't.
You can say this is the case all you like, except in reality you’re wrong.
What you’re saying means every single marking contest where a player gets concussed should result in a ban, when in actual fact that never happens.
Let’s be real, the afl decides when and where to apply this rule. There absolutely is not, never had been and never will be a blanket, your contact caused this concussion whether by head hit or not Banhammer.
What you and others are mistaking , is that the afl has left the rules deliberately vague so they can apply them when and how they like, and if they want to apply a , you concussed this player regardless of where you hit him rule I’m positive they could do it. It’s just not a certain rule that exists in the way people are making it out to be. There’s just no way the afl wants to be boxed into making calls they don’t want to make.
We all know if this was nick daicos there just wouldn’t be the same application.
I'm not sure on this.Unpopular opinion but there's no point in being invested in this. He's going to be out for the season and there's nothing we can do about it. He's also now for all intents and purposes a former Port player so my investment in him as a player is effectively nil.
Yes we all know it would be different if it was a Victorian club. That's just part of the institutional bias in this league that is well told. Move past it and get on with business.
This might be the most unpopular opinion ever, but I'll still be invested and support him even at the Dees (apart from when they're playing us). Once a Port man always a Port man, unless you leave the wrong way. For a pick 45 to end up being one of our best players for the past 6 years and at the end of it all if he can net us a good return like a couple first rounders or a player he's more than upheld his end of the bargain when we drafted him.Until (if) Dan leaves us, he’s still Port Adelaide to me, and I'll be invested till then.