Toast Round 9 = Collingwood 103-37 West Coast

[Pleasedontfail11]

Reid is more like Cripps from Carlton where Nick is like Pendles

Reid is much more athletic then Cripps. More like a slightly bigger Martin with high marking potential (although I don't expect him to perform like Martin for a few years, if ever)

 

[TradeDraft]

If you don't like people yelling, don't go to the footy, go somewhere quiet. Simple.

Spot On.

It's a Passionate Fans that can be very loud as they are Right into the Game

Don't go IF you hate Yelling and Swearing

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

One of the best characteristics of our game is that it’s generally safe - for fans to be, to take our kids, for players on the field to be protected from fans. We don’t have high fences, we don’t let off flares, we can’t invade the pitch.

The guy who has been suspended did not mean any harm to the player (although the fact that we were smashing WC may have helped his mood).

But the rule is there for the bigger picture. We can’t have physical interaction between players and fans during a game.

After a game, when the successful team goes to the fence and high fives fans is different - many players seek this out and love it. It’s also in their control.

When the WC player found himself on the fence during play - and had a Pies fan take the ball from him and ruffle his hair - was not something he sought. He should not have had to deal with that. It just shouldn’t happen.

Nobody disagrees with the rule and the concept. The disagreement is whether the punishment not fits the crime taking into account the specifics of the circumstance.

 

[jmac70]

If you're not allowed to touch the player whilst the game is on, then you're not allowed to touch the player whilst the game is on. I don't know how much simpler it could be.

This is obviously why the AFL needs big suspensions & hefty fines, because some supporters can't seem to comprehend simple rules.

Hefty fines and suspensions are not needed in the AFL.

Can you name the last time a player was hurt by a fan during a game?

 

[jmac70]

Spot On.

It's a Passionate Fans that can be very loud as they are Right into the Game

Don't go IF you hate Yelling and Swearing

No TD. Swearing is not ok at the footy.

 

[Doc1763]

Spot On.

It's a Passionate Fans that can be very loud as they are Right into the Game

Don't go IF you hate Yelling and Swearing

why do you need to swear?

 

[TradeDraft]

Apart from winning yesterday, I did enjoy watching our newbies.

How they performed under AFL pressure, how they fitted into an experienced team that had played together for sometime.

Think that all showed something at different times and maybe the cupboard isn't so bare.

Agree Maggie5 that after watching that game makes our Depth look not as bad as 1st Thought

 

[Apex36]

Who are these people? What crowds are you mixing in Apex?

You have more faith in the general public than I do I guess. There are a lot of stupid people out there who will 100% push the boundaries if they think they’ll get off lightly.

 

[jmac70]

what if they gave your hair a bit if a ruffle?

I would tell them to get stuffed!

 

[TradeDraft]

He’s actually a nice bloke, (have spoken to him at interstate games in the past).

He is the Seats next to my Away Seats at the MCG and Seems like a Good Bloke when I seen him

 

[Doc1763]

I would tell them to get stuffed!

that's not setting a good example for your impressionable students.

 

[sr36]

Game on. Supporter touching player. Don't touch. It's too simple.

No wonder Sydney draw shit crowds. They've all been banned:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DHgM3W6gnJGg&ved=2ahUKEwib9biIiI2GAxXep1YBHdv1AWgQwqsBegQIDRAG&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw3OryAJ5zVYEQg6a8A9VFBk

 

[Apex36]

So, what if that fan were not a man with tattoos on his face? What if it was an attractive woman in her 20s.

Would the penalty be the same?

If course it would, the rule isn’t age and gender based, stop being ridiculous.

 

[jmac70]

If course it would, the rule isn’t age and gender based, stop being ridiculous.

Pull your head in! It’s not ridiculous to suggest that it wouldn’t have been looked at.
Get real.

 

[Apex36]

Hefty fines and suspensions are not needed in the AFL.

Can you name the last time a player was hurt by a fan during a game?

That’s an easy one, straight from the superannuation disclosure statement.

Past performance isn’t an indicator of future performance.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Hefty fines and suspensions are not needed in the AFL.

Can you name the last time a player was hurt by a fan during a game?

That's what they're trying avoid happening by letting supporters know it's simply not acceptable to touch players during the game.

I'm sick of talking about this to be honest. I thought this rule was already clear, yet we still have morons doing it. And others justifying it.

 

[Doc1763]

Pull your head in! It’s not ridiculous to suggest that it wouldn’t have been looked at.
Get real.

If some milf had have leant over the fence and given him a big toungy, would it have been looked at?

 

[Apex36]

Pull your head in! It’s not ridiculous to suggest that it wouldn’t have been looked at.
Get real.

You get real. You’re just making up stories about gender bias that isn’t there now to try and prove your point. It’s pathetic.

 

[TradeDraft]

why do you need to swear?

When you get Angry stuff comes out the Mouth can't control sometimes

Swearing like the F** Word is barley even a Swear word anymore

 

[jmac70]

That's what they're trying avoid happening by letting supporters know it's simply not acceptable to touch players during the game.

I'm sick of talking about this to be honest. I thought this rule was already clear, yet we still have morons doing it. And others justifying it.

I’m not justifying it. But the penalty is too severe.

There was no malice or ill intent.

 

[sr36]

You have more faith in the general public than I do I guess. There are a lot of stupid people out there who will 100% push the boundaries if they think they’ll get off lightly.

I was commenting more on the likelihood of the thought process.

Player near me
I want to touch him.
Tattooed man got small penalty.
I'll touch him.

Vs

Player near me.
I want to touch him
Tattooed man got big penalty.
I won't touch him.

Either way is weird, but just don't think it works that way. I don't think the size of the penalty will make a difference a week or s season it won't make a difference. It's not a rational decision.

 

[manicpie]

If some milf had have leant over the fence and given him a big toungy, would it have been looked at?

what's a milf

 

[Doc1763]

what's a milf

Ha ha. Google is your friend

 

[jmac70]

You get real. You’re just making up stories about gender bias that isn’t there now to try and prove your point. It’s pathetic.

No, I posed a hypothetical situation. Be honest and answer it.
An attractive woman doing the same thing does not get looked at.

 

[manicpie]

Ha ha. Google is your friend

sounds like me saying get me some milk when someone has just knocked out my front toof