telsor
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Watching a guy coming in, lining him up and dropping the shoulder into him is incidental?
Concussing a guy is low impact?
Clearly following a successful team doesn't mean you know anything about the game.
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Watching a guy coming in, lining him up and dropping the shoulder into him is incidental?
Concussing a guy is low impact?
Clearly following a successful team doesn't mean you know anything about the game.
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yes low impact...the Richmond player only got hurt because he was half the size... again bad luck
oh and no one knows anything about the game when it comes to the MRP regardless of who you go for.
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jesus that is soft
telsor
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So teams should recruit the biggest guy we can find, tell him to throw his weight around, and if people get hurt, he should get off because it was only because the other guy was smaller?
I'm amazed they don't appoint you to the commission.
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It's football, players are going to get hurt! Accept it...
No we should appoint you so we can rub out the best players for pissy little incidents.
This Richmond guy must be Kevin Bartlett.
this is a tough one. Sandi is a fair player no doubt and it looks like his intention is to block the player coming in. Unfortunately he gets him high. I personally wish we were back in the day when the big men wrestled and big hits celebrated. But we are not, concussion matters now, will only matter more in coming years. The players know the context. So yeah right decision. Pity he couldn't get some recognition for lack of priors.
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You mean http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-07-06/maric-offered-one-week-suspension where he straight up clotheslined the guy instead of contesting the ball? Yeah okay.
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Its pathetic. We play this game every year. The MRP set a standard that they can't and wont stick to and we will see 2-3 guys genuinely try to hurt someone get a week or 2 and they will **** someone else over towards the end of the year just to keep us guessing.
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And if he was going to jump into Griffiths, Griffiths would(should) be entitled to block his run to protect himself.
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Its worrying which direction ruck contests will end up. Big bodies grappling and "locking horns" will eventually be a thing of the past. No more knees up will soon come into the equation and soon it will be nba styled jump balls.
Or possibly worse, a soccer style kick off
Or possibly worse, a soccer style kick off
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If someone is running at you and going to jump into you ... you should be able to protect yourself. He took 3 steps and tucked his shoulder in to cut off Griffiths run at the ball. The whole point of the no bumping rule is you can elect to tackle. All Sandi could do in that contest is do what he did or let Griffiths jump on him and show greater respect for Griffiths welfare than his own.
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No, the point of the bumping rule (and many other rules) is if you go for the man when you could have gone for the ball. Sandilands chose to focus on the man.
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Soldo did push Sandilands, but that wasn't what created the force behind this impact. Fremantle supporters who watch the footage and argue that line are (I am trying really hard not to say embarrassing) wearing some thick purple spectacles.
Sandilands did look at Griffiths, but anyone who has played a game in their life would know he was looking for the sole purpose of placing the block. In fact I would go so far as to say that had he had a better look (the type of 'lined him up not even playing the ball staring straight into Griffiths' soul' look that Richmond supporters are saying) he would have landed a legal bump.
But he didn't and he hit him in the head which is a big no no these days. 1 down to none due to NAB cup and Sandilands' very good record.
Sandilands did look at Griffiths, but anyone who has played a game in their life would know he was looking for the sole purpose of placing the block. In fact I would go so far as to say that had he had a better look (the type of 'lined him up not even playing the ball staring straight into Griffiths' soul' look that Richmond supporters are saying) he would have landed a legal bump.
But he didn't and he hit him in the head which is a big no no these days. 1 down to none due to NAB cup and Sandilands' very good record.
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Only Richmond fans and a handful of other opposition fans seem to think that it deserved a week. Hope we appeal
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On what grounds?
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I think it doesn't deserve a suspension either, I doubt Sandi wanted to hurt the guy and a curse of his height is that a lot of contact is too high, but we all know what the MRP is about when it comes to head contact. The medical report certainly wouldn't have done Sandi any favours here. As I stated before:
I don't think you can successfully appeal because you think the result was unjust. Try and argue that an element/s was/were graded incorrectly.
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Exactly...and with a rating of 'careless contact to the head with medium impact', I'd say the MRP has already gone pretty easy on him, so it'd be very hard to argue down further.
The vibe of the MRP being based on horseshit.
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Ask Fyfe to block Griffiths, they're too scared to suspend him.
Bit hard to block him when they have 3 men hanging off him, and hard nut grigg swing punches as 4th man up.
lol Grigg.
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The whole thing is a lottery but at least in the appeals process, if you cannot argue that a grading was incorrect the appeal will always be denied. We can wring our hands about it but it is what it is, you just hope the wheel doesn't stop when it's a key player for your club.
I'm sure the relevant Freo people have a good idea about what to appeal anyway.
Might also need to be pointed out that Griffiths sustained a concussion which makes it difficult to argue 'insufficient force' and therefore render the whole thing moot. Rightly or wrongly, justly or unjustly, fairly or unfairly, a lot of this is based upon result rather than intent.
telsor
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Yeah, that argument always works....
Probably not worth a week.
Clumsy by Sandilands though, head high contact and he had him in his sights.
Clumsy by Sandilands though, head high contact and he had him in his sights.
