Player Watch Shane McAdam

[CrowToon]

Yep pretty easy, no front on contact.

Honestly think this would be worse for the game. Played too fast for umpires to determine side on or front on.

Just rid the bump entirely and say it's tackle and jostle only.

 

[rabidcrow]

So this suspension is badly timed for Shane I reckon. We've come off a beating where our forwards were non existent in the 2nd half (the bigger ones anyway). He is 28 this year and has gone through some patches where he looks disinterested in the past. Gollant could take his spot in the best 22 or possibly more concerning for him is we work out that playing Fog, Tex and a resting ruck is enough passengers when the ball hits the deck and we change our structure which will mean he has to wait for Tex to miss a game

McAdam is hardly a passenger when the ball hits the ground. Averages around 3 tackles a game and averages same goals a game as Toby Green.

Gollant could take his spot - he has talent - but won’t provide nearly as much ground pressure as McAdam does


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[LiquidCrow]

Why doesn’t this verdict surprise me?

Standard AFL tribunal protocol.

 

[FR0GGY]

Honestly think this would be worse for the game. Played too fast for umpires to determine side on or front on.

Just rid the bump entirely and say it's tackle and jostle only.

Yeah wasn’t thinking about a tackle front on

 

[dplggr47]

Insane.

We must appeal.

Grading McAdam’s as severe but Kozzy’s as lesser, simply doesn’t make any sense.

Can they appeal? They spent a whole tribunal to deliberate and came to the conclusion after all this evidence was presented to say 3 weeks. Could we present more evidence than what we already presented in regards to the Pickett case, the Dangerfield/Kelly case from last year. Surely, the comparison with Pickett's case should've been enough. Seems like they simply disregarded other cases and focused back onto this case.

They mentioned the speed that McAdams approached him with. To me, he planted his foot and bumped, so it was more forceful from close contact, than speed related, since he wasn't taking a run up and launching himself in the air like Pickett.

 

[rabidcrow]

I suspect the Crows will appeal and the AFL needs to show consistency.

If we base it on potential then Lance Franklin needs more than one game - the player could have had his jaw broken by Lance’s glancing elbow. As it was, the GS player went off under concussion protocol and didn’t resume on the ground after the incident.

They talk about the immediate impact to Wehr - he was winded. Winded as hell. Went off for a few minutes and was fine.

We must appeal - doubt we will


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[WheresGroomgone]

The world's gone mad I tell you.

 

[FR0GGY]

Did we consider a name change to lance pickett?

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

As I understand it, the tribunal, in legal terms, is the AFL’s bitch.

But the appeals board is more independent? Yes??

 

[mtbkym]

Cripps won a Brownlow after actually hitting a dude high with a bump

 

[crowholder]

Potential to cause injury?

What about driving your knee into the back of someone’s head when you go for a mark?

If they go by potential to cause injury, then every player that goes on the ground should be suspended, as they have the potential to cause injury whilst being on the ground. What a joke.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

I remember last year we outed these try hards. Here’s another. There is no such thing as a “high bump charge”. The classifiable offense is rough conduct. And they’ve then determined it was contact to the head, not body.

I mean, it’s right there in the guidelines and has been that way for years. We don’t need some virgin twittersplaining it incorrectly to us.

 

[Phar Ted]

yeah/nah - as soon as I saw the hit I thought two weeks for Shane but when Kozzie was only given two it was obvious McAdam would get a one match ban - WTF?

 

[spenze]

I now understand what James Hird meant when he said he was shocked to be sitting here

He would have been under the impression that Adelaide would be paying for his and Essendons mistakes, not him and Essendon.

 

[Samcro24]

Then… with a completely straight face I said, the Kosi Pickett hit was more of a glancing blow.

 

[MRB37]

If we're now banning on "potential to cause injury" shouldn't Franklin have gotten the biggest charge out of the 3 then?

 

[WetCrow1991]

If we're now banning on "potential to cause injury" shouldn't Franklin have gotten the biggest charge out of the 3 then?

No because that caused injury, it gets a lighter penalty. Therefore the AFL didn't see the need in appealing.

 

[Jirkago75]

Nothing surprises me her, usually the inconsistency is week to week. F##k me, not in the same week!! We need to appeal or go through the media and ask what the difference between MacAdam and Pickett is. Get that price of garbage AFL to answer that for us.

When we left the SANFL, I thought we would be tough and stand up for ourselves. This isn’t the first time we have just taken it and said thank you. Grow a set and go on the attack, behind closed door or though the media. Could you imagine Collingwood accepting this?? They would absolutely destroy the afl and make this a massive issue.
Our club needs to grow up and be strong


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[FourthTimeAround]

I wish to stand alongside my mortal enemies in Adelaide Crows supporters, in that this is a disgrace on its own, even moreso in light of the Franklin and Pickett penalties.

 

[BunjiMC]

I wish to stand alongside my mortal enemies in Adelaide Crows supporters, in that this is a disgrace on its own, even moreso in light of the Franklin and Pickett penalties.

Welcome Comrade

 

[aabp1978]

Club will appeal decision - announced via Corey Norris. Good result - at least shows we wont always bend to the AFL’s will…well sometimes anyway…

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

 

[dylan123]

So they should, there's no logic between the three suspensions handed out this week.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Good call to fight it regardless of how the appeal turns out.

At the moment we're the league punching bag. Can't just cop it

 

[Golumless]

Good call to fight it regardless of how the appeal turns out.

At the moment we're the league punching bag. Can't just cop it

Not only that, but it should help generate buy-in from the playing group. After all, it's making a move that shows the clubs got your back.

None of this "we'll sell out our players chance of success because the Chairman/CEO want to keep their gigs" shit we've pulled off in the past.