The Association Football AFL Thread 3.0

[Kram]

St Kilda rookie facing potential lengthy ban over alleged homophobic slurs

First-year St Kilda player Lance Collard could be set for a lengthy stint on the sidelines as the AFL investigates alleged homophobic slurs made towards opponents.

www.abc.net.au

How dumb is this guy.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

how on earth is alex davies getting less games than rankine?

Rosas getting one week is the bigger joke. Worse act than Rankine but got off lightly because Evans didn't get concussed.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

 

[Jatz]

The suspensions really are chook lotto this year.

They're making me agree with Robbo and that's not a position I'm at all comfortable with.

 

[DBAH0]

AFL Twitter going well....

 

[Jatz]

Will make it easier to explode if he's just running on the ground by himself to be fair.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Agree with Brown. Don’t think Cameron and Bedford should’ve got suspended. Where’s the sling?

 

[Loonerty]

Would be outright 2nd if we didn't shit the bed. I am pissed off.

hey same

 

[Jatz]

hey same

We are 2nd but have still shit the bed. Sigh.

 

[SM]

AFL Twitter going well....

Tweet deleted? What'd it say?

 

[Jatz]

Tweet deleted? What'd it say?

The AFL account was asking if Tilthorpe would light up the MCG on Friday night.

Wrong location.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Both awful decisions but the Cameron one is worse. That is a perfect tackle ffs.

 

[Magma]

if cameron's tackle is being outlawed there's really not much that can be done anymore. joke. bedford's also ridiculous. everything just outcome based.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Both awful decisions but the Cameron one is worse. That is a perfect tackle ffs.

Our game is in strife.

 

[Jatz]

Upholding these decisions is just awful.

How long before coaches start telling players not to tackle any harder than a hug?

 

[Kram]

Our game is STUFFED!!!

STUFFED!!!

Mind you it's the BEST game in the world mate!!!

 

[Magma]

it's insane that we have lawyers who have never played a second of footy at any level telling players how they should do things like tackle.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Tackling will be gone from the game within five years.

It's dead, tonight's decisions sealed its fate.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

What garbage reasonings. I think Scott last night scoffed at the idea of whilst in mid-air moving and lunging having the awareness to release an arm, and argued it'd open the tackler up to injuring themselves.

Lawyers and their ability to make people responsible for real time split second decisions in slo-mo are the cockroaches of the competition.

 

[SM]

This hand wringing and doomsdaying is a bit over the top IMO. If the game was really in trouble, tackling going out of the game, etc. we'd be seeing dozens of suspensions a weekend, not the 6 for the season.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

 

[Magma]

the reasons given are kind of welcoming chicken wing tackles back into the game with the whole 1 arm stuff. players are executing tackles how they are taught to and are expected to perform miracles to protect the head cos the afl doesnt want to be sued.

taranto and duggan's concussions were unlucky, imo we really dont see that many 'dangerous tackles' with the double movements and the slings anymore. they've done well at getting rid of that bar a couple in the season. but you cant keep expecting footballers to have insane reaction times or defy physics when performing footballing actions.

 

[Jatz]

This hand wringing and doomsdaying is a bit over the top IMO. If the game was really in trouble, tackling going out of the game, etc. we'd be seeing dozens of suspensions a weekend, not the 6 for the season.

Whilst I agree, that doesn't mean those 6 shouldn't be criticised if they seem wrong.

Did you agree with 3 weeks for the cases last night?

 

[SM]

Whilst I agree, that doesn't mean those 6 shouldn't be criticised if they seem wrong.

Did you agree with 3 weeks for the cases last night?

I think it's ridiculous that it's 3 weeks when Butters gets a fine for punches. The tweet above about saying these players should have just gut punched them instead of tackling them is spot on.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Looks like draft changes will be

• late round F/s selections to be recorded. F/S selections can be made in rookie draft if no ND bids.
• NGA bidding to be set at pick 1. (Reversal to previous ruling).
• Rookie listed players who don't meet contract triggers can stay for 5 years.
• contract length becoming key determinant in FA calculations.
• DVI system is still being decided but looks like trading 2 years in advance is being brought in this year.