Player Watch Willie Rioli

[RossFC]

Yeah I reckon downgrading it is very possible.

 

[Coobk001]

According to alot of other supporters when discussing the Rioli incident that he should get more than 2 weeks with an open hand and I bring up Rachelle and say he had a closed fist apparently Rachelle barely hit him which somehow makes it better and ok to swing a closed fist at somebody's head.

Rachelle clearly punches the guy in the face, making far more contact than the scratching slap to the neck/under ear area Rioli made contact with. Anyone that thinks Rioli's was worse is an absolute idiot.

 

[PAFC66]

Dumb response.
I know I'm on your board but this just makes you look like a dick.

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Your fans don't paint a pretty picture. So it's quite relevant.

 

[PAFC66]

You could possibly argue for just a fine if it wasn't for the fact he did the same thing a few weeks ago.

Different. He blocked Ridley's run. No intent to strike hight.

 

[Windy Cindy]

Rachelle clearly punches the guy in the face, making far more contact than the scratching slap to the neck/under ear area Rioli made contact with. Anyone that thinks Rioli's was worse is an absolute idiot.

what about degoeys, lines a bloke up, runs through him and knocks the shit out of him and gets 1 more than rioli..

 

[Frank Hansen II]

I can't bring myself to watch the full replay and see how long it took Murphy to rolling around playing for the free. All i've seen is the initial video where the slap to the region below the ear sends him to ground like a MMA knockout. Can't understand how we can have umpires all game classifying people milking or playing for frees, but when it comes to the tribunal no one has the guts to call that what it was. A flop. You could get hit like that 100 times in a row by someone and still it wouldn't knock you to ground, especially not as such a big strong guy vs such a small dude. There just was not anywhere near enough force in it.

I don't blame Murphy one bit, he was hit high, he played for a free, WHICH HE DESERVED. However to pretend it is anymore than a slap on the neck/maybe clipping the bottom corner of the jaw, is just crazy. It was a stupid slap, and Rioli will probably cop one for stupidity, but to cop 2 games for something so weak, just because a player played for a free kick is crazy.

I mean if you look at the Rachelle incident. Rachelle actually close fist punched a dude in the mouth and he barely moved. To think Murphy from a lighter slap was actually knocked down, and not just playing for the free would be absolutely moronic.

I don't blame Murphy either but if it was as bad as he made out then Collingwood should be held to account for not bringing him off for a concussion test.

 

[TeeKray]

I don't care much for the specifics but I'm happy that we're challenging something for once.

 

[PowerBaz]

So the De Goey incident gets downgraded because he had remorse and the ‘outside noise’ - Dusty no case to answer so they have to pin it on someone occasionally.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

QUOTE="PAFC66, post: 80243401, member: 35593"]
Watch the media get absolutely stuck into port for challenging this and watch out for the "cheap shot" comments by all the dickheads on fox.
Never seen a bloke judged so harshly by the media for a slap.
[/QUOTE]
Yep the elite racial undertones will be deafening from the Melbourne media on this one.

 

[OneGreatClub]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

According to alot of other supporters when discussing the Rioli incident that he should get more than 2 weeks with an open hand and I bring up Rachelle and say he had a closed fist apparently Rachelle barely hit him which somehow makes it better and ok to swing a closed fist at somebody's head.

 

[Waspy79]

Even Gerard Flogley agrees it’s low impact

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

So what day is the lynching?

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

 

[Power Raid]

a fair assessment

I don't like the act or action, I don't want to see it in the game

1 week for stupidity is reasonable

 

[PowerBaz]

 

[It Just Is]

I hope in the tribunal we reference the fact Murphy was both illegally blocking and holding him off the ball

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Honestly I'm fine with us challenging as we badly need Big Willy Style against the Cats, and one would have been more reasonable...

But at the same time he needs to be smarter. You don't swing an arm, open or closed fist, anywhere near an opposition player's head off the ball. It doesn't matter if you're provoked or the other bloke dives like an olympian, just don't do it and you don't get yourself in this situation in the first place. Its a learning opportunity, and I'm thankful its come now and not the week before finals.

 

[PowerBaz]

Honestly I'm fine with us challenging as we badly need Big Willy Style against the Cats, and one would have been more reasonable...

But at the same time he needs to be smarter. You don't swing an arm, open or closed fist, anywhere near an opposition player's head off the ball. It doesn't matter if you're provoked or the other bloke dives like an olympian, just don't do it and you don't get yourself in this situation in the first place. Its a learning opportunity, and I'm thankful its come now and not the week before finals.

If it was Dusty or Daicos it wouldn’t even be a thing.

Agree he needs to be smarter but it’s a fine at worst. Also it’s hardly a swinging arm, please. His arm goes forward then has a little slap at the end, it’s actually so pathetic this was given two weeks, it’s simply a corrupt organisation.

Perhaps they realised who will really challenge Collingwood if we get another chance?

The club better go hard as this is bullshit.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

If it was Dusty or Daicos it wouldn’t even be a thing.

Agree he needs to be smarter but it’s a fine at worst. Also it’s hardly a swinging arm, please. His arm goes forward then has a little slap at the end, it’s actually so pathetic this was given two weeks, it’s simply a corrupt organisation.

Perhaps they realised who will really challenge Collingwood if we get another chance?

The club better go hard as this is bullshit.

Yes but focus on what you can control - he isn't Dusty or Daicos and plays in a Port jumper.

Take away any opportunity to get screwed over.

 

[Grave Danger]

This earlier this season when one of our players got punched clean on the jaw:

Match Review Officer Michael Christian assessed the incident as high contact, intentional conduct and low impact, drawing a one-match ban


Difference being Ollie Lord didn't do a Greg Louganis.

 

[manureid]

The Port/Indigenous loading tax is still in full effect I see.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

The Port/Indigenous loading tax is still in full effect I see.

This statement should be made. Probably not by someone officially involved at the club but fed to someone unofficially involved to make.

It has been going on for too long and needs to be called out and would certainly lead to better results for us with the umps and the tribunal.

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[theouthouse]

That is one of the reasons this is a worthwhile appeal.

Indirectly brings attention to the fact that Murphy does a bit of holding off the ball.

A downgrade also has the added effect that Murphy is a bit of a grub and a diver and the Port/indigenous bias/Collingwood favouritism exists.

Nothing to lose, a lot to gain.

 

[MrMeaner]

I have an active distain for the way Michael Christian goes about his job. He is capricious in his exercise of power. His decisions are too infrequently challenged for anything to change.