With teammates like this, who needs enemies?

[Optimax]

I was going to say, at least if Setanta is sacked, Travis might get a kick next time we play Carlton.

While our midfield broke even he was ok.

But it will be good to see travis paying more attention to the ball then trying to ram his forearm down setanta's throat next time.

 

[MagpieGirl_13]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...... my goodness, O'hopeless is a total idiot!!
a) It's your team mate.... WTF?
b) It's a intra-club match.... WTF?
c) Why on the field.... WTF?
d) Whyyyyy.....????


Oh, & poor Cam =(

 

[Barwick17]

Andrew Welsh broke his ankle at Essendon's intra club as well... It's not funny, but it begs the question: Does anyone at these clubs realise that you're supposed to ease up a bit in intra-club matches?

Spoken like a true keyboard champion!

Intra club matches at all levels need match intensity to prepare you for the real stuff and physical contact so your body is ready for the real stuff.

Usually players go very hard at intra clubs because they know (usually) that no one will take them out so its very full on.

The Carlton incident is a complete joke, but the whole point of intra club is to get practice at the right intensity.

Surely moderators need some knwledge of the game?

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

Spoken like a true keyboard champion!

Intra club matches at all levels need match intensity to prepare you for the real stuff and physical contact so your body is ready for the real stuff.

Usually players go very hard at intra clubs because they know (usually) that no one will take them out so its very full on.

The Carlton incident is a complete joke, but the whole point of intra club is to get practice at the right intensity.

Surely moderators need some knwledge of the game?

And I suppose that you're an assistant coach at an AFL club...

With you saying I have no idea and then saying "they know (usually) that no one will take them out", which complies belies your entire point, I'd suppose that there's just no way a humble fan like myself could see the wisdom of your theory, even if it is self-contradictory.

They go hard because (usually) no one will take them out, and that's why one of them gets taken out? Yep, solid logic there.

Ease up on the personal attacks, particularly when you're hardly spouting rocket science.

 

[wixism]

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I Think his still angry after this.

 

[drummoyne]

Seems like a culture problem over there at the Blues

 

[waiting since 80]

Is'nt it great that those Liberal bastards are fighting amongst themselfs

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Feel a bit sorry for the bloke, actually...

Anyone who's played footy knows there's always a bit going on when two (or more) players have a "scuffle". Wouldn't be surprised if there was a bit of Terry Wheeler's "squirrel grip" happening, or Craig Kelly's "pinchy, pinchy" or something like that. If there was, I would have belted Cloke too!

That wasn't a kick, either - it was a "don't do that again" reminder...but Sentata should have reminded him differently, because appearances are everything when a desperate media are on the hunt for a story. Australia's a slow news country, so this will go on for weeks, or until the media hound Sentata out of the game, maybe out of the country.

 

[tess]

If the Blues do dump him we should look at him. A good player with a little mongrel in him is a good thing.

 

[drummoyne]

If the Blues do dump him we should look at him. A good player with a little mongrel in him is a good thing.

Sounds a little too much like C. Bryan to me. We already have L Brown, we dont need another big, angry (a little useless) backman..

 

[Dave The Man]

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Didn't he try that with Travis in the last time we played?

 

[Kirby]

I still can't stop myself laughing about it. Especially the kick in the arse....lol. Priceless!!

I'm giggling like a little girl. Carlton......ha!

 

[Snag Breac]

Ta tu go hiontach!

Go raibh maith agat.

 

[Barwick17]

And I suppose that you're an assistant coach at an AFL club...

With you saying I have no idea and then saying "they know (usually) that no one will take them out", which complies belies your entire point, I'd suppose that there's just no way a humble fan like myself could see the wisdom of your theory, even if it is self-contradictory.

They go hard because (usually) no one will take them out, and that's why one of them gets taken out? Yep, solid logic there.

Ease up on the personal attacks, particularly when you're hardly spouting rocket science.

Gets 'taken out'? Who got taken out?

Welsh broke his ankle in a tackle, Cloke got punched and kicked in basically an assualt off the ball. None of these issue would help with easing up. No one has been taken out from attacking the ball/man in play.

Again, for the simpletons out there, players need match intensity to get used to the speed, bumps, tackling everything. They know noone will 'take them out' in the course of the game so it is great preparation for the season. Accidents and brain-explosions can never be erased in any form of the game.

Vinnie - you don't know my background and i dont know yours. But if you honestly believe that there is any point playing practice matches at half/three quarter pace then we can all assume your time in sport, especially football, must be less than mine because it is just not right.

 

[Barwick17]

Feel free to shoot me down if I am wrong - anyone please

 

[Old Spice]

I notice R Walls was quoted in The Age today saying before sacking Setant, they should take a deep breath down at Cartel park.

Mike Shehan ought to be all over this one like a cheap suit. A culture problem, surely the axe has got to be swung right Mike?

 

[Optimax]

I notice R Walls was quoted in The Age today saying before sacking Setant, they should take a deep breath down at Cartel park.

Mike Shehan ought to be all over this one like a cheap suit. A culture problem, surely the axe has got to be swung right Mike?

Wrong actually

• THE immediate response is simple: Setanta O'hAilpin isn't good enough to justify the trouble.

He is soon to turn 26 and has mustered just 46 games in four seasons at Carlton.
Now he has turned the club's blissful preparation for the 2009 season into turmoil with an extraordinary outburst in a practice match.
He isn't the first bloke to whack a teammate, and whack him good, in training or an intra-club affair, but the subsequent kick was something else.
While kicking an opponent is more acceptable in Irish culture than here, certainly less offensive than punching, this was a genuine kick up the clacker of an opponent face down on the turf.
Carlton has suspended him indefinitely, he will be outed for as long as 10-12 matches by the AFL's match review panel, and might be sacked by the club next week.

Yet the more measured response says the Blues might have an obligation to the Irishman.
They brought him and his younger brother, Aisake, to Australia in search of another Jim Stynes or Tadhg Kennelly.

Yes, the boys wanted to come, but they were lured from the other side of the world.
O'hAilpin seems to be a complicated young man.
He has been obsessive about an AFL career, frustrated by lack of opportunity, demoralised by injuries, and upset about Aisake's delisting.
Those who know him best say his problems have become issues. A little like Sydney's Barry Hall, who went into meltdown against West Coast last year. Maybe even a bit of Andrew Symonds.
O'hAilpin has been a brewing storm for 12 months.
After playing all 22 games in 2007, a reflection of Carlton's commitment to the exercise, he fell out of favour in the second half of 2008.
At season's end, his future was in doubt on several fronts, particularly his lack of progress and dodgy legs. He survived, his brother didn't.
There he was yesterday, struggling to cope with Cameron Cloke in an unofficial battle for one spot.
When Cloke gave him a back-hander to the throat - those who saw it said it was a good one - the smouldering volcano erupted.
Coach Brett Ratten's response doesn't bode well for him, but the players like him and he is believed to be riddled with remorse.
Not that his manager, Michael Quinlan, would shed any light last night.
Quinlan wasn't at all happy with the media attention.
"I don't want to say anything," he said.
If O'hAilpin deems the AFL penalty harsh, he simply might decide it's just too hard and head home.
He is out of contract at the end of this year and the Blues said between seasons they would entertain offers for him.
Carlton's Irish experiment has been under threat for some time.

Now, O'hAilpin may return to Ireland and hurling sooner than he'd hoped.