stampy wrote:heater31 wrote:Booney wrote:Bluedemon wrote:Searle has been suspended for 6 matches
Rightly so.
Byron Pickett got 6 weeks years ago for something similar well before the crackdown on high contact. Should have been given 8 for being stupid in today's environment!
yes it was an unfortunate incident but if the norwood lad hadnt fumbled the ball prior to contact it would have been a completely different outcome.
the decision is being appealed btw
Wishing Saunders a swift recovery and hope he returns to playing soon.
Not victim blaming here, but agree with Stampy in terms of there being some contribution by Saunders to the scale of the disaster. As Searle closes in the guy is coming up, and I don't think there is time to recalibrate when Saunders dips again because of the fumble, where he also backs off to the side leaving just his head in the collision zone. If they'd called it as 8, but discount by 2 for the circumstances it would seem a fairer description, but the outcome is the same and 6 seems fair.
Certainly fairer than Billy McCormack getting 2 for a bump that didn't warrant a free kick in round 1, and then McAdam getting a reprimand in round 3 for rough conduct (dangerous tackle)
in his first week back from 4 weeks off for rough conduct.