Round 10 Central v Adelaide

[dedja]

5 games is to harsh and I hope we appeal.

More chance of @Booney becoming a Crows supporter than winning that!

So you’re saying there’s a chaaaaaaance .

[Booney]

Zip.

Zilch.

Nicks.*

Nada.

Nil.

None.


*Not Mathew

[Hazydog]

Happy to concede that poor technique can get you suspended, no problems there at all. Also don't expect the 'rules' to change for weather conditions, ultimately there is one set of rules in the game and that's it.

I cant be convinced though that we haven't got the balance slightly wrong when it comes to outcome vs intent. I struggle to concede a tackle gone wrong should be more weeks than a completely non footballing act.

I'm happy for the league to get super strict, I'm happy for Grant to get 5 but a bloke who belts another player not going for the ball shouldn't be getting less than that either.

Lifting someone off the ground in a tackle isn’t necessary and is dangerous.

Lifting someone high enough, that they can be pivoted to be turned upside down (intentionally or not) is dangerous and reckless.

Comparing that action to a strike isn’t comparing apples for apples and is irrelevant

I can only assume you haven’t seen the incident and are only referencing others descriptions? At no time does he lift the player, let alone your “high enough, that they can be pivoted” comment! Ok, I get I’m in the minority on this and happy to stay in that lane but let’s stick to the facts and not embellish to exaggerate a point.

I watched it live in the tv but had not seen it since.

I have now and happy to remove my reference of ‘lifting him high enough’

He did however lift and pivot him forcefully enough that the eagles player ended up with his legs in fhe air and his head pointing towards the ground. Unless you’re suggesting the eagles player somehow contributed to that manoeuvre, that movement of lifting / controlling / pivotting/ making the eagles player be upside down and then landing on him is attributed to Grant.

Sorry for the embellishment, but the recklessness of Grant remains, no matter how we on here choose to describe it.

I accept your partial retraction! I still feel it was more of a clumsy “in the back” type tackle that certainly was dangerous and in the current climate warranted a suspension, just not 5 matches “to be made an example of.”

[mots02]

Zip.

Zilch.

Nicks.*

Nada.

Nil.

None.


*Not Mathew

I feel the technicality here is wording ‘booney will become’

Can’t become something that you already are

[mots02]

A clumsy in the back type tackle where the player being tackled ended up with his legs almost straight up in the air….. that a whole lotta clumsy

[gazzamagoo]

Did the Eagles player suffer a concussion?
Is he playing this week?

[dedja]

Zip.

Zilch.

Nicks.*

Nada.

Nil.

None.


*Not Mathew

I feel the technicality here is wording ‘booney will become’

Can’t become something that you already are

Would have said the same about this bloke … but ended up gladly accepting his lads.

Bone penned a note to self after this …

https://youtu.be/PfAxlDLYH-8?si=wVe6cV3r8M3rdiWb



Anyway, we digress …

[dedja]

Did the Eagles player suffer a concussion?
Is he playing this week?

Shut up, it’s not the AFL

[mots02]

The good news is that the doggies fans on here are showing more fight than their players have over the last couple of weeks - a positive to take into the weekend

[amber_fluid]

5 weeks for that is harsh
I know we are all about protecting the head but there wasn’t alot of force in the tackle.
Silly/clumsy - Yes
Malice - No
Dangerous -Yes could have been

2-3 weeks would have been enough to send a message about these tackles

[gazzamagoo]

Did the Eagles player suffer a concussion?
Is he playing this week?

Shut up, it’s not the AFL

My very point.

[gazzamagoo]

Appeal & get it reduced to 2 matches.

[gazzamagoo]

5 weeks for that is harsh
I know we are all about protecting the head but there wasn’t alot of force in the tackle.
Silly/clumsy - Yes
Malice - No
Dangerous -Yes could have been

2-3 weeks would have been enough to send a message about these tackles

Especially when you consider that
Grant is a very fair, clean player and
the other 2 that were reported for similar tackles only received a small fine.

[dedja]

5 weeks for that is harsh
I know we are all about protecting the head but there wasn’t alot of force in the tackle.
Silly/clumsy - Yes
Malice - No
Dangerous -Yes could have been

2-3 weeks would have been enough to send a message about these tackles

Especially when you consider that
Grant is a very fair, clean player and
the other 2 that were reported for similar tackles only received a small fine.

Anyway, what are you doing here … shouldn’t you be on holiday or something?

[wenchbarwer]

Did the Eagles player suffer a concussion?
Is he playing this week?

Herbert ruled out this week with neck ligament damage, cleared of any fracture, after experiencing tingling in his right arm, as per Andrew Capel in today's paper.

The Eagles hope Herbert will be fit to play after its bye next week.

[goddy11]

5 weeks for that is harsh
I know we are all about protecting the head but there wasn’t alot of force in the tackle.
Silly/clumsy - Yes
Malice - No
Dangerous -Yes could have been

2-3 weeks would have been enough to send a message about these tackles

A spear tackle is one of the worst tackles there is. The potential for serious damage is high. 5 weeks is a fair result. It's banned in other sports.

[Hazydog]

The good news is that the doggies fans on here are showing more fight than their players have over the last couple of weeks - a positive to take into the weekend

While noting the sledge (warranted) - I hope it does fire the team up, harnessing the old Port “them against us” mentality

[PatowalongaPirate]

There’s a burgeoning winning culture at West Lakes. And not just in the AFL.

The SANFL Crows mean business and giving up, even in a desperate situation, isn’t an option.

Adelaide trailed South 1.2 to 7.4 at half-time at inhospitable Noarlunga.

And it was still behind – and battling into the wind – in time-on of the final quarter.

But it got the win, Chris Burgess’s stunning last-gasp snap touched on the goal-line but still decisive in a remarkable one-point success.

Coach Matthew Wright at the long break told his men to “get back into the fight, put yourself in the contest and go to work”.

Go to work they did, getting the game back on their terms and chipping away at the deficit before making a statement they’re all about claiming a top-three spot to push for a place in a first grand final.

Central’s aim has also been a top-three place as it looks to push on from last year’s preliminary final exit.

Right now, the Doggies just need a win. The loss of star midfielder Mani Liddy to Port Adelaide in the mid-season draft was a big blow and the knee injury to powerhouse ruckman Kobe Annand has hurt but 38-point losses to Sturt and the Eagles have been an unexpected wake-up call.

The Dogs clearly need to get back into the fight and put themselves in the contest. They’ve continually shown over the past three seasons they’re up for that.

[UK Fan]

Out: Harry Grant, Dale Pearce

In - Jayden Matz Finn Reed Daniel Fairbrother Mihail Lochowiak Beau Thomas

[amber_fluid]

5 weeks for that is harsh
I know we are all about protecting the head but there wasn’t alot of force in the tackle.
Silly/clumsy - Yes
Malice - No
Dangerous -Yes could have been

2-3 weeks would have been enough to send a message about these tackles

A spear tackle is one of the worst tackles there is. The potential for serious damage is high. 5 weeks is a fair result. It's banned in other sports.

And should be banned but 5 weeks is harsh
It certainly wasn’t a rugby style spear tackle that we used to see in their sport