Match thread: Swans v Giants.

[dejavoodoo44]

AFL (Greg Swann) have came to the conclusion that Toby's kick didn't make contact, so he won't be cited. Even so, not even a fine for his grubby NON football act!!!

Agree with Heeney's accidental FOOTBALL action last year and suspension being a travesty in comparison!

Yes, unsuccessful attempt to kick someone in the nuts: no problem, not even a fine. Unsuccessful attempt to push in the chest: suspension.

[crackedactor 01]

Our player had nothing to play for and it looked like it. Great first half. Then our blokes totally trashed the Bloods Culture Brand. There was nothing. not even a whimper. They looked like they were playing a Grand final. This is pathetic. If they don't want to go out and play for the guernsey and fight and die for the colours, then they can eff off and go elsewhere. Our so called stars went totally missing in the second half. Heeney, Warner, McInerney, Jordan, Blakey (truthfully, this was one of his worst games but it may be because he was playing a lock down role yet again), Rowie, Gus, Papley all went missing. I am not going to blame the forwards, the ball never wentr in there, or the backs, they were under huge pressure as the ball came in without any pressure what so ever. These so called stars must have thought they were playing in a Grand Final, after all they don't turn up in them. Papley went to the mids and got nothing. He needs to shut his gob until he can produce at least a fair performance. His game was more the underwhelming, it was trash. Aaron Francis is not even near it as a forward. He lacks confidence. The only players to stand up, Grundy, Buller, Wil and the backs tried, especially Wicks and Melican, but were inundated.

What is the issue? The only thing Ican see is the Bloods cannot handle when the other side become physical and start throwing their weight around.

[UUaswan]

What is the issue? The only thing Ican see is the Bloods cannot handle when the other side become physical and start throwing their weight around.

Teams squeeze us and only defend centre side of the 50 as it isnt going in there with no fwd to kick too

[Velour&Ruffles]

It seems like every few months, he comes up with a new way to be a grub. And he's obviously the main beneficiary of the AFL's strange decision a while back, to not have any cumulative penalties for illegal acts. He just keeps on committing cheap shot after cheap shot and each time it's treated as a first offence.

And there's the comparison that can be made to the Heeney suspension of last year. Heeney did the sort of push off, that would happen many times in a game without penalty, but hit the St Kilda player in the head, because he was unaware that player had slipped over. Despite being unintentional contact to the head, Heeney got a week. Here, it looks like Greene attempted to kick Rampe in the nuts, but since Rampe was still walking around, he probably missed. So, because the contact was more likely to have been to the upper, inner thigh, will the AFL decide that everything's fine?

Great comment. The rules are farcical at the moment and desperately need fixing. Greene's (typically) revolting little effort was in no way a football act, but it transpires tonight that the AFL has said "move on, nothing to see". Even though he had no intention other than to hurt someone if he could. Yet Heeney's pure football act, albeit with an unintended and entirely accidental consequence, gets penalised. What a complete shemozzle this system has become. The AFL is a joke but they are too up themselves to realize they should be embarrassed by their own incompetence.