Roe- How many weeks?

[dread and might]

Not as bad as the Johnson one but in the same family. I say 4 weeks minimum.

Surprised nobody made more of it. We are too nice.

Buckley must be roughed up if he plays this saturday.

[satchmopugdog]

A good deadleg should do and throw in a chinese burn.

[robbieando]

Not as bad as the Johnson one but in the same family. I say 4 weeks minimum.

It wasn't that bad. The fact Roe tried to protect himself from a head clash is what made the impact what it was. 2 weeks at worst, but really shouldn't have a case to answer.

Johnson should start planing for his summer holidays.

[liz]

Very tough one to call. I don't think it was anything like the Johnson one in that Johnson was balanced and had the choice to bump or not to bump.

Roe was committed to a contest and off-balance. I think a collision was inevitable but sadly for him, he chose to pull up slightly to protect himself and laid a bump in the process.

Who knows how the MRP will see it, but if Johnson's was reckless, Roe's was probably just negligent. And maybe medium impact as opposed to high impact.

[Nico]

At first look on the TV it simply looked like Brennan was at the ball first. From a different close angle you could see Roe takes his eyes off the footy and turn his body when he knew he was second to it.

Brennan came charging out of the backline with the ball in front of him and fumbled a bit as if he was going too fast but appeared to have contol of the ball and this is what might nail Roe. Problem was he hit him right on top of the head and that is dangerous and why the rule was brought in. Roe could certainly argue that was not intentional but probably will get 2 weeks.

Luke Power now he was different. He not at any stage made any commitment to the ball. His only intention was the man and it looked to me to be a pretty stupid act. I loved the commentators who just love the name players, who said there was nothing in it. Looked a full on front on charge to me. Worth 2 but he will probably get off.

[573v30]

Two weeks after an early guilty plea.

[gloveski]

Really what is Roe supposed to do he turns his body at the last second to protect himself. Maybe he should have just barrelled in headfirst and hoped he had a harder head than Brennan 2 weeks , 1 week with an early guilty plea

[TheMase]

Roe has been offered ONE week.

Power incident was thrown out

[reigning premier]

I thought he was making a legitimate play at the ball.....

Sure the contact was high, maybe even a little careless, but it's not netball people. It's football!! A contact sport.

Yes a free kick was warranted, and probably a 50 as well. But for @@@@s sake, are we getting that soft?????

Should only be facing the a ban if he's been cited for similar before (Has he?). if not, a week reduced to none with an early plea and good conduct prior...

[Nico]

I thought he was making a legitimate play at the ball.....

Sure the contact was high, maybe even a little careless, but it's not netball people. It's football!! A contact sport.

Yes a free kick was warranted, and probably a 50 as well. But for @@@@s sake, are we getting that soft?????

Should only be facing the a ban if he's been cited for similar before (Has he?). if not, a week reduced to none with an early plea and good conduct prior...

To me the game has changed a lot compared to yesteryear in that there are far more hardball gets at ground level. A lot more players get to the ball together than in the past when the top players seemed to have it on a string. I must look at some old footage, but players go to ground a lot more than in the past when one of the skills of the game was keeping your feet. Nowadays going to ground can be part of game strategy, hence a lot more players are in a position to cop those type of bumps.

Clearly a lot more of these over the ball hits were happening and the AFL rightly had to do something about it.

To me, having watched the game for nearly 50 years, the game is much harder than it has ever been. Some of the hits that Matthews did weren't tough they were downright cowardly and if the rules were around in his days he wouldn't have played much footy.

A lot of the "hard stuff" I recall of the 60's and 70's were behind the play belts by likes of Matthews and Andrews. Sure there was a lot of emerging close in hard at it trends but not to the extent of today.

Ask players of today if they think the game is softer. If we allowed unfettered hits go on, the carnage would be horrific.

[Mr_Juicy]

I can't believe Power got off. was a worse act than Roe's

[reigning premier]

To me the game has changed a lot compared to yesteryear in that there are far more hardball gets at ground level. A lot more players get to the ball together than in the past when the top players seemed to have it on a string. I must look at some old footage, but players go to ground a lot more than in the past when one of the skills of the game was keeping your feet. Nowadays going to ground can be part of game strategy, hence a lot more players are in a position to cop those type of bumps.

Clearly a lot more of these over the ball hits were happening and the AFL rightly had to do something about it.

To me, having watched the game for nearly 50 years, the game is much harder than it has ever been. Some of the hits that Matthews did weren't tough they were downright cowardly and if the rules were around in his days he wouldn't have played much footy.

A lot of the "hard stuff" I recall of the 60's and 70's were behind the play belts by likes of Matthews and Andrews. Sure there was a lot of emerging close in hard at it trends but not to the extent of today.

Ask players of today if they think the game is softer. If we allowed unfettered hits go on, the carnage would be horrific.

I agree with what you're saying. The game is a hell of a lot faster and harder than it has been (Despite what some people will tell you about the good olde days ) Anyways, the game is harder and faster but I also think that we're over scrutinising accidental contact. Deliberate contact, by all means, out for a month. Accidental contact because both wanted the ball, leave it on the field.