Mummy, downgrade - 2 week ban - swans consider appeal

[Bloody Hell]

Some good news at last. Seems it is only the Freo match where we will be affected. Next week we can play McGlynn and Jack in the ruck because we're only playing ourselves.

Pyke likely to replace Mumford

LOL!

Hopefully Jesse Hogan will get to watch their first Swans game some time soon.

[Nasher]

Appeal it, Swans. This result is terrible for football.

[ScottH]

I've been trying to find, without success, footage of the Kozi on LRT throw in round 1.

It happened in the pocket near the new Swans race and was MUCH more forceful and dangerous than Mummy's. On top of that, LRT didn't have the ball and the Aints waltzed away kicking a goal whilst LRT picked himself out of the indentation without so much as a free kick.

It's incidents like that one, the ROK one, the Hayes on Murphy slam last night that the Swans should put up in front of the appeals board and ask how the @@@@ they can just pull this one out of their ass to punish.

That's what irks us all the most. If it was the 1st of the season, wou'd say harsh, but we'll cop it, but given the lions player on ROK didn't even get a look in, and I think ROK came out worse off the GAJ.

Appeal it, Swans. This result is terrible for football.

Sure is.

No point bulking up anymore. Contact is NOT allowed, in a contact sport.

[Glenn]

The AFL can get @@@@@@. The soft @@@@ game they're turning this game into will be a laughing stock in Western Sydney.

RIP Aussie Rules.

Time to watch more league where your allowed to play like men.

Likewise, as a supporter of both codes for all the faults of the NRL at least they allow players to be legally (agressivly) tackled without the risk of suspension.

[Trickster]

According to Vodafone Sport ?the suspension came as a result of what was deemed as an Illegal tackle and which resulted in Ablett suffering a ?mild visual disturbance? and a headache after the game according to the official Cats medical report; which was supplied to the tribunal?
Sour grapes from the cats maybe?

[CJK]

I had a headache after watching the Cats game. Can we suspend a few of their players as a result?

[Big Al]

Deep breaths people, deep breaths.

Go away Matty, That Yoga @@@@ won't work around here.

[Nthblood]

What a joke the afl is becoming, i have seen at least ten tackles like that this year, nothing happens but put the same tackle on a so called elite player and the rules change.

So far this year i have learn't that certain "elite" players have there own set of rules and the rest have normal rules.

Crywiewoldt- cannot touch in any manner - will get a free kick if you do
ablett - do not tackle - will get suspended if you do
judd - can do no wrong no matter how many possessions are in effective, commentators will still carry on about how good he is

[Big Al]

No point bulking up anymore. Contact is NOT allowed, in a contact sport.

If this is the way the AFL want the game to be played then they'll lose a lot of support and their foray into League heartlands will be a dismal failure. I'm travelling down to Canberra but as my little protest this will be the only AFL game I will watch this week.I will be watching the League this weekend.

[Jewels]

I think that there is an elephant in the corner - time to name it. The MRP decision not to do anything about the ROK tackle (and the rest) was so obviously wrong. It's like telling someone they've just walked in a dog turd - the response is not "Thank you, I wasn't looking" - no, it's usually an emotional one. Shoot the messenger and all that. That may be a factor, but not the totality.

The only explanation that makes any sense to me is that the powers that be (whoever they are) were shocked to find Sydney on top of the ladder and somewhere a decision was made to make it impossible for Sydney to continue their winning streak. "Put them back in their place, where they belong...." or "Hey, we can't have Swans so high up at the end of the season - too much competition for GWS which should be picking up disgruntled Swans fans...."

As I said, it's the only explanation that makes sense to me, because none of the official stated reasons do. What's becoming clear to me is the very real possibility of some form of conspiracy - the inner sanctum pulling the strings to ensure certain outcomes - "for the good of the game" of course. The umpires already do it - "this week we'll crack down on .... "

Or maybe it's just GAblett worship. And that's another form of Corruption. There, I have named the elephant.

I'm not generally a conspiracy theorist and usually a post like this would just give me a good chuckle, but I'm starting to think there has to be something like this behind the Mummy result.
Even if you look at it from the perspective of - "Ok, this is the week we shall crack down on dangerous tackles" then why wasn't Lenny cited for his tackle on Monday night? I just don't see the difference.

[AnnieH]

Has the QC gone to Melbourne yet????

[BSA5]

According to Vodafone Sport ?the suspension came as a result of what was deemed as an Illegal tackle and which resulted in Ablett suffering a ?mild visual disturbance? and a headache after the game according to the official Cats medical report; which was supplied to the tribunal?
Sour grapes from the cats maybe?

Not at all. The club, player and doctor are obliged to report the truth, they can't just cover it up. It's up to the MRP what they make of it. Geelong have been tight-lipped about the entire thing, it wouldn't surprise me if they thought it was as ridiculous as the Swans do.

[hammo]

Does anyone know if the Herald Sun video of Ablett kicking footballs into garbage bins was record before or after the Swans game?

[ScottH]

Does anyone know if the Herald Sun video of Ablett kicking footballs into garbage bins was record before or after the Swans game?

Before, it was in Saturdays paper.

[ugg]

Anyone know whether we're going to appeal, or what the deadline is for lodging an appeal?