Campbell Brown

[Frank Drebin]

Interesting to see all the 'outrage' over Franklin getting a week. Maybe it's just me but I reckon it's poetic justice seeing Brown out with a knee injury. An injury sustained whilst recklessly sliding into O'Keefe. Could have been another Ian Roberts type to injury to O'Keefe. He was lucky.

Nobody seems to have noticed it, including the idiots on the match review panel.

Brown is a gutless sniper.

[chalbilto]

Interesting to see all the 'outrage' over Franklin getting a week. Maybe it's just me but I reckon it's poetic justice seeing Brown out with a knee injury. An injury sustained whilst recklessly sliding into O'Keefe. Could have been another Ian Roberts type to injury to O'Keefe. He was lucky.

Nobody seems to have noticed it, including the idiots on the match review panel.

Brown is a gutless sniper.

Agree with the poetic justice re Brown, even though I have admired his courage and determination but not in his slide into O'Keefe.
With regards Franklin I was surprised that he only got 2 weeks down to 1 with an early plea, giving that this is the 3rd time he has been charged with a bump to the head since the final series last year. It makes angry that Mumford got 2 weeks for that tackle on the protected species Ablett.
Digressing how many times have we seen Ablett, Judd, Selwood spin around 360+ degrees and not get pinged for holding the ball as happened to Malcheski, even though he got his kick away. Unfortunately these players receive favourable treatment from the umps.

[liz]

Agree with the poetic justice re Brown, even though I have admired his courage and determination but not in his slide into O'Keefe.

I, too, have a great deal of respect for Brown when he plays the ball. He has been a fantastic defender for the Hawks, often playing on key forwards, despite being less than 180cm tall. I am pretty confident that had he not been in the Hawks' team yesterday we would have won, despite losing centre clearances when it mattered. But it is really difficult to watch that vision of him sliding into ROK's body and not draw the conclusion that his primary intention was to hurt a player lying on the ground. He so didn't need to do it. The ball was loose and ROK was nowhere near re-gathering possession. Brown could just have picked it up and he'd have been away.

Mitchell is another Hawk whose football I really admire. Along with Brown's game, his final quarter won the Hawks the game even though Kirk had done a great job shutting him out for so much of the game. I also enjoy seeing him interviewed. He comes across as intelligent and articulate. Yet he too has done the odd thing on the ground that is so completely unneccessary, like kneeing (or was it thumping) someone in the thigh to try and cork them, and baiting Hall a year ago when he'd already given away two 50m penalties. He is a better player - and I think person - than that.

[Bloody Hell]

Interesting to see all the 'outrage' over Franklin getting a week. Maybe it's just me but I reckon it's poetic justice seeing Brown out with a knee injury. An injury sustained whilst recklessly sliding into O'Keefe. Could have been another Ian Roberts type to injury to O'Keefe. He was lucky.

Nobody seems to have noticed it, including the idiots on the match review panel.

Brown is a gutless sniper.

4 posts and so insightful! Agree 100%.

I'm going to have to check your other 3.

[ScottH]

Gutless?? I agree with sniper, but he's not gutless.
I did enjoy seeing him hop off the ground though.

Was the incident you mention the one on the wing, near the interchange bench??

[Hartijon]

Brown is a gutless sniper.

Are you going to tell him this next time you see him??

[Doctor J.]

Brown is a gutless sniper.

Are you going to tell him this next time you see him??

Doesn't have to.
Unless Brown is totally ignorant, ( a possibility) he already knows he's a gutless sniper.

[giant]

In the genes. It was a really nasty bit of 80s style footy that his dad probably passed on to him. If there was any doubt that it was deliberate, then Rohan Smith reported that he'd done his knee while trying to cork O'Keefe, which I presume he got straight from the thug's mouth. Hopefully the injury is about 3-4 weeks, which is what he should have copped from the tribunal.

[Hartijon]

Sniper? yes, gutless...I don't think so..He has proved his courage countless times. These accusations are easy to write when you don't have to front up to the person .If you did have to front up,then we might see who the gutless one really is.

[Captain]

Sniper? yes, gutless...I don't think so..He has proved his courage countless times. These accusations are easy to write when you don't have to front up to the person .If you did have to front up,then we might see who the gutless one really is.

Wow, is it stick up for Brown day? Surely now you will always come to the defence of Bevan, Playfair, Richards, Barlow etc when they are called hacks, useless etc?

[Primmy]

Wow, is it stick up for Brown day? Surely now you will always come to the defence of Bevan, Playfair, Richards, Barlow etc when they are called hacks, useless etc?

Yeah, sounds like that doesn't it. However, I think that many of us have enjoyed Brown's game in the past, even though we may not wish to admit it. He had a tangle with I think Rohan going for the ball inside 50, and he got up wrong and brought himself off. As for the slide into Peb, some malice perhaps but not Milne like either. Not many footy players are saints, even Kirky scrags; he is usually a relatively fair player. He didn't do himself proud against Peb, but the gods had a say and he is off for a rest.

[Hartijon]

No,you miss my point. I have always always paid respect to Bevans and particularly Richards courage. No one who plays the toughest game in the world has the right to be called gutless.It takes guts just to walk out onto the field let alone play.I don't like Brown,I didn't like his father ,he is a sniper but he is not gutless and nor are Bevan,Playfair, Richards or even Barlow.He did a intentionally dirty act for which he has been suitably condemmed.He snaps occassionally and acts like this just like Bazza did for us.Would you call Hall gutless?

[KirkysSocks]

a) he comes from a thug pedigree. Watch his old man play.
b) sure he did his knee but this is exactly why with each passing week i am hating the AFL with such a passion. Mumford tackles an elite player and becasue the poor elite player had a bit of migraine mummy copped 2 weeks. No intent in the mummy tackle except for performing a brilliant tackle and dislodging the ball. Brown clearly slides in with knees, admits it to rohan smith that he went in with intent and stuffed up and yet nothing.
c) those praising brown as courageous havent really watch him play. For all his toughness the guy is nothing but a dirty player.

[Doctor J.]

Sniper? yes, gutless...I don't think so..He has proved his courage countless times. These accusations are easy to write when you don't have to front up to the person .If you did have to front up,then we might see who the gutless one really is.

Just remind me again how sliding knees first into a player who has his head over the ball, shows courage. (guts)

And using the "i bet you wouldn't say that to his face" line is a total red herring

[Melbourne_Blood]

a) he comes from a thug pedigree. Watch his old man play.
b) sure he did his knee but this is exactly why with each passing week i am hating the AFL with such a passion. Mumford tackles an elite player and becasue the poor elite player had a bit of migraine mummy copped 2 weeks. No intent in the mummy tackle except for performing a brilliant tackle and dislodging the ball. Brown clearly slides in with knees, admits it to rohan smith that he went in with intent and stuffed up and yet nothing.
c) those praising brown as courageous havent really watch him play. For all his toughness the guy is nothing but a dirty player.

Call him a sniper and a dirty player all you like, but your clueless if you think he's not courageous. He throws his head over the ball, runs back with the flight, relishes the physical stuff. He's the type of guy that would be absolutely black and blue after a game and would pride himself on that. I dont like what he did on Sunday, but it's certainly within the rules and if it where the other way round i wouldn't give a stuff.