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  • Dosser
    Just wild about Harry
    • Mar 2011
    • 1833

    #61
    Originally posted by Big Al
    Oh please, they're comparing a split moment decision to bump that crept high to a guy running off the square to target a player. People have lost the plot.
    +1
    It's called football. Move on.

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    • Doctor
      Bay 29
      • Sep 2003
      • 2757

      #62
      Originally posted by R-1
      That's a bit mental. Negligent contact, high impact, high contact is exactly the right call. MacDonald is not a dirty player or headhunter or whatever.
      Yep. Completely agree.
      Today's a draft of your epitaph

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      • Adelaide Swan
        Up There For Sydney!
        • May 2010
        • 326

        #63
        McDonald hit with two-week suspension

        JAMES McDONALD can play a part in trying to plot the downfall of Greater Western Sydney's next opponent, but he will not be out in the middle carrying out the plan after accepting a two-game suspension yesterday.

        Last night the Giants decided not to contest a rough conduct charge against the oldest player on their list for a hit on Sydney teenager Luke Parker in Saturday night's season-opener against the Swans.

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        • Dosser
          Just wild about Harry
          • Mar 2011
          • 1833

          #64
          Originally posted by King Roosy
          McDonald hit with two-week suspension

          JAMES McDONALD can play a part in trying to plot the downfall of Greater Western Sydney's next opponent, but he will not be out in the middle carrying out the plan after accepting a two-game suspension yesterday.

          Last night the Giants decided not to contest a rough conduct charge against the oldest player on their list for a hit on Sydney teenager Luke Parker in Saturday night's season-opener against the Swans.
          What? McDonald had his volvo parked in by Parker's hoon commodore? He hit him with his cane or something? Should McDonald have stopped and asked him his age before he ran through him? Is there any relevance in this?

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          • Big Al
            Veterans List
            • Feb 2005
            • 7007

            #65
            Originally posted by Dosser
            What? McDonald had his volvo parked in by Parker's hoon commodore? He hit him with his cane or something? Should McDonald have stopped and asked him his age before he ran through him? Is there any relevance in this?
            The real reason McDonald hit him was he thought Parks was 28 year old Romero Gomez because that what his fake ID said.
            ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

            Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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            • Adelaide Swan
              Up There For Sydney!
              • May 2010
              • 326

              #66


              GREATER Western Sydney player-coach James McDonald admitted he would've reported himself for the heavy hit he delivered in the AFL opener last Saturday night.


              McDonald, a member of the AFL match review panel last season, said he knew the severity of the the bump that broke Swans midfielder Luke Parker's jaw would be taken into account.

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              • erica
                Happy and I know it
                • Jan 2008
                • 1247

                #67
                Longmire has his say.

                All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke

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                • goswannie14
                  Leadership Group
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 11166

                  #68
                  I think Macca's facial expression in the background of the article says it all.
                  Does God believe in Atheists?

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                  • liz
                    Veteran
                    Site Admin
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 16786

                    #69
                    Originally posted by erica
                    I think that is a fantastic response from Longmire. There is a subtle dig at those in the media who applauded McDonald's actions (and I was very surprised by Healy's comments - I would have expected them from some other commentators but less so from him), but the response to the incident by Parker has been glossed over in all the post match discussion, and it is great to see Longmire making a point of this.

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                    • Big Al
                      Veterans List
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 7007

                      #70
                      I don't have an issue with what Healy said but there certainly should have been more focus on the toughness of Parks in playing on. Kudos to Horse though for sticking up for our players.
                      ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

                      Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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                      • dimelb
                        pr. dim-melb; m not f
                        • Jun 2003
                        • 6889

                        #71
                        Originally posted by goswannie14
                        I think Macca's facial expression in the background of the article says it all.
                        Eloquently.
                        He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                        • Nico
                          Veterans List
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 11343

                          #72
                          Originally posted by erica
                          Now I'll have my say.

                          McDonald comes out in the paper and says; "the bump was not intended to hurt, but rather to stop the Swans easy takeaways from the centre contests". " I think Sydney was starting to get on top of us a little bit. We had to lift the intensity" He knew the severity of the bump would be taken into account.

                          Wait a minute here. This a bloke who was on the review panel last year who would have known before he took aim at Luke that he was going to hit him off the ball, and he was going to cop it regardless of the severity or if it was head high. It is a no no to do what he did. The AFL brought in the penalty to stop players getting snipped and mugged off the ball.

                          To me any player who does this and doesn't have the courage to win his own ball should have the penalty doubled. Didn't this bloke play for the same team as player Bell who got one too many concussions and now has long term memory loss and perhaps early onset dementia like some gridiron players in the USA. Just for what he is quoted on the paper today the Tribunal should have it in it's powers to review the charges and double the penalty.

                          A mongrel act by someone who chose not to win his own footy. If you look at the footage he had every opportunity to do that.

                          A 252 game veteran who I noticed on a more than a few occasions steer away from a contest he should have made. Maybe he played those 252 games because he was an avearge player in a poor side. Filthy, you bet I am. If one of our guys does this sort of stuff they should cop the full force of the rules also.

                          The silver lining out of this is we have found someone who has the eye, anticipation, leg speed and skill to dominate centre clearances, something we haven't had for a very long time. Lets hope Tom Mitchell comes to hand quickly because he has exactly the same talents. Luke was absolutely dominating the game up to the point he got ploeaxed. Yes he stayed on but was not as effective. He had been able to continue the way he was we would have won by a lot more of which I have no doubt.
                          Last edited by Nico; 28 March 2012, 11:58 AM.
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                          • Cant turn right
                            Warming the Bench
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 231

                            #73
                            Longmire's response is awesome. A touch of Roosy at his best in it.

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                            • ernie koala
                              Senior Player
                              • May 2007
                              • 3251

                              #74
                              Yeah, great response from Horse...Even better from Parker
                              Running past the ball, to take out a player who has eyes only for the ball, is IMO a weak statement that reads...."I can't beat you in the contest fairly, so I'll take you out while you're not looking."
                              Parker getting up and playing on, with a fractured jaw, continuing to put his head over the ball, and playing pretty well....that's an awesome, powerful statement.
                              Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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                              • Nico
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 11343

                                #75
                                Originally posted by ernie koala
                                Yeah, great response from Horse...Even better from Parker
                                Running past the ball, to take out a player who has eyes only for the ball, is IMO a weak statement that reads...."I can't beat you in the contest fairly, so I'll take you out while you're not looking."
                                Parker getting up and playing on, with a fractured jaw, continuing to put his head over the ball, and playing pretty well....that's an awesome, powerful statement.
                                Weak statement from a weak player. Bailey has been criticised for dumping him. I think he got that one right.
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