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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.Comment
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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.Comment
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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 SENComment
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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.Comment
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Longmire has his say.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund BurkeComment
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I think Macca's facial expression in the background of the article says it all.Does God believe in Atheists?Comment
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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 SENComment
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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.Comment
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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... MTComment
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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.Comment
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