Tribunal news from weekend's game - Thomas and Ted

[WeHaveTheGoodes]

Its just typical victorian arrogance and the attitude i alluded too in another thread. The attitude of:

"Sure you can follow OUR code but don't YOU dare think or take ownership of OUR game nor dare to think or give your opinion on OUR game, frankly you are NOT victorian therefore you have no right to even question anything AFL related. You are a sydneysider just sit there and cheer when we tell you to cheer!"

[GongSwan]

Not surprisingly I got banned by a Norf mod, I wonder if they realise how little I care about being banned from big footy, at least 2 of them had to read it, the one who reported it and the one who banned me lol, in all seriousness what's wrong with this:

I would never hope for any clubs demise, especially Norf, since we beat u lot continuously and fairly easily in the end, even with 4 or 5 of our best 22 missing and the sub on in the first 5 minutes. Really full of yourselves, we'll get em next time, we'll stand up when it counts, well, it counted for 4 points on the weekend, and your lot bent over and took it so stfu

I mean this is in reply to some goose calling us all kinds of foul names and wishing gazza the worst, because former Swans don't agree with him, this means WAR lmfao, damn, will I get banned fot this on here as well? That i do care about hmmmm, i'll chance it

[Nico]

Its just typical victorian arrogance and the attitude i alluded too in another thread. The attitude of:

"Sure you can follow OUR code but don't YOU dare think or take ownership of OUR game nor dare to think or give your opinion on OUR game, frankly you are NOT victorian therefore you have no right to even question anything AFL related. You are a sydneysider just sit there and cheer when we tell you to cheer!"

And if we and the WCE stay in the top 4 and if say Adelaide sneaks into the top 4 with their draw, will there be howls of whatever from the Melbourne biased media.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Lol @ GongSwan, you're fired up aren't you?

I don't care about how much they hate us or how much they're hurting over another loss to Sydney, but what bothers me is how they can make light of such a terrible injury and almost treat it like a win. At least 3 of them have made very low comments about it, one of them using it to suggest taking Cunnington over Rohan was a good idea.

I'd rather wait two year for Rohan to return than to have another run of the mill midfielder.

[WeHaveTheGoodes]

And if we and the WCE stay in the top 4 and if say Adelaide sneaks into the top 4 with their draw, will there be howls of whatever from the Melbourne biased media.

Simple really, they will call for an inquiry or for a summit to be held ala the end of 2006.

Coincidence that after these suggestions were made and the hoopla from butthurt victorian media we then got nothing but Victorian sides play in GF for the last 5 years?

[GongSwan]

Lol @ GongSwan, you're fired up aren't you?

I don't care about how much they hate us or how much they're hurting over another loss to Sydney, but what bothers me is how they can make light of such a terrible injury and almost treat it like a win. At least 3 of them have made very low comments about it, one of them using it to suggest taking Cunnington over Rohan was a good idea.

I'd rather wait two year for Rohan to return than to have another run of the mill midfielder.

I was pretty calmed down until I saw a few of these posts by those dullards. I'm thinkin' banjo music and "you got a pretty mouth boy" for those who have seen Deliverance. I should stay away I guess, well, have to for a week now lol. Probably a good thing for my blood presure etc p

[WeHaveTheGoodes]

Meh North fans constantly live on edge hence why they are the way they are.

Just laugh at their pathetic club. I just wish arden st hadnt received a crappy renovation a few years ago. The club was a sad place to drive by prior to this..with what their clubhouse burnt down but still standing all boarded up and their main stand occupied by a throng of homeless people who used to cheer the side when they train on a paddock that resembled a council park.

I mean arden st still looks like a country suburban ground..but gee if only the derros were still living in the stands.

So you kinda just laugh at them and don't take what they say to heart.

[Big Al]

Not surprisingly I got banned by a Norf mod, I wonder if they realise how little I care about being banned from big footy, at least 2 of them had to read it, the one who reported it and the one who banned me lol, in all seriousness what's wrong with this:

I would never hope for any clubs demise, especially Norf, since we beat u lot continuously and fairly easily in the end, even with 4 or 5 of our best 22 missing and the sub on in the first 5 minutes. Really full of yourselves, we'll get em next time, we'll stand up when it counts, well, it counted for 4 points on the weekend, and your lot bent over and took it so stfu

I mean this is in reply to some goose calling us all kinds of foul names and wishing gazza the worst, because former Swans don't agree with him, this means WAR lmfao, damn, will I get banned fot this on here as well? That i do care about hmmmm, i'll chance it

Your signature says it all really. Stick with the friendly sick minds here instead and leave those Norf flogs to wallow in their own clubs irrelevance.

[aardvark]

I would never hope for any clubs demise, especially Norf, since we beat u lot continuously and fairly easily in the end, even with 4 or 5 of our best 22 missing and the sub on in the first 5 minutes. Really full of yourselves, we'll get em next time, we'll stand up when it counts, well, it counted for 4 points on the weekend, and your lot bent over and took it so stfu

I really can't see what their problem is. It all sounds perfectly logical to me. Maybe you could appeal the ban. Incidental contact, low impact, surely only a reprimand.

[Beerman]

The one that really got me was the bloke hoping the rooster doesn't recover to play again,

That is disgusting, hoping one of their hacks stops a young gun from never fulfilling his potential. In the game day thread one of them said they hope Rohan enjoys his pethidine shot. Bloody disgraceful really.

Credit to Lindsay Thomas though. First thing he said out of the tribunal was sorry to Gary and wished him a speedy recovery. Obviously scripted (and he kept to the script better than any politician), but credit to him and the club for coming out with it. They deserve better supporters.

I was extremely irate about the injustice at first, but one week for Goodes and the chance to show North we can win without him is not worth the stress for me. More concerning to me now is the increasing number of horrific leg injuries we're seeing in the comp. Maybe it's just coincidence, but that's at least two in the past couple of years. If Thomas' slide was legal (and consensus seems to be that it was), then perhaps the rules need a tweak.

[WeHaveTheGoodes]

Its one of those things that been happening for a long while. Does anyone remember, i think it was 1999, when there were a large number of knee injuries to ruckman? They even changed the rules..from memory it happened a few years later too and goodesy was injured in the ruck.

The AFL is very image conscious..if something doesnt "look good" on tv then they will react. I guess with thomas they were forced to suspend him b/c of goodes a week before but in the cold hard light of day they realised that it wasnt a good look either to suspend a player for something like rohan.

"Not a good look" is far more important to the AFL than consistency when it comes to MRP. Like a good corporation that they are, the AFL is very protective of their brand/image.

[GongSwan]

I really can't see what their problem is. It all sounds perfectly logical to me. Maybe you could appeal the ban. Incidental contact, low impact, surely only a reprimand.

[Dosser]

Not surprisingly I got banned by a Norf mod, I wonder if they realise how little I care about being banned from big footy, at least 2 of them had to read it, the one who reported it and the one who banned me lol, in all seriousness what's wrong with this:

I would never hope for any clubs demise, especially Norf, since we beat u lot continuously and fairly easily in the end, even with 4 or 5 of our best 22 missing and the sub on in the first 5 minutes. Really full of yourselves, we'll get em next time, we'll stand up when it counts, well, it counted for 4 points on the weekend, and your lot bent over and took it so stfu

I mean this is in reply to some goose calling us all kinds of foul names and wishing gazza the worst, because former Swans don't agree with him, this means WAR lmfao, damn, will I get banned fot this on here as well? That i do care about hmmmm, i'll chance it

Too funny.

[Nico]

On league teams they showed a similar incident where an Adelaide player slid across in front of Buddy Franklin in an almost identical way to Thomas and it almost looked deliberate. Just missed making contact with his lower leg. Very dangerous and clearly wasn't prepared to put his body in front of Franklin. They said a free was paid to Franklin. Brereton said if a serious injury happens in 3 weeks time from the same type of slide what will the AFL do then.

[Nico]

Its one of those things that been happening for a long while. Does anyone remember, i think it was 1999, when there were a large number of knee injuries to ruckman? They even changed the rules..from memory it happened a few years later too and goodesy was injured in the ruck.

The AFL is very image conscious..if something doesnt "look good" on tv then they will react. I guess with thomas they were forced to suspend him b/c of goodes a week before but in the cold hard light of day they realised that it wasnt a good look either to suspend a player for something like rohan.

"Not a good look" is far more important to the AFL than consistency when it comes to MRP. Like a good corporation that they are, the AFL is very protective of their brand/image.

I do recall the ruckman incidents. However this season some ruckman are consistently jumping into opposing ruckmen at centre bounces in a 2 action way to put other ruckman out of the contest. Looks plain dumb at times but a free is rarely paid.