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If he appeals, he loses the early plea deduction obviously, but surely he still gets the reduction for his record, therefore he doesn't risk 2 weeks if unsuccessful.
That's my understanding anyway...
That's my understanding anyway...
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Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09 -
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Pretty much agree. The force of Reg's hit was borderline as to whether it was worthy of suspension but it was silly and undisciplined.
I am also surprised that Johnson was cited but don't disagree with it. The Cats have shown late this season that they are still a very good team but they are also a slightly spiteful team. McGlynn was clearly being targeted with physical attention off the ball (and the commentary of both Kirk and Harley supported the fact that this was not incidental). Johnson's off-the-ball hit on Hanners was another example of unnecessary roughing up of an opponent, even though he didn't get him high and it wasn't that hard of a knock.
Edit: I've just seen the MRP assessment of the Johnson action and noticed they did assess there was high contact. Not sure how they can grade it as reckless rather than intentional, given it was off the ball. I thought all off the ball incidents were, prima facie, intentional nowadays.Comment
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Will be interesting to see who comes in for Grundy.
If LRT goes back, then one would think Hoese will want another forward.
Maybe Malceski goes out......Everitt in as sub...... Unlikely
So probably little change:
Out: Walsh, Grundy,
In : Reid, Smith
Armstrong (sub)Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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I thought Chappy's hit was the worst of the lot. Putting aside the points system, I would have given Chappy a week and the other 2 reprimands. These are the sort of incidents where a 50 meter penalty should apply instead of a report. To think that Grundy was assessed for that love tap as a 2 game suspension before deductions is ridiculous.Comment
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"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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I don't think Chapman aimed for the chin, I do think Grundy did.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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Have to appeal way too harsh, but stupid actComment
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Nothing like a good light bulb moment.Comment
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I have a suspicion that the MRP fiddled with the system so that both Sydney and Geelong would lose one player for one week, so they showed that they took some action without seeming unfair to one side or the other. I think they took all the incidents together and decided to give each team a one week suspension, then worked out the details of the charges. If Johnson got off, either Chappy would have gotten a week or they would have let the Grundy one go as well. The Johnson and Grundy incidents were pretty similar in that they were fairly low impact off the ball incidents. Chappy got lucky, as the Geelong crowd would had fits if both got suspended before the finals.Comment
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Conca from Richmond got 4 weeks early in the season for a similar off the ball incident to that of Johnson. To say they squibbed it on the eve of the finals on the Chapman one is a gross understatement. On Grundy...what a dill. He does one of his woeful kicking turnovers but instead of getting back to cover his mistake he gets sucked in. Should cop it sweet simply on the grounds of highly undisciplined play.
What Grundy's suspension does do is to take away some flexibility at selection. If they wanted to revert to LRT as the backup ruckman, and even leave out Pyke to include another small forward and some mobility up forward, thats out the window because LRT is the obvious one to go to the backline to preserve the backline structure.Comment
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