Round 18 Swans v Dogs Match Thread

[Kafka's Ghost]

I get that Rampe initiated contact but that appears to be a really innocuous block off the ball which happens pretty much any time the ball is kicked inside 50?

Perhaps I’m too blinkered but I honestly can’t see where there is even an infringement there let alone a two week suspension.

Ditto.


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[Foreign Legion]

How could that be two weeks? He looks to have bumped hin?

Unless there is better video that what i have seen this is bull@@@@.

[Ludwig]

I guess this Rampe suspension means we have to lighten up on Sam Wicks.

[KTigers]

How could that be two weeks? He looks to have bumped hin?

Unless there is better video that what i have seen this is bull@@@@.

Better video? Maybe they should bring in the state-of-the-art "technology" the AFL uses for goal reviews.
That will settle whether Dane has a case to answer for. Or another Swan if it wasn't actually Dane in
the "footage".

[lwjoyner]

Its the Swans thats why Rampe sited. MRO against us

[Markwebbos]

I’d say the video review of the incident is inconclusive

[troyjones2525]

I'm still trying to work out why Rampe even did it??? Perhaps it's 2 weeks for dumb things?

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[Dow]

It’s off the ball and intentional I can live with it, we don’t want that cheap stuff in our game - I have a very straight nose thanks to an elbow off the ball hit lol

[Sandridge]

Still on a high from Thursday's win and have just watched the match highlights video and the video of the final 2 minutes for the umpteenth time.

I know I shouldn't complain because we won the free kick count comfortably but, sheesh, the Poodles still got away with a lot! Their first goal came after a Swans defender was CLEARLY interfered with in a marking contest and one of their goals in the third quarter came after the ball was CLEARLY scooped one handed from one Poodle to another. (I will admit that Buddy's first goal came from a free that was a shocker!)

Speaking of Buddy, he was enormous in the last 90 seconds!

GO BLOODS!

[MattW]

Still on a high from Thursday's win and have just watched the match highlights video and the video of the final 2 minutes for the umpteenth time.

I know I shouldn't complain because we won the free kick count comfortably but, sheesh, the Poodles still got away with a lot! Their first goal came after a Swans defender was CLEARLY interfered with in a marking contest and one of their goals in the third quarter came after the ball was CLEARLY scooped one handed from one Poodle to another. (I will admit that Buddy's first goal came from a free that was a shocker!)

Speaking of Buddy, he was enormous in the last 90 seconds!

GO BLOODS!

I'll admit to having done that as well. It's been a while since we've won a thriller. I love the tackles/pressure defending in the last minute.

[liz]

It’s off the ball and intentional I can live with it, we don’t want that cheap stuff in our game - I have a very straight nose thanks to an elbow off the ball hit lol

It's not been graded as intentional. It was off the ball, but probably the kind of bumping the body into another player that does go on around the ground in each and every game. As far as I can tell from the very limited and unclear vision, Rampe did move some way towards the Dogs player to make contact. It wasn't just two players already side by side jostling with each other. The force that Rampe applied was enough to knock the Dogs player to the ground.

If there hadn't been a head collision (and the reported delayed concussion that resulted), he probably wouldn't even have been fined. In fact, I'm close to certain he wouldn't even have been fined. It wasn't a strike.

[Blood Fever]

It’s off the ball and intentional I can live with it, we don’t want that cheap stuff in our game - I have a very straight nose thanks to an elbow off the ball hit lol

Agree. I got concussed from a cheap shot as well. Out of character for Rampe but we might have to cop it on the chin. Very bad timing.

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Head clash part of it makes it different and a bit unlucky.

[Ludwig]

Did Rampe confess? What is his side to the story?

[giant]

A ripper if kinda ugly win - perhaps our best for the season? Great to see when not everything is going right for us, when a few of people are still struggling for form and when we've got a few not particularly contributing, we can still find a way to win against a quality highly motivated opponent. Most of the coverage seems to have been about the Dogs letting one slip, which might be true but I thought they're a good team that played pretty well, it's just that we played much better than we have in recent weeks.

Erol was of course extraordinary but kudos too to JMac who has turned his season around in the second half.

And after giving them a panning for a few weeks there, worth acknowledging that, not just in our game but most of the games I've seen recently, the umps have improved out of sight - maybe they were dealing with mid-winter blues like the rest of us.

Will be tough next week with no Rampe or Melican but I for one am delighted that our season remains (kinda) alive.

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Agree. I got concussed from a cheap shot as well. Out of character for Rampe but we might have to cop it on the chin. Very bad timing.

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Head clash part of it makes it different and a bit unlucky.

Yep, it was very much part of the game when I used to play too, but this doesn't seem like the bad end of the spectrum - looks like something I see Brayden Maynard do half a dozen times a game. Might have just got unlucky with the head clash?

[Dow]

It's not been graded as intentional. It was off the ball, but probably the kind of bumping the body into another player that does go on around the ground in each and every game. As far as I can tell from the very limited and unclear vision, Rampe did move some way towards the Dogs player to make contact. It wasn't just two players already side by side jostling with each other. The force that Rampe applied was enough to knock the Dogs player to the ground.

If there hadn't been a head collision (and the reported delayed concussion that resulted), he probably wouldn't even have been fined. In fact, I'm close to certain he wouldn't even have been fined. It wasn't a strike.

You may be very well be right, but he didn’t have to do it and I’d say it should a week more than 2