Round 24: the other games. Sit back and enjoy the scramble below us.

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  • barry
    Veterans List
    • Jan 2003
    • 8499

    #76
    Originally posted by Mel_C
    Weitering only received a fine.
    Bedford for the Giants was suspended for 1 match.
    Joke x 2. IMO.
    Weetering was judged unintended. He was looking directly at Greens face from about 15cm away.

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    Swans should appeal

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    • KTigers
      Senior Player
      • Apr 2012
      • 2499

      #77
      Originally posted by Mel_C
      Weitering only received a fine.
      Bedford for the Giants was suspended for 1 match.
      But the Carton guy hit his head on the ground when Bedford bumped him and we all know the head is
      sacrosanct, just not the face part of the head. The face part of the head is non-sacrosanct.
      And that's why Weitering got off. The face used to be sacrosanct back in 2019 (when Toby got suspended
      for making contact with it) but it isn't anymore. Or more correctly, the AFL has introduced "Degrees of
      Sacrosanct-Ness". Anyway, I'm sure you get the picture. But rest assured, the AFL has really got this
      sacrosanct thing covered I tell you. The Virtue Signalling Dept are all over it.
      Last edited by KTigers; 29 August 2023, 01:55 AM.

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      • Roadrunner
        Senior Player
        • Jan 2018
        • 1481

        #78
        Originally posted by KTigers
        But the Carton guy hit his head on the ground when Bedford bumped him and we all know the head is
        sacrosanct, just not the face part of the head. The face part of the head is non-sacrosanct.
        And that's why Weitering got off. The face used to be sacrosanct back in 2019 (when Toby got suspended
        for making contact with it) but it isn't anymore. Or more correctly, the AFL has introduced "Degrees of
        Sacrosanct-Ness". Anyway, I'm sure you get the picture. But rest assured, the AFL has really got this
        sacrosanct thing covered I tell you. The Virtue Signalling Dept are all over it.
        Whether intentional or not, the eyes have to be protected. 1 week for accidental and 4 for intentional. If we give him the benefit of the doubt, as I would like to think that no AFL player would do this intentionally, he should have got a week. But because it’s finals time he got away with a fine.

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        • barry
          Veterans List
          • Jan 2003
          • 8499

          #79
          It's just typical Vic bias that there were two incidents from the Carl v GWS game. One, against a Vic player which got massive publicity and many a "good bloke" said nothing in it. Let off.
          And another where the GWS got no publicity and got a very quiet miss first week of finals for a minor incident.

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          • KTigers
            Senior Player
            • Apr 2012
            • 2499

            #80
            Bedford will be a big loss for GWS. I've seen him play live a bunch of times now and his fervor to get the ball and stop the
            opposition from doing the same is off the charts. His personal pressure rating meter is set at about 1,000. Quite a pick up
            for the Giants considering he couldn't get a regular game at the Demons.

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            • longmile
              Crumber
              • Apr 2011
              • 3372

              #81
              Originally posted by longmile
              It is Carlton tho. Suspect he may get off
              Originally posted by Mel_C
              Weitering only received a fine.
              Bedford for the Giants was suspended for 1 match.
              Hate to say I told you so. The bias is just beginning - wait till next Fri ...

              (on a side note re: Vic bias - Dusty Martin in the AA squad this year is a joke)

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              • MattW
                Veterans List
                • May 2011
                • 4231

                #82
                Originally posted by KTigers
                Bedford will be a big loss for GWS. I've seen him play live a bunch of times now and his fervor to get the ball and stop the
                opposition from doing the same is off the charts. His personal pressure rating meter is set at about 1,000. Quite a pick up
                for the Giants considering he couldn't get a regular game at the Demons.
                Agree. Had a great game against us.

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