Round 15: the other games.

[Nico]

I was at the Carlton/Geelong game on Friday night and right near the Dangerfield tackle on Walsh. I am amazed he got suspended. It looked like a good tackle and all he did was take him forward in the tackle. These situations happen many times during a game. At what point do we outlaw the tackle and call the game AFL Touch Football?

[dejavoodoo44]

I see that Steven May has been fined for staging. Fair enough, but I hope that will also apply to those who throw their head back, when there's been no contact to the head.

And I wonder if repeat offenders could eventually be suspended? I mean, I'd quite like someone to be removed from the Brownlow race, for an excessive amount of bad acting.

[Mel_C]

I was at the Carlton/Geelong game on Friday night and right near the Dangerfield tackle on Walsh. I am amazed he got suspended. It looked like a good tackle and all he did was take him forward in the tackle. These situations happen many times during a game. At what point do we outlaw the tackle and call the game AFL Touch Football?

I was also at the game and I don't think he should be suspended. He didn't sling him to the ground, in fact he was actually pulling him back away from the ground. I wouldn't be surprised if Geelong challenged the suspension.

[Mel_C]

I see that Steven May has been fined for staging. Fair enough, but I hope that will also apply to those who throw their head back, when there's been no contact to the head.

And I wonder if repeat offenders could eventually be suspended? I mean, I'd quite like someone to be removed from the Brownlow race, for an excessive amount of bad acting.

I'm so glad May was fined for that staging. It was embarrassing and his actions convinced the umpire to give him a free.

I agree the repeat offenders should be suspended.

[Thunder Shaker]

I read a chunk of the most recent Sack Hinkley thread on Bigfooty. There seems to be an awful lot of Port fans who want him gone by the end of the weekend, along with much of their board. It'll be interesting to see if he survives to round 21, when we play them in Adelaide, as I think this Swans team is more than capable, of handing out the sort of thrashing that could finish off an underperforming opposition coach.

If that happens, it wouldn't be the first time in the past 30 years when an opposition coach has been sacked after losing to the Swans in the previous game.

[Hotpotato]

With a fair way (some 13 -14 weeks) out, Im forming a view that we will play the Dogs in the Grand Final, their remaining draw is pretty favourable - maybe .

Norths
Port
Carlton
Cats
Swans
Dees
Crows
Norths
Giants

They could notch up 8 more wins to end with 15 .
Thoughts ?
Lets see if this eventuates or if its rubbish.

[Blood Fever]

I was also at the game and I don't think he should be suspended. He didn't sling him to the ground, in fact he was actually pulling him back away from the ground. I wouldn't be surprised if Geelong challenged the suspension.

Once you pin an arm like Dangerfield did, you render the other player defenceless and deserve to be rubbed out.

[Bloods05]

With a fair way (some 13 -14 weeks) out, Im forming a view that we will play the Dogs in the Grand Final, their remaining draw is pretty favourable - maybe .

Norths
Port
Carlton
Cats
Swans
Dees
Crows
Norths
Giants

They could notch up 8 more wins to end with 15 .
Thoughts ?
Lets see if this eventuates or if its rubbish.

"Norths"?

[RogueSwan]

"Norths"?

Plural seeing as they play them twice

[Kafka's Ghost]

Once you pin an arm like Dangerfield did, you render the other player defenceless and deserve to be rubbed out.

There’s nothing in the laws of the game that demand an arm be free. The dangerous tackle rule was brought in specifically for the “sling” tackle, but obviously driving a player’s head into the ground should be considered dangerous. In this case, however, it appears Dangerfield does his best to hold Walsh up, and even puts his leg under him to mitigate the fall. A free kick maybe, but not a suspension in my view, especially since the AFL is very outcome driven, and there was no injury to Walsh.


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[707]

Plural seeing as they play them twice

Would be Norfs in that case

[mcs]

With a fair way (some 13 -14 weeks) out, Im forming a view that we will play the Dogs in the Grand Final, their remaining draw is pretty favourable - maybe .

Norths
Port
Carlton
Cats
Swans
Dees
Crows
Norths
Giants

They could notch up 8 more wins to end with 15 .
Thoughts ?
Lets see if this eventuates or if its rubbish.

I find them so hard to read. One week they look world beaters, next they look like trash. They have a favourable draw, but equally it would only take a 2 or 3 bad game stretch and they will be out of contention altogether.

I'd love to absolutely humiliate them on GF day (my absolute dream Premiership win) after the travesty of 2016, but equally I don't really want to play them - at their best, they match up well against us, especially when you consider, in Melbourne, against them, we'd be playing against a team with an extra few warm bodies on their side too.