Just heard that Ablett has been cleared.
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Just heard that Ablett has been cleared.
A downgrade to careless conduct means he can pay a $2000 fine.
Careless conduct was probably about right.
I must admit I chuckled at this bit:
Albert more or less admitted to shirking the contest.Quote:
He also told of his belief that due to the fact both players were moving at top speed, if he'd kept his legs planted the two would collide in a much more dangerous fashion
I'd prefer to rest up for a week than having to pay a $2000 fine personally. :p
Ablett and Fyfe both cleared
Elbows and forearms OK, as long as you don't do it too hard (and you're not a protected species). They're always going on about 'optics', well, thousands of Auskickers have just seen this get the green light. Great.
He's using the Tito Santana flying forearm. Those old school wrestling fans will know what that is.
Iy's unbelievable that Ablett has got off again. Last week it wasnt intentional but high impact so he gets off. This week it's intentional and low impact.
Do we wait until he caves someones head in before we do anything? ****ing Gary Ablett, he has been a competition (and press and umpires) pet since the day he was born. I still say if his name was Gary Smith he may have played 100 games if he was lucky but he's Gary Ablett so he's automatically a superstar with all the benefits (no suspensions, Brownlows, atc) that come with it.
And Durdan gets a week! FFS WTF is going on? The AFL have lost the plot.
Ablett's contact was late and high and he jumped into it. I get the AFL don't like suspending the star or high profile players but he did a few things wrong and can't keep evading a suspension.
How does last week get a week then turned into a fine and this one a” nothing to see here” when they were carbon copy ???
What a joke. The afl should appeal this decision like the Houli one last year if they had any balls. But then again this is probably Michael Christian saying to the AFL, I suspend the players using the guidelines you set for me, then then the players goes and appeals my decision and you let them off so I might as well save you the trouble with appeals and I won't even bother rubbing them out in the first place.
I thought this week's was worse. It's late and there is no defensible reason for him to be doing that other than to create contact. It may not deserve a suspension, but at least the one last week was in the play.
Watch the 3 video's of the incidents https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-05-...ung-roo-banned and tell me how Gary and Nate get off if the North youngster doesn't?
Gary's, deliberately high and late;
Nate's, high;
Durdin's is in play and shepherd's his player.
The only difference between the 3 is that Durdin's hit resulted in a rohan concussion. If Gary or Nate had connected properly the results would have been worse. Surely as an MRO your objective is to stamp out dangerous practices and that's exactly what the 2 were. In my books Durdin's been done for a hip and shoulder.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl...68f3b8b16a4feb
Dale Thomas referred direct to the tribunal after calling a boundary umpire a 'GrubGrubGrubGrubing cheat'.
Thoughts?
Many will think this is overkill, but the 'c' word is the WORST thing you can accuse any umpire of.
Rugby Union referee Wayne Barnes sent off a player in the European Cup final for it and was widely praised in the rugby world. The player was the England captain at the time.
Seems heavy, but fair. To call anyone that is absolutely disgusting. No matter what an umpire does, never equate them to that scumbag Damien GrubGrubGrubGrubGrubGrubGrub. There's some things that you just can't take back. 4-6 weeks minimum.
Why on earth would a boundary umpire deliberately make an incorrect call? You do realise they operate in an environment with players, other umpires, etc that can obscure their view? Their view is always going to be different to yours. You are also talking about times where it's a matter of millimetres as to whether the ball is in or out. What you see as blatantly out may not be. And sometimes they actually make mistakes as well.
I don't understand why the MRO didn't look at Kelly elbowing Trengove in the head. Floored Trengove and I bet it hurt.
Soldo must be feeling pretty hard done by.
Ablett again playing with fire. I really hope he gets suspended.
He took a swipe at face height and then jabbed, has to be intentional.
But, Ablett said it was just him being a little bit clumsy and that it was only a free kick. Given he has three pockets in his overalls we should probably just believe him, because he wouldn't lie openly, right?
Ablett might be in a bit of trouble but not as much as his old man