In defence of Barry Hall

[connolly]

And if you thought Carlton was an easy choice, well what sort of a no-brainer is the Collingwood contender

Great concept. But surely Collingwood qualifies for the double bonus clip rule. Dale Thomas and Brodie Holland

[TheGrimReaper]

No way.

Didak or Thomas are standouts. Smarmy, cocky pair of little bastards the two of 'em.

Rocca for mine. USELESS he is!

[swantastic]

Hunter
Waters
Didak
wayne-kerr
cousins
Mooney
revolt
harry high pants
.........................just to name a few.

[goswannie14]

And if you thought Carlton was an easy choice, well what sort of a no-brainer is the Collingwood contender

Should be any or all of them...

[TheGrimReaper]

Should be any or all of them...

Is that white stripes on a black background or black stripes on a white background on their jumper.

[thejones,s]

wake and smell the manure coming from media and AFL..they hate sydney fullstop..

[thejones,s]

and Buckley said on tv this morning (he rates as an asshole at best)
that they should bring in the send off rule..


Gee that would be great for Collies by the end of the game they would only have two opponments

[TheGrimReaper]

and Buckley said on tv this morning (he rates as an asshole at best)
that they should bring in the send off rule..


Gee that would be great for Collies by the end of the game they would only have two opponments

What would happen if there's an all in brawl and just about everyone was throwing punches? They'd be taking everyone off, and they'd be like only half a dozen players on the ground. The AFL would surely love that.

[thejones,s]

maybe use the umps..hav a two a side game

[liz]

The issue with the send off rule is having clear criteria of when to use it.

Everyone can look at the Hall incident and confidently say that if there was such a rule he would - and should - have been sent off.

But would you have sent Trent West off? Only for him then to have been found at the tribunal not to have a case to answer.

There used to be a rule that if an umpire reported someone during a game, there was an automatic 50m penalty. But even that was abandoned when it was realised how arbitrary it is that umpires actually choose to report on the spot, and very often they report matters that aren't even close to reportable.

I think they have - or used to have - a send off rule in the WAFL? Does anyone know what the guidelines are there for using it, or how many times it is actually invoked?

[goswannie14]

The issue with the send off rule is having clear criteria of when to use it.

Everyone can look at the Hall incident and confidently say that if there was such a rule he would - and should - have been sent off.

But would you have sent Trent West off? Only for him then to have been found at the tribunal not to have a case to answer.

There used to be a rule that if an umpire reported someone during a game, there was an automatic 50m penalty. But even that was abandoned when it was realised how arbitrary it is that umpires actually choose to report on the spot, and very often they report matters that aren't even close to reportable.

I think they have - or used to have - a send off rule in the WAFL? Does anyone know what the guidelines are there for using it, or how many times it is actually invoked?

They used to have a send off rule in the VFA. It was scrapped after Phil cleary was wrongly sent off (and reported), resulted in Coburg losing a final. cleary was found to have no case to answer at the tribunal, it was then scrapped before the next season.

[Triple B]

I think there is a case for the send off rule of sorts, but it would be used very sparingly.

Certainly in clear cut cases like Halls, it could be used.

However, teams cannot expect to compete with one less player on the field. The nature of the man on man aspect of our game would make it too harsh a penalty.

The send off rule I would be happy to see would players are sent from the field and interchanged and are not allowed to take part in the remainder of the game. This hurts the team as they are reduced to a bench of 3, but doesn't make it nigh impossible to win.