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Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
"It was the view of the panel that Heeney took Geary straight to ground without using excessive force and no further action was required."
So basically, it also wasnt a free kick?
From afl.com.au:
Sydney midfielder Isaac Heeney has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a dangerous tackle on St Kilda captain Jarryn Geary.
The MRP found Heeney "took Geary straight to ground without using excessive force" after the St Kilda defender had leapt into the air before contact was made.
Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.
Ha! Some time in the last couple of days the description of 'spear' has been deleted from the title to the Heeney tackle video on the AFL site. Someone at least recognised the absurdity of the TV commentary.
It still reads as. 'dangerous tackle' which it wasn't. As the MRP have now said ('Heeney took Geary straight to ground without using excessive force').
I agree with this. The Saints were allowed to throw and drop the ball but when we do it they get a free. Why did they get 50 metre penalties when we get a 25? The umpires certainly tried to get them back in it. I thought they were trying to manage the damage in the last hoping to lower the percentage against
Coaches' votes
10 Sinclair
5 Franklin, Melican
4 Grundy
3 Dunstan
2 Heeney
1 Kennedy
Breakdown
Sinclair 5-5
Franklin/Melican 4-1/3-2
Grundy 4-0
Dunstan 3-0
Heeney 2-0
Kennedy 1-0
The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.
I can understand why the umpire paid the free kick. He didn't have the benefit of watching the replay. He'd have just seen a player in the air in a tackle.
With the benefit of a replay, I marvel at Heeney's technique. He wouldn't have been expecting Geary to become airbound, and it could, quite easily, have turned out a bit nasty. I thought Heeney did incredibly well to control Geary's body drop and to guide him to ground. He even had his hand slightly underneath Geary's shoulder, which broke the impact slightly.
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