Closing in on 3/4 time, Collingwood leads the free kick count 24 - 10. Bulldog-esque figures!
Closing in on 3/4 time, Collingwood leads the free kick count 24 - 10. Bulldog-esque figures!
We are up against so many potential Vic 'fairytales' this season.....of course the Demons (success starved for so long), Norf (no-one gave them a chance this season, popular wooden spoon tip), Magpies (because they're Collingwood but this scenario should be seen as a fable than a fairytale) and not forgetting 'the two-peat Tigers!'.......and three of these teams share the 'jewel in the crown' home ground.....I think I hope we meet the WC or the Power in the GF, if we make it that is.
Having watched the replay several times I can't find one thing that Cameron could use in his defence, everything about what he did was wrong, not looking at the ball, jumping in the air, fists clenched, elbow head high, guy been to hospital with a brain bleed, Cameron has a lot of form including breaking a jaw.
This is just the kind of incident that can end a career and a look the game doesn't need. Can't see it's less than 6 weeks, back fresh just in time for us!
No doubt it was a very dodgy act, bit using the Barry hall staker punch as a reference (7 weeks). Cameron was in a marking contest (or, in play), wasn't closed fist, and his head was turned away during contact.
6 weeks is like saying it's almost just as bad as hall's strike.
If Harris Andrews is forced to retire from football due to a brain injury from the incident, even if this is determined some time in the future, should Cameron be given additional penalties for ending a player's career? Could such a player receive a lifetime ban in a sort of 'eye for an eye' type sanction?
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