Originally Posted by
liz
Strange comment for Eddie to come out with. I'd be less surprised if certain other players made comments like this, but Betts has never seemed to be the kind of player who relies on these kinds of tactics.
If one accepts that Gaff "isn't the kind of bloke who'd do this" (which seems to be the widely accepted view), surely every player in the competition who likes to get in a little hook now and again should realise that this could so easily have been him.
Him who gets to sit out a finals series, and maybe a grand final. Or has maybe cost his team the chance to play in a grand final.
Him who has to live with the knowledge that they've seriously injured an opposition colleague in a completely unnecessary incident.
Him who, regardless of any goodwill toward him, has lost the benefit of the doubt if they are involved in any future off-the-ball incident, even one with less severe consequences.
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